Exploring the Past; Seeing Meade County; Following the River:  Day 3 in Kentucky

As the rooster crowed, the cow lowed, the birds sang, and the frogs croaked, I walked around Kirchdofer Lane on my morning walk in cool, fresh morning air.  The sky was a light blue, broken by long strands of feathery white clouds.

After a hearty breakfast, we spent over three hours exploring the resources of the Meade County Genealogical collection at the library getting an understanding of the life and times of the area when my father lived here.  After that, we drove through farmland to Ekron, the community closest to the last farm that Edward Hamilton Hendrick farmed with his family.  We drove north afterwards through more good looking farmland and crossed just into the edge of Indiana.

Our little side trip out of Kentucky was to see the Squire Boone mill, village, and caverns which is a little tourist attraction.  The mill, still operational with its huge water driven wheel, was built by Squire Boone (a brother of Daniel) in 1804.  The water to power the overshot wheel comes from the caverns.  Other artisans on site were making candles, soap, and candy.  There was also a rock shop and a sweet shop which we passed by, thinking ahead to an early supper.

After we crossed the Ohio River back into Kentucky, we drove along the scenic state and county highway which follows the curvy path of the river.  We saw six deer, three of them fawns, saw a rock quarry, spotted barges on the river, and enjoyed the lush foliage on both sides of the road.  Most of the time we were close enough to see the Ohio through the breaks of the foliage.

We got back to Brandenburg for supper and went to Jailhouse Pizza, located in the only local government building that was not destroyed in the severe tornado which flattened much of Brandenburg in 1974, killing 32 people.  After we placed our order we went upstairs and walked around the old cells.  The old iron doors to the cells were extremely heavy!  No breaking out there!

After a little exercise in the pool, us old people are quite happy to call it a day.  After all, we have to get ready for day 4!