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Walk Columbia with author Christopher Rowe

Christopher Rowe is an Adair County native who went away to seek his fortune, became a published author of Science Fiction and Fantasy, and (Thank God) has moved back home. - LW

By Christopher Rowe


I did a loop of around three miles that took me through the campus of Lindsey Wilson College and along the walking trails in Citizens Park, with a stop at the Trabue-Russell House along the way.

Stops along the way included:

The John B. Begley Chapel at LWC, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright disciple E. Fay Jones.


A view of the soccer field at Lindsey through the Department of Biology's "Natural Garden." The young man running on the field in the distance was the only person I saw on my walk who wasn't either sitting on their front porch (cool) or driving really fast (not cool). We had a pleasant quarter hour's chat. He's on the track team and competes in the triple-jump, but plans to sprint in the Spring Semester.

The old building that used to provide some amusement when I was a profoundly stupid teenager. There was a slot where you could insert eight quarters and then hundreds of gallons of water would come out of the hose hanging at right. It's clearly derelict now.

One of my favorite views of the Old Courthouse, looking down Jamestown Hill.

A historical marker at the Trabue-Russell House. The Draper Manuscripts mentioned are one of the main sources of biographical information about Daniel Boone and include the papers of George Rogers Clark. They're held at the University of Wisconsin, but of course belong here.

I came close to brushing the debris off a stone bench in the gardens of the Trabue-Russell House and sitting for a spell, but elected not to.

The Julia Miller Horton Memorial Rose Garden.

I wonder if Sherm worked on this car. (If you know, you know.)

The Field House, where Samuel Clemens' parents were married.

Within Citizens Park: Two paths diverged in a green, green wood, and I? I took the one more travelled by (Robert Frost jokes two days in a row!). I had no idea there were nature trails right in town!
Find Chris online at https://www.christopherrowe.net
"He has been a finalist for the Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy, Neukom Institute, and Theodore Sturgeon Awards. His stories have been frequently reprinted, translated into a half-dozen languages around the world, and praised by the New York Times Book Review. His short fiction was collected in Telling the Map from Small Beer Press."


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A favorite view



2024-09-08 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Christopher Rowe.
"One of my favorite views of the Old Courthouse, looking down Jamestown Hill." - CR

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Once a source of water and amusement



2024-09-08 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Christopher Rowe.
This old building that used to provide some amusement when I was a profoundly stupid teenager. There was a slot where you could insert eight quarters and then hundreds of gallons of water would come out of the hose hanging at right. It's clearly derelict now.

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A discovery at the bottom of Jamestown Hill



2024-09-08 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Christopher Rowe.
I wonder if Sherm worked on this car. (If you know, you know.)

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