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 Lord's Prayer Rock - Bristol, VT Posted by:  nomadwillie
N 44° 07.769 W 073° 04.107
18T E 654523 N 4888068
There is a little picnic area to the right of this rock, with parking. Tough to get a good picture since it is right on a bend and the rock juts out just enough to hide the oncoming traffic.
Waymark Code: WM166J3
Location: Vermont, United States
Date Posted: 05/19/2022
Views: 1
Lord's Prayer Rock (L), 13.5 m. Here on the bank of this fast-running stream at the outskirts of Bristol, travelers are mildly surprised to find the Lord's Prayer confronting them suddenly from the face of a huge
boulder close by the roadside, where it was plainly carved to satisfy the whim of one Joseph Greene, Buffalo physician. Greene spent his boyhood
in this vicinity, and always remembered the cursing, roaring teamsters who lashed their sweaty horses up the grade at this point, where the road in those days was always muddy. On returning in 1891 to the scene
of his childhood disillusionment. Dr. Greene had the prayer cut deeply
into the face of this prominent rock as a warning to later-day blasphemers
against the evil of their ways. Greene's name is also graven on the stone.
It is highly probable that his act, and private bid for immortaHty, pro- vided the tough old teamsters with a great deal more ribald amusement
than fear.
American-Guide-Series - Vermont: a Guide to the Green Mountain State, p.267
There is a little picnic area to the right of this rock, with parking. Tough to get a good picture since it is right on a bend and the rock juts out just enough to hide the oncoming traffic. Vermont RT17 has quite a few scenic spots and a really nice riding road.
Book: Vermont
Page Number(s) of Excerpt: 267
Year Originally Published: 1937
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