It seems that our 7th president Andrew Jackson had his home about 7 miles from where we are parked. After some trials and failures as a young man he ended up with a few hundred acres, some cotton and a few slaves. Over the years the estate grew to over 1000 acres with as many as 150 slaves at one point..
The man lead an busy life, being home only 1/4 of the time it seems. Unfortunately his wife died just prior to him taking office for the first of his two terms as president.
It was an interesting couple of hours in some rather nice weather. Rosalie as usual trotted along, and was also giving tours through one of the cabins at one point. The local school was providing junior docents. The 10 year olds had memorized small stories and were positioned at various points along the tour trail.
A stop at the local Goodwill to pick up some reading material, then back to the home base for the night.
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