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A Nashua 8th-grader's take on geography -- after making it to the finals in the National Georgraphic Bee. Also ahead: |
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Memories of the 1938 hurricane hitting one of NH"S original grand hotels. Ahead: The history of the Mountain View House and its founding family in our NH Originals report. Then later: |
| Preshow #3 Boats Return to index of stories... |
Building boats -- the latest in our Making It in New Hampshire series. |
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Hello. I'm Beth Carroll. Welcome to New Hampshire Outlook. NH has some bragging rights when it comes to the National Geographic Bee! A 14-year-old from Nashua went all the way to the final round in this year's competition. The contest was a real nail-biter for the Fairgrounds Middle School student and his family as it came down to a tie-breaker and whether he could name the mountain range that extends across much of Wales. Do you know the answer? Stay tuned. Outlook's Chip Neal takes us on Neeraj Sirdeshmukh's journey at the Bee. |
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The 12-year-old from Illinois who won the National Georgraphic Bee took home a 25-thousand dollar scholarship. |
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There was a time when the small town of Whitefield in Northern NH was more than a dot on the map for the rich and famous. It started with the Dodge Family, who created a legacy in the grand hotel business of NH. In 18-66, the family established the Mountain View House in Whitefield, now known as the Mountain View Grand Hotel. The Mountain View House started out as a modest country inn but as the business was passed down through 4 generations of the Dodge family it turned into a large resort hotel. In this New Hampshire Originals segment, two brothers and an historian share the story behind Whitefield's Mountain View House. |
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Tolles: On a rainy night in 1865, a stagecoach traveling through Whitefield up to Montreal hit a large mud hole and the stagecoach overturned and could not continue its journey north. The passengers were told to follow the road a half-mile until they reached the Dodge family farmhouse and they would take them in. Impressed by the hospitality of the Dodges and the beautiful surroundings, the guests stayed a few days longer. The following summer the same guests returned for several weeks, inspiring the Dodges to start taking in boarders. For the next 20 years the taking in borders grew into a real hotel. Tolles: The Dodges' wanted to keep the residential feel to the architecture as put on the additions that became the grand hotel over the next 60 to 80 years. The style was more of an overgrown residential building. In 1884, the Mountain View House expanded to accommodate over 100 guests. That same year, William Dodge died and his son Van Hebert and wife, Alice, became the new owners. John: Alice Dodge was my grandmother and she was a jewel. At one point Whitefield was very prosperous and Mill owners wanted their daughters to be educated. So, Alice started a private school for girls…She was a very strong women…She greeted all the guests and my father kind of picked up on that same pace and there was never a guest that arrived in this hotel or left this hotel without a Dodge welcoming them or saying goodbye. Tolles: The wives of the one owners were greeting guests and being a major contributor to the day to day business of the hotel. Which was unusual in those days. The hotel was a huge success for many years. Between the Dodge's hospitality and the beautiful surroundings, the Mountain View became one of the most elite and desirable places to stay. John: "There was a foursome playing golf…inside that foursome, one of the men was talking to another man and said, "Did you hear that so-and-so died last night?" and they said, "No, I didn't hear about that. Oh that's too bad, that's too bad." So then when he finished putting out on the second green he said, "You know I forgot about something- I've got to make a phone call." So, he came up here and went up to the reservation office and said, "So-and-so died in his room last night and I want my name to be down on that for next year." 03:10:17 That's how hard it was to get a room. Construction continued and by 1911 the Mountain View House had enough space for more than 200 well-heeled guests. 15: 55 Dodge; her driver was lost and couldn't find the entrance. She said to me that we should have more tourists know how to get here. And I said" we don't cater to the traveling public" The Dodge family catered to an exclusive clientele. 17;29 Dodge: She was so upset. She said, "I understand you had all these employees in your pool last night. Yes that is true. But you have not drained the pool yet." She had full intention to drain to 78, 000 gallon pool because the staff were swimming in it the night before. The guests brought with them, money and an expectation of impeccable service. John: We dressed in tuxedos twice a week- Saturday night and one other night. And we had our own orchestra. 29:29 Dodge: He paraded the front porch in his morning smoking jacket. He probably changed three or four times a day. He never ordered anything from the menu. One time he ordered pheasant under glass. The chef said, we could do it for you but not today. The old man said well I can get it at the Waldorf anytime I want. So, the chef said, "if you can have it at the Waldorf you can have it here". He got one of the boys to get a shot gun and he shot a pigeon. The old man said that it was the best pheasant he has ever had. John… my dad wanted us all to get involved with the hotel as soon as possible. And my responsibilities started on the glass machine- three meals a day. Tolles: The brothers started working at the hotel when they were just in their teens and twenties. John … There's a train that would come everyday. It was a mountaineer. It was a silver stainless steel train that would come up to White Field- coming out of Boston. And they wanted to call it the "Mountain View Special", but my dad said, "No, no. That's waving too many flags. "The Mountaineer" is a better name. But that would come in everyday and we would have a little buffet- particularly at the end of the month when there was a change over with the guests. The Hotel closed in the winter and the Dodges ran other hotels in Florida. the first time my dad started going down there- he ran a hotel called the Serena Hotel in St. Petersburg, and believe it or not in those days, you would take everybody that would want to go with you. And it was during the Great Depression. He said to them, "We are going to pay you a salary and you have a place to live and food to eat." All people, the head housekeeper department and reservation manager, those people- they said "We cannot promise you any salary. If we have a success then you'll get some money, but we can't promise you." Not surprisingly, both Florida and New Hampshire hotels did well during the depression as well as the next few decades. The Mountain View even withstood the 1938 hurricane. 