Thanks for the update Nut,
I had found the Old Tyme Taunton site as well; it sure explained a lot of bad memories! <G> Back then there were myriad dead-ends that just really defied logic, unless one could conjur up a vivid imaginary "town", which had obviously been quite huge. That old map of the camp sure put it all into perspective! Most of the roads were navigable but nearly overgrown, more just paths leading everywhere, with the occasional chiminey rising out of the terrain, serving as the only remaining evidence of what once was. The entire place gave us the feeling we were witnessing an abandoned concentration camp.
It's hard to imagine that same place is now the industrial park! I've been there a few times, and even helped build an addition to a house just around the corner of the north end; I guess bulldozers have a way of changing things big time eh? Heh
From what I read, the old school is abandoned but "has 24 hour security, and can't be entered without permisson from the owner"- it makes me wonder who owns it- I though the state did- and of course- how one gets permisson to go there, which common sense would rule out, given the liability issues of allowing someone to enter a place in such obvious disrepair. Of course that info was posted some time ago, on websites similar to the Camp Myles Standish one I had found.
To be honest I'll probably never return there, but it would be cool to see that place in the light of day, it must be awesome. BTW, perhaps you might be so kind as to educate my pathetic knowledge of that side of Route 24; I spent nearly all of my time between E.B and the Cape, eventually learning just about every square inch of road in between, while totally oblivious to what laid west. Was the Taunton Asylum and the Paul A. Dever School one in the same, or were they two different institutions? I guess I spent far too many days hunting on my neighboring farm to even know either one existed back then! :huh: