The little things I like

I tend to have an explorers mentality when it comes to my journeys around Tucker County often times locating lost landmarks, hidden hideaways, and other long lost or secluded places. I've discovered such things on my walks around the county as long ago abandoned vehicles, the foundations of long forgotten buildings, remnants of our old industrial past, and more.

My passion lays in finding out forgotten facts and the misplaced history of our county. I'm one of the few people who can tell you that Hendricks once had a Knights of Pythias lodge based on information I found by digging an electric bill dated 1935 out of a rats nest in the rafters of an old building slated for demolition, I can tell you that on a really hot summer day the smaller culverts under the bike trail at the Hambleton intersection offer a cool place to relax for those who aren't afraid of snakes or spiders (pictured above), and I can tell you that a logging crew operating on Limestone Mountain several years ago had a tanker truck that broke down and was abandoned to rot away in the woods.

Other interesting things I've found while wondering the county include the remnants of a scale house at the top of Scales Rd on Limestone that answers the question of where the road got it's name, various carved names and dates located in stone around the county, a bent hitch pin from a train at the site of an old derailment, the remnants of the old St. George bridge, antique logging instruments left in the woods from long ago, antique axe heads and other items I've fished from the bottom of the rivers, and even a Civil War musket ball me and a friend pulled from a local garden years ago.

Growing up I've at one time or another hiked most of the mountains and hollers in Tucker County, swam and explored most of the rivers, and even tried to locate a few lost things that old timers have passed down from years gone by such as the locations of caves, buried jars of coins at old homesteads, and even lost grave sites.

I'll be back out and about again this coming summer with my waterproof camera, underwater metal detectors, and kayak wondering about the county and sharing anything interesting I find on this blog and the Facebook page.


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