Spencers Alley and What I Found There
Rocky Bottom is a small mountain community nestled in northern Pickens County. I've passed through here many times over the years, and I've wanted to stop to take a few photos, but I've never done so until now. I wanted to try and reach a waterfall on Rocky Bottom Creek, and this was the perfect opportunity to explore a few features in Rocky Bottom I've had on my list for some time now. I parked at Rocky Bottom Independent Baptist Church. As the sign shows, the church was established in 1941. Then I walked by the side of U.S. 178 down to an old country store, the old Rocky Bottom Store. The Pickens County Library's Flickr account has this old photo of the store when it was in business: Then I moved my car down to a small parking area off U.S. 178, as far off the road as I safely could, then walked down to Spencers Alley. A few private homes are off this road... I walked down a gravel road to check out one house in particular located whe...