The Washington herald., 1920-08-01


side trails, which are numerous,
bearing constantly to the right soon
brings the two to the clearing, and
through the trees may be seen the
monument about which little is
known and about the story of the
erection of which less seems to be
known for The Herald party found
a native "a years old who said that
the monument was there when she
was young.
The monument is constructed out
of native rock and was built by la
borers of Boonsboro, who volun-
teered their services, so the tale
rGEs
The monument was apparently
but time and the elements on the
topmost point of the mountain on
which it is erected have carried
away the binding material used be-
tween the huge stones, and the top
of 1t has fallen down. Through the
center leads stairway, but efforts
to negotiate this stairway are
stopped by the lusty humming of a
swarm of bees. Though the trail
leading up to the mountain side Is
covered with summer growth of un-
derbrush, and there are no appear
ances that a human being had
tramped it for months the party
found on he topmost stone of the
monument at the top of a long staff
broken from the forest large
American flag, not even frayed by
the winds nor faded by the sun.
Deep Rock Crevices. -
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After swapping several pictures of
this historical construction the re-
turn trip down the mountain side is
started, but through the trees to
tie left may be seen veritable
acre of rocks which Jack insists on
exploring, looking for wildcat and
fox dens, hoping the while they
would not be found But here is a
most interesting bit of natures
wonders. over a wide area it ,ap-
pears as though the mountain has
turned itself inside out. Huge bowl
ders Weighing many tons are laying
about, and one may look down for
many feet through the crevices
showing that for a depth of many
feet the rocks are loose and have
been turned out of the mountain
formation, leaving one to wonder If
at some time or other there had not
beer an earthquake there to dis
turb old Mother Nature. ..-.... :,
The trip through the mountain
forest with a view of the many log
ging trails Is well worth the stop
and Jack and the writer felt well
repaid for their climb. A few min
utes brings the climbers to the
parking space. and the order is
given to proceed.
Again in the main road the run il
made slowly through Boonsboro to
the four corners marked by the
hotel, where the sign tells you tc
turn to the left to Antietam. AS
the car passes out of Boonsboro the
party is greeted with the sign that
this road has been taken over by
the State Highway, Commission. but
owing to the lateness of the season
the work of rebuilding the road
will not be undertaken.
While the road Is solid, being ar
old turnpike, 1t is a bit bumpy, bui
only the eyes tell you this, for the
easy riding of the King IS" iron.
the bumps right out of the road.
1t is not long after passing be.
yond the town limits of Boonsboro
before one begins to see the tablet.
which mark the stations of the or.
ganizations which fought in the ia
nous battle of Antietam. The. car
purrs swiftly along through he-.
dysville. To the left and Id about
the center of the town is a stone
foundation, a sign on which tells
that II is the site of a memorial tc
be erected to the brave boys of tina,
n a r,lef who fonOhf In the orp,nd
Water-Wheel Mills.
The party now is passing through
interesting country, where, water.
power is still used to turn the quaint