September 9, 2004, continued.
It took me a long time to ride the two miles back down Battle Hollow road, because I made a lot of photo stops.
It was still a foggy morning. On August 2, 1832, the soldiers were roused and on the march before sunrise. They knew they were getting close to the Mississippi River, because of the fog over the river (according to eyewitness account quoted in Thayer, “Massacre at Bad Axe”).
This is a little side road off on the north side of Battle Hollow Road. It drops down to the creek (in the low ground towards the background of the photo) and then goes across it. The most dangerous place to have been on August 2, 1832, would have been on the other side of the creek.
[...] scene may be at the end of the little side road shown in the previous post, facing north. I’m not absolutely sure, but it looks about [...]