Muzzleloader hunting season for deer begins locally November 1 and runs through November 11. Regular firearms season for deer is November 12 - December 7. Archery season has been underway for weeks. Waterfowl and other bird seasons are also ongoing.
Hunting is allowed in Dunbarton's conservation areas.
Those who will be sharing the woods with hunters are advised to wear blaze orange or another highly visible color and lots of it to make yourself stand out. Do not wear tan or white. If you are out with your dog, make sure it is highly visible too.
Touring the William Beard barn site at the Stone farm. The barn burned in 1935.
Cellar Site Tour
Here are links to a number of the resources we mentioned during our tour of the Page and Hadley Mill at Kimball Pond and the William Beard house and barn site at the Stone Farm.
Kenyon’s Grist Mill video — Just remember, ours did not run on electricity like the one in the video. There was a whole complicated water-powered drive system that turned the water wheels to power the gears, mill stones and saw blades at the Hadley Mill.
Discussing the Hadley & Pages’s Mill Worker house site at Kimball Pond. The house burned in 1880.
Judy Stone explaining the history of the Stone Farm. Her family has lived on the farm for five generations.
The scale of the barn foundation is apparent in this photo of Conservation Commission members Darlene Jarvis and Drew Groves.
Dunbarton cellar site tour
The Dunbarton Conservation Commission is offering a tour of 2 historic cellar site locations in town on Saturday, September 13. The tour will feature the Page & Hadley Mill site (circa 1771) at Kimball Pond and the William Beard farm (circa 1793) at the Stone Farm on Stone Road.
Those interested should meet us at 9 a.m. at the Kimball Pond boat launch on Kimball Pond Road. The tour to the 2 sites will take approximately 2 hours and will not require much, if any, walking.
The tour will take place on Saturday rain or shine.
Page & Hadley’s Mill