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Message: [QUOTE="AZHuskiePop, post: 4011424, member: 1609"] I grew up in Connecticut adjacent to a wooded area where much of my youth was spent . i had a brother 7 years older than me who unfortunately for him was required to often watch me . Since his friends also had younger brothers the group was a large variety and our adventures contain many stories for another time. This woods was privately owned and for some reason was kept undeveloped and being the Post War they had no problem with a bunch of kids claiming it as theirs. On one occasion we ran into the owners actually multiple generations the oldest was 85 which would but his birth about 1865. i was to young to understand the entire conversation but my 14 year bother did and we discussed this meeting until his passing.. The old man recounted how the the area we call the “Woods“ was pasture lands except for a strip that had a railway that lead to a quarry ,further up Only the tree covered mounds supporting the track were still visible. Since the woods was dotted with stonewalls we knew that it was once a farm but getting a first hand account of what everything looked like just 60-70 years earlier was fascinating . His family not only owned that land but all the land adjacent including my house. In fact my grandparents house next door was given to his Sister/ Cousin as a wedding present in 1899. It was state of the art with gas lighting. The strange thing is when I was little the 19th century seemed like ancient history. The reality is it was a lot closer than today is to the early 1950’s when I grew up. [/QUOTE]

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