Another Adventure
I barely survived this one. Not only did we climb the North Peak but we climbed the South Peak. Then we had to double back because the climb down from the South Peak was too dangerous for this ole gal. Straight down with loose rocks. So what started out as an hour adventure turned into a 2 1/2 hour one. But the view was breath taking.
"QUAGGY JOE"
Tradition says the hill derives its name from an Indian by the name of Joe, who was found entombed by some early explorer or surveyor, near a quagmire at its base, hence Quagmire or "Quaggy Joe". To the east at the base of the mountain lies a beautiful lake of about one hundred acres. Although only a brook when the first settlers arrived, it was called Echo Lake. Tradition says that Indians going onto the mountain and sounding their war-whoops would hear an echo.
The summit is said to be 2000 feet higher than the surface of the lake. The east side of the mountain for nearly half the distance down from the top is near
Uploaded on June 05, 2009