When My husband and I started thinking of purchasing a home, we were trying to decide what some important, key features would be. We are very in to being more self sufficient and wanted some acreages, running water and trees. We wanted to be able to hunt and fish, play outside, run and be loud. Nothing too close to any roads or neighbors.
When we finally got serious about looking, we had our agent email us listings to view so we could choose the places that were worth driving up to see. We were in Grove Oklahoma at the time, and had to drive around three hours to get up here to see them.
I'll never forget the day we first drove out to look at the place. It was a cold, drab day in early spring. We were all bundled up in our scarves and coats. It seemed that we had been in the car forever! I recall driving down Hwy 60 East, and spotting a milk dairy with the words "milk in glass bottles" painted on it's roof. I thought the idea of fresh milk and cream in the glass bottles was so neat, I could not wait to go in and check it out. As we made the turn on to Z Hwy we could see the Bryers peach orchard sign. The thought of making fresh cobblers and jams from local growers was very exciting to us.
The highway twisted and turned in every direction before we reached the driveway. As we pulled in, it started to snow and the first thing I noticed was a tree lined drive with the most beautiful, white blossom plum trees. They almost glowed against the gray backdrop of the sky. At least twenty of them. You could not see the house from the road, but we passed a small pond right off the side of the drive, and then our view opened up to a large, well manicured lawn with lots of mature trees, and in the clearing was our house.
The brown ranch style house itself was not magnificent by any means, but it had plenty of room and is sturdy built. Everyone would have their own room and not have to fight over bathroom time. The kids could play outside without us worrying about someone nabbing them from the yard, or hitting them with their car. Now we worry about them sneaking down to the fish infested Finley River, which boarders two sides of our property. The river actually separates our land from the property my parents just purchased.
Since the time of purchase, we have been the host to many birthday parties, Easter egg hunts, and bottle rocket wars. We love having the space to entertain and create a fun environment for gatherings.
Many people in our community have been inside our home before it was technically ours. We actually purchased it from our neighbors the Wrights. They have the farm right next to us. Most of the land out here belonged to Mr.Wrights grandparents. Everyone in our circle of friends say we" live in the old Kingsberry place". We just tell people our home is down Olga Rd, on the Finley River.
The Finley River, a tributary of the James River, gets its start in the high land around Cedar Gap. Its headwaters are about 3.5 miles west of the headwaters of Bryant Creek. It flows east to west for a distance of 52.8 miles. Though it starts in Webster County, 48 miles of its length are in Christian County. The final 3 miles are in the northeast corner of Stone County. Only the last 19 miles are floatable in high or medium-high water. http://ozarksfishin.wordpress.com/rivers/finley-river/
The Finley River also has a waterfall.
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