The Mount Washington Hotel and Resort Guest Directory, Bretton Woods, New Hampshire

Notes from the collector: Not a menu as such, but indicates the high level of everything they attempt. Built in 1902 it is the largest timber building in New England. I think I got that right. It was the site of the Bretton Woods Conference in the 1940's where the free world leaders and or finance ministers worked out the monetary system to be adopted after WWII. As the location was so remote I suppose it was selected for security reasons. We read or were told that during the days before cars became popular several passenger trains arrived each and every day bringing trainloads of tourists summer and winter. We stayed across the main highway in one of the properties and had a rail line run behind. Waiting for dinner we took a short walk along the tracks which were still in place and then rolled down the embankment to the highway. At the exact spot we found a plaque almost hidden by bushes which indicated a railroad named something, something, and Ogdensburg. I mentioned another line which had Ogdensburg in its name, being the hometown of my Dad. The other marvel in the area is the Cog Railway which runs to the top of Mt. Washington, the highest peak east of the Mississippi I recall. The highest winds in the U. S. were recorded there in the thirties. The other notable fact is the railway was the first to adopt the technology of using cogs on such mountains. We beat the Swiss by one year!