2014 March 11, Tuesday, Day Trip to Waynesboro, Lawrenceburg, Elkmont, Pulaski, Athens, Elkton

We traveled north on hwy 43 to hwy 64 West to Waynesboro.
Along the way, we saw many silos, barns, cattle resting in the pasture, and farm equipment sitting silent.
There was not much traffic on the highway, and the trees were still bare from the harsh winter.

Traveling to Waynesboro

Traveling to Waynesboro

Next, we traveled hwy 64 east through Lawrenceburg, stopping at Mimosa Cemetery to take a few pictures of tombstones.

Dena Stribling 

Hwy 64 east t  Pulask, i we passed The Brass Lantern, horses in the pasture, New Prospect Unite  Methodist Churc,h and New Prospect School.

New Prospect School

Next, we took hwy 7 through the town of Elkton, Tennessee, where we saw a solar panel and the historic site and marker of Forrest, September 27, 1864.
The Aaron Venable Brown 1795-1859 marker, John Calvin Brown marker, and Neill S. Brown marker, which were near Ward's 24-hour Truck and Trailer Services. All three brothers served as the Governor of Tennessee.

Governor Aaron Venable Brown
A native of NC, Aaron Brown studied law in Nashville and moved to Pulaski to practice. He served four terms in the State Legislature, three terms in Congress, and one term as Governor, 1845-47. In 1850, he wrote the Tennessee Platform of the Southern Convention. Governor Brown died in Nashville. 

Governors Neill Brown & Governor John Calvin Brown
Three miles NE of Neill's Brownwas was 18ril 18, 1810. A veteran of the Seminole War, in 1837, became a member of the State Legislature, and in 1847 became Governor of Tennessee. In 1850, he was the US Minister to Russia, and in 1870, he was a member of the State Constitutional Convention. He died in 1886.
John Calvin Brown was born in the same house as his brother, Neill, on June 1, 1827. Enlisting in the Confederacy in 1861, he commanded a division at the war's end, having been twice wounded. Member of the 1869 Legislature and president in 1870; Constitutional Convention; Governor that year and again in 1872.August 17Aug 17, 1889, buried in Pulaski.

We traveled from Elkton, Tennessee, to I-65 to hwy 84 in Elkmont, Alabama.

Welcome to Alabama 

We stopped in the town of Chèvrekmont, where we saw The Red Caboose Restaurant and Artisan Creamery, established in 1989.

Belle Chevre, an award-winning artisanal goat cheese maker, recently opChèvre flagship storefront in Elkmont. The store offers Belle Chevre products, accessories, and accompaniments in a boutique-style shop.

Historic Elkmont has just a few buildings, but it did have a train station, a red caboose we could walk inside, and a couple of historic markers. Tennessee and Alabama Central Railroad and Elkmon, Alabama.

The L & N Caboose

The Red Caboose Restaurant 

Our last stop was at Antioch Cemetery in Elkmont, where I took many pictures of Civil War Tombstones.
Private Company D 12 Alabama Cavalry Miles Rainwater Compton
Private Company H 9 Alabama Cavalry Willis B Vaughn
Private Company B 11 Tennessee Cavalry Solomon Cox
Private Company I 58 Alabama Infantry Samuel McCurry
Private Company C 12 Alabama Cavalry Lafayette Hughs
Private Company, K Tennessee Cavalry, William Able Corpier
These were just a few of the soldiers buried in the Antioch Cemetery who served in the Civil War, all from different companies.