Ozark, AL has a great fall street festival and it is called the Claybank Jamboree. This festival is held on the first Saturday of October every year. It is smack dab in the middle of downtown along all of the streets of the town square and beyond the square in a couple of directions. They had a great band Saturday morning, I do love brass. There was lots of great food, art, crafts and more. Did you know they make jelly from Cudzo blossoms? Oh yeah, and I had to have some. Not bad, but then it was jelly, how bad could it be? On each corner downtown there are beautiful plants and flowers. Ozark just has a delightful downtown.
While you are in Ozark, don't miss the drive up Broad Street. There are antebellum homes lined up both sides of the road. Beautiful architecture and it just takes you back to the early 1900's. There are all kinds of stories about these old homes.
Years ago I was in the Holman Home and taking a tour from the current resident, one of the Holman family folk. He showed me all around both floors, great mantels and there was something about a mule trader and there were mules carved into the mantels in the living room and dining room on the main floor. Of course there were fireplaces in all of the rooms. We toured upstairs and then into the attic! It was loaded with treasures, you can just imagine but the thing I most remember was an old spinning wheel. It still worked, or so I was told, can't imagine how you would make it work.
Do you know any stories of the homes on Broad Street? If so, please share.
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