The Haunted Ghost Town of Livermore, NH

Date:	10-28-2022
Location:	Hearts Location, NH
Total Time:	2 hours
Fees:	$0
Difficultly Rating:	Easy

Livermore was a small town located in the White Mountains of New Hampshire.  The town was incorporated in 1874 and existed until 1949 when the last two residents left the town. Livermore was a logging town started by the Saunders family from Massachusetts. My friend Melissa and decided to make it a stop on a haunted road trip in the White Mountains.

The town has been abandoned for several decades and only foundations and a few artifacts remain. I still wanted to view for myself what was left of this once thriving town before it becomes totally reclaimed by the land.

We found a pull off on the side of the road where we started our search. There was a foundation across the street from us so we took a look around. First thing I noticed was a clump of large burr’s attached to my arm and back that took a little time to remove. This would not be the last of the burrs. We also noticed a number of apple trees along Sawyer River Road.

According to our map we were not far from the foundation of the school house at the end of the town. So we decided to start there. The foundation is easily viewable from the road and we noticed a few artifacts along the outer edge of it. Mostly pipes and some old glass and metal.

Then we started to make our way down toward the river. It was a pretty steep and leafy decent down to the river. We located the section of land that was used as the log pond. It is only a stream off the main river now. We also saw some old twisted train tracks and railroad ties where the stream met back up with the river.

Next we decided to explore the old saw mill that was at the front of the Log Pond. This is just a row of concrete foundations covered with moss now but very cool to see. We walked inside for a bit and found a few more metal artifacts.

We continued up toward an old crumbled brick building that we believe to be the old power plant. At the top of these ruins was a structure with what looked like an old round brick chimney. Some very good masonry work went into this structure.

We moved along toward the General Store, office and engine house. There were only foundations left for all of these structures but inside the general store foundation was an old heavy safe. The door was removed and off to the side. Didn’t see much inside except for some fallen leaves but is was still pretty cool. I wondered what kinds of things were kept in this safe when it was in use.

After that we made our way across the street to search some more of the old town. We were hoping to find an old cemetery that I had read about but we did not have any luck finding that.

We continued across to check out the last few foundations and make our way back to the car.

We did not see any ghosts or feel the presence of any spirits but I did think a lot about people that lived here. Wondering if they build some of the artifacts we saw. Or maybe drank from some of the bottles we found. There certainly is a lot of history in the White Mountains. I’m fortunate to have opportunity to explore these unique places.

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