We started our FL Trip on 09/25/2013 by going to Happy Hill Campground in Handcock, MD. We moved to Mount Morris Campground in Mount Morris, PA on 10/02/2013. We visited Fort Ligonier in Ligonier, PA on 10/06/2013. As summer waned in 1758, the site of a new fortification was chosen by the British army that overlooked the Loyalhanna Creek. It was the last in a string of fortifications along the newly cut Forbes Road that would ultimately stretch from Philadelphia to the site of French Fort Duquesne, the ultimate objective of the Forbes Campaign. When Fort Duquesne fell to the British army in late November of 1758, construction of a new fort, Fort Pitt, began, and the land on which it rose was named Pittsburgh. Find out more about how Fort Ligonier made Pittsburgh possible as you explore the grounds of the finest reconstructed fortification from the French and Indian War. The picture is of Fort Ligonier Complex.
On 10/09/2013 we arrived at Jim’s Camping in Milton, WV. Thn on 10/13/2013 we visited the WV Capitol in Charleston, WV. Before the capitol was in its current location in Charleston, several West Virginia cities had served as the capitol location for the State of West Virginia. The capitol was first located in Wheeling from 1863-1870 in the Linsly Institute Building. It was moved to downtown Charleston from 1870-1875. The state’s capitol then moved back to Wheeling where it remained from 1875-1885, partially in the Linsly Building, and later in an original structure constructed by the city of Wheeling. The capitol returned to Charleston in 1885 where it remains in present day. The capitol was previously located in downtown Charleston from 1885-1921, then moved to the “Pasteboard Capitol” from 1921 to March of 1927. The construction of the present capitol took eight years to complete at a cost of just under $10 million. Cass Gilbert, a New York native, was appointed chief architect of the building in 1921. The state purchased 65 pieces of property between California Avenue and Duffy Street for the building’s foundation. George A. Fuller Company was awarded the general construction, a steam shovel was moved on site, and a groundbreaking service was held on January 7, 1924. The picture is of WV Capitol South Side.
We Arrived at Walnut Meadows in Berea, KY on 10/16/2013, we visited Fort Boonesborough State Park Richmond, KY on 10/20/2013. By 1810, Boonesborough had become nothing more than a small obscure village. Within a few years the site had been deserted. During its heyday the fort had been one of the centers of settlement in Kentucky. Judge Richard Henderson’s dream of a fourteenth colony called Transylvania located in the Kentucky wilderness seemed a reality. By the summer of 1775, the fort and settlement of Boonesborough consisted of 26 one-story log cabins and four blockhouses. The cabins and stockades had small portals for guns in case of Indian attack. One of the larger cabins served as a store for the Transylvania Company supplies. This structure became the first store opened in Kentucky. Henderson occupied one of the blockhouses. In this crude settlement the first representative form of government in Kentucky was formed. On April 23, 1775, Henderson called for an election for members to the “House of Delegates of the Transylvania Colony.” On May 8, 1775, the Henderson settlement officially became Transylvania with Boonesborough as its capital. The new government had representatives from Boonesborough, Harrodsburg, Boiling Spring, and St. Asaph’s. The delegates met to conduct the affairs of the new government under the shade of a huge elm tree where Rev. John Lythe of the Church of England performed the first formal religious service in Kentucky. The reconstruction is located on higher ground than the original structure and it is made up of 10,000 southern yellow pine logs. There is a museum of Daniel Boone’s life along with cabins displaying pioneer crafts. The picture is of Fort Boonesborough SP Area Inside Fort.
This Monument was erected at the original site of Fort Boonesborough in 1935 by the daughters of the American Revolution of Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina and Virginia in gratitude to those who took great risks in the journey West. The picture is of Fort Boonesborough SP Old Fort Original Site Monument.
The next stop was on 10/23/2013 at Athens I75 Campground in Athens, TN. We took a side trip to see my brother Bill at his son’s place in Decherd, TN on10/27/2013. The picture is of Farm’s Chicken Coop.
On 10/30/2013 OCP stayed at Mountain Marina Camping Resort in Langston, AL. Then on 11/06/2013 we stop at The Woods RV Park in Montgomery, AL. We visited AL Capitol in Montgomery, AL on 11/10/2013. Completed in 1851, this National Historic Landmark is a museum of state history and politics. Additions to the building were made several times. The Capitol was restored in 1992. The Confederacy began in the original Senate chamber and the Selma to Montgomery 1965 Voting Rights March ended on the street in front of the building. Today, the governor and other executive branch officers still occupy offices in the Capitol. The picture is of AL Capitol West Side.
On 11/13/2013, we pull into Bass Haven Campground in DeFuniak Springs, FL. We visited Deerwood Madison Park in Madison, FL on 11/20/2013.
