Vulcan: The Iron Man

We took Isaac to see the Iron Man today. Built to celebrate the industrial might of Birmingham at the 1904 World Fair this landmark cuts across generations. As a boy I remember the connections coming to Birmingham for a visit to see the Vulcan.  I visited with my great-grandparents from Monroe County, Mississippi, Alice visited with her grandparents from Lamar County.  Alice and I visited shortly after we got married.  Always they talked of the Iron Man.

Drive Through Museum

World's First Drive through Museum

Green Family Vacation 2014: Panama City Beach

Headed south on US 431 I found a geocache at this locality north of Seale in Russell County, Alabama. One of the oddest places I have ever seen.

Fossil Collecting in Morgan County, Alabama

Location:

US Highway 31

Decatur, St. Morgan County, Alabama

Lat            34.503147

Long        -86.967903

Date of Visit: May 25, 2014

Wow! It has been a long time since I actually stopped and looked for fossils. This is a road cut south of Decatur, Alabama. All fossils were very small. Still researching the location. 

Appendage Burial

During our spring break we were fortunate enough to visit the folks in Alabama. On an early morning yondering trip I got the chance to stop at Henson Spring Cemetery in Lamar County, Alabama. This is an old cemetery located off of Lamar County 35 (River Road). There were several interesting graves in this cemetery, but one really caught my eye.

I do not know much about Mr. Duncan, but it does appear that jumping a train could be an occupational hazard for the hobo in training.

Henson Springs Cemetery
Lamar County, Alabama
N 34° 00.781 W088° 03.892
Date Visited: April 6, 2010

Historic Home: Ogden House

On December 19, 2009 we left Calhoun for Sulligent, Alabama. This is my lovely wife’s hometown. Sulligent is a small town in the west Alabama county of Lamar. This is also the historic region in which my mother’s family anchored their roots. The Odgen House cannot help but be noticed as one drives through Sulligent on US Highway 17. It once served as the town library, but today it appears to be headed down that path that has claimed so many of the old structures that make up our historic landscape.

Location:

N 33º 54.000 W 088 º 07.987
Sulligent, Lamar County, Alabama

The Ogden House
Built in 1888, this was the first house constructed within the original city limits of Sulligent after incorporation. It was the family home of William W. and Tallulah Henson Ogden. One of the founders and chief promoters of Sulligent, Mr. Ogden was a merchant, banker, planter, Mayor of Sulligent 1919-1921 and a member of the Alabama House of Representatives 1931-1934. Leila Ogden, daughter of the builder, presented this house to the town of Sulligent in 1975.



Date Visited and/or Photographed: 12/20/09