Colonel Joseph Whipple (1738-1816) was the father of Jefferson. He came to the area from Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in 1772 through a pass through the mountains that two hunters discovered only the year before. He was the first person to make a journey through this pass, which is now known as Crawford Notch. He had to coax his cattle and horses over the boulders and precipices by means of ropes and pulleys.
Learn more about Colonel Whipple at nearby cache sites: Whipple #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7 and #8.