According to The History of Hamilton County" the earliest settlers along the original road from Johnstown to Piseco (now Rt. 10) were a group of Shakers, who arrived in the early 1800's. They made wood products - furniture, barrel staves, tubs, pails, bowls, and chairs - and are believed to have started the hand manufacture of bakers "peels" used to remove bread from ovens. The Shakers left the Adirondacks by 1820 and the property was rented to other occupants. All the buildings are long gone and the land along the highway has mostly reverted to forest.
Portions of State Route 10 were still a dirt road until the late 60's. Although there was once quite a bit of "civilization" along this road, you wouldn't know it now. There are no permanent residents and very few buildings of any kind along the northern 15 miles or so of the highway.
Several times as I have passed by this spot on my way to hike Jockeybush Lake, I have thought it would be a great place for an easy family friendly cache, and it would compliment the more difficult ones on the Jockybush trail . Although I hadn't planned it, this time on the way back from checking some of the JB caches, I stopped and used what I had on hand to place a cache.