And, of course, the Catherinesville State Forest which surrounded everything:
Another nice log home:
And these folks were doing some intensive sugaring:
Daphne seemed especially interested in the Catherinesville Cemetery as we passed by:
I was impressed with this nice, red garage:
And the house which went with it, almost hidden in the forest:
There were long stretches of State Forest between houses:
The map had showed Catherinesville Road continuing on toward home, but when I got to this place, I discovered the road became seasonal only. It was unmaintained in the wintertime and driving on it would have been really foolish. So I turned around and headed back toward Sylvan Falls Road:
We passed another woodsy home on our way, but there weren't many houses in Catherinesville and soon enough I was simply driving home:
The Catherinesville Road in Saint Lawrence County runs through an area that was once completely cleared and farmed. One of my maternal greatgranfathers and one of my paternal great great grandfathers both had homesteads on that road. The land was so poor for farming that the farms were eventually abandoned and the land eventually went back to forest. As recently as the 1960s some abandoned farmhouses and barns were still standing. Now they have all fallen down. However, if you look carefully, you can still see the old stone fences, covered with leaves and debris, winding their way through the hilly woods. The foundation of my maternal great grandfather's farmhouse is still visible. However, you can only access it from the Hookinton end because beavers built a dam near the bottom of what used to be called Castle Hill. This caused the road to become flooded and made it impossible to take the road all the way from Parish ville to Hopkinton as in the old days.
ReplyDeleteEdward Trerise
Thank you. It adds a lot to learn some of the personal history from the area.
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