Who Was Colonel Joseph Whipple #7? Traditional Cache

This cache is one of eight placed along Whipple Road, which runs from Route 116 to Route 115A in the Town of Jefferson.

Colonel Joseph Whipple (1738-1816), the father of Jefferson, came to the area in 1772.

In 1986, the New Hampshire state legislature passed a bill to name a 3,298-foot peak in the Pliny Range Mount Joseph Whipple. It is on the west flank of Mt. Starr King in the Town of Jefferson.

Learn more about Colonel Whipple at nearby cache sites Whipple #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, and #8.