Hog Hunting, Bar B Q and the City of Callahan.

[Metro Jacksonville]

Hog Hunting, Bar B Q and the City of Callahan.



Metro Jacksonville takes a look at the City of Callahan, one of the semi rural bedroom cities to the north of Jacksonville Proper.

Callahan is experiencing growth and sprawl and is making the DNA decisions which will determine the future development of the area.

Located in Nassau County, it is one of the areas which looks to the metropolitan authorities of Jacksonville steward its place as part of the regional outlook which is guiding this part of the state.

Full Article
http://www.metrojacksonville.com/article/2009-jul-hog-hunting-bar-b-q-and-the-city-of-callahan

[callahan4life]

Good story.  However, the teen hall, Link is not sponsored by First Baptist Church of Callahan it is sponsored by Crossroads which is located two doors down from the building. The reason most can't name the mayor is that most can't vote in the election. The official town of Callahan is only 1 mile by 1 mile in size, so most of the people live outside of this boundary. I have also noticed a trend that more and more of us are gravitating towards Yulee for our retail shopping, as the crime rate doesn't appear as heavy as it is in Jax. Even the local Chamber recently had a promotion of encouraging us to keep our dollars in Nassau County. I am glad you got to spend a day with us and hope you come back, perhaps during one of our many community events like our Northeast Fair, Blueberry Festival, Railroad Days, Rodeo, Christmas Parade, Homecoming, or just a day at the Chicken House for some good food and sweet tea! 

[Traveller]

What exactly is the drunken frat boy sport of "hogging"?

[adamh0903]

Should have stopped in the hardware store and said Hi

<---------this was taken from the stage of FBC Callahan

[Hurricane]

Thank God that I never won when my friends went out hogging.  Some of them bagged a couple of blue ribbons back in the day. 

Traveller - if you don't know what hogging is, it is probably best not to know... 

[adamh0903]

Railroad Days is a weekend festival that celebrates the rail history of Callahan. Its held at the Depot usually in the spring.

[KenFSU]

"There is a local newspaper.  The cover story discusses a recent "European Visit to the Local Library."  (an exchange student showed up at the library and was duly immortalized in Callahan print)."

Loved this tidbit.

I really enjoyed this article a lot. It was something a little different than I usually see at MJ, written almost like an old Charles Dickens travel journal.

Fantastic work, as always!

[cracklow]

I loved this line:
In Callahan, Barbeque is no respecter of persons, it brings sauce to the godly and the ungodly alike.

seemed rather poetic.

[callahan4life]

Stevendare, Be sure and check out Barbara Jean's for breakfast (located on the Northside of the street just before the second traffic light).  It is the unofficial Townhall during breakfast hours then as you have already discovered the unofficial Townhall moves to the Chicken House, from lunch time on. You definitely want to stop in at Ace Hardware, they have quite a history collection there and love to tell you all about the items they have on display.

[hooplady]

It only took a couple of sentences to know which of MJ's crackerjack staff penned this one.  Thanks Stephen!

[jbroadglide]

Great job MJ and Stephen. If memory serves me correctly that festival is actually called the Yulee Railroad Days Festival and just passed in May. But it also encompasses Yulee, Callahan, Baldwin, Starke, Waldo and all the way to Cedar Key. Every town has some sort of celebration/festival. Nothing like a small town festival.

[jbroadglide]

And as long as we are in Callahan, I remember reading a story last year sometime that the city council had voted for some dollars to build a railfan platform, similar to what they have in Folkston GA, along the A line where it splits and heads down to Baldwin. I think right where the old Gross cutoff came in would be an ideal spot. But I haven't heard much more about it.
BTW Stephen, if Folkston is not too far away, you might want to do a story sometime on the rail fan platform in Folkston. Its been featured on CBS, USA Today, Ga Public TV and a host of other places. I'll be glad to talk to you more about it.

[JaxNative68]

Ahhhh, the days of four wheel drives and kegs of beer at the Regency dunes, what fun and totally irresponsible days those were.

[urbanlibertarian]

My maternal grandmother grew up in Baker county.  She told us that in her late teens (early 1920's) they would go to Callahan to barn dances.  She probably got there in a horse drawn four wheeler.

[mtraininjax]

Us boys on the southsided did not have to go to Regency for fun, we stayed in the Southside dunes that were on either side of JTB.