North Carolina Bound: Summer 2010-- Part 13-- So That's What It Is

The last post I mentioned the Mary Anderson memorial Highway, Buffalo Trace Park and Orange County, Indiana.

Love this internet as it sure makes looking stuff up easier than in the old days.

Here's what I found:

MARY ANDERSON MEMORIAL HIGHWAY-- Mary Anderson was a famous American stage actress born 1859 and died in 1940. She was a devout Catholic and donated land to the St. Francis Monastery which has a May Anderson artist colony. In 1989, a portion of US-150 adjoining the property was named for her.


BUFFALO TRACE PARK-- West of Palmyra, Indiana, in Harrison County. It is located on the edge of an old buffalo trace that went across Indiana and today is the path of US-150. In 1971, thirty acre Lake Coleman was added to the property.


ORANGE COUNTY, INDIANA-- The population is 19,306 and Paoli is the county seat. It was formed from surrounding counties in 1816 and first settled by Quakers fleeing from slavery in Orange County, North Carolina. They also brought free blacks along with them, many of whom received land in Indiana.

So That's the Story. --RoadDog