Dogtown

[urbpan]

We went back to Dogtown again on Sunday. Here are my pictures. Kind of a weird assortment, really.



The day before was rainy, and several paths had changed into streams.





From oddnewengland.com: "In 1892, a man named James Merry was killed on Dogtown Common by a taunted domestic animal and engraved stones mark the spot of the attack and where his body was found." Apparently this imbecile was "hazing" a bull, when it killed him.











Similar, but much better photographs at my wife's journal.

Comments

[brush-rat.livejournal.com]

Is the red in the letters some sort of lichen or some pigment applied by humans? Have you come across any maps or drawings of Dogtown from when it was a community?

[urbpan.livejournal.com]

The red is paint.

I haven't found any illustrations of old Dogtown, but I did read The Last Days of Dogtown which is a very evocative dramatization of daily life in the village. (life pretty much sucked)

I also just found this map of the Babson rocks today.