2025, March 14, 8-5:30 P.M. Scottsboro All Day (Day Trip) with Backroads Tours

 Everyone parked in the Patches Merchant Emporium 1501 Broad St parking lot around 8:00 A.M.

Everyone loaded onto the bus, and off we went for a full day of adventures.

 

Variety Bake Shop 

Our first stop was The Variety Bake Shop, where we were served two sausage rolls, a glazed donut, and a history lesson from the owner. Several people bought a variety of their desserts.

I took pictures of a few historic markers located across the street, which are posted on poles along the left side of the courthouse.

Veterans Memorial Park, Scottsboro 

Our next stop was Scottsboro Veterans Memorial Park. 

It was full of historical markers and military vehicles. 

Our next stop was the Scottsboro Museum, but no one was home. 

Our guide called their number, but no one answered. We rode by the old Mill and the Airport and finally stopped at the Train Depot.

We all got off the bus to go inside, but the curator called from the Scottsboro Museum, so we loaded it back on the bus and returned to that museum. 

The Scottsboro Boys

By this time, it was lunchtime, so we stopped at Payne's Sandwich Shop. There, we were served a red slaw dog, chips, potato Salad, and our choice of ice cream. I ordered Rocket Road. 

Payne Sandwich Shop 

After lunch, I walked up the sidewalk, taking pictures of markers. 

We loaded back onto the bus and rode to the Scottsboro Train Depot. 

Hubby shows the ladies how the scales work. 

Next, we rode to the Scottsboro Heritage Center.

The curator shared some of the history of the 1881 Procter House with us. 

The house was built by John A. Brown and sold to A.W. Brooks, the Mayor of Scottsboro.  

The house was then sold to General John R. Coffey. In 1981, the City of Scottsboro purchased the home and converted it into a Museum, research center, and community venue. 

We could not go upstairs because it was being repaired. 

Outside, we visited Sagetown, a recreation of a pioneer village, where our curator shared the history of each building.

Proctor Heritage House Museum

One of the buildings was the Little Courthouse, which housed public records dating back to 1820.

Our next stop was a sampling of specialty teas and protein shakes. The owner gave us a little history of his store. 

Long walk up the hill to the cemetery. 

Our last stop as a group was the grave site of Mayor Robert Thomas Scott and his wife. 

Their graves were atop a hill, which we had to walk to. 

We returned to the parking lot and bid each other goodbye.

Hubby and I decided to visit Unclaimed Baggage. 

Unclaimed Baggage Scottsboro 
The Truck where it all began.

We didn't buy anything, but the store had an incredible museum inside. 

Outside was a sign telling about the beginning of Unclaimed Baggage.

Then, we began our two-hour trip home. 

We stopped at Taco Bell in Rogersville to pick up something for dinner. We had a great time but were ready for bed when we returned home. 

Cell Phone Photos 

6765-68 @ 9:12 A.M. The Variety Bake Shop

6769-72 @ 8:30 A.M. Markers left side of Courthouse 

6773—85 @ 10:07-10:50 A.M. Scottsboro Boys Museum 

6786-90 @ 10:55-11:47 A.M. Payne's Sandwich Shop 

6791-6817 @ 12:14-12:41 P.M. Train Depot 

6818-40 @12:50-1:17 P.M. Proctor Museum and Pioneer Village

6841-41 @ 2:37 P.M. Scottsboro Nutrition 

6843- @ 4:45 P.M. Unclaimed Baggage Outside 

6844-6868 @4:53-56 P.M. Museum @ Unclaimed Baggage 

6869-72 @5:03 P.M. outside Unclaimed Baggage

Walked 2.6 miles and 6,848 steps 

"Hi, I'm Hoggle." (inside the museum at Unclaimed Baggage)

2024 Saturday, July 27, Day trip to Granville, TN "Tennessee's Mayberry"

We began our journey in Pulaski, stopping at Walmart to pick up a few items and at Murphy to fill up with fuel. 

We continued on Hwy 64 to Fayetteville, then took 50 through Lynchburg and Tullahoma, and finally took 55 to Manchester and McMinnville. 

Hwy 56 to Smithville to I-40 to Hwy 70 is a very curved road to 53 

We drove from I-40 to 840, then to I-65, to Saturn Parkway, to 412, and finally to 31 South, before heading home on US-43 South.

Welcome to Granville, Tennessee 

My husband and I rode to Granville, TN, a historic town on the Cumberland River. 

Tennessee Mayberry Town. We bought tickets at $7 each to visit the Museum of Granville. 

We first stopped at the Farm to Your Table Agriculture Museum. We saw farm equipment, milk trucks, tractors, a mural, and signs throughout the building telling the history of farming and Funeral Services in Granville. 

T.B. Sutton Store 

Next, we stopped at the Sutton General Store, a two-story building with fixtures from the early 20th century. 

They had ordered grilled hamburgers left over from the day before.

Whistle Stop Saloon

Next, we stopped at the Whistle Stop Saloon, where we learned that this building and area were used as offices by Dr. Wm B. Holmes, John B. Ragland used it as a Saloon during the Steamboat days, and Davis Huff used it as a General Store. CW and Martha Ramsey arrived at their home, and SW and Dorothy Powell placed a trailer on the property. Randall and Peggy Clemons purchased the property and constructed a building that was similar to the original one. 

We visited a three-part museum highlighting the Andy Griffith Show, which featured characters such as Andy, Barney, Aunt Bee, Opie, Otis, Floyd, Gomer, Goober, and others. 

I love Lucy 

Andy is getting his hair cut by Floyd. 

A part of that museum was dedicated to The I Love Lucy Show, featuring Lucy, Desi Arnaz, Ethel, and Fred Mertz with Little Ricky. 

A third section was dedicated to Whiskey Decanter, a collection donated by several people. 

The Barretts of Watertown collection of over 2,000 Jim Beam decanters.

I Love Lucy, the Andy Griffith Show, and the Jim Beam Whiskey Museums

Gussie and Joe Miller of Cookville donated 3,000 decanters, including the Elvis Presley collection, which depicts the "King." 

We also visited the Sutton Homestead, Granville Museum, the Daniel Barber Shop and Post Office, Clemons Car Museum, and the Tennessee Quilt and Textile Museum. 

Lastly, we visited the Historic Granville Pioneer Village, which is full of museums and crafts. 

Pioneer Village

Sutton Service Station, Quilt benches at Pruett Stages, and Webster's barn that showcased farm equipment.

We learned how they grind corn into cornmeal at Ellen Grist Mill. 

We saw a chicken house, an outhouse, and a smokehouse. 

We saw the 1820-built Williamson Pioneer Cabin and walked through Pauline Carter Johnson Cottage Garden, where Tobacco, broom corn, and other vegetables were growing. 

It was beautiful, but it got increasingly hot by the afternoon. We ran into rain on the way home.