Posted: Saturday, November 6, 2010 6:57 pm

Peggy Blackburn Managing Editor | 0 comments

Charter buses, cars, vans and school buses lined up to enter Fort Toulouse/ Jackson Park over the past few days -- disgorging crowds of school children ripe to learn history through living vignettes.

The Hotel Talisi burned to the ground in a highly publicized case of arson not long ago. City leaders in Tallassee have vowed to rebuild the beautiful old piece of our state history, which was one of the last remaining old-fashioned "downtown" hotels in an Alabama small town. The hotel, which was a favorite among Auburn fans who were visiting for football games, was known for its restaurant's legendary fried chicken -- and for a slew of stories about unexplained sightings, songs played on a ghostly piano, doors opening and closing, and a sense of dread and forboding in certain parts of the building. 

Before the fire, Shawn Sellers, a Montgomery sensitive and founder of Southern Paranormal Researchers, conducted an investigation into the allegations of the supernatural happenings.