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| (By Anna Rochelle) Road Rally visitors to the Viaduct on Tuesday included Anna Maltby (front left) of Gainsville, Fla. along with her three daughters, Cheri Morris (front right) from Gulf Port, Miss., Gayle Griffin (second row left) of St. Augustine, Fla. and Brenda Lepay (second row right) of Gainsville Fla. Satolli Glassmeyer (back) of Scenic Road Rallies was the tour organizer. |
Visitors from across the country and Canada were in awe when the Indiana State Parks Road Rally stopped at the Viaduct in eastern Greene County on Tuesday.
Over 50 vehicles, most with two-to-four passengers, made the trip.
Greene County's Big Sycamore in the Worthington Park and the railroad trestle near Tulip were scenic destinations on the second day of a two-day tour through southern Indiana.
The tour started the day at Canyon Inn in McCormick's Creek State Park and was to end at Spring Mill State Park. Participants in the tour came from Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Illinois and as far away as Florida and Mississippi.
Tourists got a little local flavor from Jim Waggoner, a representative of the Greene County Historical Society, who was on hand to talk to tourists about the giant railroad trestle and promote the Society's book about the viaduct.
The group pictured includes 87-year-old Anna Maltby of Gainsville, Fla., who decided not to climb the hill along with her daughter, Cheri Morris who traveled from Gulf Port, Miss., to see these sights.
Anna's daughters Gayle Griffin of St. Augustine, Fla., and Brenda Lepay of Gainsville did make the trek to the top guided by Satolli Glassmeyer of Scenic Road Rallies, the tour organizer.
When asked what they thought of the trestle, Cheri Morris said, "It is big!" and added that the Greene County weather was beautiful compared to the heat of Mississippi.
Glassmeyer said their Road Rallies always take the back roads to out-of-the-way places and he expects future tours to be stopping in Greene County about once a year.
While the Road Rally participants were visiting and taking pictures, several other tourists arrived at the viaduct as well, including two missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints who also took the hike, one from Washington State and one from Colorado.
The Greene County Historical Society's 83-page book full of pictures and research about the building of this world-famous trestle, now over 100 years old, is available for $12 plus $2 postage from GCHS, 27 S. Washington St, Box 301, Bloomfield Ind., 47424.
When I was a teenager(in 56 & 57) we use to walk across this trestle, and back on Sunday afternoons- just for the fun of it! If a train were to come , there were platforms suspended , out from the track, to get on.......
They should have made a stop at the house on the hill with all of the interesting artwork. Take a right, if heading south under the Viaduct, at the T and then the immediate right which will lead you up a decent hill. Once you get up the hill you'll pass a couple of houses and then you will see a home on the right with some of the most unique sculptures one will ever see.