After Izard County's first sustained rainfall since the Spring of 2012, the EIC Crew visited two waterfalls near Gid.
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Showing posts with label Gid. Show all posts
Sunday, January 20, 2013
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Monday, November 01, 2010
Monday, May 17, 2010
Video: Pioneer Day Weekend Visit to the Waterfalls of Gid
A couple of weeks back, we posted an article and photos from our visit to the Waterfalls at Gid with Sherry, Kathy, and Marion. Following is a video from the clips we got while out with this delightful group!
Sunday, May 02, 2010
Southern Spring Splash!
On Friday, Rick and I joined Sheri G. and her friends, Cathy and Marion from the Fayetteville area, for lunch at the Gid Waterfall before also visiting the Gristmill Waterfall nearby. Sheri (who is Rick's big sister) and Cathy were classmates and close childhood friends.
Cathy, who was raised in Izard County, had visited the Gid Waterfall as a teenager and happened to see it on our site a couple of years ago. We were happy to have been able to take her and her husband to see both waterfalls and both Rick and I thoroughly enjoyed their company...as well as their absolutely scrumptious chicken salad!
Cathy, who was raised in Izard County, had visited the Gid Waterfall as a teenager and happened to see it on our site a couple of years ago. We were happy to have been able to take her and her husband to see both waterfalls and both Rick and I thoroughly enjoyed their company...as well as their absolutely scrumptious chicken salad!
Saturday, February 06, 2010
Homage to Winter in Anticipation of Spring!
Excitement builds each year for us at EIC at each chance of a good snow. Driving the backroads of Izard County when the hills are blanketed in snow gives one a similar feeling as stepping out on the town with your hot-clad sweetheart!
A "similar feeling" because, unlike a night out with your beautiful soulmate, one is most likely glad when an icy rendezvous is over.
An encounter or two per year satisfies the lust for snowy drives!
Therefore, in the hope of Redbuds and Dogwoods, we pay homage to Winters past while inviting glorious Spring!
The video below is compiled of photos and video from the winters of 2007-2009.
ENJOY!
A "similar feeling" because, unlike a night out with your beautiful soulmate, one is most likely glad when an icy rendezvous is over.
An encounter or two per year satisfies the lust for snowy drives!
Therefore, in the hope of Redbuds and Dogwoods, we pay homage to Winters past while inviting glorious Spring!
The video below is compiled of photos and video from the winters of 2007-2009.
ENJOY!
Monday, January 11, 2010
Video: Gid Cascades!
Rick and I managed to take a ride to Gid yesterday afternoon to get some photos and footage of the two waterfalls at Gid.
Enjoy!
Enjoy!
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Early Autumn, Tanner Hollow - Plus: "Visit to Gid Waterfall" Video
This past Sunday afternoon, the EIC Crew got together to discuss our upcoming "Magical History Tour" event and decided to make a short visit to the Gid Waterfall. The day before, Jim and I had driven up through Tanner Hollow and got some wonderful photos.
Video Below!
Video Below!
Monday, June 08, 2009
The Alvin Reeves Place (Guion Road)
The Alvin Reeves Place stood alongside old Guion Road. We suspect the existing log building (pictured with windows and doors painted upon it) was the smokehouse or some other out-building for the home that once stood on the property. We are told the barn was built as a W.P.A. Project. While visiting this site, we were invited to go on a hike to the Big Roundmouth Cave. Along the way, we also visited some other very interesting geologic features on the property which we will share with you later in the week in the form of more photos and a video!
Friday, May 01, 2009
Sunday, April 26, 2009
First of All...Thanks to All!
What a day, Saturday!
Thirty-Two vehicles winding along the Guion Road...around 100 people descending upon Guion, Lafferty, and Gid...great music, a truly unforgettable historic presentation, and a fat-reducing hike! The "Spring Splash" Road Trip was truly a wonderful experience for those of us at EIC!
And surely a historic occasion for our website and even the county itself!
The most amusing part of the trip? Lawncare workers doing double-takes and yard-dogs stopping their play to watch in bewilderment as the tour passed-by!
