♪ AUDREY NAMED AFTER PRESIDENT ANDREW JACKSON IN 1820 NINE, THIS PICTURESQUE RESORT VILLAGE IS A HAVEN FOR OUTDOOR ENTHUSIASTS ALL YEAR LONG.
>> A SPECIAL PLACE TO BE, LOTS OF ROMANCE.
LOTS OF THINGS FOR FAMILIES.
WE ARE VERY EVENT DRIVEN.
THERE WAS ALWAYS SOMETHING GOING ON IN JACKSON.
AUDREY: IN THE WINTER JACKSON ATTRACTS SKIERS.
THE SKI TOURING FOUNDATION, A NONPROFIT COST COUNTRY ORGANIZATI -- CROSS-COUNTRY ORGANIZATION OFFERS 95 MILES OF WELL GROOMED TRAILS FOR BOTH OF NOVICE AND THE RACER.
BLACK MOUNTAIN HAS 45 TRAILS FOR DOWNHILL SKIING AND SNOWBOARDING FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY.
>> BIGGER THAN MOST PEOPLE THINK.
LOOKING AT THE HILL IT DOESN’T LOOK THAT BIG BUT IT IS PROBABLY MIDSIZED MOUNTAIN, SMALL TO MID.
THE TERRAIN IS FANTASTIC.
WE HAVE WINDY TRAILS THROUGH THE WOODS AND THAT HOPES -- THAT HELPS THEM HOLD OF THEIR SNOW BECAUSE IT IS NOT THE WIDE OPEN TRAILS THAT GET THEIR SNOW SCRAPED OFF.
AND WE HAVE GROOMERS THE KEEP IT ♪ ALL SEASON.
♪ AUDREY: JACKSON’S LANDMARK IS THIS WOODEN BRIDGE.
BUILT-IN 1876, THE RED WOODEN BRIDGE CROSSES THE ELLIS RIVER.
THE RED COVERED BRIDGE HERE IN JACKSON IS ONE OF THE MOST PHOTOGRAPHED SITES IN NEW ENGLAND.
IT IS CALLED OF THE HONEYMOON BRIDGE.
NO ONE HERE KNOWS HOW IT GOT THAT NAME BUT IT COULD BE THAT JACKSON IS A VERY POPULAR DESTINATION FOR WEDDING.
>> I WOULD CALL THE WHOLE VILLAGE OF JACKSON A WEDDING VENUE.
ON ANY GIVEN WEEKEND THERE IS ALWAYS A BRIDE HERE, HAVING PICTURES TAKEN, WHETHER IS GREAT BIG WEDDING PARTIES OR, I HAVE PICTURES MYSELF OF BRIDES SITTING IN THE COVERED BRIDGE.
AUDREY: THERE IS NO SHORTAGE OF PLACES TO STAY IN JACKSON, FROM A COZY INTO ONE OF THE OLDER, ELEGANT HOTELS.
THE WENTWORTH IN WAS BUILT IN 1869 BY JOSHUA CHICORY IS A WEDDING GIFT TO HIS DAUGHTER.
THE RESORT OFFERS 61 ROOMS AND SUITES AND IS POPULAR WITH ALL MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY.
♪ MENSTRUATING JACKSON OFFERS SHOPS, RESTAURANTS AND INSNS WITHIN -- MAD STREET JACKSON OFFERS SHOPS RESTAURANTS AND INNS.
>> THE CURRENT OWNERS HAVE HAD A 12 OR 13 YEARS NOW.
IT IS A GREAT PLACE TO COME AND DO SOME AFTER-SKIING FUN.
MUSIC, WE DO A LOT OF MUSIC SIX NIGHTS A WEEK SO IT’S BIG FOR MUSIC.
AUDREY: SUE HOLT IS MANAGER OF THE WILDCAT.
A LOT OF THE CLIENTELE ARE REPEAT BUSINESSES -- A LOT OF THE CLIENTELE A REPEAT VISITORS.
