Info below provided by: Cindy Walcott
Spencer Chamberlain is famous in Glover lore. In 1810, when the townspeople attempted to cut a channel between Long Pond and Mud Pond to better serve the mill below, a devastating flood ensued. Spencer ran down into Glover village to warn the townspeople. Long Pond became a dry pond, known as Runaway Pond. The bed of the pond is still observable today. The event has been memorized many times in history and poem. There is a commemorative monument on Rte. 16 in Glover.
Spencer Chamberlain is famous in Glover lore. In 1810, when the townspeople attempted to cut a channel between Long Pond and Mud Pond to better serve the mill below, a devastating flood ensued. Spencer ran down into Glover village to warn the townspeople. Long Pond became a dry pond, known as Runaway Pond. The bed of the pond is still observable today. The event has been memorized many times in history and poem. There is a commemorative monument on Rte. 16 in Glover.
Info below provided by: Cindy Walcott
Spencer Chamberlain is famous in Glover lore. In 1810, when the townspeople attempted to cut a channel between Long Pond and Mud Pond to better serve the mill below, a devastating flood ensued. Spencer ran down into Glover village to warn the townspeople. Long Pond became a dry pond, known as Runaway Pond. The bed of the pond is still observable today. The event has been memorized many times in history and poem. There is a commemorative monument on Rte. 16 in Glover.
Spencer Chamberlain is famous in Glover lore. In 1810, when the townspeople attempted to cut a channel between Long Pond and Mud Pond to better serve the mill below, a devastating flood ensued. Spencer ran down into Glover village to warn the townspeople. Long Pond became a dry pond, known as Runaway Pond. The bed of the pond is still observable today. The event has been memorized many times in history and poem. There is a commemorative monument on Rte. 16 in Glover.
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