Ron Resden's Photo Archives (Set 06) of the Sunset Hill House Resort Golf Course
Bob Jensen at Trinity University 

In Summer of 2017 a friendly stranger walked up our drive
He introduced himself as Ron Resden, a gunsmith from Guildhall, Vermont
He recalls both the old iron mine of Sugar Hill, NH and the 1880 Sunset Hill House Resort that was torn down in 1974
At one time he worked and lived in the Resort's Dormitories

Our cottage sits where the main hotel of the 1880 SHH Resort was located
I previously wrote about the history of this resort
Scroll down to Cottage History at
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/Pictures.htm

When he departed Ron Resden left me with a CD containing many pictures of the former SHH Resort
I will now share Set 06 of Ron's pictures, most of which are taken from historic post cards

In December 2018 he sent me another CD containing many more pictures of the SHH Resort

The 1880 SHH Resort's golf course is the oldest nine-hole course in New Hampshire.
The current golf course is under new ownership as of  March 2019. I hope this Web page about the course remains active ---
https://www.golflink.com/golf-courses/nh/sugar-hill/sunset-hill-golf-club

Since our yard borders this course on two sides, I'm grateful that the course is now in a land trust
This means that there never be buildings development on its nearly 70 acres

To be honest there are better golf courses nearby these days,
But none have the spectacular mountain views and the rich history of the Sunset Hill Golf Course
Below is the present Inn at Sunset Hill (near Sugar Hill Village) where you can pay green fees and rent carts

This is a shot from over100 years ago
The Kinsman Range's Cannon Mountain and the Three Graces (Cannon Balls) are in the Background

Today the Club House remains beside my barn, but it's in disrepair (might be fixed up by new owners of the Inn)
The Casino and Bowling Alley were torn down in 1974

In the late 1800s and early 1900s before air conditioning it was summer sweltering in states like New York Connecticut, and Massachusetts
A typical scenario would be for families to arrive at the SHH Resort in summertime and register for a month or more
Children were then taken to the many summer camps New Hampshire's lakes region
Husbands would return to their sweating jobs in the cities and later visit wives via passenger trains for long week ends
Wives were free most days to read books while rocking in the cooling breezes of the SHH hotel's long porch facing the mountains

These mothers on their own also played croquet, tennis. shuffle board,  and golf with one another until their husbands returned via passenger trains for long week ends
The photograph below was taken in August 1915
The Tennis Court Pavilion on the right was moved from along the golf course to the site of the big hotel

That Pavilion was eventually remodeled and winterized in 1977
We bought this former Pavilion as our retirement home in 2003

The Sunset Hill House Resort was in disrepair and nearly all demolished in 1974.
In 1977 the Pavilion (before it was ours) was moved slightly south and east across the tennis court to the demolished hotel site.
I show pictures of the preparation work prior to the moving the cottage and its four fireplaces
     http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/Tidbits/CottageHistory/OldSite/Set01/Set01.htm

Next I show pictures of the move to the new site
     http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/Tidbits/CottageHistory/NewSite/Set01/Set01.htm 

These are mostly women and their caddies
Women played golf in long dresses and hats 100+ years ago

Clothing styles changed 50+ years later (along with photography that added color)

A swimming pool was added in 1960 not long before the 1974 destruction of the resort
The three cottages alonside the golf course behind had hotel privileges (meals, golf, tennis, casino, bowling, etc.)

On long weekends husbands visited wives at the SHH Resort.
Sometimes they hiked together up to the tops of mountains in the Kinsman, Twin, and Presidential Ranges of the White Mountains
Other times they remained at the resort to play in golf and tennis tournaments
http://www.cs.trinity.edu/rjensen/Tidbits/GolfCourse/GolfCourseSet01.htm

The east view faces the white mountains whereas the west view faces toward Vermont
You can see parts of Sugar Hill Village to the west in the photograph below

When SHH Resort guests really wanted to cool off they could travel 28 miles northeast to the historic Cog Railroad leading up to the top of Mt. Washington
Mt. Washington is one of the windiest peaks in the world (with average wind speeds of 75 mph)
Weather can change in an instant with snow squalls and sleet pouring down in the middle of the summer

http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/Tidbits/CogRailroad/History1/CogRailroadHistory.htm

http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/Tidbits/Mountains/HistoryWhiteMountains/01/HistoryWhiteMoutains01.htm

Three large and expensive resorts that still operate in New Hampshire are:
Mt. Washington (Omni) Resort in Bretton Woods --- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Washington_Hotel

Mountain View Grand Resort in Whitefield --- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_View_House

Wentworth by the Sea in Newcastle --- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wentworth_by_the_Sea

Set 01 of my cottage pictures --- http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/NHcottage/NHcottage.htm
Set 02 inside the cottage --- http://www.cs.trinity.edu/rjensen/Tidbits/2009/Tidbits090723.htm
Set 03 inside the cottage --- www.trinity.edu/rjensen/Tidbits/Cottage\Inside/Set03/Set03InteriorCottage.htm 
Set 04 inside the cottage --- http://www.cs.trinity.edu/rjensen/Tidbits/Cottage\Inside/Set04/Set04InteriorCottage.htm  
Photographs of Putting a New Rubber Roof Under Our Widow's Walk
http://cs.trinity.edu/rjensen/Tidbits/CottageHistory/WidowsWalk/WidowsWalk.htm

Indoor  Plants --- http://www.cs.trinity.edu/rjensen/Tidbits/IndoorPlants/IndoorPlantsFavorites.htm
Amaryllis --- http://www.cs.trinity.edu/rjensen/Tidbits/2008/Tidbits080212.htm   

