Ken, it sounds like a touchy subject, the correction of Richard. I will leave it at that as well. Maybe you folks could get him to chime in on the topic of jetties. I would like to know if there is a similar book for the New England area, one of such size and info and applicable to us.
I think I have also heard the term "marriage trees". I will see if it was in A Days Work, a great picture book, two volumes and half the book is old photos of the later 1800's thats the later 19th century. Other signs of farms are lilac bushes, apple trees, roses and other heritage flowers. Stone walls and foundation are seen as well, I see these after I have spotted the vegetation first, some have all of the above mentioned. I live on a fairly remote road, 3 miles to the nearest neighbor-17 years ago, now only 2 miles and they are coming closer. The point is 17 years ago there was only six full time residents on the Gardner Lake road now there 30 plus. I have a slight interest in the past and have noted an obvious 12 old house sites on the road to my house one is where I live, 3 cellar holes, flowers and apple trees. It took 15 years for me to notice these and 2 months ago I counted them, 12 that still show, trees growing out of the basement. Three cemeteries also. I am told there were 34 farms out my way. The children moved away leaving the old folks to the farm. This is very much connected to the type of buildings I see left, for some part there is a lot of hodge-podge buildings, made up of odd pieces, I am speculating coming form the abandoned farms of the country side.
