Hike and history tour of the Monroe mines
| 28 Sep 2011 | 03:02
The Monroe Historical Society will sponsor a hike and history tour of three of the four mines in Monroe on Saturday, Nov. 12. The group will meet at the senior center on Mine Road at 9:15 a.m. The hike will include the O’Neil, Forshee and Mombasha mines. The public is welcome and as always - no charge. For further information, contact Town Historian James A. Nelson at 783-3406. (The illustration of the miner originally appeared in Harper’s New Monthly Magazine in 1860.)