Video:  The Inn on Sunset Hill (just down from our cottage) ---
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5cqUX0LcbU&t=9s

Sunset Hill House Resort History Set 01 ---
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/tidbits/CottageHistory/Hotel/Brochure/Brochure1900.htm   

Historic Photographs (Set 01) of the Sunset Hill House Resort Shared by Gunsmith Ron Resden from Vermont
http://www.cs.trinity.edu/rjensen/Tidbits/Resden/01ResdenSSH.htm

Historic Photographs (Set 02) of the Sunset Hill House Resort Shared by Gunsmith Ron Resden from Vermont
http://www.cs.trinity.edu/rjensen/Tidbits/Resden/02ResdenSSH.htm

Historic Photographs (Set 03) of the Sunset Hill House Resort Shared by Gunsmith Ron Resden from Vermont
http://www.cs.trinity.edu/rjensen/Tidbits/Resden/03ResdenSSH.htm

Historic Photographs (Set 03) of the Sunset Hill House Resort Shared by Gunsmith Ron Resden from Vermont
http://www.cs.trinity.edu/rjensen/Tidbits/Resden/03ResdenSSH.htm

Historic Photographs (Set 04) of the Sunset Hill House Resort Shared by Gunsmith Ron Resden from Vermont
http://www.cs.trinity.edu/rjensen/Tidbits/Resden/2019/04ResdenSSH.htm

Historic Photographs (Set 05) of the Sunset Hill House Resort Shared by Gunsmith Ron Resden from Vermont
http://www.cs.trinity.edu/rjensen/Tidbits/Resden/2019/05ResdenSSH.htm

Historic Photographs (Set 06) of the Sunset Hill House Resort Shared by Gunsmith Ron Resden from Vermont (Golf Course)
http://www.cs.trinity.edu/rjensen/Tidbits/Resden/2019/06ResdenSSH.htm

 

After the Sunset Hill House Resort was nearly all demolished in 1973, our cottage (before it was ours)
was moved in 1977 from the golf course across a tennis court and up to where the former hotel site.
I show pictures of the preparation work prior to the moving the cottage and its four fireplaces
     http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/Tidbits/CottageHistory/OldSite/Set01/Set01.htm

Next I show pictures of the move to the new site
     http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/Tidbits/CottageHistory/NewSite/Set01/Set01.htm 

Next I show the pictures of a 1980 spectacular fire on one of the remaining three cottages
www.trinity.edu/rjensen/tidbits/CottageHistory/Fire/FireSet01.htm

Iron Ore From Ore Hill and Historic Iron Works Operations in Franconia
http://www.cs.trinity.edu/rjensen/Tidbits/Resden/IronMine/Set01/01IronMine.htm

Sunset Hill House Hotel:  The American Dream ---
http://www.cs.trinity.edu/~rjensen/temp/SunsetHillHouse/SunsetHillHouse.htm

Part 1 of the History of the Homestead Inn Torn Down in 2015
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/Tidbits/Hotels/Homestead/Set01/Set01.htm

Part 2 of the History of the Homestead Inn
http://faculty.trinity.edu/rjensen/Tidbits/Hotels/Homestead/Set02/Set02.htm 

More of Bob Jensen's Pictures and Stories
http://facuolty.trinity.edu/rjensen/Pictures.htm

Blogs of White Mountain Hikers (many great photographs) ---
http://www.blogger.com/profile/02242409292439585691

Especially note the archive of John Compton's blogs at the bottom of the page at
http://1happyhiker.blogspot.com/

Question
Are there trails in our White Mountains of New Hampshire that have ice in summer as well as winter?
See "The Ice Gulch, Would I do it Again" by John Compton, August 5, 2011 ---
http://1happyhiker.blogspot.com/2011_08_05_archive.html

Okay, you might ask, is there really ice in the Ice Gulch, even in August? Yes, there is! The next photo shows one small patch of ice. There were many larger patches, but they were at the bottom of some of those deep gaps that I mentioned above. I took some photos, but none of them really turned out, even with using a flash to illuminate these dark, dank, deep spots.

 White Mountain News --- http://www.whitemtnews.com/

On May 14, 2006 I retired from Trinity University after a long and wonderful career as an accounting professor in four universities. I was generously granted "Emeritus" status by the Trustees of Trinity University. My wife and I now live in a cottage in the White Mountains of New Hampshire ---
http://facuolty.trinity.edu/rjensen/NHcottage/NHcottage.htm

Bob Jensen's Blogs --- http://facuolty.trinity.edu/rjensen/JensenBlogs.htm
Current and past editions of my newsletter called New Bookmarks --- http://facuolty.trinity.edu/rjensen/bookurl.htm
Current and past editions of my newsletter called Tidbits --- http://facuolty.trinity.edu/rjensen/TidbitsDirectory.htm
Current and past editions of my newsletter called Fraud Updates --- http://facuolty.trinity.edu/rjensen/FraudUpdates.htm
Bob Jensen's past presentations and lectures --- http://facuolty.trinity.edu/rjensen/resume.htm#Presentations   

Our address is 190 Sunset Hill Road, Sugar Hill, New Hampshire
Our cottage was known as the Brayton Cottage in the early 1900s
Sunset Hill is a ridge overlooking with New Hampshire's White Mountains to the East
and Vermont's Green Mountains to the West

Bob Jensen's Threads --- http://facuolty.trinity.edu/rjensen/threads.htm

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