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Mount Airy is Mayberry!

Posted on February 8, 2020 by bobg.bell@gmail.com

Any time is a good time to vist Mount Airy, but thousands of fans of the classic TV series make the trip during the last weekend of September, for the Mayberry Days celebration. There are television stars, good food and music and all the makings of good time, reflecting a day when the world was simpler, and Mayberry was Small Town, America. Continue reading →

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Cook’s Old Mill, Greenville, WV

Posted on January 29, 2020 by bobg.bell@gmail.com

Puffy white clouds filled the sky showing patches of blue. I was close to Cook’s Old Mill in Greenville, WV. I had been there plenty of times before, but since the light was right, I decided go spend a few … Continue reading →

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B-29 Superfortress Crash at Soldier Creek Church

Posted on January 18, 2020 by bobg.bell@gmail.com

Soldier Creek Primitive Baptist Church, Harvey, Marshall County, KY, dates to 1820 and is the oldest church in the Jackson Purchase region of western Kentucky. Through the years the old church has seen a lot of history, good and bad, … Continue reading →

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