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Land marks of waterbury LbNA #51655

Owner:Adoptable
Plant date:Dec 4, 2009
Location:
City:waterbury
County:New Haven
State:Connecticut
Boxes:3
Planted by:Apeman691970
Found by: burning feet (2)
Last found:Apr 25, 2014
Status:FFFFFFFFFFF
Last edited:Dec 4, 2009
Carrie Welton Fountain - It was designed by Karl Gerhardt of Hartford. He was a favorite of Mark Twain who owned many of his pieces and financed his studies in Paris. The 2,500 pound statue is in memory of Caroline Josephine Welton's black stallion, Knight, and her love of animals. Weltons will left $7,000 for the monument and $100,000 to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals; a cause to which she had already given $250,000 in 1874. Relatives thought she was insane and contested the will, resulting in a long trial that was covered by the New York Times. Carrie's side prevailed, and the fountain was dedicated November 10, 1888. In 1874, Knight had killed Carrie's father with a kick. Carrie was born in 1842 and died in 1884 while mountain climbing in Colorado.
The adventure starts at Bucks hill park which used to be called Montoe park. They changed the name when the city rebuilt the entire park back in the 90's. this used to be my old stomping grounds when i was a kid. So Much has changed. Bucks Hill Park is located off of Montoe Road. Go up North Main street going towards wolcott and Montoe Rd is on the right. Once you make that right you will see the Park on right. Go into the first parking lot that you see. Park all the way to the end on the left, where you will see 2 pillars with a a chain across them. This is where you start your adventure. Follow the gravel path that goes behind the base ball field. Soon you will come to a path coming on the right thats going into the woods. Take this path and go over the boardwalk bridge to the end.These paths were made for cubscouts and boyscouts and girl scouts to observe the nature of the trail. So it is a nice and easy trail for kids just be careful of the mud. Go right and follow the path till you come across a fallen down White Birch tree in your path. From here go 25 steps stop look left and see a rockpile in front of a tree. look under the rocks to reveal the fountain.

Holy Land Cross - The present 52-foot-high cross replaced the first 32-foot-high cross in 1968. The 17-acre "Land of the Lord" with scenes from Bethlehem and Jerusalem consisted of 200 miniature buildings and figures of varying sizes. The catacomb area contained exhibits from the dismantled Vatican pavilion of the 1964 World's Fair. Holy Land took 30 years to complete, and it attracted 40,000 visitors a year from all over the country in the 1960's. Holy Land was conceived and built by John Greco and friends, and dedicated December 14, 1958.

After finding Carrie Welton's Fountain, continue on trail Follow till you come to a large 3 sister tree on the path practically. Look left and go uphill to the rock formation. Look under the big flat rock for holy Land USA.

Clock Tower - Constructed by the world famous architectural firm of McKim, Mead & White of N.Y., this structure resembles the Torre Del Mangia at the Palazzo Publico in Siena, Italy. This architectural firm also did the original Penn Station, wings of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the J.P. Morgan library. It cost $332,000, is 240-feet high, has 318 steps and the clock was made by Seth Thomas Co. with a dial 16-feet in diameter with 5-foot tall Roman numerals. The eight she-wolf gargoyles are a reminder of the myth of Romulus & Remus. The Tower opened July 12, 1909 and is now the home of the Waterbury Republican-American.

Continue up trail after Holy Land USA, follow for awhile till you see a Rock formation on top of a hill on right. (the second formation). look on top the rock where it sits on top of some wild Fern. Look under it to reveal the Clock Tower.
This trail is very scenic and I tend to add more Letterboxes off these trails again soon.