And here's the reason. Long before Wayne and Martha ever built Elijah's Place, someone else lived here and used this spot as a little dumping ground. Martha? Joanie? Julie? You got any names or history on this?.jpg)
Whoever it was that lived here years ago, left a lot of "treasures" to fascinate and capture the imagination of the little boys who would live here in 2008. Cole is convinced that this is all the remains of a shipwreck. Somehow there was an ocean here a long time ago and after scraping against these rocks (in a manner similar to scraping against an iceberg) the ship sank, leaving all this wreckage and artifacts to find. Here, Cole is using Wayne's metal detector to search for items buried under leaves..jpg)
Wayne too, searches for hidden clues as to what all this stuff could be and who it could have belonged to. He doesn't agree with Cole's shipwreck theory..jpg)
Wayne's searching pays off when he finds this old rusty thing that he says looks like a little milk can..jpg)
Here are some of the things they've found so far. Lots of broken glass, some metal objects and parts of things, and an old mail box..jpg)
Meanwhile, Heather plays in the leaves..jpg)
Wayne finds enough pieces of this blue glass bottle to almost put it all back together. We need to find one more piece to complete it..jpg)
When we were done and walking back home across the field, Cole said, "That was a really fun adventure!" Then when Wes got home, they dragged him out there to show him their findings too.
I'm sure we'll head over there again soon, We'll keep you posted on anything interesting that we might find.
Grammie says that there used to be a homestead in front of Elijah's place, next to the big tree that she hung a plant on. The road was called Niles Road. The family had three kids and went to Glover School so it can't have been too long ago when they lived there. Grammie doesn't know what happened to their house and she doesn't remember any foundation when they bought the land.
ReplyDeleteThere is mention of the Niles family in the Perron book. See the index for the page numbers. In 1928 Edgar Niles, of Albany, sold land to Alfred Perron. Perhaps that is how the land got into the Perron family.
ReplyDeleteWhat lovely photos, esp the one of Heather.
ReplyDeleteThis reminds me of digging in the old "dump" down on our land in Jericho by the old potato field.
Peter and/or Paul had a porcelain doll face that they found there, it always freaked me out!
What lucky children to have such exciting adventures right in their own backyard...! And even more fun to solve the "mystery" of where this stuff came from.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was Wayne's age, I found what I think is the front door of that mailbox. My dad built a wooden box around the door and I brought the new mailbox to elementary school. Sam Jr., do we still have this?
ReplyDeleteYes, we still have that mailbox. However, the front you found was cast iron and the mailbox in the "dump" on Darlene's blog looks less sturdy.
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