Etymology of Galehead Mountain?

[nartreb]

Does anyone know?

Thanks.

 

[HikerBob]

Just a wild guess... but it stands at the head of the Gale River

Bob

 

[Sherpa John]

Sweet Link Kev! THANKS!

 

[SAR-EMT40]

Very cool link Kevin.

Thanks,
Keith

 

[GeorgeFitch]

Maybe it was named after these folks?

http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/whites/gargale/g12.jpg

 

[Double Bow]

Interesting but, I didn't see where it explained the name...

 

[Waumbek]

There are a couple of theories about the origin of the name "Gale." The older one is that a Mr. Gale sent a gun to Ethan Allen Crawford. Why the river or mountain would then have been named after him nobody seems to know. "Gale" was on Bond's 1853 map. But Franconians like to believe that the river at least is named after Susannah Gale, on whose land the Gale spring was located according to an early town historian. (Haven't checked her dates to see if she precedes Bond's 1853 map.)

 

[David Metsky]

Check this out -

Hrmm, all those images are from my website... I think I gave him permission, but I honestly don't remember.

-dave-

 

[Sherpa John]

There are no blowdowns up there to warrant a view.. so Gale wasn't named for the wind

 

[spencer]

Based on The History of Franconia Steve Smith attributes (In The4000-Footers of the White Mountains) the name to the Gale River which is named in turn for Susannah Gale. Waumbek and Steve probably read the same books

spencer