So near and yet so far. Traditional Geocache
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Only the stream that powered the mills is visible now but the story of this family is worth reading. Do a Google search for John Saxe or Saxe's Mills and you will find it all.
The cache is a small jar with a log, a TB and some swag. It is an easy and accesible find in an almost forgotten corner.
SAXE'S MILLS
Here in 1786 John Saxe, (Johannes Sachse) a Loyalist from Rhinebeck, N.Y, built the area's first gristmill. His sons added a sawmill, potashery, general store, post office, and tavern. They incorporated the town of Highgate in this house 1805, and served in numerous offices; Matthew as Highgate's first elected Town Clerk, Conrad as Captain of the militia during the War of 1812, and Peter as member of the Vermont General Assembly and Franklin County Judge. Peter's son, John Godfrey Saxe, born here in 1816, ran twice for Governor but is best remembered for his poetry.
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