Hello Friends of the Road,
Read any good historical books lately? Today is a great day for reading in the Northeast! I’m plowing through a book by James Peterson called “Otter Creek: The Indian Road”. It is much more interesting than I expected. It is not just about geography or geology. It covers a lot of the history of the Otter Creek valley from early native Americans to modern time.
Another benefit of this bad weather is to give me time to process all the early membership forms. For those who had the time and made the effort to submit feedback in the survey, thank you! It is very valuable info and I’m compiling it all for the board of directors to review. Some good will come from it for sure. One person wrote a question about if the organization would like to be informed of any information that contradicts information published by us or even opinions that we have. The answer to that is Absolutely! All information is welcome. By no means do we believe everything we believe is accurate and through conversations and contributions, our history only gets more accurate. Strength in numbers you know! And those who donated extra funds above and beyond the membership dues, THANK YOU! I especially enjoy the hand written notes and such.
Did you know???? I suppose you need more information than that.. Did you know that there is lifetime pass available for Vermont seniors over 62 years old for admission to Vermont State Parks and VT State Historic Sites? And the amazing part is it only costs $2 ONCE, and you’re covered for the rest of your life! So this means that the CPRA outings that require fees for the historic sites like the Hubbardton Battlefield and the Mount Independence site, those fees would be covered to all of those with the pass. The application sounds easy too and can be done at your local city or town clerk’s office (no trip to Montpelier!) To read all the details, click on the link below. If you are unable to see the website, let me know and I can help you get the information. Thanks to Joy Parker Donnelly for mentioning this to me recently. She has helped countless people engage with history at the Coolidge site in Plymouth and now is helping all of you as well!
http://dail.vermont.gov/sites/dail/files/documents/Green_Mt_Passport_Flyer.pdf

While I have your attention, I have one more thing to tell you about. There is an archeology event coming up this year at the Mount Independence site in Orwell. It is coming up rather fast, but if you are interested in helping out, I’d recommend contacting Elsa Gilbertson asap. Here is the info:
Mount Independence SHS has received another grant from the South Lake Champlain Fund to continue our surface archaeology documentation with the archaeologists from Maine. This email is to invite you to participate in our exciting annual project at the Mount.
Weather/conditions permitting our daylong project is Saturday, April 28th, starting at 9:00 am. The rain date may be Sunday, April 29th (to be finalized). If conditions aren’t suitable, the alternate is in late fall.
This year will be a little different. As we have walked over much of what is safe to cover at the Mount, this year we’re going to learn some new documentation skills. It is possible, if lake is OK, it’s not windy, etc., that a small group of 5 will form one team to do a shoreline survey along the west side of the Mount to look at the area not easily reachable by foot. The rest (or all of us if conditions not good for using a boat) will learn about and help with more detailed mapping of previously identified features. The archaeologists will bring total stations for this effort. Some of you know what those are and what they do, and others will get to learn. This effort will complement the work last spring and summer on the southern part of the Mount by another grant and other archaeologists using drone technology and photogrammetry to do 3-D mapping (some areas have such tree cover that the drone technology doesn’t work out so well).
The Vermont Division for Historic Preservation is working toward documenting/mapping the surface features as much as possible to better understand, protect, and preserve the Mount.
The project this year won’t be quite as challenging and vigorous as the past few years, in case that helps you decide about coming.
As usual, the day starts at 9:00 am with orientation in the museum. Then we head out. Likely where we will be working will be closer to the building than in the past few years. Lunch (we provide) might be about 12:30 or a little later. Then we head out after lunch to do some more. Your full day volunteer hours provide much of the match for the grant award.
If you can come, wear boots and bring water. Snacks will be provided in the morning.

If you’re interested in participating, will you let me know in the near future?

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Elsa Gilbertson | Regional Historic Site Administrator
Elsa.Gilbertson@vermont.gov
Vermont Division for Historic Preservation
Chimney Point, Mount Independence, Hubbardton Battlefield
State Historic Sites
Chimney Point State Historic Site
8149 VT Route 17W | Addison, VT 05491
802-759-2412 | 802-759-2547 fax
historicsites.vermont.gov

Our first outing on the calendar will be coming up next month. We hope to see many of you there. Until then, be well and learn more history!

Dale Christie
CPRA Secretary (of Defense)