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==Tributes== Beside Emerson and Thoreau, other artists and writers have been inspired by Mount Monadnock, including: * [[William Preston Phelps]] (1848β1917) was known as "the Painter of Mount Monadnock". * Many other American artists have painted Mount Monadnock, among them [[Abbott Handerson Thayer]], [[Rockwell Kent]] and [[Richard Whitney (artist)|Richard Whitney]]. * The American composer [[Alan Hovhaness]] (1911β2000), who climbed Mount Monadnock several times during his youth, composed the symphonic fantasy entitled ''Monadnock'', Op. 2, No. 1, circa 1935. * [[H. P. Lovecraft]], the early 20th century writer of [[horror fiction|horror]], [[science fiction]] and [[fantasy fiction|fantasy]], authored the poem "To Templeton and Mount Monadnock".<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120731233145/http://www.monadnockmountain.com/poetry.htm Monadnock.com]}}. Retrieved December 15, 2007.</ref> * [[Galway Kinnell]], a [[Pulitzer Prize]]βwinning poet, wrote the poem "Flower Herding on Mount Monadnock".<ref>''Norton Anthology of Modern Poetry'' 2nd edition, (1988). New York: Norton.</ref> * Poet [[Edwin Arlington Robinson]], who summered in Monadnock's shadow from 1911 to 1934, wrote the poem "Monadnock Through the Trees".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.monadnock.net/whatis/robinson.html |title=Edwin Arlington Robinson at Monadnock |website=www.monadnock.net |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000829074621/http://www.monadnock.net/whatis/robinson.html |archive-date=August 29, 2000}}</ref> * Part of the yearly Mount Monadnock Celebration of Dance takes place on the summit of Mount Monadnock at the [[Autumn equinox (Northern Hemisphere)|autumn equinox]]. Several [[United States Navy]] ships were named [[USS Monadnock|USS ''Monadnock'']] in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. In 1961, [[F. Nelson Blount]] established the Monadnock, Steamtown & Northern Railroad, a local steam-powered tourist railroad named after the mountain and [[Steamtown USA]], Blount's accompanying steam museum. The MS&N operated in the region until 1967, when it was folded in with the [[Green Mountain Railroad]]. An image of the peak made up the railroad's logo. <gallery widths="200px" heights="180px"> Image:monadorch.jpg|Mount Monadnock as painted by [[Richard Whitney (artist)|Richard Whitney]] in the painting ''Monadnock Orchard'' File:1919, Thayer, Abbott Handerson, Monadnock, Winter Sunrise.jpg|[[Abbott Handerson Thayer]], ''Monadnock, Winter Sunrise'', 1919, [[Princeton University Art Museum]] </gallery>
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