Travel on the Gravel

A few weeks ago we had business in Ellendale and, with motels there filled by construction crews, we made a good choice as to a nearby place to stay. We booked a room at the Carroll House, in the little town of Fullerton. This old hotel is beautifully restored by a local group, the Fullerton Community Betterment Association. And besides that, just up the street is the Ranch House, which is a great destination steakhouse. Quiet, comfortable, prairie town hospitality at its best.


From Fullerton we drove over to Ellendale to do some survey work, attend the St. Helena's Fall Dinner, and also see a community theater production at the opera house. For the fall dinner follow the links for fall suppers at the Center for Heritage Renewal. Video of the Carroll House and the Ranch house is posted on YouTube at Plains Folk Video. Material about the production at the Ellendale Opera House is soon to be posted at the Center for Heritage Renewal. Our stay in Fullerton is the subject, too, of a forthcoming Plains Folk column.