11 years and never noticed....

[pmclaine]

This little piece of history on the road to my gun club......

The town just did some work adding the hand rails and some landscaping. Id seen it from the main road, this picture for perspective....

But only thought of it as an old bridge from the late 1800s or early 1900s.

This plaque was installed recently....

Gonna have to see if the Colonels house exists still.

 

[ArmyJerry]

Cool

 

[pmclaine]

John Porter's grave....

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[Maggot]

I reckon only a stonemason would notice it, but note the difference in the stone work in the old bridge and the new one. Looks like the new one got quarried stone and the old one got what ever they could pick up and capped when they put in the handrail. Nice contrast. Beautiful area. Looks like Mr. Porter made it all the way down to Virgina.

 

[pmclaine]

New Bridge is datable by the box culvert.

Old Bridge is as you note rough hewn stone.

Its a neat area.

There are a lot of old quarried stone structures in the area.

Shakers had a commune up the road and the remains of their buildings look like something from Ireland.

Just up the road is the remains of an old road, would be a super highway back in the day, that crosses through the center of Fort Devens.

Its pretty overgrown and only recognizable as a road because it is elevated above the surrounding wetland and it is yard stick straight.

 

[cornhusker86]

Thanks for sharing that @pmclaine !

 

[JoeZ]

The Battle of Lexington and Concord, Bunker Hill, Kings Mountain, and Bennington are all battles where the militia went toe to toe with the Regulars and did very well. Fits very well with my Appleseed presentation. Thanks for the post.

 

[pmclaine]

The Battle of Lexington and Concord, Bunker Hill, Kings Mountain, and Bennington are all battles where the militia went toe to toe with the Regulars and did very well. Fits very well with my Appleseed presentation. Thanks for the post.

Send a hello to @gayguns

He is a direct descendant of Samuel Whittemore.

If Samuel Whittemore is not mentioned in your Appleseed presentation under the heading "Determination" he should be.

And thank you for what you do with Appleseed. Its important.

I must take a class one day. My club has the events pretty frequently.

 

[sirhrmechanic]

Very cool post and bit of history!

Sirhr

 

[JoeZ]

Send a hello to @gayguns

He is a direct descendant of Samuel Whittemore.

If Samuel Whittemore is not mentioned in your Appleseed presentation under the heading "Determination" he should be.

And thank you for what you do with Appleseed. Its important.

I must take a class one day. My club has the events pretty frequently.

Samuel Whittemore is infact in our "Dangerous Old Men" presentation. Very tough old man on Battle Road.
Very cool, thx.

 

[Dewey7271]

The Battle of Lexington and Concord, Bunker Hill, Kings Mountain, and Bennington are all battles where the militia went toe to toe with the Regulars and did very well. Fits very well with my Appleseed presentation. Thanks for the post.

My grandfather, 7 back or so, provided the gunpowder and fought in the battle at King’s Mountain. He had a powder mill in Burke County, N.C.
Maj Ferguson was killed there. He had some influence on accurate rifles of the time.

@pmclaine
Cool post. I like that bridge and it sounds like Col. Porter was the real deal.

 

[JoeZ]

My grandfather, 7 back or so, provided the gunpowder and fought in the battle at King’s Mountain. He had a powder mill in Burke County, N.C.
Maj Ferguson was killed there. He had some influence on accurate rifles of the time.

I thought powder was all imported in the beginning of the war. Do you have more specifics or a resource. Maybe the New England colonies imported but the southern ones produced their own?

 

[pmclaine]

Powder was an important commodity....

Old Powder House

Rising 30 feet in the air atop Quarry Hill, the Old Powder House is the oldest stone building in the state of Massachusetts.

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[Dewey7271]

I thought powder was all imported in the beginning of the war. Do you have more specifics or a resource. Maybe the New England colonies imported but the southern ones produced their own?

Sure. Here’s one on my grandfather. Look about 2/3 down under Conrad 1. Mentions both mills and King’s Mountain.
https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/h/i/l/Travis-E-Hildebrand/GENE2-0004.html


Edit: by the way, I had it checked out pretty thoroughly by the Sons of the American Revolution and their genealogist confirmed it for multiple sources.

 

[Bigfatcock]

Ahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!! I’m descended from a king!!

That’s like using Wikipedia as a reference.

 

[armorpl8chikn]

Sure. Here’s one on my grandfather. Look about 2/3 down under Conrad 1. Mentions both mills and King’s Mountain.
https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/h/i/l/Travis-E-Hildebrand/GENE2-0004.html


Edit: by the way, I had it checked out pretty thoroughly by the Sons of the American Revolution and their genealogist confirmed it for multiple sources.

I noticed a Mull in that line. Chances are good my late wife was kin to him as well.
She was part of a long line of Mulls and Bargers, and native of Burke County.

 

[Dewey7271]

Had quite few Mull relatives. Being Burke County it wouldn’t surprise me at all if we had some distant relations.

 

[JoeZ]

@Dewy7271

Thanks for the link. That is seriously cool.