a day in the country

the dunlap house (1856) at ocmulgee national monument, scene of minor earthworks and skirmishing during the "battle of dunlap's farm," sometimes wishfully known as the battle of macon --- the so-called dunlap mound, one of the several smaller mounds in the park, is the slight rise at the center of this image --- the dunlaps plowed over one of the nation's great archeological sites to grow cotton, although at the time they didn't necessarily know what they were doing --- last week's fire destroyed one window, sash and casing, and one sash on another; two doors and casing; maybe 10' of baseboard and a foot or so of flooring --- walls and ceilings intact except where the firemen chopped through to make sure something wasn't burning above --- functioning smoke/fire detection, rapid fire dept. response, and total disaster averted ---