Let’s begin with the “inauspicious start”. Sooooo, I was scheduled to fly out of Burlington, Vermont at 5:39 am Eastern Daylight Time on a Delta flight. Thick fog stopped that in its tracks. I received a text from Delta just after midnight. My flight was to be delayed by 9 hours. Within 2 minutes, I wasContinue reading “An Abandoned Fort, a Ghost Town & an Inauspicious Start”
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Abandoned Camp Rucker Bakery
From the historic marker: “The Bakery was first described in Camp records in May, 1879. It was a log building with an earth roof and an adjacent guardhouse. The nearby storehouse (commissary) was a stockaded tent structure with vertical log walls and a canvas tent roof. In May, 1880, a permanent building program was begunContinue reading “Abandoned Camp Rucker Bakery”
STEEPEST SLIDE EVER! 😬
https://youtube.com/shorts/5cKKE9BVAU4?si=a723QX_lsbUlrigq I visited Ruby, Arizona, recently. It’s a fabulous ghost town. The slide you see in this video was actually used by the kids who attended the grades 1-8 school. All I can see is broken bones and a host of other injuries! Of course, were I to think like a kid, I’d likely thinkContinue reading “STEEPEST SLIDE EVER! 😬”
Old Mill and Dam: Slate History Trail
“Little Hazard Brook once powered sawmills and slate mills as it wound its way from Glen Lake, or Screwsriver Pond, to Lake Bomoseen. From the sawmill, Hazard Brook ran underground to the waterwheel in the slate mill. An old outlet near the Barlow house may have furnished water power for earlier mills. “-Bomoseen State ParkContinue reading “Old Mill and Dam: Slate History Trail”
Remainder of Slate Mill
“The Slate Mill: In 1868, the slate company built a new mill for the preparation of purple and green flooring, billiard tables, sinks and washtubs. At the time the mill was constructed, it was one of the largest slate finishing mills in the country. The mill was powered by a waterwheel 24 feet in diameter.Continue reading “Remainder of Slate Mill”