July 8th Wandering Part two

Blogger was giving me some problems, so this is part two.  Still in the Negro Burial Grounds.

 In 1904, Andrew Arthur killed another Cahawba resident in self-defense, apparently an argumentover a girl.  He did surrender himself to the county jail and after serving his time, returned to Cahawba.

 Edward Craig, or Doodle, was born in 1891. His mother, Celie was the cook and ran the house for the Kirkpatrick family. Edward served in WWI.

As I said, there is pamphlet which guides you on your self-guided tour of the cemetery, giving a bit of history on some of the people buried there.

We left the Negro Cemetery and  ventured on through the town. Next was the One-room school house.

this appeared to be what was left of the "bathroom for the school house.

Next to the school house was the ruins of the Methodist Church, which was the first single denomination church built in town and was the last church occupied in the town. It was destroyed by fire in 1954.

Next we saw the Prerine Mansion Well, which E.M. Perine used to create an early form of air conditioning for his mansion.  

Next we moved on to the "New Cemetery" which is where many of the town's residents were buried. Once again, there is a pamphlet for a self-guided walking tour, telling a bit about the various people buried here.

After leaving this cemetery, we decided it was time to head home as it was already after three and we were hungry!  We did not go to the Old Capital Era Cemetery or to see the Civil War Memorial Stones.  I guess I'll have to go back and see those things!

We remembered passing a BBQ place on the way in, so we headed there for a big glass of sweet tea and some BBQ!

 Thera got the ribs and I got the pulled pork. We both got cole slaw and potato salad. Service was friendly and the food was good.

 Some of the decor in Hancock's

While we ate, we got to listen to the waitresses talk about seeing a woman walk down the street earlier in a bra and panty hose, with her shirt around her neck.  We wondered if anyone had thought to see if she was okay, or if they just sat there and watched, which is what I believe they did.

All in all, this was a very good wandering, with good company, good food and a very interesting place we choose to go.  If you plan to go to Old Cahawba, I recommend getting there early and allowing plenty of time to see everything.  There are picnic tables throughout the park so take a lunch with you!

There is no cost to get into the park and Thera paid for my lunch, so other than gas, this wandering cost no money!