[Durham INC] Annual West Durham Hike -- April 11

[Pat Carstensen]

Urban hike: Watts Hospital, West Durham, East Campus, Ninth
Street & beyond 

 

Saturday, April 11 at 9:00 AM 

Meet at Indian Trail Park (Indian Trail & Albany)

 

Was Duke Chapel really going to be built in Walltown? Why is
Ninth Street called Ninth Street? Where did Madonna take early dance lessons?
What Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist went to EK Powe school? What song writer
for Nora Jones (and Lou Rawls) was "born on a kitchen table" near
Magnolia Grill?

 

Come along and find out...

 

4-mile loop starts at Indian Trail Park. 

 

We'll start by walking along the West Ellerbe Trail in the
17-acre wood. Then we'll head up through the Watts-Hillandale neighborhood and
cross Club Blvd (near 9th Street). We'll go down a hidden route, over to
Walltown, along Markham Ave by Trinity Heights, past the homes of Duke's famous
faculty and coaches on Buchanan. We'll then go down Watts Street, past Trinity
Park park, and come back across East Campus. 

 

We'll stroll up Ninth Street, past EK Powe, and see the South
Ellerbe Creek Nature Area. We'll walk through an old mill village and check out
a historic Sears house. We'll continue up Oakland, past Oval Park, and back to
Indian Trail Park.

 

You'll see a little nature and learn some Durham history along
the way. We might even get into current events in the Bull City. 

 

Local history lover John Schelp will narrate along the way. You
don't have to register. 

 

Indian Trail Park is located at Indian Trail & Albany (east
side of Hillandale golf course; south of I-85 & Hillandale Rd).

 

Ample parking (for your bike or car) is available on Albany St
and nearby. Well-behaved dogs on leashes are welcome.

 

Sponsored by the Sierra Club. Please email Janet Hitti (janethitti at verizon.net)
with any questions.

 

http://www.nc.sierraclub.org/outings/o128.html

 

More info & old streetmap... http://www.owdna.org/selfguidedtourOWD.htm





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