ToNS Series #73: McCoys can't eat here? Traditional Cache
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ToNS Series #73: McCoys can't eat here?
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All of the caches in this series are located at or near some of my favourite sites in Nova Scotia. Nova Scotians are proud of our heritage and how it has been linked to one of our basic needs, our basic biological requirement to consume sustenance.
This cache is near one of my favourite places. Now don't take the name seriously, I contacted the owner and she seemed very nice. I can't imagine she would refuse to serve you because you were named McCoy, that's all water under someone else's bridge after all. One thing she asked me was to not place this cache in the rock wall, even thought I had the perfect cache to do so. So please keep your hands off the rocks. As for the location, it has a bit of history.
The story began over 200 years ago when Abigail Price had a home built in 1793. The land was granted to her in 1808. She sold part of the property in 1813 then sold the remaining property in 1816. On the deed they referred to her as a widowed Black woman. Local history shows that she signed an X over her name on the deed, which meant that she could not read or write. Abigail predates photography. Several books have been written stating that this home was the second oldest in Tusket. It was rare for land to be granted to a woman at that time. It is suspected that ship carpenters helped to build the home with sturdy hand-carved beams that showed their craftsmanship, still visible today. There is no record of Abigail Price’s whereabouts after the home was sold to David VanNorden in 1813. The house has had 6 owners since the property was granted to the original owner. After VanNorden, Robbin, Servant, and Tuff owned the property.Today the house is named and honored after Mildred and Allan Hatfield, who purchased the home in 1933. It remained in the Hatfield family until the Spring of 2013, when the present owner, Laura Muise purchased it.
Don't forget to look for some of the other caches in the series.
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