Source:Kilbourne, Frederick Wilkinson. Chronicles of the White Mountains

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Contents include:

I. Indian legend and history

II. Early explorers

III. First settlements and settlers: The Towns

IV. First settlements and settlers: The Solitary Places, The Willey Disaster

V. Further discoveries and explorations: Noted American visitors of the early days

VI. Some foreign visitors and their accounts of their tours of the White Mountains

VII. The early hotels and the beginnings of the region as a summer resort

VIII. The poets and painters in the White Hills

IX. The later scientific explorations of the Mountains

X. The coming of the railroads; Their later extensions

XI. The hotels on Mount Washington; The carriage road and the Mount Washington Railway; Hotels and shelters on other summits

XII. Some noteworthy White Mountain "characters"

XIII. Casualties on the presidential range: The terrible experience of Dr. Ball, Some destructive landslides

XIV. Winter ascents of Mount Washington; Winter occupation of Mount Moosilauke and Mt Washington; The US Signal Service on Mt. Washington

XV. Later hotels

XVI. Early trails and path-builders; The Appalachian Mountain Club and its work in the White Mountains

XVII. The great fire on Mount Washington; Other recent events of interest

XVIII. The lumber industry in the White Mountains; The peril of the forests; The White Mountain National Forest; Other reservations

XIX. The changes in the character of White Mountain travel and business in recent years