First superintendent of the parkthe park, Fall of 19711971
Watson Mill Bridge State Park的点评
点评:I was the first superintendent of this park back in the early 1970s. I was only there for a few months before returning to State Park Headquarters in Atlanta. At that point, I was promoted to the position as the first chief naturalist of Georgia State Parks, covering the entire state. Wonderful memories of the place and the visitors who came to see that magnificent 320-foot-long covered bridge, and the remains of an old grist mill on the west bank of the South Fork Broad River. The bridge was constructed in 1885 and the mill in Cir. 1798. The only facilities I had when I was there was the superintendent's residence with a connecting office and a shed with a tractor in it. Wonderful experience and its is hard for me to believe the facilities and activities in that park today. Allen R. Coggins, now residing in Blount County, Tennessee in the shadow of the Great Smoky Mountain, my original home.
翻译:20世纪70年代初,我担任了这个公园的第一任管理员。我在那里只待了几个月,随后便返回了位于亚特兰大的州立公园总部。之后,我被提拔为佐治亚州立公园系统的首位首席自然学家,负责整个州的公园管理工作。那段时光留下了许多美好的回忆——那些前来观赏那座长达320英尺的拱形桥,以及南福克布罗德河西岸古老磨坊遗迹的游客们。这座桥建于1885年,而磨坊则建于约1798年。我在那里时,仅有的设施就是管理员的住宅、一座相连的办公室,以及一个停放着拖拉机的棚屋。那是一次美妙的体验;如今那个公园里的设施与活动情况,实在让我难以置信。艾伦·R·科金斯现居住在田纳西州布朗特县,就在大雾山脚下,那里也是我的故乡。