He felt it was a wonder that the whole town of New Castle hadn't been destroyed for its indifferent treatment of the hallowed bones. After breakfast, the somewhat hungover driver climbed into his soggy wagon and headed for Pittsburgh and points east. We can only hope the bones were buried in Radnor with a little more decorum than they were shown in New Castle. The flesh of Mad Anthony Wayne remains in Erie, and in 1880 a memorial log blockhouse was erected and dedicated to Wayne. This is now on the grounds of the Soldier's and Sailor's Home in Erie.
Legend has it, however, that the bones of the great general spent a very rainy night in New Castle.
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