CONWAY — Historians Steve Swenson and Rick Russack have written extensively about the history of Redstone and the old quarry.
In their research paper posted at Russack’s whitemountainhistory.org, they write that in 1871, the Portland and Ogdensburg Railroad laid track at the base of Rattlesnake Mountain, through what is now known as Redstone. Within a few miles, this line joined with the Boston and Maine RR in North Conway.
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