Off in the distance is the Roulette Farm, now visible because of the magnificent brush-clearing job done by our friends from Save Historic Antietam Foundation (SHAF).
Follow me to the break in the fence at the Mumma Farm lane.
Just across the lane is the second break and the trail that heads east toward the Roulette Farm lane. This trail runs north of, and parallel to, the Sunken Road.
This has been a fantastic September for a variety of fungi. Here I demonstrate why a "puffball" has that name, as it explosively sends spores off to insure new generations of progeny.
within shouting distance of the Mumma Farm.
Hey! looks like some work's happening, perfect timing.
Travis mixes up some resin after replacing a rotted timber on one of the historic outbuildings at the Roulette place.
And I hear work going on inside. Again the timing is fantastic. Looks like I'll finally get a glimpse inside.
Up the steps to the back porch and Eric from Cultural Resources lets me in for a quick look around.
Up the steps to the back porch and Eric from Cultural Resources lets me in for a quick look around.
the tower as well as the high ground just north of the Sunken Road. This room would have been a mighty hazardous perch 146 years ago.
And then it was down to the cellar.
Here's the cellar door, from where William Roulette watched the Sunken Road fight. Shouting to the Union troops passing in ranks through his farmyard:
Here's the cellar door, from where William Roulette watched the Sunken Road fight. Shouting to the Union troops passing in ranks through his farmyard:
"Drive 'em boys, Drive em! Take anything you want, but Drive 'em!"
They will oblige him on both counts.
Note the hair helping to bond the plaster together on the cellar wall. Again this is typical to the period. This house is still very much the one that William Roulette called home.
The side door provides both my exit, and return route to the outbuilding that's being preserved.
I shout goodbye to the guys and hit the trail back to the VC.
Note the hair helping to bond the plaster together on the cellar wall. Again this is typical to the period. This house is still very much the one that William Roulette called home.
The side door provides both my exit, and return route to the outbuilding that's being preserved.
I shout goodbye to the guys and hit the trail back to the VC.
This is one of my favorite times of year, some plants are starting to thin out and others are jungle-lush.
Thanks for taking this walk with me.
The days may be getting shorter, but they're getting better too.
I'll see you again next Sunday.
Mannie
6 comments:
Beautiful tour. Thanks for sharing.
Mannie, you know how I love posts like this one! Thank you!
Barry
Lakeland, FL
Mannie that was wonderful. Thanks for the walk.
Susan Sweet
Thanks for the photo tour. Been reading your blog for over a year. Appreciate your efforts. Do have a question. In the photo of South Mountain above Elk Ridge what is that unnatural like object rising about the ridge line near the right hand edge?
Joe
West Columbia, SC
Good afternoon,
Amazing tour....Wicked photos and great content to read. Reading first time, will come back over the weekends!
Thank you and well done
Anna
Can you update this blog when the house is open to the public? Personally I'd like any confirmation of the story about the Confederate shell that punched through a wall, whizzed through the parlor and veered upward through the ceiling to the attic (and never exploded). Also there's some evidence this was a homestead built between 1761 and 1784 (see "Drums Along the Antietam"). Any hallmarks of 1700s vs 1800s construction?
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