Exploring Alabama’s long lost cemeteries.

[DeBandi]

I discovered this







very special place yesterday.....

[whitepony]

absolutely AMAZING pictures. and i wanna hear more about your husquvarna bike!!!! what kind is it are they comparable to most of the map bikes? always heard great things about them.

[twinsig]

Very nice bro and very interesting.

Blackjack Cemetery on blackjack mtn between acmar & trussville was an old slave cemetery, had markers but no visible names. Most of the markers would be a rock or two. Creepy at night but teenagers will do stupid stuff.
That entire area was great DB riding in the day...

33°37'26.84"N
86°32'35.59"W

Train Trestle we would cross on our DBs ya had to get into 3rd and move along to smooth-out the bumps, stupid, very stupid. But youre bringing back nice memories. Thank you sir.

33°36'47.81"N
86°33'21.84"W

Wow, now theres houses above the train tunnel, wonder what thats like at midnight?

33°36'28.06"N
86°34'32.97"W

[backwoodsKLR]

Originally Posted by twinsig

Train Trestle we would cross on our DBs ya had to get into 3rd and move along to smooth-out the bumps, stupid, very stupid. But youre bringing back nice memories. Thank you sir.

33°36'47.81"N
86°33'21.84"W

If you look at this one on Google Maps, they didn't quite stitch the images together right and it makes the trestle look even scarier!!

[davyboy]

Originally Posted by DeBandi

It happened again a few days ago. I received a private message from a complete stranger. He was interested in learning more about the history of Mary Gordon Duffee. As usual, I’m cautious when it comes to sharing information with total strangers. However, he did go through all the tedious steps required to register on ADVrider in order to reach me.


His name is Jim. He’s researching Mary Gordon Duffee for a book he is writing. I was impressed by his historical intellect, and I asked how I could help. He is requesting permission to use one of my photos in the book and wanted to see her gravestone. I met Jim and his friend, Marty, yesterday at a local BBQ joint.


We went up the mountain so I could show him the old Duffee gravesite and homestead.











Amazingly enough, James R. Bennet is a former legislator and two-term secretary of state who began his career as a reporter for the Birmingham Post-Herald. He has been a member of the American Historic Ironworks Commission, which has administered the Tannehill historic site since 1970, and is the author of several history books on the Alabama iron and steel industry. A few of the titles include:

- Tannehill and the Growth of the Alabama Iron Industry
- Historic Birmingham and Jefferson County
- Iron & Steel (A Guide to Birmingham Area Industrial Heritage Sites)

I realize now, he is not a stranger at all. I happen to own all of his books. I just had not connected the dots.





We are thankful for all the work you have done and the effort put forth to protect, preserve, document and educate on the subject of Alabama industrial history. We are all better educated because of your efforts.



Godspeed to you, James R. Bennett.

I anxiously await the release of your current book project, Tannehill Ghost Stories & Other Selected Shorts.

terrific result,

[DeBandi]

Originally Posted by davyboy

terrific result,

Thank you davyboy.....

[inline4]

Occasionally, these cemeterys are being bull dozed. In 1999 in Coffee Co. Tennessee a small family (mine) cemetary was dozed into a creek to make way for a new house.
The bitch who ordered the bull dozing had worked for county officials, so nothing was done.

http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.co...-08/0934908848

[bomose]

I guess suing would not go far. Maybe a Poltergeist will get her.

[AST236]

Originally Posted by bomose

I guess suing would not go far. Maybe a Poltergeist will get her.

If you still have your KLR, bring it south and we'll ride......

[mashrider]

nice work! I have been finding old markers here on the northern side of Cullman county. I met you one time at About Bikes, in blounts ville
Regards
Mike

[DeBandi]

Thanks for the kind words...

[bomose]

Dave, have you been to the Lovelady cemetary near Maplesville? I was down that way last weekend.