Cellar Hole Secrets
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- čas přidán 16. 03. 2024
- Come with us as we explore the hills of Western New England in search of the ruins of 18th and 19th Century farmsteads in their current form, Cellar Holes. The New England wilderness, now in it's third regrowth after logging, contains within it the remains of our past agrarian society, with the stonewalls that criss-cross our region the most obvious of the ruins of this vanished world. Join me as I show you some techniques and tips to make your own forays and explorations into New England's lost Cellar Holes...
Stumbled upon your channel and I am thoroughly enjoying your videos!
Thanks! And thanks for saying. I make videos by stumbling around! Please enjoy!
Live in RI now. Growing up in S. Ohio, found a cellar hole out in the woods with a dry stone foundation built into the hill. Area dates to 1790-1830’s. Predates any known plot maps available. This video reminded me of that childhood discovery.
That was my childhood too...and one of the things that sparked my interest in history! It's a very cool feeling that find one... still! Thanks for watching.
I wandered the Green Mountains in Vermont for a couple of years back in the late 70's. There are old fieldstone and slate fences in the most bizarre places, or maybe I should say unexpected places, all over those mountains.
Merino Sheep! They pastured them EVERYWHERE!
So I was bottle digging, and met a guy that was metal detecting. The interior walls, for the homeowners used to hide their valuables. In a small opening. And play some rock to hide the entrance. I've always wanted to do it but I never have. I liked your video, the camera work was good you were looking for stone walls and I was looking for deer antlers.😂
I was looking for them too... don't be fooled. I hunt more than history!! And thanks!!
I'm in NE CT. The walls here were mostly built for dual purpose, between 1700 and 1820. They were a way to get rocks out of the way and to establish property boundaries. There were also interior walls to control livestock. After the summer that never was, 1816(I think), many people decided to move to Ohio. The value of land crashed. Many people burned their houses to get the nails. There was an interesting process that pioneers used to developed their land and build their walls. Nice video. Good Luck, Rick
Thanks!The year without a summer will be featured on this channel soon. Connecticut was also part of Sheep Mania especially in the area Northeast around Union and Northwest down the Taconics toward Kent and Torrington...and that same rocky soil led Massachusetts residents to do the same...first to the Mohawk Valley and then progressively West. Thanks for watching!
@@FishingHistoricPlacesThe stonewalls are all along the Appalachian Trail. I grew up in SW CT in a town established in 1638. The stonewalls were everywhere in the woods. CT has the most diverse geology, in a 100 mile stretch, in the world. I look forward to your video on the summer that never was. That was an extremely active geological time. BTW, are you aware that we are overdue for a repeat of the 1755 Cape Ann earthquake? It historically repeats every 250 to 300 years. It was estimated as a magnitude 6. Good Luck, Rick
@@richardross7219 am I EVER! There was a big one in the 1640s as well... probably over a 6! We aren't ready for anything like that!! Same with a big Hurricane...like that of 1938! You are "channeling" my channel with your comments you know! I am going to be doing at least one vid on the Ice Ages, another on our areas Tectonic history, another on our wealth of dinosaur tracks and a few on prospecting for rocks and minerals. I just found a massive pegmatite bearing beautiful sheets of mica and more!
@@FishingHistoricPlaces My father was in Stonington, CT when the hurricane of 1938 hit. He had to spend the night hiding in an empty dying vat with a bunch of other guys that worked at the felt works. The next morning when he got back to his boarding house, he was shocked to see Napatree Point and all of its houses gone. He told me about this in the 1950s and showed me a barge that was 1/2 mile in land that the surge had thrown there. He was overseas 3 years in WWII and saw thousands die. The Hurricane of 38 was the time he was the most scared. RI public TV did a very good show about it in the 1970s. They still show it but, they cut out more than half of it.
In 1995, I was an Army Corps of Engineer Officer representing the New England Division at a MA Emergency Management Exercise at FT Devens, MA. The premise was a repeat of the 1755 earthquake. It was very interesting. They talked about 50,000 casualties and some Boston buildings coming down. When I was in grad school(soils engineering) most of our examples were from Boston. I pointed out to the guy in charge that much of Boston is susceptible to liquefaction which will allow a lot of pile foundations to collapse. I estimated 500,000 casualties and at least 10% of Boston falling down. Its scary and pushed me to get earthquake insurance. Good Luck, Rick
This is cool!
I'm in Nova Scotia plenty of cool stone walls in the woods out here!
Thanks for the cool lesson!
My pleasure! Are you from an old NS family? Many loyalists from the Northeast settled up there during and after the Revolution and I'm planning on a little work on that topic soon. Thanks for letting me know about the walls up there. It makes sense for sure.
❤👏 so cool!
I'm trying Kim. I know I have a face for Radio but who knows!
Would be great to adventure
Absolutely
The property I hunt in ny is loaded with stone walls and large rock piles. I have always wondered about how old they are. So glad I stumbled into your channel. Very interesting.
Thanks. Lot's more coming!
A friend of mine and I were hunting in Eastern NY and we did come across a plot of graves. I want to say there were 8 or 9 of them. They started with what appeared to be the youngest child and went up. The last one buried was the mother/wife. No father/husband's marker. They all had died within 6-7 months after the youngest died. If I remember right, they were dated in the early-mid 1800s. My friend guessed the father/husband must have been the last to go and there was nobody to bury him.
Wow! Sounds like Milk Sickness...which killed countless thousands during that time and is a poisoning caused by animals consuming White Snake Root. It often carried off families, literally by weight...though I am just speculating. Lots of tragedy at that time in history!!
Its sad the map shown of all the sporadic, tiny clumps of what they call "national forest"... come out west and you'll see what a National Forest is really like
Most of what we have are State Forests, including the Adirondack Park which is pretty big. I know what you mean though ...but if you compare the Northeast to the Old Country in Europe, we are doing pretty well. Can't compete with you out there though!