The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-06-09
CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARY
Centenary Of Memorable Event OBJ
served at Glover-2,OOO People At
tended Exercises In Spite of In
element Weather-Addres Of the

tended Exercises In Spite of In
element Weather-Address Of the
Day.
Fowler, VT, June 6, 1o10.--In
spite of the threatening weather
this morning, fully 1000 people gath
cred at the site of Runaway pond
where the anniversary of the event
was celebrated.
| The marker was unveiled by Miss
| Ina Paige of Barton and Miss Alice
Kelton of this place, both descendants
vt the participants of the letting out
of the pond 100 years ago. w. G..
King. chairman of the board of Sc
lectmen of the town presented the
marker. In the absence of the presi-
dent of the Orleans County Historical
Society, Hon. T.. A. Cook presided.
Mr.. Kinney offered prayers and Hon.
F. w. Baldwin of Barton delivered
the address, of the day, after which
DR.. G.. Q. French of Clinton, Mass,
I-Olin L. French. formerly publisher
of the Bratteboro Phoenix and
Charles Cutler of West Glover, all
descendants. spoke briefly. A picnic
dinner was held as expected the
coffee being made in iron kettles used
100 years ago. AS Mr.. Baldwins
address was the important event of
the Gel. Jration and is of historical
value the Journal prints it herewith.
Mr.. Baldwin's Address.
1--WE are met on this beautiful June
morning, to celebrate the centennial
of an event unparalleled in the history
of Vermont A company gathered
June 6, 1910, on the shore of a pond,
which covered this ground, one and
mile wide, and over one hundred
feet deep, with no intention of dis
turbing the pond, and in five hours
from the time they arrived, the pond
was gone.
Il have endeavored to make this ad-
dress historical The facts as | here
give them have been largely derived
from the following sources, Thomp-
son't History of Vermont; Vermont
Historical Gazetteer, Child's History
of Vermont, Danville North Star, June
16, 1910, Letter of Joseph Owen June
20, 1910 Address of Rev. Pliny H.
White, 1860 Article by o. V. Percival
in 1887. E. T. Wilson in 1890. Loring
Frost. ]. Nj. Currier, and. |. Parker,
article of Owen Percival and Parker
being in the Proceedings ORLEANS
County Historical Society, 1897
"The town of Glover was granted to
General John Glover, June 2S, 1871,
and chartered to the same man, and
his associates November 20, 1893.
"In 1894 or 1895 there was built a
road through this township commence
ing at the Hazen road in Greensboro
and extending through Glover, Barton,
Bloomington and Salem to Derby;
the making of this road was very
crude, simply cutting out the. fallen
trees, falling the few threes that could
not be got around and bridging the
streams with logs and poles; it was
under the direction of Timothy Hin
man of Derby.
THE settlement of this township
was commenced about 1897, by James
Vance, who made the first clearing on
lot number 140, being just east of West
Glover village, and erected the first
frame house, which | am informed is
still standing. The next clearing was
made by Ralph Parker on lot No. 116,
at the southerly end of Glover pond.
since known as Parker pand and
opened the first tavern, and 1t was
near this place where the first church
was built and the first burial ground
established; all this done along the
Human road.
ALSO in 1897, Samuel Cook COM
menced a clearing and built house
on lot No. So, the same lot owned by
n. H. Wilson. Previous to 1910 a road
had been made fronl near the Parker
tavern, southeasterly over Hardy
hill crossing the Glover branch of
Barton river on what has been known
as the Philemon owen farm. From
this point one road went easterly to
the settlement kowns as 'Keene's
Corner so named because several
living about there came from Keene
n. H., and from there to Barton; anC
one road southerly to the Samue
Cook clearing and thence to Sheffield
and Wheelock. 1t was on this road
and the Glover branch of Barton riy
er, short distance south of the juno
ton of these two roads, where thu
stream dropped down through rock!
gorge. was located Aaron Wilson's
mills, that were swept away by TIT
letting out of Long Pond.
1T was on the 'Hinman road. IL
. Barton where it crossed Barton Riv
er near the place now known as tn
David Collision place that the Davi'
Blodgett sawmill at this time wa
4 swept away.
AT the time the town of Glove
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