I was shocked to see the name "Monson" in the video's title... I grew up in Monson...Maine that is....Your Monson looks fantastic... Thanks for stirring up some good memories.
To think of all of that labor and the feeling they must have felt driving or walking away down that lane, when they had given up all hope of success, it's rather sad really. Seeing this site preserved like that makes it all rather haunting too. I always feel it in your video's when you show us the old walls and the cellar holes and it makes me want to know everything about how they lived and worked and even played?! You bring that to us in such fine and meaningful ways Charlie. It's good to know there are kindred spirits out there seeking the history to better understand about the folks who have gone before us. I always hang on your every word because I find it so fascinating and so amazing the struggle they must have gone through in their lives. Each time you open up to us another fragment or piece of knowledge, it helps me to better understand my own family history and how my colonial pioneers lived their daily lives. Thanks Charlie, tho this wasn't a ramble, it was still splendid. Have a wonderful day!
That's in the town where I grew up. My buddy and I happened upon it one time when we were riding our bikes in the woods. The barn was still there at the time. It had caved in on itself, but it was still there. We used to party in the fields when we were teenagers. Good memories.
There is a place here called Cade s Cove. The park took it over and have kept up a lot of the old houses, churches, cemeteries and the old mill. One of my favorite places.. Thank for showing us one of yours.
That was very interesting Charlie. Great video so now I know what one of you old celler holes looked like back in the day. Thanks Charlie for sharing this.
Just today, came across pictures of a couple of churches in Jaffery. Also a shot of the Mount taken from The Inn at East Hill Farm, Troy N.H. taken in the 1980's. A lot of good memories.
Need more of these videos! You are correct that the land was harsh to farm and the families moved west for better land after the Indian wars, but also the kids left these areas for the new factories in New England and the parents had nobody to continue the farming.
I really loved that you took us to this beautiful site. It really makes me see what the areas you all detect in used to look like. Another brilliant idea Charlie that helps my mind to envision the past thank you so much for this interesting and informative video. Take care my friend, good luck and happy hunting Mary Ellen UK LFOD
Great video Charlie! One of the things I like to do when I get to a site, in my minds eye strip away the trees and brush and imagine what it looked like. It was great to see the Monson site!
Absolutely amazing perspective. It's amazing how nature has reclaimed the land. The shots of the road both cleared and with woods on both sides really brought it together. Thanks for sharing and take care.
i live near there. that land was preserved from development. that small house was rebuilt. the roof and chimney were all caved in. the road is used as snowmobile trails. the caretaker is very nice and will tell you all about his family history living there and how he rebuilt the little house. glad they saved it.
Great story Charlie ! Pretty much the same story as my town in western NH. Founded in late 1700s, started to grow as land was cleared off....rocks and big sheep farms. Heyday was 1820-1840s, then declined with the westward expansion, gold rush and Civil War- people left and never came back. Population is the same now as 1830s ! Makes for lots of old foundations to hunt in the woods. Still growing rocks here too !
Next time you go walk down old road across from house you will find old foundations with information on plaques explaining who'd lived there how long and where they went. Its quite interesting.
This really shows how walls were squared off into sections. It also shows how many rocks they had to move in such a small area. For some reason I also heard Homer Simpson saying in my head, "stupid glaciers".
There is a Monson, Maine too. Wonder if anybody from there came here? Its a slate quarry town. Something for me to research. Thanks for a glimpse into the past.
Great video Charlie. Thanks for putting some visual definition to what we see from you out in the woods. Way different out here in the ghost towns of Idaho...
You did it again Charlie. These posts are so interesting and informative. Have you ever considered doing presentations open to the general public? I would show up for sure. Thanks.
Whoa! Easy swinging at that cellar hole. I'd love to do some relic recoveries at a place like that so the public can see what was lost while these people went about their daily business.
Another thank you for a great video! I'm sending this to my son in the Merrimack Valley (on a very "hilly" city ;-D). They homeschool, he metal detects. I want his kids to see history. ( No, he won't detect there.) LFOD!
