WDYK: The Legend of Jigger Johnson - New Hampshire Magazine

WDYK: The Legend of Jigger Johnson - New Hampshire Magazine

In the late 1970s, I worked as a surveyor on a U.S. Forest Service crew in the White Mountain National Forest. Depending on where we planned to work the next morning, our team would determine the rendezvous location to meet at the night before. Jigger Johnson Campground on the Kancamagus was convenient when working in the Passaconaway area, so we regularly made plans to meet at “Jigger’s.”  While waiting for late crew members to arrive one morni…