Monday, April 24, 2017

STOP #44 NEW HAMPSHIRE Postcards: Grafton County


AND HERE IS STOP 44
GRAFTON COUNTY
NEW HAMPSHIRE
OF THE 3007 POSTCARD STOPS ON THIS TRIP 
HERE ON THIS BLOG TO ALL 3007 U.S. COUNTIES.


THIS COUNTY WAS FOUNDED IN 1769.
ITS AREA IS 175 SQUARE MILES.
IN 2006 THIS COUNTY WAS LISTED AS THE 4TH BEST PLACE TO LIVE IN RURAL AMERICA.
THIS COUNTY WAS ONE OF THE FIVE ORIGINAL NEW HAMPSHIRE COUNTIES.
DARTMOUTH COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY ARE HERE.
POINTS OF INTEREST:
WHITE MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK, ECHO LAKE, LONESOME LAKE, CLARK'S TRADING POST AND ENFIELD SHAKER MUSEUM.




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NEW HAMPSHIRE
GRAFTON COUNTY
FRANCONIA NOTCH







THE BASIN
FRANCONIA NOTCH
GRANITE BOWL






Thursday, April 20, 2017

Stop 53 Bradenton City Hall Manatee County Florida

Bradenton City Hall
Manatee County
Florida
Stop 53 on the postcard trip on this blog to all US 3007 counties.
Ebay: tomantique 2002


Tuesday, April 18, 2017

Stop 52 CONNECTICUT Postcards: New London County

AND HERE WE ARE:
AT STOP #52
OF OUR 3007 U.S. COUNTIES POSTCARD STOPS
ON THIS BLOG'S TRIP.

NEW LONDON COUNTY
CONNECTICUT






SCENE ON 8 MILE RIVER HAMBURG NEW LONDON CO




BOXWOOD
LYME
NEW LONDON COUNTY
CONNECTICUT




 




Monday, April 3, 2017

Stop #51 Pennsylvania Lehigh County Allentown Picturesque Penn

Allentown PA
Vintage postcard
Stop #51 on all 3007 US counties postcard stops.

AND HERE WE ARE AT:
STOP 51
LEHIGH COUNTY 
PENNSYLVANIA

THE COUNTY SEAT IN THIS COUNTY IS ALLENTOWN.
THIS COUNTY WAS FIRST SETTLED AROUND 1730 AND FORMED IN 1812 WHEN NORTHAMPTON COUNTY WAS DIVIDED INTO TWO COUNTIES.
IT WAS NAMED AFTER THE LEHIGH RIVER.
ITS POPULATIONS IN 2016 WAS 363,147.
ITS AREA IS 348 SQUARE MILES.
LEHIGH UNIVERSITY IS HERE.
POINTS OF INTEREST: DORNEY PARK AND WILDWATER KINGDOM, AMERICA ON WHEELS, LIBERTY BELL MUSEUM, WEHR COVERED BRIDGE AND LEHIGH VALLEY ZOO.