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Old Man of the Mountain Summer, 1972 – Historical Marker: "OLD MAN OF THE MOUNTAIN – 'The Great Stone Face" – 48' forehead to chin; 1200' above Profile Lake; 3200' above sea level; first seen by white men in 1805." Franconia Notch is a U-shaped valley in the White Mountains that was shaped by glaciers.
The group is named after "Old Bill Williams", a legendary fur trapper who hunted in the mountains of the area. They supported the creation of an eight-foot bronze statue of Williams, created by the sculptor by B. R. Pettit, to stand in a park honoring the mountain man in Williams, Arizona, which was named for him.
Old Bill Williams statue in Williams Arizona. Williams was born on January 3, 1787, on Horse Creek, a branch of the Pacolet River, under Skyuka Mountain in Polk County, North Carolina, into a Welsh family. He was the fourth of nine children born to Joseph Williams and Sarah Musick. Sarah's family was from Virginia.
Mark Corliss, of Keene, New Hampshire, takes a photograph of the Old Man of the Mountain on Cannon Mountain in New Hampshire's Franconia Notch State Park on Nov. 23, 1977. (Photo by Ed Jenner/The ...
Bill Williams Mountain is a peak and lava dome volcano located about 31 miles (50 km) west of Flagstaff and 3.5 miles (5.6 km) south of Williams, Arizona in the Kaibab National Forest. It is named for Old Bill Williams , a scout, guide, and mountain man, who lived in the 1800s.
The head shape has been noted since the early 19th century. It was partly hidden by trees near the chin, but a 1901 forest fire revealed the full profile. [6] [7] The mountain received more attention after a better-known rock formation in the White Mountains, the Old Man of the Mountain, collapsed in 2003. The "Indian Head" will eventually lose ...
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What is now Echo Lake seems to have been Profile Lake. OrganicEarth 02:38, 28 July 2015 (UTC) No, Eagle Cliff is on the east side of the notch, facing the Old Man, which was on the west side under Cannon Mountain. Echo Lake and Profile Lake are separate water bodies less than a mile apart, separated by the height of land in the notch.