THIS IS VERMONT, WHITINGHAM Traditional Cache
THIS IS VERMONT, WHITINGHAM
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This cache is part of the Vermont 251 Plus 4 Geocaching Club, an attempt to bring caches to each and every town, city and gore in the state of Vermont!
Cache is placed near the Amos Brown House, the oldest house in Whitingham. It was recently restored by the Landmark Trust and now can be rented out by visitors. To get there, turn off Burrington Hill Rd to Cyrus Rd, then bear left at the Y onto Saddada Rd. (There was no road sign when I was there.) It is one mile from the turnoff down a quiet dirt road.
For more about the house, see (visit link)
The cache is located near the property, at the junction of 2 snowmobile trails, and should be accessible in winter. That was my intent anyway, I’ll have to check it out next winter!
Windham County
Chartered: March 12, 1770 (New York Patent)
Area: 25,047 Acres = 39.14 Square Miles
Altitude: 1,650 feet ASL
Population (US Census, 2000): 1,298
Population Density (persons per square mile): 33.2
Granted to Nathan Whiting and twelve others. It was the birthplace of Brigham Young, Mormon leader and founder of Salt Lake City, Utah.
The village of Whitingham, on Sadawga Lake, was originally known as Sadawga Springs, and was a popular summer resort. The name may have come from the Mohawk word for "swift water"; local lore has it that Sadawga was the name of an old native who lived there after his people left and the white man moved in.
The village of Jacksonville was originally known as Point Pleasant. It was renamed in 1834, apparently to honor President Andrew Jackson.
Manmade Lake Whitingham, more often referred to as Harriman Reservoir, is formed by the Harriman Dam, named for Henry I. Harriman, the engineer under whom it was contructed in 1923 by the New England Power Company. The reservoir's construction was the reason for one of the more unique place names in Vermont. See Readsboro for the story.
Material excerpted or adapted from Esther Munroe Swift's
Vermont Place-Names: Footprints of History
(Used with permission)
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