Crown Point Military Road

Met with 20 others on Sunday, May 23rd on the back roads of Cavendish for a guided hike/tour of parts of the old Crown Point Road.  We started in an old settler's cemetery off Brook Road to hear information on some of the Revolutionary War veterans who are buried there.  The oldest stone in the cemetery is a beautifully preserved slate gravestone from 1778.  While I ended up hiking only half the intended route due to time constraints (still 1-1/2 miles all uphill it seemed!), it was a beautiful day for a walk & learning about local history is always fascinating.

Apparently there was also a walking tour  in Cavendish the same day relating to the 150th anniversay of Phineas Gage's death.  Phineas's skull & tamping iron are located now at Harvard University's Warren Anatomical Museum.  His case has been widely studied and is credited with giving researchers more insight into the workings of the brain & psychology.  Read more about Phineas Gage here:  cavendishhistoricalsocietynews.blogspot.com and on Wikipedia.  I would have like to done that tour too, but there is only 1 of me.

Next up:  Old Stone House Museum in Brownington *oldstonehousemuseum.org* on Sunday, May 29th and the cursed and haunted Brunswick Springs in Brunswick *www.vermonter.com/brunswick-springs.asp* on Memorial Day.

Happy trails!