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3 Faces of Nancy LbNA #32711

Owner:Adoptable
Plant date:Jun 1, 2007
Location:
City:Hart's Location
County:Carroll
State:New Hampshire
Boxes:1
Planted by:WMS -Notcheral Man
Found by: LangFam4
Last found:Jul 1, 2011
Status:FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFa
Last edited:Jun 1, 2007
Driving north on Rt 302 through the village of Bartlett there is a blinking yellow light at the intersection if Rt 302 and Bear Notch Rd. Continue north on Rt 302 for approx. 6.5 miles into the White Mtn National Forest. [which also happens to encompass the town of Hart's Location, NH's smallest town. Established in 1793, its population has swollen to include 41 people in 2007.] Here on your left you will find The Notchland Inn, turn into the drive and park at the far end in the angled parking area by the rose hedge. Continue to walk up the drive away from the main inn building. There will be several small cottage structures on your right and an embankment dropping to the railroad tracks on your left. There will be a rock pile on the right just past a parking space, reserved for the cottages, and then a grassy lane. Turn onto the lane and walk along it up a hill for approx. 100yds. On your right will be two aged balsam trees whose trunks are comepletely entwined. On your left, posted on a birch , is a small hand lettered sign "Path to Nancy Barton Gravesite (Carin)". Follow the small foot path just to the right of the sigh birch. It gently rolls along through the forest between wild flowers and patches of blow down (approx. 150+yds) The foot path will dead end high on a bank above the Nancy Brook, which flows down Nancy Mountain, through Nancy Cascades, to this point and then shortly into the Saco River from there to the Atlantic.

This cairn is the final resting place of Nancy Barton, for whom all the above sights were named. It is said, "She died here in 1778 while in pursuit of her faithles lover." After paying your respects, turn around and 14 paces back the way you came-just off the path to the right- stands a weathered birch. Its trunk nearly forming a tripod at the base where there are three hollow faces. The deepest is on the far side, facing away from the path. Here huddles the 3 Faces of Nancy - LetterBox. Restore the box to its resting place and carefully return without disturbing the wild flower beds.

Before you set out, please read the waiver of responsibility and disclaimer. Be sure to reseal baggies and boxes carefully so that they stay dry and return them to their original location, completely hidden from view.