Then Again: A wintry ordeal in the back country

Lucy Blake’s final act as a mother was immortalized in a ballad during the 1840s. This artwork is from the sheet music. Photo courtesy of Vermont Historical SocietyEditor’s note: Then Again is a column by Mark Bushnell about Vermont history.
If not for a bit of bad information, Lucy Goodell Blake might have lived past the age of 28. But she and her husband, Harrison, believed the information and ran into deep snow as they crossed the mountains at night. Such were the vagaries of life