Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Charley Town

We took a drive last week over towards St. Elizabeth...took the long way there and saw lots of things....one was this wall made of huge limestone rocks...actually there was another one just as impressive as this one...
Oops! Someone got their saw stuck in a tree! 
Crumbling railroad bridge with graffiti...
Went into this neat old building in St. Elizabeth...sort of a flea market kind of thing in there....loved the pressed tin ceiling inside...neat building!
After lunch at Miss Kitty's, we headed home...saw this house up on a hill along a county road...would sure like to go walk around and explore here!
This was at the bottom of the hill....appears to be old flower beds maybe.....bushes still blooming.
What I found at the flea market....two neat containers to use in the microwave....a fish cooking thing....a set of carousel horses...The round microwave container is exactly like one I got from Grandma Frieda...they are called Grab-Its and this one even still has that name stamped underneath the handle.
When I told my Mom we had been over towards St. E. she said my Dad always called St. E  "Charleytown"  Richard did some reading online about all things St. E. and found that it was indeed named Charles Town! It's name was officially changed in 1961 and I sure didn't know that! Also the town had been moved from it's first location at one time also....We had a nice morning out and saw lots of neat things!

2 comments:

Connie said...

Don't you just love that flea market? I'll have to mention to April and Mike tomorrow night about the name change on St. Elizabeth.
Did you find out where the town used to be?

Ramona said...

I really enjoyed the flea market! The site said the old town was near the river..upstream from where the Tavern comes in. I sure never knew it was called Charlestown!