Well technically it isn’t “my” mountain – but I live on it and my great-great-grandfather brought the folks who settled it – so I’ve always felt like it was mine.
Right now the little creek that flows down through the pasture is going full steam. The fence is still holding up from being “band-aided” a number of years ago when I still had goats. You can see that it’s definitely out of it’s banks back in the pasture.
That is one of the gorgeous views – not from my house. When my great-great-grandfather came here after the civil war, the location he choose for his home was not a view (though the lake wasn’t there then anyway), but a location he considered safer.
There’s a new subdivision being developed 🙁 and I drove into it to get this photo.
There is the lovely drive down the mountain when I go into town. It’s a really crooked road that was built in the late 1800s for mules pulling wagons, finally paved in the 1960s with only one curve removed. Still really narrow, with the right side rising sharply and the left side dropping even more sharply. They did add a guard rail a few years ago. Some of my local friends still won’t drive this route (there’s another, longer way up the mountain) but it’s the road I learned to drive on (though a dirt road them) and I love it!!
That is a nice view and it’s good there is so much history there – shame that they are redeveloping it and building more houses!
Hope that you are having a nice week so far.
Yes, it saddens me that it’s becoming so developed with more houses. I guess it was bound to happen, but I like my “country living”.
Thanks for stopping by.
Iris
Wow, land with history. What a beautiful landscape. Your surroundings are beautiful, Iris. Of course, living in Missouri, we don’t know what a mountain is 🙂
Yeah, lots of history here, and it is a beautiful area.
I don’t think I realized you lived in Missouri – where? We lived in Missouri all during my kids school years. Lots of great memories and it’s a state that will always be near an dear to my heart.
Iris
Gosh, talk about the history that is there. What a wonderful feeling. It’s not unlike MK (https://mksadventure.com/) and the family farm she lives on.
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Jodie
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Yes, lots of history. I know a lot of it, just with I knew more.
Iris
How wonderful to have your own mountain that dates back so far in your family history! Your stream is gorgeous. Enjoy your mountain home.
It is really rewarding to live on a place where generations before me inhabited. I just with I’d asked a lot more questions when I had the opportunity.
Iris