Long Creek Vicinity 2

March 2024 - A successful chimney-hunting day, Part 2 I had also marked three other locations in the general region where homesites showed on the old maps, so after eating lunch, we went looking for them.

We readily found the next homesite (FA27), but a large tree had long ago fallen dead center on the chimney.

Tree on collapsed chimney, from another angle.
The old map showed two homesites fairly close together at the next site, a half mile away. Upon reaching the first location, we noticed several favorable locations for a home, as well as signs of long ago land disturbance, but no chimney. Heading up a cove, we soon came across a nice rock-lined spring, so knew that a homesite had to be close by. Looking around, we spotted another nice chimney. Although the chimney stack top had fallen, it was unique in a way that will be seen in the photos. We never found the second homesite that the map showed here, and we made it out of the woods just as rain moved in.

Nice rock-lined springbox

Jennings at the springbox

A few shards that Sheldon found by the spring (Photo by Sheldon)

Another interesting chimney (FA28) It was hidden in some young pines, and we had walked right by it before coming up on the spring.

From another angle...

Chimney rear

First floor fireplace The fire-box and hearth area were filled with rubble from the collapsed upper chimney stack.

This chimney was unique; it's the only one that any of us had seen with a second-story fireplace built into it. Unfortunately the upper chimney stack had collapsed forward, but enough remained that it was a unique sight.

Second-story fireplace The protruding rocks are what's left of the fireplace; it was offset forward of the main fireplace downstairs. Only the rocks linked into the rest of the chimney remain; the hearth and rest of the firebox rocks caved in when the second floor was lost (likely burned by the FS). The flue above the protruding firebox would have angled back to join the main chimney flue.

Milton, Sheldon & Jennings

Bruce, Sheldon & Jennings

Milton, at rear of chimney

One more view of the chimney, from a little further back
Ten days later, Sheldon and I headed back to the same area, hoping to find the other chimney we had missed, as well as a few more that Bobby had seen decades ago. We never did locate the first one, but found two others; unfortunately they had collapsed in the intervening years.

Collapsed chimney at homesite 1 (FA29)

Another angle

Collapsed chimney at homesite 2 (FA30)

Sheldon recording location of chimney at homesite 2

We found another nice rock-lined springhead nearby

Lots of green moss!

*I see a bit of Shining Clubmoss (Huperzia lucidula)* here also**

We spotted this old armadillo shell down in a ravine near the spring.
Back to Part 1 - Long Creek Area Homesites Explorations.

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