a-6fantasticfours: Ann Story, Farmingdale Cemetery, and Ethan Allen's Cave

We couldn't have asked for a better day!

Perfect outdoor/hiking weather!

This 1700's cabin was moved from Addison to the Story site

for our country's bicentennial in 1976.

This cabin (which was similar to the Story's cabin) fell

into disrepair and in August 2004, was destroyed by arson.

http://www.annstorydar.org/our-history.html

Teacher and historian, Mrs. Benware, met us at this site. She
shared these photos of the Addison cabin and told us the
history behind the cabin. She also shared more of the Story family
history. A few questions you might ask your child: What evidence
did historians find that let them know the Story's cabin was built on this
site? (HINT: it has to do with herbs.) Why this property was a good
choice as a place for the Story's to settle?

Ann Story Cabin Site as it appears today.

Group Photo

Monument at the story site reads:

"On this spot stood the home of Ann Story. In grateful

memory of her service in the struggle of the Green Mountain

Boys for the Independence of Vermont. Erected by the

Vermont Society of Colonial Dames. May 30, 1905"

https://www.flickr.com/photos/donshall/3319767132

The Story family hid in a cave that was dug into the side of the Otter Creek.

It measured approximately 4 feet high, 6 to 8 feet wide, and 12 feet deep.

This marker lies on the west bank of the Otter Creek about a mile up stream

from the Salisbury covered bridge. It is accessible only by water.

Ann Story's gravestone

On the backside of Ann Story's gravestone is this

new stone bearing the same text but carved into stone

that will not erode as quickly. It was a gift from relatives of Ann Story.

Just down the road from the cemetery is the

marker on Three Mile Bridge Road where

Benjamin Smalley built his family's home in 1772.

Lunch at the campground.

Ethan Allen Trail

Ethan Allen's Cave

This is not a true cave, but an enormous triangular, metamorphic
erratic (a rock that differs from others around it) with a large cleft
(split) at the base of a massive boulder. These rocks are believed
to be moved through glacial action. Inscribed on the rock:
“The Cave of the Green Mountain Boys in whose honor this stone
is marked by Lake Dunmore Chapter DAR of Brandon 1906.”