Trying to catch up on posts. It's amazing what and who you find on the back roads of our country. We found another gem in North Carolina near Smithfield (yes Smithfield of Smithfield ham, turkey and chicken).
As we were traveling we found a frontier town named Shadow Hawk. This western town is complete with hotel, mercantile, post office, saloon, and cute little church which was built by a man named William Drake. This gentleman was a supporting actor for nine episodes of Bonanza, usually playing a gambler or bad guy, three episodes of Gunsmoke, eighteen movies including Big Jake, Outlaw Josie Wales, and Quantrell's Raiders, and various made for tv movies. Check out his web site at, shadowhawk.us. He has written four books and produced a film from one of his books. We were lucky enough to have a personal tour by William Drake and was able to sit with him and talk to him about his career and town. It was an interesting and fun afternoon.
Atkinson is a common name in this area so when we found Atkinson's Mil we just had to stop in. This particular mill has been in operation for 142 years. Of course we bought several items. Later in Smithfield's Walmart we found a whole section of their products.
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