03:03:21 John: The hotel was full. The storm was coming and they were starting to lose power- Southern New Hampshire- and we knew that was going to happen here sooner or later. So my dad got all the guests to come down to the lobby and we had- the power went out, and we had candles on all the stairways and all through the lobby- candles out here. And we had the orchestra playing, and when the storm hit it blew out all those windows right there on what we call the sun porch. Blew them out, and the wind just blew out all the candles so everything was dark when that storm hit. Then music started, and it was just like the Titanic, you know the passengers are there and the music played. In the morning, you could hardly see a standing tree out there, in the front. All of this road was completely wiped out by the trees. And we had a company- not a company, an organization- called Biddy's Lumber Company, and he had a lumber camp out there all winter long- all his men were there out in the woods, cutting. And that sports house right there was built from the blow down from that hurricane. John's father, Frank Sr., died in 1941 and his mother, Mary, took over until he and his brother were old enough to manage the hotel. John: during the second war, my mother somehow, …bought some mittens that she thought we beautifully designed and then she started to- when she brought them back she thought I think it would be nice if we could make that an industry that we could create here. And she designed on paper, the way these mittens would be and she had scarves, hats, mittens and it was all hand made. She would go down to the bank every Friday- and it was a home industry, so my mother would give them the yarn and give them the sketch as to what the pattern would be and they were to go to their homes and knit. It was so good that JC Sterns in Boston, they featured in one of their Christmas time- one of their big windows- Whitefield fashions- and that was all by the stuff my mother did. 04:11:54 John sold his share of the Mountain View to his brother, F. Schuyler in 1967. But times changed and the hotel eventually closed in 1979. The Dodges left a legacy of hospitality and elegance that made the White Mountain region more than just a beautiful place to go for a hike. Tolles: The were not only great in hospitality and tourism but they were one of the only owners that greeted the guests everyday and was on sight day in and day out. The Dodge Family, each and every one of them is a true NH Original. |
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The Mountain View House was bought in 19-98 by a young entrepreneur. After a 20-million dollar restoration it re-opened it in 2002 as the new Mountain View Grand Hotel. |
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There are many boat manufacturers in the United States, one in particular, Eastern Boats, is right here in New Hampshire. The company has been building custom-made, fiberglass boats for 25 years. In this Making it in New Hampshire report, Outlook photojournalist Steve Giordani takes us to Milton to see how an "Eastern Boat" is made. |
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Eastern Boats are primarily sold in New England but they have been shipped to customers as far away as Florida, Texas, Alaska and Puerto Rico. |
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That concludes this edition of New Hampshire Outlook. Thanks for watching. I'm Beth Carroll. I'll see you next time. |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 9/7/06 HOST: Beth Carroll Length: 8:30 minutes A Nashua 8th-grader's take on geography after making it to the finals in the National Georgraphic Bee. Also ahead, Memories of the 1938 hurricane hitting one of NH"S original grand hotels. Ahead the history of the Mountain View House and its founding family in our NH Originals report. Then later, Building boats -- the latest in our Making It in New Hampshire series. Hello. I'm Beth Carroll. Welcome to New Hampshire Outlook. NH has some bragging rights when it comes to the National Geographic Bee! A 14-year-old from Nashua went all the way to the final round in this year's competition. The contest was a real nail-biter for the Fairgrounds Middle School student and his family as it came down to a tie-breaker and whether he could name the mountain range that extends across much of Wales. Do you know the answer? Stay tuned, Outlook's Chip Neal takes us on Neeraj Sirdeshmukh's journey at the Bee. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Beth Carroll / Chip Neal NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Neeraj Sirdeshmukh\Finalist National Geographic Bee , Joanne Ouellette\Social Studies Teacher , Michael Hogan\Principal, Fairgrounds Middle School |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 9/7/06 HOST: Beth Carroll Length: 10:30 minutes A Nashua 8th-grader's take on geography after making it to the finals in the National Georgraphic Bee. Also ahead, Memories of the 1938 hurricane hitting one of NH"S original grand hotels. Ahead the history of the Mountain View House and its founding family in our NH Originals report. Then later, Building boats -- the latest in our Making It in New Hampshire series.There was a time when the small town of Whitefield in Northern NH was more than a dot on the map for the rich and famous. It started with the Dodge Family, who created a legacy in the grand hotel business of NH. In 18-66, the family established the Mountain View House in Whitefield, now known as the Mountain View Grand Hotel. The Mountain View House started out as a modest country inn but as the business was passed down through 4 generations of the Dodge family it turned into a large resort hotel. In this New Hampshire Originals segment, two brothers and an historian share the story behind Whitefield's Mountain View House. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Beth Carroll / Chip Neal NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Bryant Tolles, Jr.\Author , F. Schuyler Dodge\4th Generation Mt. View House Owner , John Dodge\4th Generation Mt. View House Owner |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 9/7/06 HOST: Beth Carroll Length: 8:00 minutes A Nashua 8th-grader's take on geography after making it to the finals in the National Georgraphic Bee. Also ahead, Memories of the 1938 hurricane hitting one of NH"S original grand hotels. Ahead the history of the Mountain View House and its founding family in our NH Originals report. Then later, Building boats -- the latest in our Making It in New Hampshire series. There are many boat manufacturers in the United States, one in particular, Eastern Boats, is right here in New Hampshire. The company has been building custom-made, fiberglass boats for 25 years. In this Making it in New Hampshire report, Outlook photojournalist Steve Giordani takes us to Milton to see how an "Eastern Boat" is made. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Beth Carroll / Steve Giordani NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Robert Bourdeau\Owner, Eastern Boats |
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