The Friends of N.B.F. State Park gathered to dedicate new signs showing the original homeplaces of Happy Hollow in the Park. There are six small signs at the homesites going down Happy Hollow Road to the campground and lodge.
There is also one large sign with the families listed, and some pictures of the families and their homes. The main sign is at the James Pafford homeplace at the intersection of the park, leading up to the museum and Happy Hollow, joining the river road leading to Fossil Point. You can drive up to that sign and park by a picnic table to walk over and view it closer.
The homesites are the James Pafford site, Joe S. Goodman, Hawk Ethel & Goodman, Henry T. Browning, Willie & Cecile Warrick, Aticus & Marie Warrick and the David D. & Delpha Pafford homesite.
Clara Nell Morisette was raised on up from Happy Hollow on the Chestnut Hill Road just a little way, and she gathered the information on these families for the Friends of the Park to use in this project. Also, Bill Pafford is the grandson of James Pafford that was the first park manager.
For more information on these families and others that lived in these homes through the years, you can visit the museum.
