Strange things found in the forest

[dan ny escarpment]

I wish the stone pillar and patio could tell us how they got there. Wiccan's maybe or someone piling up stones when returning to land that used to be in he family? That pillar and patio is odd. Later, Dan

The best guess for the creators of the stone pillar is hikers, although not visible or easily accessible from the nearby Buckeye trail, perhaps the debris pile adjacent to the trail draws hikers off the trail. What is odd is that there are no signs of a trail to that, either deer trail or footpath, that one would expect. I do wonder about former residents, the area has been a park for decades, but you never know.

Also canvassed some other former home sites in the area, and did not find anything else like it, a couple sites along an abandoned road. Did find some foundation remnants, open wells/cisterns and even an uncapped septic tank, but no stone cairns.

Dan

 

[dan ny escarpment]

The best guess for the creators of the stone pillar is hikers, although not visible or easily accessible from the nearby Buckeye trail, perhaps the debris pile adjacent to the trail draws hikers off the trail. What is odd is that there are no signs of a trail to that, either deer trail or footpath, that one would expect. I do wonder about former residents, the area has been a park for decades, but you never know. Also canvassed some other former home sites in the area, and did not find anything else like it, a couple sites along an abandoned road. Did find some foundation remnants, open wells/cisterns and even an uncapped septic tank, but no stone cairns. Dan

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairn

 

[Egon]

I found a perfect Olympia Beer can on my property in Oakland CA... it's now sitting on the shelf in the garage...

No more Olympia Beer, Artesians, etc. in Tumwater Washington :-(

Of all places to find one...

If memory is correct I've been able to remove the contents of a few cans. Then there were the highway sign adds ??

 

[Egon]

That reminds me of a story I heard when young. They were discussing why some sections differed in area enough to be noticeable and one old guy said they once found a large number of whiskey bottles in one of the four holes dug around a survey monument.

The horse pulling the buggy with the wheel counter on it was under non compliant direction.

 

[Egon]

Hey, I bet you'd get hot and thirsty after a long day of surveying. :drink:

Moss; envision ten hours of blazing sun, +85F temperature and fourty mile an hour breeze blowing dust and having to stop every hundred feet and yell something silly like "Mark". And to really add to the insult the glasses were only seven ounce and you only got two at one time and the hat had to come off and food was picked eggs,salt herring, piggy puffs etc.

Them cellars driving the buggy were lucky. That is till got into some hoof flies!

 

[300UGUY]

That is neat to learn, thanks! We just figured they were a bunch of drunks :laughing:.

This. After hearing stories from my family and friends, I think our ancestors did a lot of drinking. I know any building project when I grew up was accompanied by lots of beer, and sometimes liquor of some sort. They got a lot done, probably because they liked to drink....

 

[300UGUY]

Moss; envision ten hours of blazing sun, +85F temperature and fourty mile an hour breeze blowing dust and having to stop every hundred feet and yell something silly like "Mark". And to really add to the insult the glasses were only seven ounce and you only got two at one time and the hat had to come off and food was picked eggs,salt herring, piggy puffs etc.

Them cellars driving the buggy were lucky. That is till got into some hoof flies!

My grandfather worked on survey crews and power line construction crews in Mininisota in the late teens, early 20's. The bugs were terrible, the work hard, and they spent 3 weeks at a time out in the bush. They had a recruit a new crew every 3 weeks, most guys wouldn't go out again.

 

[Creamer]

That reminds me of a story I heard when young. They were discussing why some sections differed in area enough to be noticeable and one old guy said they once found a large number of whiskey bottles in one of the four holes dug around a survey monument.

That would explain why they are constantly correcting surveys and land boundaries!

 

[MossRoad]

Moss; envision ten hours of blazing sun, +85F temperature and fourty mile an hour breeze blowing dust and having to stop every hundred feet and yell something silly like "Mark". And to really add to the insult the glasses were only seven ounce and you only got two at one time and the hat had to come off and food was picked eggs,salt herring, piggy puffs etc.

Them cellars driving the buggy were lucky. That is till got into some hoof flies!

7oz glasses!!! That's inhumane!!! :laughing:

 

[turnkey4099]

7oz glasses!!! That's inhumane!!! :laughing:

But it does make for more curls.

Harry K