We’re
a bit farther north in Georgia now. First, yes there is a spring at Magnolia
Springs. The bad part is that you can’t swim in the water. Oh well!
There
is some interesting history at this park. When the nearby Andersonville
Confederate prison had too many people, a new prison (Camp Lawton) was built
here. It only lasted one month before Sherman came through the area but 10,000
prisoners of war were housed here at one point. Scary history to hear how many
people died every day due to lack of shelter, food, diseases, or sanitary
facilities yet it was considered much better than Andersonville.
In
the middle of nowhere was this large and unused church called Big Buckhead
Church. There were a couple of signs discussing that a church had been here
since before the American Revolution and that a skirmish occurred nearby during
the Civil War.
John
thought I was crazy, but I liked this dog cemetery that was nearby. A rich guy
built an area for field trials of bird dogs. His own dogs along with several
horses, a cat, and even a couple mules were buried here with epitaphs.
Some
were about friendship and companionship like Freckles like being a
“Sweetheart”.
Some
discussed weird ways to die like “Death by Wasp” and several were “Poisoned”.
Poor
luck was mentioned on several stones like “Much Hard Luck” or “A Great Obedient
Field Trialer but Unlucky”.
Others
were kind of bizarre like “Poor Training Ruined Him”.
My
favorites were the ones about bitches.
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