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One of New England's most famous sculptures is in the state of New
Hampshire. This sculpture is strictly nature's work--a rock formation
called the ``Old Man of the Mountain.'' It became famous because of
Nathaniel Hawthorne's short story ``The Great Stone Face,'' which
he wrote in 1849.
To see this stone face, you have to go to the White Mountains of New
Hampshire, to a deep, narrow valley called Franconia Notch. There,
beside Profile Lake, you will find a marker on a large rock. Look
up. Against the sky you will see the wind-formed features of the Old
Man.
The face made the great New Hampshire-born statesman Daniel Webster
(1782-1852) think of signs that ...