Betty Brook
Inscription
When Beth 'Betty' Richardson (1927 - 2018) was born at the remote Wild River Campground Guard Station in Bean's Purchase, N.H., on June 20, 1927, she was proclaimed the . Her parents, Alva and Mildred, moved to the area from Maine; her father worked as a U.S. Forest Guard from 1926 to 1937 and her mother wrote a memoir about their experiences.
), published in 2019. In 1928, Alva's colleagues named a brook on York Pond Road after Betty. 'A small brook,' they said, 'for a small girl.'
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