(photo by Otto Cuyler, 1/6/07)
A man by the name of John Brown inquired about buying a small island. He found one near Oak Island, bought it for $500.00 and built a small cabin on it. In the spring John Brown arrived with his lovely bride, rented a skiff from local man, George Forrester, and loaded his provisions and new wife aboard.
That was the last that was ever seen of either Brown or his wife. The skiff was found at George’s dock but nothing else was ever found.
A man by the name of John Brown inquired about buying a small island. He found one near Oak Island, bought it for $500.00 and built a small cabin on it. In the spring John Brown arrived with his lovely bride, rented a skiff from local man, George Forrester, and loaded his provisions and new wife aboard.
That was the last that was ever seen of either Brown or his wife. The skiff was found at George’s dock but nothing else was ever found.
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I love this sort of stuff. It would be interesting to do more research on this legend. I'm the sort of person who will go to a locale, haunt a library or a museum, and try to unearth as much information about local lore as possible.
Thanks...and here's to John Brown and his bride, wherever they may be.
There is a LOT of locale lore in and among the 1000 Islands.
Here's the real story:
John Brown (aka J.J.) did take his new wife, Zelda, to Honeymoon Island to "consummate" the marriage, 1000 Islands style. It turns out that Zelda knew that John had over US $50,000 in cash stashed behind his father's barn on his Pennsylvania farm from a series of extortions he had done over 10 years. Zelda also found out that John was, well, let's just say he couldn't deliver his manhood on their wedding night. Zelda was hot for "gettin some" and when he couldn't make it happen, Zelda lost it and bonked John on the head with the paddle from George's skiff.
Zelda put John's (now finally stiff) body into the skiff and paddled to nearby Mink Island (then called Treasure Island), where she dragged him up into the middle of the island and buried him in a shallow grave, covered with rocks behind what is now the summer cottage of Hunter Grimes.
The ghost of John Brown has been seen on moonlit nights on nearby Little Fox Island. This has been confirmed by the fact that dogs have known to be so afraid of the ghost that they will swim away from the island leaving their owner's behind. A summer ritual to honor the ghost of John Brown is held each summer on July 4th on Little Fox Island.
Zelda Brown changed her name to Molly and with John's cash left America for a Grand Tour of Europe in 1912. The rest, as they say, is history...
hahaha! LOVE it. and this summer we will pour a stiff one and raise our glasses to John Brown!
Interesting story and the picture looks nice too.
Spooky picture! Loved it!
Oh thats intresting to know about.
hi Lisa,thnx for stopping..and for appreciation..
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Beautiful blog
Interesting to know.
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