For many years John Cucchi and his wife Anne, residents of Nelson, NH, have owned and operated Granite Lake Cottages
which overlook Granite Lake, one of the most scenic and pristine lakes in New Hampshire:
Here are two views from their cottages:
These views are now being threatened by AT&T's proposal to build a 150-foot cell tower directly on top of the hill where the rainbow can be seen.
Last October, when the Cucchis learned that their spectacular views were threatened by the cell tower, they joined forces with a number of concerned area residents banding together to oppose AT&T's plan, knowing that if this gigantic construction was to be approved by the Stoddard Zoning Board of Adjustment, the beauty of Granite Lake would be ruined forever.
A history buff and avid collector of Granite Lake memorabilia, including old photographs and postcards, John Cucchi discovered while doing research that AT&T had overlooked several historic sites near the proposed cell tower, sites that were not currently on the Historic Preservation roster but that were important and now threatened.
The fact that these sites existed and that they had been overlooked, he felt, meant that AT&T was potentially in violation of Section 106 of the 1996 Telecommunications Act. As is true of every state, New Hampshire has a specific code of restrictions for telecommunications projects.
The most prominent historic site located close to the proposed AT&T cell tower is the former home of Dr. Charles Eastman, born in 1858 into the Santee Dakota Sioux Indian tribe (and originally named Ohiyesa, "the winner"), who by the end of his life had earned an M.D. degree, was a prolific writer, had helped to establish the Boy Scouts, and, according to a site called World Wisdom, "had worked ceaselessly to promote the well being of American Indian tribes and had been perhaps the most important force in interpreting for the general public the spiritual depth and greatness of the American Indian tradition, then disappearing rapidly."
Below is a picture of Eastman at age 69 in full ceremonial dress:
Although raised until a teenager in the world of his tribe, Eastman's father perceived the boy's talent and had him educated at Beloit College and then Dartmouth, where he graduated in 1887. In 1890, he graduated from Boston University with an M.D. degree, and was also honored as orator of his class.
In 1891 Eastman married a European-American woman, Elaine Goodale of Berkshire County, Massachusetts, and opened a medical practice in St. Paul, Minnesota. Later he accepted a job as field secretary for the International Committee of the YMCA and then went to Washington as legal representative and lobbyist for the Sioux Tribe, followed by service as government physician to the Sioux in South Dakota. He began writing and publishing books about his Indian heritage and wrote a total of eleven, many of which were translated into foreign languages and distributed internationally. He also contributed articles to magazines, reviews, and encyclopedias.
In 1910 he began his long association with the Boy Scouts, helping to establish the organization based largely on the prototype of the American Indian; he established 32 Native American chapters. Eastman traveled throughout the U.S. and abroad as a lecturer and public speaker and was chosen President of the Society of the American Indians. He is considered the first Native American author to write American history from the native point of view.
It was in 1915 that he and his family moved to Granite Lake and established a girl scout camp, Camp Oahe, attempting to teach Indian life to young girls. Below is a photograph of Eastman teaching at the camp:
In 1918 during an influenza epidemic, one of his six children, Irene, died and was buried on what Eastman called the "Hill of Vision" (known today as Melville Hill)--the very same hill that AT&T is proposing as the site of a 150-foot cell tower.
Because of Eastman's historic importance, Cucchi decided he had to act. He set about contacting the New Hampshire Division of Historical Resources, the FCC, and the Santee Dakota Sioux headquarters in South Dakota....
For more detailed information on Charles Eastman, see a summary of his life on Wikipedia.
which overlook Granite Lake, one of the most scenic and pristine lakes in New Hampshire:
Here are two views from their cottages:
These views are now being threatened by AT&T's proposal to build a 150-foot cell tower directly on top of the hill where the rainbow can be seen.
Last October, when the Cucchis learned that their spectacular views were threatened by the cell tower, they joined forces with a number of concerned area residents banding together to oppose AT&T's plan, knowing that if this gigantic construction was to be approved by the Stoddard Zoning Board of Adjustment, the beauty of Granite Lake would be ruined forever.
A history buff and avid collector of Granite Lake memorabilia, including old photographs and postcards, John Cucchi discovered while doing research that AT&T had overlooked several historic sites near the proposed cell tower, sites that were not currently on the Historic Preservation roster but that were important and now threatened.
The fact that these sites existed and that they had been overlooked, he felt, meant that AT&T was potentially in violation of Section 106 of the 1996 Telecommunications Act. As is true of every state, New Hampshire has a specific code of restrictions for telecommunications projects.
The most prominent historic site located close to the proposed AT&T cell tower is the former home of Dr. Charles Eastman, born in 1858 into the Santee Dakota Sioux Indian tribe (and originally named Ohiyesa, "the winner"), who by the end of his life had earned an M.D. degree, was a prolific writer, had helped to establish the Boy Scouts, and, according to a site called World Wisdom, "had worked ceaselessly to promote the well being of American Indian tribes and had been perhaps the most important force in interpreting for the general public the spiritual depth and greatness of the American Indian tradition, then disappearing rapidly."
Below is a picture of Eastman at age 69 in full ceremonial dress:
Although raised until a teenager in the world of his tribe, Eastman's father perceived the boy's talent and had him educated at Beloit College and then Dartmouth, where he graduated in 1887. In 1890, he graduated from Boston University with an M.D. degree, and was also honored as orator of his class.
In 1891 Eastman married a European-American woman, Elaine Goodale of Berkshire County, Massachusetts, and opened a medical practice in St. Paul, Minnesota. Later he accepted a job as field secretary for the International Committee of the YMCA and then went to Washington as legal representative and lobbyist for the Sioux Tribe, followed by service as government physician to the Sioux in South Dakota. He began writing and publishing books about his Indian heritage and wrote a total of eleven, many of which were translated into foreign languages and distributed internationally. He also contributed articles to magazines, reviews, and encyclopedias.
In 1910 he began his long association with the Boy Scouts, helping to establish the organization based largely on the prototype of the American Indian; he established 32 Native American chapters. Eastman traveled throughout the U.S. and abroad as a lecturer and public speaker and was chosen President of the Society of the American Indians. He is considered the first Native American author to write American history from the native point of view.
It was in 1915 that he and his family moved to Granite Lake and established a girl scout camp, Camp Oahe, attempting to teach Indian life to young girls. Below is a photograph of Eastman teaching at the camp:
In 1918 during an influenza epidemic, one of his six children, Irene, died and was buried on what Eastman called the "Hill of Vision" (known today as Melville Hill)--the very same hill that AT&T is proposing as the site of a 150-foot cell tower.
Because of Eastman's historic importance, Cucchi decided he had to act. He set about contacting the New Hampshire Division of Historical Resources, the FCC, and the Santee Dakota Sioux headquarters in South Dakota....
For more detailed information on Charles Eastman, see a summary of his life on Wikipedia.
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