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the several stores that once served the community.
As we continued our torn- ol Poe’s youth, we traveled next tc Wit Kuncewicz’s farm, cleverly called Old Kennels as it was, indeed, formerly the ODH kennels. After World War II, it was here that Poe, returned from Army mechanic duties overseas, came to work for Col. Albert Hinckley as huntsman for Larrabee’s pack, now renamed as the Old Dominion Hounds.
The log cabin kennels and stucco stables built by Larrabee remain to this day. Gone, Poe said, are huge hound pens that ran all the way down to a spring that serves the Jordan River at the bottom of the hill.
Most of the now wooded land was clear back then, and it was much quieter, not so many houses or people, Poe said. As I stood there that hot, drowsy afternoon, mesmerized by the stories, I started listening, timing in to the familiar buzz and hum of various gas engines that now pollute the countryside.
Riders from the early days still recall how tall the stakeand-rail boundary fences were back then. Poe explained that, when the supply of chestnut rail replacements dried up due to the blight, wire fencing made its insidious appearance.
Conditions have continued to change: former dirt tracks are now paved roads. 1-66 intersects the Orange County country. Cars travel at high speed
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