It's Getting Steamy LbNA #39564 (ARCHIVED)
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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | May 4, 2008 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Shepherdstown |
| County: | Jefferson |
| State: | West Virginia |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Planted by: | Clotilde  |
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| Found by: | Husky Hikers |
| Last found: | Feb 17, 2009 |
| Status: | FFFFFFFar |
| Last edited: | Nov 1, 2015 |
***This box is missing as of 5/20/09. I will hopefully recarve and plant by mid summer***
Head to the Rumsey Park in Shepherdstown, WV. Go east on German Street, make a left onto Mill St. At the end of Mill Street, make a right into the park. Climb the stairs up to the monument and take a moment to enjoy the view and read about why this is an important place.
The first significance of this location deals with its namesake, James Rumsey. On December 3, 1787 he made his first successful run on the Potomac with a steam engine. Members of the Rumseian Society of Shepherdstown keep a replica of this boat that they take out on the river once in a while. It is housed in the red barn behind the Entler Hotel in town.
The second reason this location is important is because it is where my husband proposed to me on May 4, 2007.
So let’s head out and find Rumsey’s boat and the diamond ring.
From the monument, go around back and take the trail toward the railroad tracks. The path will seemingly dead-end into a wall. Jump over the wall (don’t worry, it’s not trespassing. There are two trails; one goes straight toward the railroad tracks and the other goes toward the right, and the letterbox. Take this trail until you come to a fork. Take the left trail at the fork. Walk about 30 steps until you come to a tree with 8 trunks off to your right. In the center of these trees are Rumsey’s boat and the ring. You might need to cover up the steam to see the ring.
Head to the Rumsey Park in Shepherdstown, WV. Go east on German Street, make a left onto Mill St. At the end of Mill Street, make a right into the park. Climb the stairs up to the monument and take a moment to enjoy the view and read about why this is an important place.
The first significance of this location deals with its namesake, James Rumsey. On December 3, 1787 he made his first successful run on the Potomac with a steam engine. Members of the Rumseian Society of Shepherdstown keep a replica of this boat that they take out on the river once in a while. It is housed in the red barn behind the Entler Hotel in town.
The second reason this location is important is because it is where my husband proposed to me on May 4, 2007.
So let’s head out and find Rumsey’s boat and the diamond ring.
From the monument, go around back and take the trail toward the railroad tracks. The path will seemingly dead-end into a wall. Jump over the wall (don’t worry, it’s not trespassing. There are two trails; one goes straight toward the railroad tracks and the other goes toward the right, and the letterbox. Take this trail until you come to a fork. Take the left trail at the fork. Walk about 30 steps until you come to a tree with 8 trunks off to your right. In the center of these trees are Rumsey’s boat and the ring. You might need to cover up the steam to see the ring.