John Meara, 6-7-06 - After spending the morning cooped up in the library, as I had the previous two days, I decided to visit Parke County for an afternoon of covered bridge hunting. I took 47 West until U.S. 41 South to Rockville.

Once I hit Rockville, I veered off on Bridgeton Road and began my journey throughout the county. The first bridge I visited was Mecca Covered Bridge. Through the town of Mecca I could recognize signs of the past hidden in there clay pots used as structures to hold back piles of earth when creating the roads and ditches. These pots were probably from the old clay factory that operated in the very early days of Mecca. 

After the Mecca bridge I continued the loop to the nearby Zacke Cox Bridge, and Harry Evans Bridge. I continued on to see the Roseville, Nevins, Neet, McAllister’s, Crooks, and Beeson covered bridges. After 100 miles and nine covered bridges I decided that I had had a nice afternoon hiatus, and headed back towards Crawfordsville.  Hopefully, it will give me a nice enough break to endure two more days of work in the library before the weekend.