Post by bubbabod on Sept 24, 2007 22:06:25 GMT -5
Several years ago my wife and I were driving around Tennessee heading to Virginia when we were looking for a campground. We stumbled upon the David Crockett State Park in Lawrenceburg, Tn. I'd never heard of it before. We spent the night there and spent part of the next day exploring the area. It got its name because one of Crockett's enterprises in Tennessee was he had set up a store and a grist mill along the river or creek there. It last for awhile, but eventually went belly-up. I wish I could give the years it was there, how soon before he left for Texas. I remember reading it was his wife's money he used to set up his business. Lawrenceburg is a beautiful little town in the Amish country of southern Tennessee. That's one of the things I love most about traveling this country in an RV is all the unique or historic places you run across, places you've maybe never even heard of. This is one great country!
Oh, as an aside, this town is also the boyhood homes of none other than Fred Thompson and Gen. Schwartskopf (dp??).
Oh, as an aside, this town is also the boyhood homes of none other than Fred Thompson and Gen. Schwartskopf (dp??).
