While driving east on the Kancamagus Highway, we saw a sign for the Russell- Colbath House, located on the highway. |
The door looked original! |
Thomas Russell's granddaughter, Ruth Priscilla, grew up in this home. When she married, her husband, Thomas Colbath, they lived in this home. |
The wood floors are original. |
One day Ruth Priscilla's husband left and said he would return soon. Ruth put a candle in the window every night for 39 years hoping he would return. |
Out front of the home I found a beautiful flower. |
Ruth Priscilla, lived and ran the farm by herself, in the Passaconaway Valley. |
She died in her home at age 80, believing her husband would return. |
Next to Ruth's home is the town's cemetery. |
At the back of the town cemetery, was a walled cemetery. |
This was Ruth's family's cemetery. |
But Ruth's headstone was outside the family cemetery facing her home. Her home is the only building left from the town of Albany. |
The original barn had been torn down, but a new one was replaced. |
There is a 1/2 mile trail to the river and back that supported Ruth and the town of Albany. |
There is no charge for your visit. Donations are always greatly appreciated and are used to help with on-going interpretive activities
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