*** I was curious to learn the origin of the name Smugglers’ Notch. It turns out that notch, in the parlance of New Hampshire’s White Mountains and presumably also, is a term for a deep, narrow, mountain pass. (Hence the name of the electorally famous Dixville Notch, about which we hear quite a bit every four years during the New Hampshire primary and the quadrennial presidential election.) If you look carefully at the photo above, you’ll... Read more