Washington Post:

The Old Man of the Mountain, the natural stone profile that appears on everything in New Hampshire from the road signs to the state quarter, fell from its mountainside, leaving nothing recognizable in the cliff face yesterday. The profile, about 40 feet high and 25 feet wide, was one of the most photographed sites in the state and was considered New Hampshire's state symbol.

Two centuries ago, Daniel Webster wrote of the Old Man of the Mountain: "In the mountains of New Hampshire, God Almighty has hung out a sign to show that there He makes men."

As a Dartmouth graduate, I mourn the loss of the Old Man of the Mountain but I am fully aware that his spirit lives on in the residents of the great state of New Hampshire and those of us who were privileged to have lived there.

"And the granite of New Hampshire is in their muscles and their brains."

-Tim
9:44:14 PM