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 a lot of traffic along 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 to  Pulaski we passed The Brass Lantern, horses in the pasture, New Prospect United  Methodist Church and New Prospect School.

New Prospect School

Next, we took hwy 7 through the town of Elkton Tennessee where we saw a solar panel, the historic site and marker of Forrest September Raid Sept 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 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 Neill S Brown was born April 18, 1810. A veteran of Seminole War, in 1837 became a member of State Legislature, in 1847, Governor of Tennessee. In 1850 he was US Minister to Russia and 2870 member of the State Constitutional Convention. He died in 1886.
John Calvin Brown was born in the same house as his brother, Neill June1, 1827. Enlisting of the Confederacy in 1861, he commanded a division at the war's end, having been twice wounded. Member 1869 Legislature and president 1870, Constitutional Convention elected Governor that year and again in 1872. Died Aug 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 Elkmont where we saw The Red Caboose Restaurant, the Chèvre Artisan Creamery established 1989.

Belle Chevre, an award-winning artisanal goat cheese maker, recently opened a 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 and a red caboose that we could walk inside and a couple of historic markers. Tennessee and Alabama Central Railroad and Elkmont 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 that were buried in the Antioch Cemetery that served in the Civil War and all in different companies.