Legend of Lowthorpe Meadow Traditional Cache
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Legend of Lowthorpe Meadow
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Small lock & lock. BYOP
Filled with hand made friendship stones to start. Something fun to hold in your pocket...a charm of good luck perhaps? Take one for yourself or to brighten someone's day.
Congrats to kkenyon74 and tsmith7 on co-FTF!!
Please note, this cache is directly on the trail. There is no need to travel off the path AT ALL for this cache.
Please keep to the marked trails and respect the plants, birds and land the way the Gilman sisters would have wanted. No bush whacking necessary.
Welcome to Lowthorpe Meadow....
In 1907 this 18 acre meadow was given to the town of Norwich by the Gilman sisters. In honor of another sister that passed, they declared this land
"....to be kept as a free open space for the public good, to be unencumbered by dwelling houses, barns, or any nuisance whatever."
A beautiful piece of land set aside for the residents of Norwich to enjoy. A lovely meadow filled with beautiful wild flowers, bubbling brooks and wildlife. A very peaceful place to visit indeed.
However...let's go back to 1659 when this was once described as a dark and dolorous swamp...the haunt of wolves and venomous serpents...a place that upon nightfall,low howlings could be heard and phosphorescent lights could be seen...
This was an area that was once considered a blight in Norwichtown. Bounties were paid at annual rattlesnake hunts from April 1st to May 15th until 1764. In the year 1721, 160 bounties were claimed. The town also encouraged wolf hunts for which the last bounty was paid in 1718.
Can you imagine this place 300 years ago?
Dark and dolorous? Or beautiful and peaceful? You decide.
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