Russell Colbath Settlement LbNA #24768
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Add Location| Owner: | J.E.S.S.  |
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| Plant date: | Aug 19, 2006 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Albany |
| County: | Carroll |
| State: | New Hampshire |
| Boxes: | 3 |
| Found by: | Angel Winks |
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| Last found: | Oct 3, 2022 |
| Status: | FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF |
| Last edited: | Aug 19, 2006 |
The Russell Colbath House was built in 1832. Early settlers eked out a living in this isolated valley for over a century by farming, taking in summer boarders and logging. There are many interesting interpretive points along this easy half mile loop trail which explains what life was like for early settlers. Please take extra care not to step on vegetation in this area.
LOCATION:
The Russell Colbath Historic House is located on the Kancamagus Highway 12.5 miles west of route 16. This would make it about 22 miles from the Lincoln end of the Kanc.
ADDITIONAL INFO: This is a series of three. Only the last box has a log book. **Please bring your own ink pad or markers.** Stamps are hand-carved.
CLUES:
Find the Rail n’ River Trail. Just before the first interpretive point turn left. Look for the second interpretive point; Mast Pines for England’s King. To the left of the sign are three moss-covered logs. Look behind where the first two touch to find the logging letterbox.
Continue along to the next interpretive point titled “Change in the Swift River Valley.” Turn back and go about 10 steps to a GIANT two trunk pine tree. Nestled deep inside the “V” covered in pine needles you will find the “farming” box.
Turn around again and continue on going past the interpretive point. You will walk along the Saco River briefly until you come to a bridge at which point the trail heads back into the forest. Pass over another bridge and continue on until you come to another interpretive sign titled, “Small-scale Logging on the Bartlett and Albany Railroad.” A few steps directly in back of the sign, you will see a tall pine at the top a slight incline. Check the base of the backside of this tree to find the Russell Colbath House box. Again, please be careful not to disturb vegetation.
If you follow the trail, you will soon come back to where you began. For a short-cut back to the parking area, take a left just after the last box.
LOCATION:
The Russell Colbath Historic House is located on the Kancamagus Highway 12.5 miles west of route 16. This would make it about 22 miles from the Lincoln end of the Kanc.
ADDITIONAL INFO: This is a series of three. Only the last box has a log book. **Please bring your own ink pad or markers.** Stamps are hand-carved.
CLUES:
Find the Rail n’ River Trail. Just before the first interpretive point turn left. Look for the second interpretive point; Mast Pines for England’s King. To the left of the sign are three moss-covered logs. Look behind where the first two touch to find the logging letterbox.
Continue along to the next interpretive point titled “Change in the Swift River Valley.” Turn back and go about 10 steps to a GIANT two trunk pine tree. Nestled deep inside the “V” covered in pine needles you will find the “farming” box.
Turn around again and continue on going past the interpretive point. You will walk along the Saco River briefly until you come to a bridge at which point the trail heads back into the forest. Pass over another bridge and continue on until you come to another interpretive sign titled, “Small-scale Logging on the Bartlett and Albany Railroad.” A few steps directly in back of the sign, you will see a tall pine at the top a slight incline. Check the base of the backside of this tree to find the Russell Colbath House box. Again, please be careful not to disturb vegetation.
If you follow the trail, you will soon come back to where you began. For a short-cut back to the parking area, take a left just after the last box.