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Henry Ford — July 30, 1863 - April 7, 1947
In 1914, Thomas Edison invited Henry Ford, his wife Clara, and his son Edsel to the Edison Florida estate. In 1916, the Fords purchased their Fort Myers estate, The Mangoes. The Ford family visited regularly with good friends and neighbors, Thomas and Mina Edison. Time was spent discussing business and invention but also on leisure activities, such as fishing, boating, and camping. Together they explored southwest Florida in the 1916 Model T Touring car Ford gave to Edison.
This statue, by Fort Myers sculptor D. J. Wilkins, was donated to the Edison & Ford Winter Estates by patron Orvall McCleary in honor of Henry Ford on July 30, 2007.
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Showing posts with label winter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label winter. Show all posts
Saturday, January 21, 2017
Henry Ford's Winter Home Historic Markers Fort Myers, Fl
Thursday, December 1, 2016
🎄🎄🎄🎄2016 November 29, Tuesday, Chad's Wonderland, Jelly Stone Dancing Lights and Opry Mills "Christmas"
We ate lunch at Ponderosa Steakhouse in Lawrenceburg.
Chad's Winter Wonderland is located between Lebanon and Mt Juliet just north of the Hwy 70 and Hwy 109 intersections.
It has eight acres of displays with the life-size Native scene, live animals, and ninety drive-thru arches decorated with Christmas Lights.
With Conway Twitty and Twitty Bird singing Happy the Christmas Clown,
Ding-A-Ling, Christmas is for Kids, We wish you a Merry Christmas, Silver Bells, Frosty the Snow Man, Rudolph Red Nose Reindeer, and many other Christmas Songs.
We saw Frosty, Reindeer, Christmas trees, Christmas Train, carolers, Christmas Stockings, toy soldiers, angels, a manger scene with live animals, a helicopter, airplanes, and Santa's Train.
We talked to Santa at Santa's Workshop. We saw a live-dancing Frosty Snowman.
The cost was $15.00 per car
It was very enjoyable.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFZuFa0YVso
We rode through Chad's Winter Wonderland at 6PM which took about 15 minutes.
We were about thirty minutes from Nashville so we decided to visit The Dancing Lights of Christmas at Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park.
We paid $25.00, slid the top back on our van, climbed up stuck my head through the hole with my cell phone in hand. I began taking videos as we rode through hundreds of thousands of LED Christmas lights dancing to Rockn' Christmas tunes. The park also offers special rides on its firetruck but reservations for the Fire Truck must be made in advance.
It was beginning to sprinkle as we left Jellystone Park.
We rode to Opry Mills and stopped to look at the aquariums at the Aquarium Restaurant, and at Lego Land Store to look at all the displays.
We ate supper at Panda Express in the food court.
It rained hard while we were inside the mall.
We went inside Bass Pro Shops to view their Christmas displays and Santa Village.
We exited the mall it was still a light rain as we headed to the van.
Traffic was light and the ride home was enjoyable.
At home, there had been severe storms and some tornados. We had missed all the bad weather just a little rain as we travel home.
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New York Strip, baked potato, and Texas Toast |
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Ponderosa Steakhouse |
Chad's Winter Wonderland |
It has eight acres of displays with the life-size Native scene, live animals, and ninety drive-thru arches decorated with Christmas Lights.
With Conway Twitty and Twitty Bird singing Happy the Christmas Clown,
Ding-A-Ling, Christmas is for Kids, We wish you a Merry Christmas, Silver Bells, Frosty the Snow Man, Rudolph Red Nose Reindeer, and many other Christmas Songs.
We saw Frosty, Reindeer, Christmas trees, Christmas Train, carolers, Christmas Stockings, toy soldiers, angels, a manger scene with live animals, a helicopter, airplanes, and Santa's Train.
We talked to Santa at Santa's Workshop. We saw a live-dancing Frosty Snowman.
The cost was $15.00 per car
It was very enjoyable.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFZuFa0YVso
We rode through Chad's Winter Wonderland at 6PM which took about 15 minutes.
We were about thirty minutes from Nashville so we decided to visit The Dancing Lights of Christmas at Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park.
Dancing Lights at Jelly Stone Park |
Dancing Lights |
We stopped at Fox 17's Santa's Village where there was a Santa Clause, family activities, a spider hum, inflatables, and a petting zoo. |
There were fires for roasting Marshmallows and a big screen TV showing a Christmas movie |
We rode to Opry Mills and stopped to look at the aquariums at the Aquarium Restaurant, and at Lego Land Store to look at all the displays.
Lego Land |
A Visit with Santa |
Christmas Trees at Opry Mall |
It rained hard while we were inside the mall.
We went inside Bass Pro Shops to view their Christmas displays and Santa Village.
Fire Place at Bass Pro Shops |
Bear at Bass Pro Shops |
Christmas Tree at Bass Pro Shops |
Santa's Village and reindeer |
Traffic was light and the ride home was enjoyable.
At home, there had been severe storms and some tornados. We had missed all the bad weather just a little rain as we travel home.
Sunday, March 13, 2016
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.
Next, we traveled hwy 64 east through Lawrenceburg stopping at Mimosa Cemetery to take a few pictures of tombstones.
Hwy 64 east to Pulaski we passed The Brass Lantern, horses in the pasture, New Prospect United Methodist Church and 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
We traveled from Elkton Tennessee to I-65 to hwy 84 in Elkmont Alabama
We stopped in the town of Elkmont where we saw The Red Caboose Restaurant, the Chèvre Artisan Creamery established 1989.
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.
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.
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.
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Traveling to Waynesboro |
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Traveling to Waynesboro |
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Dena Stribling |
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New Prospect School |
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
We traveled from Elkton Tennessee to I-65 to hwy 84 in Elkmont Alabama
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Welcome to Alabama |
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.
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The L & N Caboose |
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The Red Caboose Restaurant |
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.
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