Time Passages

This shot doesn't depict the true nature of the "Hillside" as is rolls gently down into a valley of sorts and then levels off into pasture. It's grade is pretty steep and here I am standing at what I would call the midpoint of the hill looking diagonally across it. At the bottom of the hill is a man-made pond built in the 50's to use as irrigation for tobacco. The Hillside is terribly rocky and somewhat hard to traverse, making it really great for late afternoon walks to get the ole heart pumping.

The Hillside has a rich historic past of which can really be left only to one's imagination. I've often wondered who had previously owned these lands and what kind of life they must have lived. My grandparents knowledge goes back a few generations to the late 1800's. Before that time is a mystery, but I can tell you we have found signs of old wagon trails, broken pieces of pottery, and we even have a pretty good collection of arrowheads. I guess that is a good indication that Indians once inhabited the land. I am not sure what time period that would place us in but it would be interesting to know, presumably before 1700. I guess it will take a little digging to find out (no pun intended) that kind of information.

Here are a couple of images of an arrowhead that was found on the Hillside: