Most of the buildings on site were built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 30's. There is beautiful stonework all through the park. The spud and his friend occupied the lodge next door. It has a fireplace facing in and another one on the screen porch.
Unfortunately, economic woes in the State have prevented a lot of maintenance and many of the buildings need some work. Although the dated graffiti in this cabin goes back a lot further than the current budget crisis. Although it looks pretty nasty, most of the writing is simple names and dates, people staking a claim on wonderful experience. I can't really complain about that too much. After all, I've been seen Independence Rock and petroglyphs. It is an interesting question. When does it stop being vandalism and start being part of the historic record?
I personally LOVE graffiti. Even the slightly raunchy stuff. In my mind it's the poor man's art...or renegade art...from the heart of those that use the world as their canvas. Now...when it's defacing personal property...that's another line of thought.
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