Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1903-08-24

road to take possession OF the block |
house on the We st side of the lake in |
In an unguarded mo-
ment when at a distance from the |
block house they were attacked by a
party of Indians, and Constant Bliss
of Thetford and Moses Sleeper of
were killed, and the other
two were taken prisoners and carried
to Canada. Sometime subsequently,
having been exchanged, they re-
turned to Peacham. 1t was not until
their return that the fate of Bliss and
Sleeper was known to their friends,
party of whom at once proceeded to
Greensboro, where they found the
bodies uudisturbed, but badly decom-
posed; being in such a condition
burial on the spot was unavoidable.
No monument has been erected thus
far to their memory. and here Cd the
shore of this beautiful lake the
traveller passes the spot without
knowing that there once fell in their
country's service two of her worthy
sops. This society, or some member
of it, can do worthy service by ascer-
tanning. the exact resting place of
these martyrs and erecting a monu-
ment. The first settlement in
Greensboro was made by Ashebul and
Aaron Shepard in 1889. and the block
house built by Col. Hazen was their
home. The site of the block house
was afterwards known as Cushing,
and later the Williams farm.
From Greensboro the road passed
into Craftsbury, going TO near what is
now East Craftsbury village, and
from thence down into the Creek
valley, crossing the Creek and pass
ing up the hill to near the Common"
from there this road went northeast
erly into the town of Albany, enter
ing Albany just east of Black river,
which it soon crossed near or upon
the farm now occupied by Henry
Hayden, passing over the old Hayden
farm to the Rogers farm. At the
Rogers farm the road left the valley
and commenced to climb towards the
Lowell mountain and entered the
town of Lowell near where the school
house is located that was afterwards
in school district No. Is, in Albany.
After entering the town of Lowell,
this road skirted the range of the
Green Mountains between Albany
and Lowell, ever climbing. When
this road reached within about a mile
of the SUM nit, it came to section of
the mountain (although covered with
heavy forest) which was very steep,
and the soil very shallow, and under
meath was one continuous ledge,
sloping at an angle of about As de-
grees but very smooth, necessitating
building over this section, by using
logs and trees, laying them against
the growing trees and filing between
them and the ledge with timber and
dirt. The road along this portion il
substantially the same to-day and is
even now very rugged and wild
This road crossed the summit of the
mountain upon lot No. ~ in the Sec
ond range of lots in Lowell, which
lot of land my father bought of Hugh
Mcclure April goth, 1859, and which
subsequently owned. After crossing
the summit the road passed on dow
on the south side of what was Later
known as the Truland brook, cross
ing the same near where the Trulant
buildings now stand, and passing nea
where Lowell village now stands
From the site of Lowell village thi
road went northeasterly directly t.
the notch or low place through tn
Green Mountains, in the town @
Westfield, where Col. Hazen's wor
in this direction terminated.
AS to the exact location of this roaG
Zadock Thompson, one of the mos
painstaking and reliable writer's {
Vermont history, in his gazetteer {
Vermont published in 1924, says, 18th
present road from Peacham to Kelly
, vale occupies the same ground owe
which the Hazen road passed.
Col. Hszen encamped for some tim
on the site of what is now Lowell vi
lage, and this was called by him til
!, Scamp at the end of the Road" 3
+ wrote Col. Bedel from there a lett.
which feel is sufficiently interestir
, to be here given in full.
. "CAMP ATTHE END OF THE ROAD so Nj
24th, Aug. 1879.
Q "Dear Sir: We are determined [
4 put an end to our work here by ne,
2 Saturday night and therefore ha,
t ordered out all the provisions th
!, will be wanted up to that time, vi
e $500 lbs. of Flower and about 1000 "
n of fresh Beef. (no more OK teams