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and I are huge country music fans and stopped to pay tribute at the Patsy Cline Memorial in Camden, Tennessee at I-40 exit 126. Her father was a blacksmith and he mother Hilda, according to her biography, “was only 16 years old when she married Samuel, more than 25 years her senior. Singing at an early age, she dropped out of school and started singing early on to help bring in money for her family. On Sundays, she sang with the local church choir, and at age 14, was singing regularly on local radio station WINC.

Although the Old State Bank was closed for tours, Judge Breland said they opened for special events like prom pictures and more. He was President James Monroe’s best friend, and President Monroe proclaimed that all states should have a Decatur,” Judge Breland said. This town has a survival instinct and we don’t accept defeat!” Judge Breland also took us on a tour of the Decatur Historic Depot & Railroad Museum. A 5,000 square foot building was constructed to house Cook’s Natural Science Museum.

Our last stop of the day on the Agriventure Trail was Robert Summerford’s BJR Summerford Custom Freezer Beef in Falkville. He processed sausage at the store.” With our love of antique tractors we were thrilled to get a chance to see some family tractors connected to the Summerford family at Robert’s cousin Tom’s farm! Although not technically on the agri-tourims trail, we got a chance to see this up and coming farm couple that set up at the Hartselle Farmer’s Market. Forrest and Erin Burleson grow flowers and vegetables at the historic farm settled in 1816 by Jon A. Burleson.

Some murals are close to one another, and some are further away like the mural Peace, Love and Antiques which is outside of Decatur in the town of Hartselle. Some of the murals have a deeper meaning like the first official mural of the Chasing Art Project. Then onto antiques at Tammy Eddy Antiques & Interiors, Bank Street Art & Antiques and fun Shops on Second! In his book, Burleson -Hinds – McEntire Home, The Untold Story, David A. Burleson also shares the story of how a copy of The Poetical Works of Lord Byron left and returned to the Burleson family.