February 2014
Shy’s Hill Trail Rebuilt for Sesquicentennial
In February, 2014, BONT Board member Parke Brown and his professional landscaping crew from The Parke Company, Inc. (http://www.theparkecompany.com/) rebuilt the winding trail up the East slope and gave the summit a facelift with weedeaters and chain saws.
The result: Shy’s Hill and its topside memorial plaza look like a well-manicured state park, just in time for the commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the battle on the hill on December 16, 1864.
“It’s a good time to experience the uphill walk and contemplate the sacrifices made during battle,” Parke said. His crew spent 100 man hours in February, 2014, installing the 150 8-foot beams which are laid out end-to-end to line the winding three-foot-wide trail. Each beam was drilled and then anchored into the hillside with three 24-inch iron rebar rods. The trail surface was then filled with 12 cubic yard of hardwood mulch.
In all, the project resulted in the installation of 1,200 linear feet of 4×4 beams (purchased and delivered up the hill by Board member Sidney McAlister, Parke noted) and 420 pieces of rebar.