I visited Monson once in the early Fall. There was someone sitting outside of that house and I thought it was a resident, so I stayed away so as not to invade their privacy. If it was a caretaker, I could have had a tour inside.
Thank you Charlie for filling us in on how they lived. I'm pretty naive about how those people lived a couple or three hundred years ago. I figured they lived in Lincoln log cabins. This raises a few other questions about these people. By today's standards would those who lived in Monson during this period be considered as a middle-class neighborhood or more like the stereo typical Dog-Patch in the lil Abner comic strip ? (AKA Hoosiers makin' shine an' hitchin' up with kissin' cousins ?) Would they ride in a buggy to church on Sundays or put their kids in the back of a horse drawn cart/wagon ? I guess there might be a mixture of those that were more prosperous than others meaning this settlement for the most part might have consisted of both cabins and houses ?
So nice! Will you be able to return when the museum is open and maybe talk with the caretaker? Is the museum inside the house? Or is the house set up as it would have been? 😁😁😁😁😁😳😳😳❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Wondering if that house has a timber frame under it; expanded on later as the family in it grew? Interested to know how the builders of that time measured for construction? If there is a timber frame beneath the lap siding it might explain why the door is off-center, especially if they added on later...just a thought.
this rises more questions for me. I know the approximate distance to a place like Boston with a major sea port. A lot of hard goods had to make quite a trip to be in your vicinity. Now where did the glass come from? lots of windows in that home. was that produced locally or did it find it's way up from Mass?
Window glass was made as early as the Jamestown Settlement in the 17th century. By the 1730s there were several glassware and window pane glass producers in the colonies. VERY expensive.
Glass was controlled by Briton & heavily taxed. Economic model is keep colonies producing just raw materials. MFG'ing done in GB then sold back as finished goods at a hefty profit & tax. See the "stamp act". LFOD ! Tom
You need a permission here. I dont think its ever been detected. Another place getting restored to the 1700's is the Battle Road from Lexington to Concord on Rt. 2A All Fed land so cant ever detect it. Lots too see & 2 visitors centers. LFOD !
Absolutly Beautiful ! Thanks for the History lesson. ENJOY YOUR NOT THURSDAY!!!!!!
I was shocked to see the name "Monson" in the video's title... I grew up in Monson...Maine that is....Your Monson looks fantastic... Thanks for stirring up some good memories.
Very cool video! It's amazing to see it as open fields like that knowing what most homesites look like today.
Getting a perspective on the past...very cool Charlie. Well worth the visit, thank you.
Very cool Charlie it does give us an idea of how it looked thanks
To think of all of that labor and the feeling they must have felt driving or walking away down that lane, when they had given up all hope of success, it's rather sad really. Seeing this site preserved like that makes it all rather haunting too. I always feel it in your video's when you show us the old walls and the cellar holes and it makes me want to know everything about how they lived and worked and even played?! You bring that to us in such fine and meaningful ways Charlie. It's good to know there are kindred spirits out there seeking the history to better understand about the folks who have gone before us. I always hang on your every word because I find it so fascinating and so amazing the struggle they must have gone through in their lives. Each time you open up to us another fragment or piece of knowledge, it helps me to better understand my own family history and how my colonial pioneers lived their daily lives. Thanks Charlie, tho this wasn't a ramble, it was still splendid. Have a wonderful day!
Awesome Charlie cool information you have a blessed day and can't wait till you get to Thursdays
That's in the town where I grew up. My buddy and I happened upon it one time when we were riding our bikes in the woods. The barn was still there at the time. It had caved in on itself, but it was still there. We used to party in the fields when we were teenagers. Good memories.
There is a place here called Cade s Cove. The park took it over and have kept up a lot of the old houses, churches, cemeteries and the old mill. One of my favorite places.. Thank for showing us one of yours.
Thanks DC
That was very interesting Charlie. Great video so now I know what one of you old celler holes looked like back in the day. Thanks Charlie for sharing this.
