On Sunday, Matt, Wingnut and I did the Glover Runaway Pond Quest.
In Commemoration of the breaking away of Long PondJune 6, 1810. Erected by the Town of Glover
June 6, 1910.
Long Pond/Runaway Pond/Dry PondIn 1810 the water level of Long Pond was 70 feet above this marker and the water flowed south into Greensboro and the Lamoille River.
Needing more water to power Aaron Willson's grist mill in Glover, 60 men and boys dug a ditch on the north shore (about 0.5 miles north of here) to cause the water to flow into the Glover/Barton River.
Due to the Quicksand in the earth, the entire hillside washed away and the pond "ran-a-way" discharging its billion gallons of water toward the mill in 1.5 hours.
Spencer Chamberlain raced ahead of the wall of water for 5 miles and saved the miller's wife.
Glover Historical Society 1996
An old millstone.
Runaway Pond today
The Old Road to the Clearing where the men and boystried to divert water to the Barton River.
The quicksand, where Matt got stuck, is up there.
A memorial in the Clearing
Old woods road in the Clearing.Woods roads were made out of wood, as can be seen here.
Clark's Pond
If you look closely you can see an old stump in the pond. This is the last remaining stump of 12 stumps. The twelve trees that were here in 1810 were snapped off by the rushing waters of Long Pond.
Westlook Cemetery, Glover
Spencer Chamberlain's grave
Matt and Wingnut found the treasure box!
To view all the photos for this quest, visit my Runaway Pond Quest Set at Flickr.
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WOW! That's quite a story. Wonderful striking photos. :-D
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