The Cornish Water District told us how to find the valve that we need to find to be able to turn on the water to the house. We don't really need to know where it is right now, but eventually we do.  So finding the valve became a project today (4/13/13).  Measuring the distance off of the utility pole (there are two right next to each other (both have the same numer and we figured we needed to measure of the older of the two) and measuring off of the corner of the front porch (which is going to be torn down soon), we found the spot where the water valve is buried.  The Water District had no idea how deep it would be, since it hasn't been accessed in over 15 years.  Here's a glimpse of the hole we have so far, about 2 and a 1/2 feet deep and still no water valve.  A metal detector might be the thing we really need!