New Hampshire's 'Old Man' Falls from the Mountain

NPR | By Lynn Neary

Published May 3, 2003 at 12:00 AM EDT

New Hampshire's famous landmark, the Old Man of the Mountain, collapses in a landslide. The series of granite ledges resembled a human face in profile. The image was used on state road signs and even the back of the New Hampshire quarter. Hear NPR's Lynn Neary and museum volunteer Cathy Nelson.

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