A Look at the Future Huntertown Park Site

The former slave community of Huntertown is being converted into a public park and interpretive history preserve.

Aydin Khosrowshahi

A close-up of some yellow daffodils. The former Huntertown residents cultivated these in backyard flower gardens but now they grow wild all over the site.

 

  • A wide shot of the site. As spring sets in, greenery is starting to return. There’s a subdivision behind the site, and people frequently use it as a 4-wheeler trail. As we were touring the site, someone rode up, but turned back when they saw us.

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  • Another wide shot of the site. The Riney B Railroad used to run along the road in the photo, but it was dismantled. There used to be businesses and houses to the left of the railroad.

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  • A view of the road that goes through the Huntertown site. Behind it is Huntertown Road, which was often informally referred to as ‘crawdad run’ due to the frequent flooding in the area.

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  • A tree with massive vine growth on it that was cut out. The site has a lot of invasive species like winter creeper and honeysuckle to contend with.

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  • A close-up of one of the bricks used in a porch, with a piece of broken glass in the background. Littering and dumping around the site has been a problem, discarded tires, 2- liter bottles, and plastic bags are, unfortunately, all too common. 

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  • A section of an old porch. The brick from the previous photo came from the remains of this porch.

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