Berea College is located here. It is one of the original settlement schools. Yankee Do Gooders came down to educate the hillbillies and many of these schools are still thriving today. FYI, I say yankee and hillbilly with the utmost respect to both. While I'm technically not a hillbilly I've been on the descriminatory end of hillbilly. Seriously, when I lived in Texas I had people ask me if we wore shoes. Sigh. But Berea. That is another post. Today I want to share some pictures of the Depot.
Sit back and enjoy.......
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| Railroads make the best pictures! |
Berea, the town is back over behind the house on the hill.
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| The House on the Hill |
I suspect this house is newer than it looks. This architecture is prevelant throughout the region. I would love to have a library in the turret!
Lots of places in the area are named for geologic characteristics. Sand Gap, Red Lick, etc. There are the most awesome rocks found here the locals call "indian head rocks". They are filled with colorful crystals with a lackluster brown exterior.
Berea is pronounced (Bah REE ah), but only if you aren't from the mountains in the area. In that case you call it Berea (Bah REER). Go on say that a few times in your best Kentucky accent!
4 comments:
I have visited Berea before! I thought it was a lovely town. Love that fire truck!
Having never in my life been anywhere near the southern united states I really feel like I learned a lot from this post. Thanks for the pronunciation lesson and cool photos. Railroads really are pretty awesome and photogenic.
Oh Mary I love this history and beautiful photo post. I would love to find some of those rocks and bring them home:)
I could be classed as a Hillbilly too because of the no shoes but in Canada we were shoes the snow is cold:) Take care Mary thanks for sharing these I love the photos. B
Wow, love that house on the hill!
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