A Hike on West Hill with Bruce Flewelling
Posted By admin on October 9, 2009
Moses and Mica
More West Hill History
Sunday, Oct.25th, 2009 at 10:00AM
Join us on a fall hike to see the home site of one of the first settlers of West Hill, Moses Kinsman. The hike will continue on to the location mica test pit where explorations were being done for commercial mica mining.
The hike to the Kinsman site is on a class 4 town highway and is less than 3/4 of a mile round-trip. Rated “easy”
The hike to the test pits is about 11/2 miles round-trip and is rated “moderate”.
Meet at the gate on Forest Service road 113, the 2nd right off the West Hill Rd. Signs will be posted
Parking is limited, so try to car pool. Long sleeved shirts, long pants and good hiking shoes are recommended. Both hikes will be led by Bruce Flewelling. If you have any pictures of the sites, or the West Hill area in general, please bring them to share.
This hike to Dura Kinsman’s place, and the mica mine, were great hikes. Bruce is an excellent leader, very informative about what he knows, not afraid to admit what he doesn’t. In fact, it is the mysteries–the puzzles–that he can’t figure out that most intrigue him. He doesn’t give up! Good luck finding that log cabin, Bruce, and thank you for this and your other West Hill walks, past, present (yesterday, Chester Smith’s) and future.
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