November 23, 1934
All,
I was reading one of Beck's articles and find it interesting that Willis Buzby felt Beck was running out of interesting finds after 5 years of exploring and gave him a tip on what to do about it. Beck seemed uninterested in Buzby's thoughts it appears. And in the same article Beck traveled to Washington on a route by his own admission he had never traveled before. Lets follow along.
After five years of jaunting along through the Lost Town country, there are still things to be seen. Though we listened courteously this week while Willis Buzby, of Chatsworth, said that to find more than we have in our travels would mean excavations, we went down beyond Speedwell and found a road we have never used before.
In this, as in many similar cases, the newer road, hard-surfaced between Chatsworth and New Gretna (563), has cut off many older roads and changed the terrain so that you have to hunt for them.
This one is serviceable, if you like trails hemmed in on either side. You'll find it by going down through Chatsworth to Speedwell (563) and then turning to the right (Speedwell Friendship road) toward the home of Speedwell's last all-year-round resident. Here the track would take to Eagle, if you followed it through--but you don't; you swing quickly left again (Hawkins Speedwell road), beside a house that has lost its tar-paper, and start a gradual climb.
Here the county is varied, scatted cedars giving way to groups of tall pines which, in turn, drop off on a plain of scrub oak. Suddenly, the road crosses a narrow one-car-width bridge (Hawkins Bridge). The stream is the Featherbed branch (maybe) that eventually reaches the Wading river via the Tulpehocken creek. The cedar water is pungent and, when we were there the other day, careless picnickers had left cups and papers about on the rise above the swamp (the current camp site on the hill south of Hawkins Bridge). Keeping to the middle road, despite interlocking cross-trails that may bewilder you, you will arrive in -- Washington, , N. J.
All,
I was reading one of Beck's articles and find it interesting that Willis Buzby felt Beck was running out of interesting finds after 5 years of exploring and gave him a tip on what to do about it. Beck seemed uninterested in Buzby's thoughts it appears. And in the same article Beck traveled to Washington on a route by his own admission he had never traveled before. Lets follow along.
After five years of jaunting along through the Lost Town country, there are still things to be seen. Though we listened courteously this week while Willis Buzby, of Chatsworth, said that to find more than we have in our travels would mean excavations, we went down beyond Speedwell and found a road we have never used before.
In this, as in many similar cases, the newer road, hard-surfaced between Chatsworth and New Gretna (563), has cut off many older roads and changed the terrain so that you have to hunt for them.
This one is serviceable, if you like trails hemmed in on either side. You'll find it by going down through Chatsworth to Speedwell (563) and then turning to the right (Speedwell Friendship road) toward the home of Speedwell's last all-year-round resident. Here the track would take to Eagle, if you followed it through--but you don't; you swing quickly left again (Hawkins Speedwell road), beside a house that has lost its tar-paper, and start a gradual climb.
Here the county is varied, scatted cedars giving way to groups of tall pines which, in turn, drop off on a plain of scrub oak. Suddenly, the road crosses a narrow one-car-width bridge (Hawkins Bridge). The stream is the Featherbed branch (maybe) that eventually reaches the Wading river via the Tulpehocken creek. The cedar water is pungent and, when we were there the other day, careless picnickers had left cups and papers about on the rise above the swamp (the current camp site on the hill south of Hawkins Bridge). Keeping to the middle road, despite interlocking cross-trails that may bewilder you, you will arrive in -- Washington, , N. J.
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