Sootypaws Journal

On Monday the gas company took care of the problem of the tank, mentioned in an earlier post, at their existing well, including creating the required dike. Everything looks a lot better.

On Tuesday the survey team came out to do a new survey of our proposed site, away from the point mentioned in a previous post. Unless something comes up, that's where they'll put the well. The new spot is about halfway between the point and the large trees shown in our post and another grove of large oaks to the west.

A long time ago, some around here have said during the Civil War, people lived on the ridge and created clearings to grow their crops. When those clearings were abandoned, pines took over and now those areas with pines are transitioning to oak and hickory hardwood forest as the pines die.

There's also evidence of earlier human habitation. We've found worked flint, flint flakes, and flint points and drills on the roads through our property and around our buildings. Flint isn't native to this area; it was brought in from elsewhere.