Yesterday I had the wonderful fortune of meeting Kay Tatum over at the Frederick Hanger house. It was a nice visit to the Hanger house but that was just icing on the cake next to meeting someone who knows so much about Little Rock. They don't make southern belles better than Kay as she has the charm, grace, and beauty...all in one neat little package.

She guided me around Little Rock to photograph the first town council meeting marker, a Sterling price marker over at the old Oakwood Plantation location, and showed me where the old Confederate home out at Sweet Home was located. Lots of updates to make this week.

Glad I took off early yesterday and enjoyed the sun while it was shining. Looks like my trip to Kay Tatum's Hanger House might be a washout because of the rain. aaargh! Ok, this rain is getting old! This pic is from the Bayou Fourche -Little Rock Civil War Engagement.

http://www.arkansasties.com/Pulaski/Structures3/BayouFourche/BayouFourche.htm

Photographed the historic Hanger Gin, circa 1876 at Harper & Gates Road. Would have liked to have got closer but wasn't going to jump a fence and a dog to do it.

All of the pics can be found of here: http://www.arkansasties.com/Pulaski/Structures3/HangerGin/HangerGin.htm

There was an old house there too but I don't know the name of it. Photographed the Bayou Fourche Civil War Markers at Fourche Dam Pike. While I was on a roll, I photographed Cephas Chapel Cemetery, Kuykendall Cemetery, and Shepherd's Rest Cemetery. I haven't got that processed yet...might take a few days. Would be interested to know if anyone knows the name of the house at the Hanger's Gin.

Drew Stephens has posted scans of some Albert Pike letters - http://www.thisisdrew.com/photography/

So I went to Burns Park at lunch, the sun was out and the song "I was raised on country sunshine" was playing. If it wasn't for that, I would have been highly disappointed. Let me tell you...change is not always good. Where is the old rocket slide...the one we all grew up on? Someone snuck a new contraption in over there. Everyone and there mother fell off the old one and they wait till its an Arkansas Institution to change it out, whats with that? They hauled out the airplane for safety reasons and put a railroad car and a tank in there. Excuse me, how are those safer than the plane. I am sure this is nice...all fine and dandy, but I want to know what happened to the old one.

Harmony Baptist Church, Faulkner County, Arkansas

September 1958

Top row, left to right: Alta Jones, Rosie Hogue - Pastor's wife, Ruth Beattie, Trieber Jones, Lloyd Martin, J.L. "Bud" Martin
Middle Row, left to right: Maude Parks, Carolyn Stone, Martha Sayles, Jerri Lee BeattieIna Douglass, Andrew "Butch" Martin
Bottom row, left to right: George Douglass, Mary Stone, Janice Beattie, Collett MartinT.M. (Mansil) Jones

Ok...I am posting a few links to this blog over on my website. If you came from there to here..please drop me a line and let me know the links are working. I am adding this blog to the website because I just love the journal format. I am sure there will be days when I post a lot and other days when I don't even make it over here...we shall just have to see how it works out.

P.S. Linda..where are you at, I am missing you over here.