This place is a never-ending treasure hunt. The original house that was on the place was over 120 years old and a severely patched up thing that was eventually torn down when we built the new house farther up the hill. The house was built on hand-hewn timbers about 10-12" square and giant mortise and tenon joints.
One year Pickles dug up two huge tractor wheel weights! They were given to a guy just to move them and take them away. There were also the remains of a small concrete block making machine up in the back in the weeds. Stuff everywhere you sink a shovel.
There are still eight footings from what was supposed to be an old syrup mill. They look to have been made from concrete-filled nail kegs and are buried halfway into the ground.
One day I will have to go to the county office and trace back the history of this place so I can look at the old plats. This place was once part of a 1200 acre grant given to a local family (they're still around) by King George III during colonial times.
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