Sooooo, I'm thinking that 'Hoyt Farm' doesn't really describe this place very well in it's current incarnation, and a different name may more accurately reflect the magic that draws everyone here. Kat and Russell are open to hearing ideas.
I'm thinking 'Kan's End.' ;D
Freedom Farm
Liberty Lair
Porc's Gulch.
It is already the Burning Porcupine Festival Grounds. Hoyt Farm is the local name.
Well, it should be noted that it's called Hoyt's Farm because someone named "Hoyt" owns it. Seeing as how we tend to talk big on property rights and all, we should probably leave the last word on renaming it to the property owner. :)
I didn't even know there WAS a Mr. Hoyt. I figured it was some long lost dead man named Hoyt who had a farm there in the 1800's.
It was known as the Hoyt Brothers farm back when it was farmed. You could call it the Hull Farm now ;D
Silent Bob's Brook.
Quote from: Kat Kanning on November 28, 2008, 09:45 AM NHFT
Silent Bob's Brook.
Well, this is certainly the
funniest name so far :D. And it makes sense, concerning who the holder of the certificate of title is.
Quote from: Lloyd Danforth on November 28, 2008, 09:42 AM NHFT
It was known as the Hoyt Brothers farm back when it was farmed. You could call it the Hull Farm now ;D
OK, my bad. Hoyt and Hull are kind of similar and I was thinking it was Bob Hoyt who owned it.
I enjoy the hospitality at The Inn, industrious participation is a price well worth paying.
The smell of fresh bread, homemade soup and a mug of beer, combined with the companionship of fellow travelers on the road to freedom. All great stuff.
Tolkienesque realm, an alternative reality we create, Hoyt Farm is nice in the historical appreciation sense of the effort that created the farm, but a more cryptic name is nice for the gulch aspect.
Quote from: Kat Kanning on November 28, 2008, 09:45 AM NHFT
Silent Bob's Brook.
My favorite so far!
Quote from: Tom Sawyer on November 28, 2008, 10:18 AM NHFT
Tolkienesque realm, an alternative reality we create, Hoyt Farm is nice in the historical appreciation sense of the effort that created the farm, but a more cryptic name is nice for the gulch aspect.
I agree ;D
Quote from: dalebert on November 28, 2008, 10:05 AM NHFT
Quote from: Lloyd Danforth on November 28, 2008, 09:42 AM NHFT
It was known as the Hoyt Brothers farm back when it was farmed. You could call it the Hull Farm now ;D
OK, my bad. Hoyt and Hull are kind of similar and I was thinking it was Bob Hoyt who owned it.
That's even
funnier! ;D
Silent Bob's Booby Hatch. ;D
It will remain as Hoyt Farm in my "ghost" song. :o
Part/early draft:
"Up over the hill past Bear Hollow Road
Where Slab City Road takes a turn
Past the moldy old pine and the fieldstone wall
There's a story that I've learned
There's a spirit that still walks the land
Down by that swampy bog
And he came to visit me one morn
As I rested on a log
It is not the kind of specter
That good folks need to fear
It keeps watch against all tyrants
Day and night - throughout the year ..."
It would be interesting (to me) to know what the area was called before it was call the Hoyt Farm.
The woods?
that is funny hehe
it would be interesting to find that out, a lot of places have former placenames that come up with some of the older folks. Strawberry Banke, Willowfield, and Smithtown come to mind first.
Quote from: John on November 28, 2008, 07:02 PM NHFT
It would be interesting (to me) to know what the area was called before it was call the Hoyt Farm.
The area is known as Slab City. Hoyt Rd. is really just the Hoyt Farm Driveway off of Slab City Rd. I believe Railroad ties were a major product of Grafton. When you square up a lot of logs you get a lot of slabs.
Well, I understand, The Inn now has another significant credit, a Presidential Artifact...
Pres. William slept here, the boy decided to write his name on the wall. :blush: :icon_pirat:
Quote from: Lloyd Danforth on November 28, 2008, 10:03 PM NHFT
Quote from: John on November 28, 2008, 07:02 PM NHFT
It would be interesting (to me) to know what the area was called before it was call the Hoyt Farm.
The area is known as Slab City. Hoyt Rd. is really just the Hoyt Farm Driveway off of Slab City Rd. I believe Railroad ties were a major product of Grafton. When you square up a lot of logs you get a lot of slabs.
this is the type of info I was talkin' about, awesome!
Quote from: John on November 28, 2008, 07:02 PM NHFT
It would be interesting (to me) to know what the area was called before it was call the Hoyt Farm.
Something 'Indian'
right now the book about Grafton is available for browsing ... in the Hoyt Farm living room
It would be cool to get a poster thingy made from the negative Ken Cushing must have used for the Hoyt Bros farm.
I saw Grafton cheese in the supermarket today.
It's from Grafton Vermont though. :(
I first saw that cheese in the General Store in the NH Grafton ;D
I think I saw a shirt in that store which said "What happens in Grafton stays in Grafton."
they say history is rarely kind to them that rename places
however...in a sense it's your place to rename. or rather bob's.
