The Wilcox Historical Society is sponsoring a
special event on Saturday, September 27, 2003 in which historical homes,
churches, and other sites in the Dry Fork, Possum Bend, Canton Bend
“Plantation Bend” area of the Alabama River will be open for tour. The
pilgrimage will start at 9:00 AM and conclude at 6:00 PM.
Tour headquarters will be the Wilcox Female Institute located on
Broad Street in the town of Camden. The
price will be $15 for adults and $5 for students. Lunch will be available at
GainesRidge Dinner Club and the Belleville Restaurant.
Funds raised from the event will be used to maintain the Female
Institute, Beck-Miller Law Office, and to aid in the restoration of the
Dunn-Fairley-Bonner Home which has been donated to the Wilcox Historical
Society.
Homes
scheduled to be on tour include “Youpon”(shown herein), Dry Fork
Plantation, and many others which will announced in the Spring.
In addition, the Dunn-Fairley-Bonner Home, the Beck Miller Law
Office, Canton Bend Methodist Church and Cemetery, and Camden Cemetery will
be available for tour.
If
you would like more information on this event, please contact Don Donald at
334-682-9825 days or e-mail him at grsouth@frontiernet..net.
You can also write the Wilcox Historical Society at P.O. Box 464,
Camden, Alabama 36726.