A couple pictures along the way there.
Entering the town.
Most of the buildings in the town were built in the 1870s and 1880s. The main street still has wooden sidewalks.
This is a picture of the celebration in 1985...you read that right...that's 1985, when the hard-top road was completed from US 50, where we are, to here.
We had lunch at the restaurant named after the guy I told you about earlier that was a cannibal back in about 1884. He killed the people he ate 2 miles from here, and his 1st trial was held here. Cute spot. The weather was a beautiful 85 degrees, so we ate outside.
For such a small town, there are only 375 residents as of the 2000 census, there are 4 active churches, all dating back to the 1870s to the 1890s. I was able to go inside all of them to take pictures, except the Catholic church...it had a Mass going on so it seemed inappropriate to be snapping pictures (haha).
This was the smallest of them. Really just a big room.
Here are some of the houses, still in use, that date back to the 1870s-1890s. Most have been rehabbed, so they are in pretty good shape.
I saw this car "For Sale", and knew that Thomas was looking for something...what do you think?
These are pictures of some of the more modern areas around town on the river...someone told us that a lot of people from Texas have summer homes here.
And here is the city park...about the size of a baseball field, but to their credit they did have a very clean public restroom.
Brenda, do you think Bubba's family came from here? This was a stone in one of the buildings.
We saw a few more deer here in and around this town, so that always makes me happy.
A few pictures on the way home. Is this a beautiful place, or what?!!
Forgot to mention when we got here that we have a 9-hole chip and putt course here at the camp...Donna and Hallie, we might be able to do a few holes tomorrow, I'll let know.
Unfortunately I know Thomas would probably love that car.
ReplyDeleteI can't believe that have a restaurant for the guy who ate people????????????????????
I think the car is so gaudy, it is almost a "must have"! haha And the cannibal must be a big draw around these parts...seen him a couple times in different towns already.
ReplyDeleteAgain, as much as it'd be cool to live in a place like that, it's so FAR from 'stuff'. Dunno how I would have done in the old days. :D
ReplyDeleteYou're right Barb...this town really was out in the boonies. Unless you like hiking, skiing, and th elike, there would be absolutely nothing else to do.
ReplyDeleteWell - how cool is that. Why was the Hough stone on the building.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful place to visit.........
They were the original settlers there and that was there building.
ReplyDeletethe chapel is beautiful. The outside design is a little weird but every part inside is magnificent!!!
ReplyDeleteLoved the info on falcon training.
Again driving on those roads is too much. I am shocked that you are not screaming for Cathy to slow down or are you monitering yourself when filming live action. It certainly appears that she's driving too fast. I don't like it.
Today is Kaleigh's 10th b'day!!!
I think, actually I am pretty sure that you (Marie) are commenting on the Air Force Chapel here instead of the AF blog item...it was raelly beautiful, and I think the outside design is supposed to give the impression of soaring into the sky...no one told me that, I just think so.
ReplyDeleteI try to use the picture taking and videos on the mountainous roads to distract me from the fear I would otherwise feel going down the mountain--haha.
I sent kaleigh a birthday card last week, so hopefully she got it in time.