Ladee's Travels

The Strawberry Schoolhouse claims to be the oldest standing school house in Arizona.  It was built in 1884.  It's final restoration in 1979 and 1980 was by the local Pine/Strawberry Archeological and Historical Society and is now a beautiful glimpse in to the earlier days in Arizona.   Here is the webpage to see the details of the decline and restoration of the property. It is a well built structure and the detailed photographs should provide a good view of the construction.  The build sits in a open space with a parking lot for about ten cars. There is also street parking. It is on Fossil Creek Road about 1 3/4 miles west of Highway 87 in Strawberry.  Also note that entrance to the interior is ramped. A shady picnic area.  A stone marker.  This sign will be road side when the school is open.  The log construction is interesting.  A lot of log cabins use the whole log but this one has flattened sides. ...

The Ox Bow Saloon is on the National Register of Historical Places so I thought that I would drive down "historic Main Street" and photograph the saloon.  I was out very early so that I could photograph the buildings without a lot of traffic.  You can see from the long shadows that this was just after sunrise. This is the "Historical Journigan House" is now a fine food restaurant, a full bar, and an outside patio with a grill.  I took this photo so that I could remember to come here for dinner.  This is the nearby parking lot. If you look closely, you can see various horses painted on the wall.  The entrance to the street from Route 87 (the main highway that bisects the town).  This is my destination, The Ox Bow Hotel and Saloon.  Fun look to the western style front.  Special parking.

The Col. Edward Cook House is a historic home in Washington Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.  It was built between 1772 and 1776, and is a two story, four bay rectangular stone dwelling with a one story kitchen wing.  It has a medium pitched gable roof and plain cornice with return.  Also on the property are a smoke house and a wash house.  It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.  [ Source: wikipedia ] Old photo is from the Library of Congress.   click here .  We had seen this photo. My sister found this historic home on the National Register and I decided to find it out in the farm lands of Washington Township.  Beautiful country.  Rolling hills with farmland and barns. Thanks to a helpful local who pointed us in the right direction,  I spotted it on the distant hill and we were on our way.  Barns in the area are always irresistible.  This is it!!!  Wow, nice job ta...