Howdy Tom, good to hear from you again.  Wish you could have been at Live & Breathe XV so I could have talked to you some more about your boxes.  When I met you 4 years ago I did not realize you still have boxes from 1998 with original contents, so when you mentioned them last year I made a point of adding them to my itinerary for this trip.  After the Event, my brother Baby Bear and I went to the Braintree area and found the Panther box placed on 11/26/98 and Rolling Rock letterbox, placed on 9/26/98.  Both were doing well with very few visitors.  As far as I know, Rolling Rock is the oldest letterbox with original contents, but if anyone knows of one older I would love to hear about it. 

Silver Eagle

 

Howdy Tom, good to hear from you again.  Wish you could have been at Live & Breathe XV so I could have talked to you some more about your boxes.  When I met you 4 years ago I did not realize you still have boxes from 1998 with original contents, so when you mentioned them last year I made a point of adding them to my itinerary for this trip.  After the Event, my brother Baby Bear and I went to the Braintree area and found the Panther box placed on 11/26/98 and Rolling Rock letterbox, placed on 9/26/98.  Both were doing well with very few visitors.  As far as I know, Rolling Rock is the oldest letterbox with original contents, but if anyone knows of one older I would love to hear about it. 

Silver Eagle

 

--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, <letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Greetings,

I am delighted to hear that Prayer Rock is still in place. It was washed away by high water quite a few years back, and I didn't know it had been replaced.

To which box were you referring when you said "the oldest surviving original box still in place as planted?"

Best wishes,

The Orient Express

Braintree, VT

"The game is afoot!"

On Sep 5, 2013, at 3:19 PM, babybearlb2002 <babybearlb2002@...> wrote:

 

Wow, I finally got back to the Republic of Texas today from the event and expected to see many posts to talk list about event........nothing. Was also shocked at how many people did not even know about this talk list that were at event (many of which did not know any of the Founders names either). Shocking. As for me, had a great time meeting these founders and getting to know them. Best part of event was sitting around the dinning hall talking and sharing stories.

After event Silver Eagle and I traveled up to Vermont and found the oldest box (Prayer Rock), and the oldest surviving original box still in place as planted, all in 1 day!!!! Sad thing was no one had been to either box in years.

Thanks to all that put on event, and all that attended! Great fun and great people!!!!

Yeah, it wasn't easy, but we persevered.  We had planned on also looking for Spears Dam, but the road was closed right before it, and we ran out of time to find Mud Pond.  Maybe next time.

I forgot to mention that we also found your Maine Jct letterbox and Vermont Viking's James P. Taylor letterbox after spending the night at the Inn at Long Trail, site of the first Letterbox Gathering in 1999.  What a fantasy letterboxing adventure!

Silver Eagle

What a great example of the decisions the early creators had to make, and I love Der Mad Stamper's opinion in this post!  This is the kind of letterbox history I love to hear about so thanks for showing us.

Thanks also for pointing out that Cave Point was placed on the same date as Rolling Rock, thus sharing status as the oldest letterbox with original contents.  Yet another reason for me to visit that area.  Maybe a Great Lakes Gathering is in my future.

Silver Eagle