The old song says "born a mountaintop in Tennessee," but Davy Crockett was actually conceived in a valley next to the Nolichucky River. So Wednesday I decided to head to David Crockett Birthplace State Park near Limestone.
I had been to the park before, but I didn't tour the old Crockett Homestead. What is interesting is there were changes made last year. The old homestead cabin was moved to the front of the park and a new, more accurate homestead was built in its place. Besides the cabin, there are other buildings and examples of a homestead.
Two cool things near the front of the homestead. The first is a monument to Crockett, but what really stood out is the wall made up of stones from the 50 States with there names. The other the large footstone from the original Crockett Cabin that stood on the site.
I did do a little hiking, but there are no trail maps, but I did find three named trails...Meadow Scape Trail, Collett Grave Trail, and Limestone Creek Trail. While the Meadow Scape was alright the Collett Grabve Trail passes the grave of its namesake Edward Newton Collett which overlooks Limestone Creek and this is appropriate since this path ran into the Limestone Creek one.
The Limestone Creek Trail is a picturesque path that parallels this waterway until it flows into the Nolichucky Rive, right behind the homesite. Anyway, while a short trip, this one to Davy's birthplace made for a good outing.
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