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re: Post some pictures of the best houses from your hometown
Posted on 1/18/14 at 1:00 pm to Henry Jones Jr
Posted on 1/18/14 at 1:00 pm to Henry Jones Jr
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I had never heard about the Gates of Hell though. That shite is scary.
I didn't believe the stories. There was actually some paranormal experts that investigated it after the farmer who owns the land was jug fishing one night saw some weird stuff and it freaked him out.
I read the story online and thought "this is some bullshite". I went, and it really wasn't. Some weird shite happens out there
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Posted on 1/18/14 at 1:01 pm to deltaland
Can you link the story? Sounds interesting.
Posted on 1/18/14 at 1:04 pm to deltaland
Posted on 1/18/14 at 1:13 pm to DiamondReb
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Can you link the story? Sounds interesting.
LINK
I can personally attest to 80% of what they say being true. I've seen the lights, weird mist and shadows, I've smelled sulfur/dead bodies. I've never seen the river boil yellow is the only thing I've never witnessed, but with everything else checking out I don't doubt it's possible.
It isn't so much what you see that freaks you out (though it is weird), it's what you feel. The overwhelming sense of dread gets to you...I can't describe it. It isn't normal "fear" or being scared. It's truly a feel of dread and suffering and pain....it's creepy.
Posted on 1/18/14 at 1:19 pm to deltaland
Thanks.
Posted on 1/18/14 at 3:18 pm to deltaland
I may be thinking of the wrong home, but wasn't Mount Holly owned by the Foote family for a while?
Posted on 1/18/14 at 3:35 pm to CatFan81
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CatFan81
You're from Virginia? Never would have thought that. I have a bunch of family from there. Mount Vernon is absolutely beautiful.
Posted on 1/18/14 at 3:53 pm to Cheese Grits
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Delong Place? - Where on Delong road?
My apologies. The first house should have been labeled "Bloomfield Manor." It's at the bend of Delong Place in Lexington. The other mansion is not located in Kentucky. It came up when I googled "Delong Place." Mea culpa.
Posted on 1/18/14 at 4:10 pm to deltaland
Iuka, MS
There's a lot of lake houses that are impressive, but I'm lazy.
There's a lot of lake houses that are impressive, but I'm lazy.
Posted on 1/18/14 at 5:48 pm to JB14
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but wasn't Mount Holly owned by the Foote family for a while?
Yes. I think Foote was the original owners last name actually
Posted on 1/18/14 at 5:59 pm to deltaland
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I didn't believe the stories. There was actually some paranormal experts that investigated it after the farmer who owns the land was jug fishing one night saw some weird stuff and it freaked him out.
I read the story online and thought "this is some bullshite". I went, and it really wasn't. Some weird shite happens out there
I used to go by there daily. We actually used that shop one year probably 10 years ago and I never knew about it until a couple years ago. Some people came out and looked, but they were looking at the two live oaks in the middle of the day and estimated them to be like 250 years old.
Some lawyer lives in the 3rd house you posted in the first post of the thread I believe. I was riding around Greenwood on Thursday and the guy I was with knows a good bit about Greenwood. He told me who used to live there and who was living there now, but I can't remember who he said. I'm seriously considering moving to Greenwood.
There are a lot of cool spots in the Delta, but there used to be so many more.
And, yeah the cotton pickers at Hopson are the first commercially produced mechanized pickers I believe.
eta: Just to contribute to the thread
This post was edited on 1/18/14 at 6:06 pm
Posted on 1/18/14 at 6:31 pm to prostyleoffensetime
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I used to go by there daily. We actually used that shop one year probably 10 years ago and I never knew about it until a couple years ago.
Never out there late at night? You have to be there between 1 and 3 A.M. Most people have never heard of the stories. I've also heard you can stand on the old draw bridge in Satartia and you'll hear it start to lift but it won't move. I've never had anything weird happen on the bridge but the stories about the river bank behind those trees are definitely true
Posted on 1/18/14 at 6:56 pm to deltaland
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Never out there late at night? You have to be there between 1 and 3 A.M. Most people have never heard of the stories.
Nope. I've probably drove by it a couple times that late, but just never thought about it.
Posted on 1/18/14 at 7:32 pm to deltaland
Good deal. I had the opportunity to work with a bunch of Delta writers primary materials in undergrad and remember hearing a lot about Mount Holly in Shelby Foote's writing. Always wanted to visit, but haven't had the time...
Posted on 1/18/14 at 9:07 pm to JB14
You might want to visit it before it completely goes to ruin. Some douche in Texas bought it when it was still livable in 2001 and he has let it go to rot. Refuses to sell it for less than 750k (which is ridiculously high, even though it's huge and historic. It would take at least 2 million to fix it up).
Vandals and drunk teenagers have busted all the windows, all the sinks, most of the chandeliers, the 2 old mirrors in the main room, the staircase banister and one section of wall that was made of glass overlooking the back yard.
All the paint is peeling off the walls, the roof has 2 bad leaks that have rotted a hole in the ceiling and the 2nd floor hallway, and all the bricks need to be redone.
Vandals and drunk teenagers have busted all the windows, all the sinks, most of the chandeliers, the 2 old mirrors in the main room, the staircase banister and one section of wall that was made of glass overlooking the back yard.
All the paint is peeling off the walls, the roof has 2 bad leaks that have rotted a hole in the ceiling and the 2nd floor hallway, and all the bricks need to be redone.
Posted on 1/18/14 at 9:32 pm to deltaland
Tha Tine
We ballin
I has a sad me and Fawx can't get in a tine-DFW mansion pissing match
We ballin
I has a sad me and Fawx can't get in a tine-DFW mansion pissing match
Posted on 1/18/14 at 11:55 pm to Kentucker
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The other mansion is not located in Kentucky.
Where was it located?
FWIW, I think real mansions start around 20,000 sq feet
Newport a century ago may have set a standard that is never going to be met again.
The workmanship and masonry just does not exist anymore. My great grandfather was a marble worker and it was a dying art by the 1950's.
Posted on 1/19/14 at 12:21 am to Miz Piggy
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And perhaps the most famous (although the youth on this board may not recognize it)...
Ok help me out.. what's that one?
As to East, TN we don't have very many architectural wonders since 1. we didn't have slaves/cotton wealth 2. most of the land was owned absentee for a looooong time 3. we were mostly populated by landless whites who were squatters (they got away with it because the aforementioned landowners who lived far away - some lived out of the US) alongside well as triracial groups who used the mountains to hide from slavers. We were a 'maroon zone' which is essentially an area runaways went to and integrated into. Our triracial groups were pretty similar to NOLA's racially but they're a forgotten bit of history (and for you LSU fans Chavis is surname from one of those groups and I'd lay money down his family descends from them) 4. those whites and others who weren't glorified squatters often worked as sharecroppers and unlike most places sharecroppers weren't color based (po whites worked along with po blacks). 5. we didn't have a lot of cities where industry based wealth could fund houses to compete with the plantation South.
There was just a lot less wealth concentrated in a few hands though you can find gems in both cities and rural areas all over E. TN. But they're a lot fewer than elsewhere.
All that said... I can and do lay claim to the cabin used in the original Evil Dead.
Posted on 1/19/14 at 8:05 am to Prof
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Ok help me out.. what's that one?
It's the outside of Julia Sugarbakers' house on Designing Women. The creators are from Arkansas.
This post was edited on 1/19/14 at 8:06 am
Posted on 1/19/14 at 11:23 pm to Miz Piggy
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It's the outside of Julia Sugarbakers' house on Designing Women. The creators are from Arkansas.
Thanks. I knew I'd seen it before but I just couldn't place it.
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