Richard Halliburton

Richard Halliburton Traveler-Author-Lecturer Born 1900-Lost at sea 1939 This tower is dedicated to memorialize his wonderful life of action, romance and courage. Erected by his parents Wesley and Nelle Nance Halliburton 1961-1962 In daring a modern Icarus He flew too near the sun. "I wanted freedom, freedom to indulge in whatever caprice struck my fancy. Freedom to search in the farthermost corners of the earth for the beautiful, the joyous and the romantic." The Royal Road to Romance

Submitted from the Shelby County Register's Office.