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Dolly Copp LbNA #41958 (ARCHIVED)

Owner:Adoptable
Plant date:Jul 4, 2009
Location:
City:Gorham
County:Coos
State:New Hampshire
Boxes:1
Planted by:Tigr & Pooh
Found by: Sugar Hill Gang
Last found:Sep 12, 2009
Status:FFFFFFFFaaa
Last edited:Jul 4, 2009
Dolly Copp and her husband Hayes were one of the first settlers to northern New Hampshire. They moved into the incorporated town of Randolph shortly after they married in 1824.

Over the years they slowly cleared the land for their farm. They built their house from logs harvested in the surrounding forest, eventually opening up a way-station for travelers. They also raised sheep, carding the wool and weaving their own cloth. Dolly was proud that for most of her entire life, she wore clothes of her own making. During the long winter nights, she knitted or read from the light of homemade tallow dip candles.

Dolly and Hayes raised four children during their life together. Sometime during their fiftieth year of marriage, Dolly said "Hayes is well enough. But fifty years is long enough for a woman to live with one man." Peacefully, the two divided their belongings, sold the farm and went their separate ways.

To find this letterbox, follow Route 16 until you find Dolly Copp Picnic Area in Gorham, NH.

Go through the gate, bearing left. Follow the road and find the last picnic table. Facing the Peabody River take the trail to left between three large boulders. From there take 13 paces, stopping at another boulder on the left. Behind the rock, hidden under the leaves is what you see.

This is a very busy area.