“In the 1880’s Mt. Agassiz was under the control of Milo J. Corliss who constructed a carriage road to its summit on which he erected an observatory. This mountain was formerly known as Peaked Hill but was later named Mt. Agassiz in honor of Prof. Louis Agassiz, the celebrated Swiss Naturalist. In 1884, the observatory was rebuilt and enlarged, and it commanded then, as it is today, one of the finest panoramas in the mountains. Three hundred and seventeen peaks scattered over three states and Canada are visible from Mt. Agassiz. This mountain has an elevation of 2,500 feet and is only a few minutes’ ride from Bethlehem street. Mrs. L. S. Gray once wrote and published a poem about Mt. Agassiz called ‘The Observatory of the White Hills.'”
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