JRobinson,
Oh yes, I know some of those spots. When it said Ghost towns I thought it meant old abandoned towns like out west with buildings still standing. LOL! I should have known here in the damp, humid southeast nothing last long, cudzu, vines, and other growth grow right through any ruins while damp and humid conditions, termites, etc, just destroy any wooden structure.
Anyway, I used to live a couple of miles from "Old Kingston". It is still a country cross roads community, and until a few years ago all four roads that converge to form that comunity were dirt. It is very small with several homes, etc, and mostly black, but a cool little store to stop out on a bike ride in the country. The old Kingston cemetery is there and still used and kept up and an old cinderblock building all fallen in and overgrown with vines and growth. An area between that and the cemetery is overgrown with brush. The county court house was there at one time.
Independence, like Old Kingston, is just a cross roads in the country. Great bike ride if one loves country roads. A few homes, etc, there, one or two old ones, old barns, etc. I have not been to Vernon, not even sure where it is. Haven't been to Washington. That is all blocked off now, all the land owned by the Paper Mill. There is gate beside the construction entrance to the papermill on Washington Ferry Rd that is almost always closed. The road turns to dirt and gravel past that gate. I caught it open one time and road way out there near the river, saw a big set of brick and concrete steps where a big home once stood, a couple of old barns, etc. But never did see Washington, not sure how to get to it.
I live in Millbrook, Elmore Co now. I've been to Ft. Toulouse many times, bought books in their bookstore. The area by the boat ramp is one of the most peaceful spots I know. Not much traffic there. Many dont like putting their boats in there due to the fast current of the Tallapoosa. It is funny yu mentioned the Indian towns. I have researched and found several. I have been to the site of Fusihatchi, Kulumi (Caloome), and a several others. Nothing there now of course but woods or a field or something. But it is neat standing there and imagining a spot when there was a Creek town there. In fact I am planning on a bike trip around Montgomery, Autauga, and Elmore counties to the various Indian village sites that I have researched and found and take some pics of what is there now. Been waiting on cool weather. Nothing I detest more than riding in 100*, humid central Alabama heat.
FB
