The actual stone is at the bottom of the pic.
Endicott Rock is a state park located on the shore of Lake Winnipesaukee in the Weirs Beach village of Laconia, New Hampshire. Its principal attraction is a large rock originally in the lake that was incised with lettering in 1652 by surveyors for the Massachusetts Bay Colony. The rock provides definitive evidence of one of the earliest incursions of Europeans into the area.
For many years the rock's existence was unknown, until it was rediscovered in the 19th century. The state then undertook to protect the rock from the elements, building a pavilion over it and stabilizing cracks in the rock with iron fittings. The markings on the rock include "IOHN ENDICUT GOV", a reference to John Endecott, who was then governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and the initials of the surveyors. The colony's boundaries, according to its charter, were 3 miles (4.8 km) north of the Merrimack River, and the rock was incorrectly believed by the English party to mark the northernmost head of the river (the headwaters of the Merrimack's main tributary, the Pemigewasset River, are significantly further north, but the survey party was misled by its Indian guides).
i hope you blasted it with pink paint!
Endicott Rock - 1652
Went for the first swim of the year in Lake Winnipeasauke. 88 degree air temp in mid april! crazy!
Endicott Rock - 1652
> Went for the first swim of the year in Lake Winnipeasauke. 88 degree air temp in mid april! crazy!
Yeah... But what's the WATER temp's??
o.O :excruciating: :woot:
Endicott Rock is a monument to the first visit of white men of which there is any knowledge. The lettering upon the Rock was done to perpetuate the record of an official delegation sent by the Massachusetts Bay Colony to ascertain the northernmost boundary of its territory, in the summer of 1652, only thirty-two years after the Pilgrims landed on Plymouth Rock. The exact date, as specified in the report, included in the old colony records, was August 1, 1652, which deserves to be made Endicott Memorial Day and regularly observed.
Having reached what was considered the head of the Merrimack River, three miles north of which was to be established the northwest boundary point of the territory embraced in the Massachusetts Colony territorial tract, as specified in their charter from the king of England, they evidently deemed it unnecessary to attempt to go any further, as the stated distance, three miles further on, would but establish the point sought in the water or very near the northern shore of the lake, and the arm of the lake extending northerly, a little west of north, might have been deemed an inconvenient or impassable barrier, as it could not. have been known how far it extended.
Selecting this conveniently-located, large, round-topped boulder, at the mouth of the river channel, they chiseled upon its face the name of Governor Endicott, of the Bay Colony, and their own initials, and probably the date, which in some manner has been effaced. Captain Symon Willard and Captain Edward Johnson were the leaders in this party of explorers. They were assisted by John Sherman, Jonathan Ince and other white men and several dependable Indians. The complete report is available among the Massachusetts state records. The latitude of the place was stated to be 43 degrees, 40 miuutes, 12 seconds, “besides three miles more north wich runneth into the lake.” The party did not remain long.
After this important event many years rolled by before other white men came. “The ancient solitude reigned again about the lake,” except for aboriginal disturbances. Old Endicott Rock was entirely forgotten for 181 years after the inscriptions were engraved upon it. Finally, in 1833, it was rediscovered, after which some efforts were made to preserve it. But not until 1892 did the State of New Hampshire complete present protective measures, including the memorial structure of granite enclosing it, which was dedicated in the fall of that year.
from link:
Endicott Rock - Lake WInnipeasaukee NH Historical Society
The Indians tricked them. The headwaters extend another 50 miles or so north up the Pemichewasset River to Franconia Notch.
1652? Is that all? I saw some stones that were probably 100-200 million years old today.......B-)
Endicott Rock - 1652
> > Went for the first swim of the year in Lake Winnipeasauke. 88 degree air temp in mid april! crazy!
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> Yeah... But what's the WATER temp's??
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> o.O :excruciating: :woot:
I saw some kinds jumping in the water and I'm not one to let anyone out-stupid me so I jumped in too. It was bone-chilling.
Endicott Rock - 1652
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> I saw some kinds jumping in the water and I'm not one to let anyone out-stupid me so I jumped in too. It was bone-chilling.
:snarky: [sarcasm]I thought so.... [/sarcasm]
Endicott Rock - 1652
Bone chilling and nugget shrinking?
Endicott Rock - 1652
> 88 degree air temp in mid april! crazy!
Crazy, indeed. Here in California's sunny central valley we haven't seen anything above the mid-70s yet, and those days have been very few.
Hey Perry
We've got one of those lakes here in the south too!! Right on the Georgia - Tennessee border just outside Chattanooga.
Lake Winnepesaukah
Andy
[sarcasm]there..... it's perpetuated........[/sarcasm]
Endicott Rock - 1652
The heater was running when I got up this morning. When I finally looked at my phone sometime later, it had already warmed to 48°. Not really what I expected in Texas in mid-April.
Did you notice the surname of the second surveyor listed?
I wonder if that is one of Dane's ancestors.:-S B-)
Endicott Rock - 1652
Wow! Had 12" of snow here on Saturday...
Jonathan Ince
> Did you notice the surname of the second surveyor listed?
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> I wonder if that is one of Dane's ancestors.:-S B-)
Yes, I did notice it was the same name is Dane INCE.
