Page 70 - John Anderson

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I recently visited the (Old) Lost Causeway in mid-March, 2011, with
local fisherman, author, and historian Dan Smith, and felt it was my
duty to share a few current photos taken during our excursion into the
past, as John Anderson did through his writings back in the late
1870s.

On a personal note, I find it very humbling to walk in the footsteps of
our ancestors, early explorers and the very people who were inspired
to settle this vast country of ours. While researching history, using all
the modern tools of the trade like instant internet access to books,
articles, personal letters, maps and even artifacts, it is certainly a
treasured experience when one actually stands for a moment in time,
stripped of all modern conveniences, and observes what it was really
like back then.
For a few moments, all thoughts centered around the visualization of
John Anderson and Charles Bostrom first setting foot on this narrow
strip of land, no more than 12-feet wide at its widest point; hearing
the calling of indigenous birds, the hum of ever-present marshland
insects, and the wonderment of how this causeway served the needs
of early plantation owners. A rustling of the dry palm fronds overhead,
stirred by the gentle and welcomed March breeze, brought reality
instantly to mind as thoughts turned to the possibility of the rustling

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