All,
I am reviving this old thread with a review and an update. Back in March of 2008 Rob from work and I headed into the Great Swamp to search for an inscribed stone along with other stones for a couple pieces of property that are isolated there. One of them is still in private hands today. This photo shows the location of the inscribed stone in yellow, and a few of the other stones are shown as well.
This morning Al and I made an attempt to find them, and our adventure started off pretty poorly. The route we were taking was unexpectedly blocked by a bridge washout, so we had to quickly come up with another plan. Al came up with a route to take, and by 10:30 we recovered and had started our two mile walk to get there. On the way there and back we saw these.
Sedge.
Flooding
Al's snack.
Getting close.
I had calculated the coordinates as best I could a few years back when Rob and I made our first attempt, and just last night I tried a different approach and came up with locations somewhat different. I loaded them in my GPS and figured we could give them a try if my original locations were a failure. Sure enough they were at our first stop, so we moved the 120 feet difference and came to a clearing, where Al quickly spotted it. We had found one of the many we were looking for! This stone has been there since around 1857, and maybe as far back as 1824 when the deed to the neighboring property was drawn up. To put that in perspective, the first steam locomotive was unveiled that year, and Beethoven's 9th Symphony was new.
Circled in yellow.
Unfortunately, we did not find the inscribed stone on this visit, as well as the one other we looked for, but with the finding of one the rest get much easier. I want to thank Al for all his help, and Ben for help he gave me and did not even know it
To be continued........
Guy
