I'm stretching the concept of The Trip Singularity a bit since today's post is about 2 towns on 2 separate days, but this is the inaugural 251 Club event with Ericka (sans Neptune this one time) and it's during one of her visits from PDX, so what the hell.
We visited Marshfield yesterday and had a little difficulty getting the Dogz back in the 251 groove what with the excitement of meeting Olive, our Guest Star.
Wow, what a difference a season makes! Our last trip was sub-zero, this one was in the 80s. So after stopping by Small Dog Electronics, we headed south to Warren (history, demographics): Warren is one of the most popular place-names in America: there are more than one hundred counties, towns and villages so named. Fully half are simply Warren, the others have -burg, -ville, or -ton suffixed; many of in the US and all in the North Atlantic states derive from one of two men, both of whom died quite young.
A popular hero in the colonies, Admiral Sir Peter Warren (born Warrenstown, Ireland, 1702; died Dublin, 1752) was an officer of the British Navy on the American station for many years. He won the admiration of the colonies for his role in the capture of the French fortress of Louisbourg in 1745, and for defeating the French squadron off Cape Finisterre in 1747. While stationed on the Atlantic seaboard, the Admiral lived in New York (married to a sister of Governor James De Lancey) and owned Warren Farm, the area that is now Greenwich Village and Washington Square in New York City.
The other Warren was an even greater hero in the eyes of his fellow Americans: Doctor Joseph Warren (born Roxbury, Massachusetts, 1741; died Breed's Hill, Massachusetts, 1775), a Harvard graduate, was a practicing physician in Boston, where he was a member of the Council of Safety and other revolutionary committees. He was chosen President pro tem of the Provincial Congress, and was named a major general of the militia. On August 23, 1775 he was killed while trying to rally the troops on Breed's Hill at the Battle of Bunker Hill. He was the first American killed in that conflict.
All six New England states and New York have either a town or a village of Warren...
Hey, I lived in Warren, PA, for a while!
Just before the village. I'd forgotten my full-sized tripod, so I had to park in the intersection with my flashers on and put my mini-tri on the roof of the car to shoot this. Yes, I looked both ways before crossing the "busy" road.
Warren Bridge is located within the village Historic Residential District. Built in 1880 by Walter Bagley, it is particularly noteworthy due to its unique asymmetrical design: a vertical east portal, but upper side walls that project differently at the west portal.
Cairo swam in the river for a while, then we headed across the Lincoln Gap and up Rte 116 to Friday Coffeeblogging in Burlington. Stef had to go to the ranch (Cairo, too), and I had to get ready to depart for Silver Spring, MD, so it was a truncated trip, but fun all the same!
ntodd
PS--I still intend to do a podcast, but don't have the energy tonight.
Cairo romps in Colchester's Bayside Park.
Cairo was just so excited to be going on another 251 Club trip! Come play with us as we visit Colchester, Waitsfield and Stowe (Moscow, too)...
Sorta spur of the moment today, we decided to go to Cabot (history, demographics). Of course, normally we anticipate doing multiple towns per trip, but we wanted to kick things off with just one place. We chose Cabot because it wasn't overly far a drive, was more or less a central starting point, and was off a state route we've passed by many times, but have never taken. Plus that's where Cabot cheese comes from!
Here we are in Cabot, home of the Huskies, 2003 Division IV boys b-ball champs!
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