Last Sunday my wife and I explored around Hermann city. We tried to get down there before in the summer but the place was totally over run with ticks. Sunday had turned out to be the perfect day. No ticks (to speak of) and no snow.
What a great trip. saw all the ruins including the one a little further down stream right along the mullica. Found a geocache (spelling?) also. I figured that the ruins right along the river must have been the hotel, and the other ruins the furnance/glass factory, but I'm not certain. Any elaboration on this would be appreciated. When I was helping my wife over a fallen cedar in the ruins, her pants got caught on a broken branch and ripped the whole backside of her jeans open. This made the trip even more amusing!
Of particular interest however, was right along the shore line. It was low tide and we found tons of glass in the sand. At first we figured that the glass was post hermann city era, but upon walking the shore line we noticed no other glass. The concentration right there couldn't have been coincidence.
The most suprising thing was what I found sticking out of the sand in the recessed tide. The remains of a boat. In Becks book "More Forgotten Towns" there is a picture on page 144 of Hollis Koster examining the ruins of either the Argo or the Frances ships and that is exactly what I must have been looking at. I had the book in the truck with me and I compared the photo to my find and I'm confident that that was it. I wouldn't have thought the remains would still be intact considering that the photo was taking in the 30's but never the less...
I wish I had brought my camera along. All in all a very nice trip!
Jeff
What a great trip. saw all the ruins including the one a little further down stream right along the mullica. Found a geocache (spelling?) also. I figured that the ruins right along the river must have been the hotel, and the other ruins the furnance/glass factory, but I'm not certain. Any elaboration on this would be appreciated. When I was helping my wife over a fallen cedar in the ruins, her pants got caught on a broken branch and ripped the whole backside of her jeans open. This made the trip even more amusing!
Of particular interest however, was right along the shore line. It was low tide and we found tons of glass in the sand. At first we figured that the glass was post hermann city era, but upon walking the shore line we noticed no other glass. The concentration right there couldn't have been coincidence.
The most suprising thing was what I found sticking out of the sand in the recessed tide. The remains of a boat. In Becks book "More Forgotten Towns" there is a picture on page 144 of Hollis Koster examining the ruins of either the Argo or the Frances ships and that is exactly what I must have been looking at. I had the book in the truck with me and I compared the photo to my find and I'm confident that that was it. I wouldn't have thought the remains would still be intact considering that the photo was taking in the 30's but never the less...
I wish I had brought my camera along. All in all a very nice trip!
Jeff
