BRUSHY MOUNTAIN STATE PRISON AT PETROS Taken from the Morgan County News dated, April 26, 1962 Brushy Mountain Prison, ca. 1936 * Note from Phyllis: Brushy Mountain Prison in the background. They being My Mother Mae Land Obed Land, my Dad and uncle Arlin and Aunt Melba Mckeethan-Land. It is Brushy Mt. Prison. It was against the law to take pictures… Continue reading Brushy Mountain Prison
Category: Towns & Places
Lamance Falls
The monolith is a hunk of bed rock that was displaced from the top of the falls in a 1926 flood. The falls was the site of the LaMance homestead and mill. [Ref. Matthew LaMance]
Old Montgomery Inn
“YE OLDE TAVERN ON EMORY RIVER” Built about 1825 The Old Inn at Montgomery stood about 100 years and was at one time the county seat of Morgan County. The old “Hotel”, a two story log-pen type buiding, near the Emory River Ford served the weary travelers on their way to the State Capital in… Continue reading Old Montgomery Inn
Fire Tower – Oakdale & Lancing
Original location of the fire tower near the Jr. Mehlhorn Farm off Hwy. 328, formerly Hwy 29. ————— A few snapshots of the Fire Tower at it’s new home near Wartburg in the Lancing area on the farm of M. T. Davidson. The tower was taken apart and re-assembled. The STAR at the top of the tower… Continue reading Fire Tower – Oakdale & Lancing