Great bit of history.nice to see what it would of looked like back in the day. Keep up the great videos .
Thanks for introducing me to the Town of Monson. I'll visit this place at some point. Must have seemed wild, wooly, & remote to those first settlers!
Just today, came across pictures of a couple of churches in Jaffery. Also a shot of the Mount taken from The Inn at East Hill Farm, Troy N.H. taken in the 1980's. A lot of good memories.
Great video and good info
Another great informational episode. 👍👍👍
Great history, Charlie. I really am happy you took us along with you!
Need more of these videos! You are correct that the land was harsh to farm and the families moved west for better land after the Indian wars, but also the kids left these areas for the new factories in New England and the parents had nobody to continue the farming.
Correct ! this was a lot earlier and before the revolution so they were defying the king
I really loved that you took us to this beautiful site. It really makes me see what the areas you all detect in used to look like. Another brilliant idea Charlie that helps my mind to envision the past thank you so much for this interesting and informative video. Take care my friend, good luck and happy hunting Mary Ellen UK LFOD
Thanks Charlie, beautiful place.
Love the history! Thanks so much!
such a great look into the past!!!Thanks
Great video Charlie! One of the things I like to do when I get to a site, in my minds eye strip away the trees and brush and imagine what it looked like. It was great to see the Monson site!
Cool video love seeing what those properties looked like!
Thanks Charlie great video and history!
What a great episode idea! Very cool seeing the town in the open like that, great perspective.
Absolutely amazing perspective. It's amazing how nature has reclaimed the land. The shots of the road both cleared and with woods on both sides really brought it together. Thanks for sharing and take care.
i live near there. that land was preserved from development. that small house was rebuilt. the roof and chimney were all caved in. the road is used as snowmobile trails. the caretaker is very nice and will tell you all about his family history living there and how he rebuilt the little house. glad they saved it.
Great story Charlie !
Pretty much the same story as my town in western NH. Founded in late 1700s, started to grow as land was cleared off....rocks and big sheep farms. Heyday was 1820-1840s, then declined with the westward expansion, gold rush and Civil War- people left and never came back. Population is the same now as 1830s ! Makes for lots of old foundations to hunt in the woods. Still growing rocks here too !
Very interesting! Thanks for sharing. Keep up the good work.
Awesome Vid DC...Very Cool!!
Thanks Charlie, that definitely puts things in perspective.
Next time you go walk down old road across from house you will find old foundations with information on plaques explaining who'd lived there how long and where they went. Its quite interesting.
Very cool! Thanks for sharing 😁👍
Thank you for the adventure and history lesson . Plus a look at what places might have looked that you guys detect .
Very cool vid. I know of this place and still loved seeing it done in your way. Why is everyone not watching NT at this point?!?
Spread the work about Not Thursday Sonny !
Another interesting and very helpful video!
That's great to see. Enjoyed watching N.T once again 👍
This really shows how walls were squared off into sections. It also shows how many rocks they had to move in such a small area. For some reason I also heard Homer Simpson saying in my head, "stupid glaciers".
You may ask yourself "what am I doing by this beautiful house?"
Sorry couldn't resist the old Milwaukee band reference.
Keep on People...
There is a Monson, Maine too. Wonder if anybody from there came here? Its a slate quarry town. Something for me to research. Thanks for a glimpse into the past.
Lots of granite Quarries with in 2 miles. In Milford, Brookline & Mason. Mason granite in many famous buildings.
Great video Charlie. Thanks for putting some visual definition to what we see from you out in the woods. Way different out here in the ghost towns of Idaho...
That’s great. I love having that image now.
Another interesting episode. Keep it up👍👍
One of your best Charlie! Great editing!!
Hi Charlie,
Great history information, must of been such hard work back in them days with the lay of the land. The barn looked quite large to. 😊👍🏻🥄
love the tunes!
