“When the Old Man was written about, he was given the characteristics of what could generally be thought of as New Hampshire qualities and values - rugged individualism, stoic, steadfast, able to weather anything,” said Inez McDermott, curator of an upcoming exhibit about the rock formation’s history and lasting influence at the Museum of the White Mountains at Plymouth State University.Įfforts to save the Old Man and 6,000-acre (2,340-hectare) Franconia Notch began in the 1920s, when the land was for sale. Novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote about “The Great Stone Face.” Statesman Daniel Webster said, “Shoe makers hang out a gigantic shoe jewelers a monster watch, and the dentist hangs out a gold tooth but up in the Mountains of New Hampshire, God Almighty has hung out a sign to show that there he makes men.” Through the years, the profile became the subject of paintings and literature.
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