What’s in a name?

Patch Hill Forge? The location, Patch Hill is simple. I live on the side of a steep drumlin carved out over 11,000 years ago when the ice above my head would have been a mile and a half thick.

The piece of land that the hill is on was named sometime prior to 1798, where it’s shown on a map next to property owned by Isaac Patch. The hill was called “Pine Tree Hill”- but that’s been lost to time (as have the pines), and it’s simply called Patch Hill now.

How about “Forge”? This is a long-term vision, and that vision includes a forge, I’m a long way off that, both in terms of building a actual forge, and being proficient to sell items I smith. I’ll get there eventually.