One of the loggers who worked this summer at the landing near the Mad Brook Road, off Route 18, mentioned being able to "see the old road" from the landing. After a bit of a prowl, this is what I saw, parallel to Route 18. Comments or information from anyone?
This is the old road down to the Connecticut river and across to Littleton, NH. As C. E. Harris notes in "A Vermont Village", on the road to the bridge there were eight houses .. only two are standing.. The Toll house was at the bottom on the river bank. Across the road Otho Stevens and his harness shop. Irena Goss, widow of Abel Goss across the road from Stevens, then Zebina Goss further up. See H.F. Walling map of 1858. The remains of the stone walls and foundations can still be seen there.
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