Spring arrived in Hurricane on Sunday, March 20, as the past week’s weather produced a snow of three inches, temperatures in the 20s again, rain and a fog worthy of
Spring arrived in Hurricane on Sunday, March 20, as the past week’s weather produced a snow of three inches, temperatures in the 20’s again, rain and a fog worthy of
Whatâs in a name like âyonderâ? I went out the back door and said that Iâm going through Hurricane and on âup yonderâ to Sand Springs for the big hill on Graham Road that should be the perfect sledding venue for the âgrandarlinsâ that were looking for a place to ride on Monday, January 11. If thatâs not ok, I will travel on to Smoke Top as that is the granddaddy of the local North Mississippi hills and on to Lafayette Springs or Denmark near Oxford for the quest. Then I thought about âdown yonderâ as you can travel to the Tallahatchie River Bottom via Rocky Ford and beyond to Riverside or the old Graham Lake area as the Bagley Fire Tower had height there on that hill as I began to reminisce about hunting there one New Yearâs Day with my dad in the early 1960âs. Then âover yonderâ near the Lappatubby Creek and before the Tallahatchie River is a land area that is called the Flatwoods that also bo