Yes, I would think so too. But isn't it strange that the manager's houses were usually right next to the furnace? I'm thinking of the ones at Batsto, Martha, Allaire, Speedwell, etc. I know they wanted to keep an eye on the place, but yeah, it must have been tough for them to sleep. I wonder if there was additional industry in the Calico area.
Question regarding "Calico"
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bruset said:
I thought we were discussing the puddle crossing at this point Ben:
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BobM said:
Bob,
Your target is a different puddle. It is the one on Martha Rd, the spot we all went to on the Harrisville tour.
Steve
I'd like to go back to the one we were at in my post. I'd like to see whats growing in the sandy area. Soon as I get another 4 wheel drive.
"She can dance a cajun rythm, jump like a Willys in 4 wheel drive!" (Sugar Magnolia, the Dead)
"She can dance a cajun rythm, jump like a Willys in 4 wheel drive!" (Sugar Magnolia, the Dead)
BobM said:
Oh, you doesn't has ta wait untills ya gets a new one. We can set a day to go back thar in mine. If'n ya don't think it's too hot.
Steve
calico bush
i believe calico is the foundation holes on the right several hundred yards past the big puddle namely because it"s in the general location of the map you refer too and calico bush was another name for laurel which grows profusely on the left side of the road at this site and while laurel is very common where I"m from (Laurel lake) in cumberland count it"s not very common to the central barrens because it"s not as fire resistant as scrub oak which can be shown by the 2001 fire down here where vast acres of laurel have never come back while all the oak is resprouting from stumps.I think while inconclusive the location and the laurel bushes help point the way.
Al
i believe calico is the foundation holes on the right several hundred yards past the big puddle namely because it"s in the general location of the map you refer too and calico bush was another name for laurel which grows profusely on the left side of the road at this site and while laurel is very common where I"m from (Laurel lake) in cumberland count it"s not very common to the central barrens because it"s not as fire resistant as scrub oak which can be shown by the 2001 fire down here where vast acres of laurel have never come back while all the oak is resprouting from stumps.I think while inconclusive the location and the laurel bushes help point the way.
Al
manumuskin said:
Gotta disagree with you Al. I think those holes are too modern. I think those holes are from a more recent bog opperation IMHO.
Steve
I think it's very probable that the newer industry reused the site of the older community. I think it's possible that the clearing with the newer foundations might represent the "redevelopment of the older "Calico". I also tend to believe that the original Calico centered around a cranberry bog and not the furnace.
Calico may represent the people displaced from Martha trying cranberry farming as an alternate way to make a living. Just a theory. As far as the true location of the former settlement, the previous commentary was more interesting.
Calico may represent the people displaced from Martha trying cranberry farming as an alternate way to make a living. Just a theory. As far as the true location of the former settlement, the previous commentary was more interesting.
The modern ruins are much, much farther away than where the town is located on the historic maps.
TeeGate said:Maybe everyone involved with this post needs to go as a group to discuss and see this as one.... Bob said when he got his new truck he would go
Guy
Ready-set-go!
I made it through that puddle last year in a S-10 blazer with 30" Yokohama geolander AT+II's actually mine and another blazer equally equipped got through. You needed to be in 4wd for sure and get a little runnign start and stay to the left because the right side of the truck will get kinda deep but the blazer is narrow so it's less prone to falling into wider ruts. I haven't tried it now with my Blazer ZR2 with 31's and a 4inch factory lift.bruset said:
The last time I was out there (with Tom) you could walk through the go-around. We walked down for a little but but didn't see anything interesting.
It's my belief that Calico disappeared when those bogs were made.
It's my belief that Calico disappeared when those bogs were made.