We want to thank everyone who participated in the event, Mrs. Mary Lafferty Wilson for her excellent history lesson, Dwayne Spangler for the awesome music, all those who encourage us to continue finding things to post and activities to host via e-mail, everyone who donned the yellow-shirts to help as Event Staff, the many who drove hours to be with us, the Izard County Historical & Genealogical Society for joining us, individuals who bought T-Shirts, merchandise, and made donations to the Trimble House Project, our sponsors who made it all possible, and most especially...the landowners and caretakers who graciously allowed us to visit such wonderful places!
Give us a day or two to collect photos and video from staff and participants and we'll begin sharing the entire experience through more photos, videos, and slideshows,
Again, thanks to all of you!
Thirty-Two vehicles winding along the Guion Road...around 100 people descending upon Guion, Lafferty, and Gid...great music, a truly unforgettable historic presentation, and a fat-reducing hike! The "Spring Splash" Road Trip was truly a wonderful experience for those of us at EIC!
And surely a historic occasion for our website and even the county itself!
The most amusing part of the trip? Lawncare workers doing double-takes and yard-dogs stopping their play to watch in bewilderment as the tour passed-by!
We want to thank everyone who participated in the event, Mrs. Mary Lafferty Wilson for her excellent history lesson, Dwayne Spangler for the awesome music, all those who encourage us to continue finding things to post and activities to host via e-mail, everyone who donned the yellow-shirts to help as Event Staff, the many who drove hours to be with us, the Izard County Historical & Genealogical Society for joining us, individuals who bought T-Shirts, merchandise, and made donations to the Trimble House Project, our sponsors who made it all possible, and most especially...the landowners and caretakers who graciously allowed us to visit such wonderful places!
Give us a day or two to collect photos and video from staff and participants and we'll begin sharing the entire experience through more photos, videos, and slideshows,
Again, thanks to all of you!
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
The Coleman House
The Coleman House stands along what was once known as Coleman Lane. This is the very home where Little Johnny Lee spent his last night before succumbing to the elements during a fierce winter-storm in 1886. Little Johnny (around 10-years old), along with Nathan Bailey (18 years-old),was sent to the Gristmill near Gid by Johnny's father despite stern warnings from the boy's mother, relatives, and friends.
The story is related in a song written by Rev. John Crafton who was the very first pastor of the Freewill Baptist Church just down the road from the site of the mill.
Here is an excerpt:
Then Nathan started back for Uncle Sam's; his load was not so light.
It was getting very late and they had to stay all night.
Now Johnny said to Nathan, "Think that I am beat,
For I am very hungry and nothing yet to eat."
The boys got their supper and lay upon the floor,
And they almost froze to death, they slept so near the door.
When morning came, they started for home, but the saddest is not yet.
They heard it said to them, it was time for them to get.
The boys started on together; they traveled with might and main.
It took them just one hour to go through Coleman's Lane.
-From the song Little Johnny Lee Rev. John Crafton, 1886
Little Johnny's father paid for his bad judgment by spending 3-years in prison.
The story is related in a song written by Rev. John Crafton who was the very first pastor of the Freewill Baptist Church just down the road from the site of the mill.
Here is an excerpt:
Then Nathan started back for Uncle Sam's; his load was not so light.
It was getting very late and they had to stay all night.
Now Johnny said to Nathan, "Think that I am beat,
For I am very hungry and nothing yet to eat."
The boys got their supper and lay upon the floor,
And they almost froze to death, they slept so near the door.
When morning came, they started for home, but the saddest is not yet.
They heard it said to them, it was time for them to get.
The boys started on together; they traveled with might and main.
It took them just one hour to go through Coleman's Lane.
-From the song Little Johnny Lee Rev. John Crafton, 1886
Little Johnny's father paid for his bad judgment by spending 3-years in prison.
Monday, January 05, 2009
Izard County Southern Falls Tour
Sunday afternoon, we had the pleasure of showing off the waterfalls in southern Izard County to the Batesville Daily Guard staff-writer/photographer, Tony McGuffey, and his wife, Roberta. We first went to the Gristmill Waterfall at Gid (bottom photos in post), then to the Gid Waterfall (middle of post), and finally to Dodd Hole (top). Tony and Roberta have their own photography website at T-Mac Photos.com.
Though cold and windy, we really enjoyed this outing with the McGuffeys!
Though cold and windy, we really enjoyed this outing with the McGuffeys!
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