Thanks ,makes it more clear to see now ;)
Sweet Charlie, thanks for uploading :)
Munson nice place but it's missing the shack thanks Charlie for a Not Thursday!!!; )
You did it again Charlie. These posts are so interesting
and informative. Have you ever considered doing presentations
open to the general public? I would show up for sure. Thanks.
more great info/history. 💯
Whoa! Easy swinging at that cellar hole. I'd love to do some relic recoveries at a place like that so the public can see what was lost while these people went about their daily business.
like the history charlie😀 always enjoy you 😀god bless you for all the work you do 😇
Another thank you for a great video! I'm sending this to my son in the Merrimack Valley (on a very "hilly" city ;-D). They homeschool, he metal detects. I want his kids to see history.
( No, he won't detect there.)
LFOD!
Awesome Jerry
Nice. Thank you.
That was cool Charlie!
That was very cool DC 👍👍👍 SDN
Interesting exploration!
Thanks for sharing, now I want to go there! Did you talk to the keeper about detecting some old artifacts possibly to put in the homestead ?
Nice, enjoyed ty
Cool spot
Thanks Charlie very interesting the next celler hole I'll be seeing a house
Me: YES!YES! Charlie: as yet to be undetermined. I can’t wait to reveal all!
Great vid!!
I visited Monson once in the early Fall. There was someone sitting outside of that house and I thought it was a resident, so I stayed away so as not to invade their privacy. If it was a caretaker, I could have had a tour inside.
I'm surprised you didn't tour through the rest of the woods and all the other cellar hole locations.
Thank you Charlie for filling us in on how they lived. I'm pretty naive about how those people lived a couple or three hundred years ago. I figured they lived in Lincoln log cabins. This raises a few other questions about these people. By today's standards would those who lived in Monson during this period be considered as a middle-class neighborhood or more like the stereo typical Dog-Patch in the lil Abner comic strip ? (AKA Hoosiers makin' shine an' hitchin' up with kissin' cousins ?) Would they ride in a buggy to church on Sundays or put their kids in the back of a horse drawn cart/wagon ? I guess there might be a mixture of those that were more prosperous than others meaning this settlement for the most part might have consisted of both cabins and houses ?
Coolllll 👍👏
So nice! Will you be able to return when the museum is open and maybe talk with the caretaker? Is the museum inside the house? Or is the house set up as it would have been? 😁😁😁😁😁😳😳😳❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I will return at some point to take the tour
Wondering if that house has a timber frame under it; expanded on later as the family in it grew? Interested to know how the builders of that time measured for construction? If there is a timber frame beneath the lap siding it might explain why the door is off-center, especially if they added on later...just a thought.
Perspective and data!
Cool
Nice place to metal detect !
this rises more questions for me. I know the approximate distance to a place like Boston with a major sea port. A lot of hard goods had to make quite a trip to be in your vicinity. Now where did the glass come from? lots of windows in that home. was that produced locally or did it find it's way up from Mass?
Window glass was made as early as the Jamestown Settlement in the 17th century.
By the 1730s there were several glassware and window pane glass producers in the colonies.
VERY expensive.
Glass was controlled by Briton & heavily taxed. Economic model is keep colonies producing just raw materials.
MFG'ing done in GB then sold back as finished goods at a hefty profit & tax. See the "stamp act".
LFOD !
Tom
Most of the trade goods for NH came and went via Portsmouth NH which was a rival for Boston. And for a while was bigger and preferred over Boston.
Probably from Keene Glass Works or another glass maker in the area.
So cool to see what it looked like before nature took it back.
You need a permission here. I dont think its ever been detected. Another place getting
restored to the 1700's is the Battle Road from Lexington to Concord on Rt. 2A All
Fed land so cant ever detect it. Lots too see & 2 visitors centers.
LFOD !
Hu just by curiosity that about how big our house is digger Charlie bout the size of a double wide house
Who else thought we was going to see inside the old house/museum
What is the physical address for this. I google mapped Monson,NH and nothing comes up
1st like and comment lol.
and you may ask yourself