In their later years, William Hale and his wife, Sarah (Piper) Hale, lived at 13 Essex St. in Newburyport. Sarah had inherited the house from her brother, Philip Piper, who
When the miners had depleted the
lowlands, the easy-to-get-to gold claims,
they pushed on through the forests, into
deep canyons. They climbed the rocky
mountains to find streams running
white with rapids always in the hope
that here may be a new bonanza.
As the miners moved, they left behi