Quote from: Lloyd Danforth on November 29, 2008, 06:51 AM NHFT
Quote from: John on November 28, 2008, 07:02 PM NHFT
It would be interesting (to me) to know what the area was called before it was call the Hoyt Farm.
Something 'Indian'
The highest mountain in the northeast is nowadays called Mt. Washington. I wondered what it was called before that, and I recently learned that the local natives called it Agiocochook [though don't trust my spelling].
Quote from: John on November 28, 2008, 06:49 PM NHFT
It will remain as Hoyt Farm in my "ghost" song. :o
Part/early draft:
"Up over the hill past Bear Hollow Road
Where Slab City Road takes a turn
Past the moldy old pine and the fieldstone wall
There's a story that I've learned
There's a spirit that still walks the land
Down by that swampy bog
And he came to visit me one morn
As I rested on a log
It is not the kind of specter
That good folks need to fear
It keeps watch against all tyrants
Day and night - throughout the year ..."
But, John, there's no 'Hoyt Farm' mentioned in the draft! You can change it now before it gets set in fieldstone!! :D
Quote from: John on November 29, 2008, 11:56 AM NHFT
Quote from: Lloyd Danforth on November 29, 2008, 06:51 AM NHFT
Quote from: John on November 28, 2008, 07:02 PM NHFT
It would be interesting (to me) to know what the area was called before it was call the Hoyt Farm.
Something 'Indian'
The highest mountain in the northeast is nowadays called Mt. Washington. I wondered what it was called before that, and I recently learned that the local natives called it Agiocochook [though don't trust my spelling].
Yes and just FYI Agiocochook is
Indian for=Were going the Fuck around that!
Just a little history tip from PatK. ;D
As things evolve it may become the old Hoyt Farm ghost who still watches over the XYZ Gulch. ;D
Grafton was once home to the Fawkowie Indian Tribe. . . they ran through the woods screaming We're the Fawkowies, We're the Fawkowies!
Quote from: Pat K on November 29, 2008, 03:59 PM NHFTYes and just FYI Agiocochook is
Indian for=Were going the Fuck around that!
Just a little history tip from PatK. ;D
That makes perfect sense because it is said that the local Indians never climbed Agiocochook.
Legend is that they never climbed it because it was inherited by gods, or something. But with your history tip in mind, I'm thinking maybe it was just too frickin big.
Quote from: John on November 29, 2008, 11:56 AM NHFTI recently learned that the local natives called it Agiocochook [though don't trust my spelling].
Don't worry. The local natives didn't know how to spell either.
Quote from: AntonLee on November 29, 2008, 04:20 PM NHFT
Grafton was once home to the Fawkowie Indian Tribe. . . they ran through the woods screaming We're the Fawkowies, We're the Fawkowies!
Hahahahahha!!! My infamous Uncle Pete once told me about these Fawkowie Indians, but they lived in Arizona! They stood on the tops of the hills, with one hand shielding their eyes from the sun, looking to the left, looking to the right, saying to each other, "Where the Fawkowie?"
Just to clarify, I probably should have written "Potential reappellation of 'Hoyt Farm.' It's not that I'm trying to diss the history, owner, previous owner, future owner, prior inhabitants, animals alive and dead in the area, or spirits that govern the trees and brooks, lordy no! It's just that 'Hoyt Farm' doesn't really have a lot of, well, panache. And if there's anything that those of us living here possess, it's a hell of a lot of panache! And we need an appellation that reflects that, just like the appellation "Man Cave" so delightfully describes the Liberty Lane Estate!
:peace:
Free State Project Commune.
Just got back from the deprogrammers... ;D
Kat had me like Pavlov's dog with the homemade soup and Russell worked me from sun-up to sun-down.
Got out of there just in time, they were trying to get me selling flowers at the airport. ;D
And in solidarity with Lauren, we're considering "Hoyt Monastery." ;D
Om mani padme hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!
Secret Meeting of the Smurfs ;D
is that sum sorta short joke?
Quote from: Russell Kanning on December 01, 2008, 02:48 AM NHFT
is that sum sorta short joke?
Smurfs and Hobbits are both short....but none of us are, right?
...back to coming up with appellations ;D
(http://www.smurf.com/images/meet_us/papa.jpg)
Hey Papa Smurf
Is this the Russell equivalent of "what you lookin' at?"
Quote from: Russell Kanning on December 01, 2008, 02:48 AM NHFT
is that sum sorta short joke?
:)
Just hooded characters. :D
Duh!
Welllllllll, we think it's official!! The smurfenbergers held a highly publicized secret meeting this evening and the new name that came out of the unorganized negotiation is . . . .
ANIMAL FARM!!! Under certain circumstance we can also be known as The Kat House ;D
I think that's fantastic
I can see the handwriting on the wall already
is there going to be a Windmill?
Russell is always right. ;D
Quote from: Jennifer on December 04, 2008, 02:55 PM NHFT
Russell is always right. ;D
I am .... but I am not sure about what I am right about this time.
I guess we will also refer to Hoyt Farm for many locals, but it will be fun to have an alternate name for party goers.
I've seen him walking upright like a man and I think he has been eating meat!