Endicott Rock LbNA #51941 (ARCHIVED)
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Add Location| Owner: | N/A |
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| Plant date: | Jan 5, 2010 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Laconia |
| County: | Belknap |
| State: | New Hampshire |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Planted by: | DZUL
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| Found by: | J.E.S.S. |
| Last found: | Apr 16, 2011 |
| Status: | FFFFFFFFaaa |
| Last edited: | Jan 5, 2010 |
Go to Weirs Beach and Endicott Rock Park.
Go to the end of the guard rail in parking lot.
Turn towards the gazebo and walk to it.
Face the beach and you will see a small playground. Go to it.
When you get to the playground turn right and you will see the monument.
Walk to the monument.
Find the side that says ENDICOTT ROCK 1652.
Turn around 180 degrees from where it says this.
You will see a small hedge of bushes.
Look in the bushes and you will find what you’re looking for.
Good Luck!
History of my letterbox
Endicott Rock is a monument to the first visit of white men of which there is any knowledge. One of the oldest monuments in New England, Endicott Rock got its name from John Endicott, governor of Massachusetts in 1652. Commissioners of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, Edward Johnson and Simon Willard along with John Sherman and Jonathan Ince, surveyors, all carved their initials and John Endicott’s name into the rock on August 1, 1652, this date is exactly 32 years after the pilgrims landed on Plymouth Rock. The rock marked the headwaters of the Merrimack River.
Found on August 1, 1652, Endicott Rock was forgotten for nearly 181 years. The rock was rediscovered in 1833. When it was rediscovered there were efforts made to preserve it. It took until 1892 for New Hampshire to finally preserve the rock. Also being preserved was the memorial structure of granite enclosing the rock which had been dedicated in the fall of 1892.
The commissioners were not the only ones on this journey up river. They had two Native American guides, Pontauhum and Ponbakin accompany them. They reached present day Franklin, New Hampshire, where the river split into two branches. Their small party went east on the Winnipesaukee River to the outlet of Lake Winnipesaukee. Then they found what was later named Endicott Rock.
Go to the end of the guard rail in parking lot.
Turn towards the gazebo and walk to it.
Face the beach and you will see a small playground. Go to it.
When you get to the playground turn right and you will see the monument.
Walk to the monument.
Find the side that says ENDICOTT ROCK 1652.
Turn around 180 degrees from where it says this.
You will see a small hedge of bushes.
Look in the bushes and you will find what you’re looking for.
Good Luck!
History of my letterbox
Endicott Rock is a monument to the first visit of white men of which there is any knowledge. One of the oldest monuments in New England, Endicott Rock got its name from John Endicott, governor of Massachusetts in 1652. Commissioners of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, Edward Johnson and Simon Willard along with John Sherman and Jonathan Ince, surveyors, all carved their initials and John Endicott’s name into the rock on August 1, 1652, this date is exactly 32 years after the pilgrims landed on Plymouth Rock. The rock marked the headwaters of the Merrimack River.
Found on August 1, 1652, Endicott Rock was forgotten for nearly 181 years. The rock was rediscovered in 1833. When it was rediscovered there were efforts made to preserve it. It took until 1892 for New Hampshire to finally preserve the rock. Also being preserved was the memorial structure of granite enclosing the rock which had been dedicated in the fall of 1892.
The commissioners were not the only ones on this journey up river. They had two Native American guides, Pontauhum and Ponbakin accompany them. They reached present day Franklin, New Hampshire, where the river split into two branches. Their small party went east on the Winnipesaukee River to the outlet of Lake Winnipesaukee. Then they found what was later named Endicott Rock.