Welcome
to
Betty's Haven
My Fantastic Explorings
A Virtual
Tour
Me pointing to an old abandoned well on the old William Ballard
place
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I just wanted to take you on a virtual
tour of My
Fantastic Explorings and if you ever get a chance you can go to these
same places and see them for yourself, but for now just visit my web pages.
I go in either the Zeb entrance or the Qualls entrance. When you drive
in the Zeb entrance, you are on what is now called Burnt Cabin road. Burnt
Cabin road goes south for about a mile then it turns east and then southeast
on to the slab
bridge over Greenleaf creek by the primitive deer camp sites. Where
it first turns to the east, there is a road going to the west which is
Greenleaf road. We will first go exploring on Greenleaf road, so we turn
west and drive about 100 feet then the road turns south. We go south on
Greenleaf road for a short distance and on the right is a road going to
the west called Rifle Range road. We are not turning there this time, although
there is a big old cellar and foundations ruins on the right (north) side
of the road there. It used to be the old John
Reynolds, son of Lonzo Reynolds place. I have pictures but don't have
them scanned in or web pages made at this time. (Note: I do have them a
page up now so go ahead and see it if you like.) We go south a short distance
and on the left is the old Lonzo Reynolds place. There is a few rocks from
the foundation but I have no pictures on the net of that place. We go on
a little farther and there is a fork in the road which I call the "Y".
Greenleaf road goes to the right (west) here for about a mile while the
road going on south is called Diamond or Diagonal road. There is also a
road which goes kind of southwest between these two roads which is called,
Hutchinson road. Hutchinson road goes by the old
Gullet
place where John Spencer and family used to live, then goes on west to
intercept with Greenleaf road which then is going south. Hutchinson road
also goes south at the old Woodard school site, for a short distance to
the Hutching place and then loops back west to Greenleaf road again. Now
back to Greenleaf from the "Y" where I said it goes for a mile then
it goes south. About 1/2 mile on this road and on the north side is a place
where the old Rogers
place used to be. Now go on for the rest of the mile and there is a road
at this corner that is called Ball Diamond road, which goes a short distance
west and then north down a steep hill and on north to run into a road called,
Wildhorse Mountain road that goes west and east starting at the Zeb entrance
right after going in the gate. It goes west from there for a long way with
the Ball Diamond turnoff on the left and goes on west and then kind of
southwest on to the gate at the Cherokee / Muskogee county line. Now, back
to Greenleaf road where I said it turns south. We go south for about 4/10
mile and on the right (west) is an old dug
well right by the road. It used to be the old Daily
place.
On the left (east) side of the road, here, is where Hutchinson road makes
a loop going east for a mile to the old Woodard
school site and then south to the old Fred Hutching's
place, which is on the left (east) side of the road, then back west to
Greenleaf road. Where it turns back west, there is a road going south here
that is called the Carlile road. Carlile road goes a short distance and
turns back west to Greenleaf or goes south all the way to Cedar Bluff road.
Between where Diamond or Diagonal road and Carlile road meet Cedar Bluff
there is an old place where Indie
and Arley Spencer used to live. (Here
for the 2nd Indie page) In fact it is just to the right after getting to
Cedar Bluff road from Diamond or Diagonal. (Note: Diamond road, not Ball
Diamond road) Now, back to Greenleaf road at the old Daily well, we are
still going south. We pass the turn off for the south Hutchinson road,
then pass the Benge road turning off to the right (west) and then Carlile
road to the left (east), then a road called Round Mountain road which goes
to the right (west) and just a short distance farther on Greenleaf road
it goes to the left (east) up to this little Round
Mountain. (Round Mountain page 2 here)
If we turn west on Round Mountain road and go for quite away, there is
an old road going north off of Round Mountain. This old road is not much
more than a trail and finally is a trail and the woods, but up in those
wood is the remains of the old John
Jack Ballard place and the North Ballard cemetery. They used
to be a road coming to it from the west that turned off the County Line
road north of the William Ballard place. Now, back to Greenleaf road. We
continue on south and on the west side right off the road is where the
old Earl
Hutching place used to be. Go on south on Greenleaf to the old Greenleaf
school site where the roads, Cedar
Bluff, Greenleaf and Pumpkin Center roads all meet. Here we go on south
for a short distance and come to the Greenleaf
bridge that the WPA build and completed in 1938. Before this there
was a swinging bridge here. We go south across the bridge for a short distance
and we come to the south gate of the Wildlife Game Management controlled
hunt area. Black Hollow road meets Greenleaf road here. Greenleaf road
ends here and changes inside the gate to Small Game road. Black Hollow
road and Greenleaf road used to meet just inside where the gate is now.
You can still see the old road
area. This is the area where my daddy was driving a little model a
Ford with a canvas top and was driving too fast to make the turn
to Black Hollow road and turned his little car over and threw my mama right
through the top. He rode the car all the way over! If you turn on Black
Hollow road you will drive up a steep hill called Battenfield hill and
on the top of the hill on the left (south) side of the road, there is the
old Battenfield place. There is an old
well and etc. To the north of the Battenfield place is an old road
going north and then northeast down a hill to two old cemeteries that were
moved out in 42. The first one is called the old
Miller cemetery and on down the hill and across a tiny creek (that
runs into Big Greenleaf creek) is the old
original Greenleaf cemetery which was moved out of there in 42 and
relocated to southwest of Tahlequah, OK. Now back to Battenfield place
on top of the hill on Black Hollow road. Black Hollow road goes on east
all the way to Burnt Cabin road south of the slab bridge where the deer
hunters camp is. Now we go to Qualls entrance where the gate is on the
east side of the Wildlife Game Management just east of Burnt Cabin road.
When we get to Burnt Cabin road we can go north to the slab or south to
Black Hollow road turnoff or on south to the gate that is locked because
it is controlled hunt area. Or we can go on north on Burnt Cabin road past
the deer hunter camp area and on to where the road turns back west and
up a steep hill. Here where the road turns west look to the left (south)
side and the old
Lyde Lovett Keys cellar on the old place can still be seen. Now, back
to the slab
and just north of it is where Cedar Bluff road turns off to the west. Cedar
Bluff road goes west all the way to Greenleaf road at the school site.
On Cedar Bluff road we pass the turnoff for Diamond road (to the north)
and then pass Indie
Spencer place (on north side), then pass Carlile road (north side)
and go on to the place where the road is rough to cross the creek. This
is where I go on picnics
quite often. Just across the creek here and up on the top of the hill
is where Whiteoak road meets Cedar Bluff road. Where they meet is the big
old cement cellar of Dide
Redfearn. If you take Whiteoak road back east it will come out on Burnt
Cabin road south of the slab near the old Corneilous Raincrow place which
is not far (north) from the Qualls entrance. Cedar Bluff road winds on
west and across Greenleaf creek several times and pass the other place
where
I picnic and see lots of big 4 ft long Gar fish in the creek. This area
is where the Cedar
Bluff is. Cedar Bluff road finally ends at the corner where Greenleaf
school site is. Continued on next page.......................
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