>> I HAVE A LOT OF REGULARS THAT STAY HERE THAT I CHAT WITH.
A LOT OF NEW ENGLAND.
WE GET A LOT OF BRITISH FAMILIES BUT A LOT WITHIN NEW ENGLAND BECAUSE THEY KNOW THIS IS WHERE THE SKIING IS.
IN JACKSON YOU ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF EVERYTHING.
♪ AUDREY: IF IT IS NOT A BLUEBIRD DAY, AND OTHER WORDS, PERFECT, SUNNY SKI WEATHER, TAKE A TRIP BACK IN TIME AND VISIT THE OLD TOWN HALL, NOW HOME TO THE
JACKSON HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND ART GALLERY.
HI, WARREN.
NICE TO MEET YOU.
HEADED UP BY WARREN SCHUMACHER, THIS LIVELY 94-YEAR-OLD THOSE JACKSON HISTORY INSIDE AND OUT.
HE IS PART OF THE HUDSON SCHOOL FOUND IN 1825 BY THOMAS COLE, A GROUP OF LANDSCAPE ARTIST WHO TRAVELED FROM NEW YORK TO THE WHITE MOUNTAINS TO PAINT.
THOMAS COLE’S HANG HERE IN THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
>> THIS WORK IS A GREAT ONE.
THE TITLE OF THAT IS FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.
AND IT IS REALLY THE PAINTERS THE CAME EARLY THAT OPENED UP THE AREA, PAINTED THEIR LANDSCAPES AND TOOK THEM TO WHEREVER THEY CAME FROM AND PEOPLE SAW THEM, AND THEY WANTED
TO COME HERE.
SO THAT ULTIMATELY STARTED THE HOTELS IN THE NORTH COUNTRY.
EVEN DOWN TO TODAY, THERE IS A BASIS OF THE TOURISM UP HERE, IN LARGE PART, IN ADDITION TO THE SKIING, IS ART.
AUDREY: A NEW GENERATION OF ARTISTS IS NOW INSPIRED BY THE HUDSON RIVER SCHOOL.
I DON’T USE ANY PHOTOGRAPHS IN MY PAINTING CLASS.
IT IS VERY MUCH A 19TH-CENTURY TECH PROCESS WHERE I GO OUT AND DRAW AND I DO SMALL PAINTINGS OUTSIDE, AND THEN I USE THE SMALL PAINTINGS OR DRAWINGS PLUS IMAGINATION AND MEMORY IN THE
STUDIO TO MAKE THE LARGER PAINTINGS, LIKE THIS.
>> I ACTUALLY STARTED IT ON SITE, SO ONE KIND OF CHILLY AUTUMN DAY.
BUT THE WEATHER RESULT WAS CHANGING, THERE IS DRAMATIC SKIES, BEAUTIFUL CLOUDS, THE MOUNTAINS, OBVIOUSLY I JUST AMAZING -- OBVIOUSLY ARE JUST AMAZING.
♪ [GUITAR MUSIC] AUDREY: THOUGH JACKSON IS KNOWN AS AN IDYLLIC WINTER VILLAGE THERE ARE EVENTS HERE ALL YEAR LONG, OUTDOOR FESTIVALS
BEGINNING IN THE SPRING.
>> WE HAVE A COVERED BRIDGE DANCE IN AUGUST.
WITH GOT AN ART FESTIVAL IN AUGUST.
WE HAVE THE WILD DUCK FESTIVAL.
A LOT OF REALLY UNUSUAL THINGS GOING ON.
>> WE STAY HERE -- WE STAY OPEN HERE AT THE SOCIETY ALL YEAR.
YOU WILL ALWAYS FIND 19TH-CENTURY WHITE MOUNTAIN ART ON DISPLAY IN JACKSON, AND IN THE NORTH COUNTRY, RIGHT HERE IN OUR MUSEUM.
AUDREY: A LOT TO DO AND A LANDSCAPE THAT IS TRULY A WORK OF ART.