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Hitching Post History Revealed by Carmichael
Traveller, a rare horse-head hitching post fashioned
of wrought iron, has been put out to pas?ture! seee The location - 520 Highland Drive, home of ^^ujJWWQIl =??r ?Pilet. Formerly $his post graced the business establishment of
Carmichael Heal Estate Company located on Main Street
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in Bay St. Louis. Originally the post was given to	(
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Mrs. Homer 3./Carmichael and occasionally came in
very handy when a customer on horse back tethered his
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Vice President of Hancock Bank/) Bozo, a shof?t haired African lion dog with expressive amber eyes .and also
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owned by the Carmichaels, was-very fond of "Hiss Ruth",	J
from the bank	_	ty	,
excorting her/to her home after working hours. The two ty
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would pause briefly by the hitching post where the	-,y
horses" head received an attentive pat.5 Miss Ruth
called the horse "Traveller" as a salute to General
Robert S. Lee's.famous civil war horse, (Both General
Lee and his horse, Traveller, were widely known for
their display of dignity and calm ? eVen in times of great
stress. So Traveller, the iron horse, was well namedl
X&CGOt&XX 'When the Carmichael Real Estate MXXiOMg at 1^6 Main Street Cottage was sold to Stewart and Williams, attorneys-at-law,
hitching post Traveller was removed by Lucien Carmichael
and stored 80GCXX awaiting a decision as to the proper
location	it?s	permanent	resting	place.