Some mountain top views, such as that from Mt. Tom in the Connecticut River Valley in Massachusetts, became popular tourist destinations. A cable car railway built in 1897, allowed easy access to its summit. President William McKinley described Mt. Tom as “the most beautiful mountain out look in the whole world” after he visited the mountain in 1899. This postcard shows a tourist-laden cable car ascending the mountain’s steep side through a deep rock cut. The car was named after the 17th century surveyor Elizur Holyoke.
Rock Cut on Mountainside, Mt. Tom. Photograph. ca. 1915. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/1999-03-0029/. Accessed on October 16, 2024.
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