ETHEL

NAME: Ethel
COUNTY: Lake
ROADS: 2WD
GRID: 3
CLIMATE: Summer is too hot
BEST TIME TO VISIT: Winter
COMMENTS: On state road highway 46 between mount plymouth and sanford, entrance is in rock springs run reserve state park. Horse barn can be seen from highway 46.
REMAINS: Some gravestones, outline of main street, only building remaining is a horse stable used for a park concession.
From what i've heard, this was an african-american community uprooted at the same time as the rosewood massacre. Submitted by: Stephen burton


Railroad Grade leading into Ethel
Courtesy Mike Woodfin


Ethel road and the Horse Barn
Courtesy Jim Pike


Gravestone in Ethel of Luke H. Moore
Courtesy Mike Woodfin


Gravestone of Joseph Boyd
Courtesy Mike Woodfin


Gravestone of Parents Wiliam and Charlotte Moore
Courtesy Mike Woodfin

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