In 1772, King George III granted Sir Thomas Wentworth of Bretton Hall, a country house in West Bretton, West Yorkshire, and 82 others, a parcel of 24,640 acres (9,970 ha) of land to be laid out as a plantation in the White Mountains. The plantation became the town of Carroll, and the southeast corner of the land retained the name "Bretton Woods", after the estate.[2]
The Mount Washington Hotel and Resort is one in the last surviving handful of New Hampshire grand hotels, and includes two golf courses, alpine and Nordic skiing, a 25,000-square-foot (2,300 m2) spa, sled rides, dog sled rides, tennis, horseback riding and much more in its facilities.
The Bretton Woods Mountain Resortski area serves both downhill and cross-country skiing, primarily in the Rosebrook Mountains, located in Bethlehem to the south. The downhill resort is the largest in New Hampshire,[citation needed] with 101 trails. In the early twentieth century heyday of northern U.S. resorts for the elite, rail passengers would travel from Boston on the Boston and Maine's Mountaineer. From New York City, passengers took the Connecticut Yankee, Day White Mountains, Night White Mountains, or Overnighter.[3]
The tracks of the Cog Railway and its associated buildings lie up the slope of Mount Washington, in nearby Thompson and Meserve's Purchase. The "Base Road" from Bretton Woods and Fabyan's is the preferred route to the lower end of the tracks (the Base Station of the Cog), except in those winters when the Mount Clinton Road is instead the only plowed road to their intersection. (The closing of the lower end of the Base Road had been traditional into 2004.) The Cog was operated during the winter seasons of 2004 to 2006 to take wilderness skiers partway up the mountain.
^Lawrence Shaw Mayo, John Wentworth, Governor of New Hampshire: 1767-1775; Harvard University Press; Cambridge, Massachusetts 1921
^"Run-Through Passenger Trains in New England". www.faracresfarm.com.
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bretton, woods, hampshire, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, . This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Bretton Woods New Hampshire news newspapers books scholar JSTOR April 2013 Learn how and when to remove this template message Bretton Woods is an area within the town of Carroll New Hampshire United States whose principal points of interest are three leisure and recreation facilities Being virtually surrounded by the White Mountain National Forest the vista from Bretton Woods toward Mount Washington and the Presidential Range includes no significant artificial structures other than the Mount Washington Cog Railway and the Mount Washington Hotel Bretton Woods New HampshireUnincorporated communityMount Washington Hotel at the foot of the Presidential Range in September 2010 looking eastBretton WoodsShow map of New HampshireBretton WoodsShow map of the United StatesCoordinates 44 15 29 N 71 26 28 W 44 25806 N 71 44111 W 44 25806 71 44111 Coordinates 44 15 29 N 71 26 28 W 44 25806 N 71 44111 W 44 25806 71 44111CountryUnited StatesStateNew HampshireCountyCoosTownCarrollElevation1 631 ft 497 m Time zoneUTC 5 Eastern EST Summer DST UTC 4 EDT ZIP code03575Area code603GNIS feature ID865781 1 Bretton Woods was the site of the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference in 1944 which has given its name to the Bretton Woods system and led to the establishment of both the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund in 1945 The Bretton Woods system ended in 1971 Bretton Woods is located along U S Route 302 5 miles 8 km east of the village of Twin Mountain and 20 miles 32 km through scenic Crawford Notch northwest of the town of Bartlett In 1772 King George III granted Sir Thomas Wentworth of Bretton Hall a country house in West Bretton West Yorkshire and 82 others a parcel of 24 640 acres 9 970 ha of land to be laid out as a plantation in the White Mountains The plantation became the town of Carroll and the southeast corner of the land retained the name Bretton Woods after the estate 2 Contents 1 Points of interest 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksPoints of interest Edit The Mount Washington Hotel in 1905 The Mount Washington Hotel and Resort is one in the last surviving handful of New Hampshire grand hotels and includes two golf courses alpine and Nordic skiing a 25 000 square foot 2 300 m2 spa sled rides dog sled rides tennis horseback riding and much more in its facilities The Bretton Woods Mountain Resort ski area serves both downhill and cross country skiing primarily in the Rosebrook Mountains located in Bethlehem to the south The downhill resort is the largest in New Hampshire citation needed with 101 trails In the early twentieth century heyday of northern U S resorts for the elite rail passengers would travel from Boston on the Boston and Maine s Mountaineer From New York City passengers took the Connecticut Yankee Day White Mountains Night White Mountains or Overnighter 3 The tracks of the Cog Railway and its associated buildings lie up the slope of Mount Washington in nearby Thompson and Meserve s Purchase The Base Road from Bretton Woods and Fabyan s is the preferred route to the lower end of the tracks the Base Station of the Cog except in those winters when the Mount Clinton Road is instead the only plowed road to their intersection The closing of the lower end of the Base Road had been traditional into 2004 The Cog was operated during the winter seasons of 2004 to 2006 to take wilderness skiers partway up the mountain See also EditBretton Woods ConferenceReferences Edit Bretton Woods Geographic Names Information System United States Geological Survey United States Department of the Interior Lawrence Shaw Mayo John Wentworth Governor of New Hampshire 1767 1775 Harvard University Press Cambridge Massachusetts 1921 Run Through Passenger Trains in New England www faracresfarm com External links Edit Media related to Bretton Woods New Hampshire at Wikimedia Commons Twin Mountain Bretton Woods Chamber of Commerce Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bretton Woods New Hampshire amp oldid 1117064668, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
