Dr. Leland F. Zatopek took this photograph at the intersection of Jackson Street with Live Oak and Eblin streets in La Grange in 1978 before Beef Head Ditch was covered. Photo Courtesy of Fayette Heritage Museum &Archives, La Grange
A Historical Column From The Fayette County Historical Commission
“Go out and play … but just stay away from that ditch.” These were the orders from Charlene’s mother. Good advice, but what red-blooded explorer could resist the wilds of the upper Beef Head Ditch. It was 1955. I was 8. Sometimes I would walk to my cousin Charlene’s house on Pearl Street after school. In the area near the Randolph Sc…
