A Mystery in the Woods: The Ye Olde Robbins Burial Ground
By Thomas K. Robbins
It had been raining the entire trip from Havre de Grace, Md., to Allentown in November 2004. I parked near the granite marker on the side of New Canton-Stone Tavern Road (Route 524) and looked for the trailhead. Finding it, I made my way up the hill trying to avoid falling into the briers that lined the trail.
Rough stones, arranged in rows, appeared as I reached the top of the hill, and beyond them white headstones sprouted from the ground like ghosts lending a haunting appearance to the scene.