Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-10-01
Threatened Localities In Eastern Ken
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Garrard County, KY, in which is Camp
Dick Robinson, is in the middle section of
the State, and lies on the east side of Dicks
River; bounded on the north by the Ken
lucky River, which separates it from Jessa
mine; east by Madison, south by Lincoln,
and west by Boyle and Mercer. The towns
Of the county are Lancaster, Bryantsyille,
Tetersville and Fitchport. Lancaster, the
seat of justice, is situated one and half
miles from Dicks River, and is about fifty
miles from Frankfort. Bryantsville and
! Fitchport are villages on the Lexington
| Turnpike-road, nine and twelve miles west
of north from Lancaster. Tetersville is six
miles north east from Lancaster.
Madison County is large county immedi-
ately east of GarraId. Its principal streams
are Downing, Muddy, Silver, Tate and Otter
| Creeks, all named by Daniel Boone, and
| flowing into the Kentucky River. Richmond
is the county seat Of Madison. This is the
place of residence of Oassius NJ. Clay. Near
it in early days Irvine's Station, in l779.
Boonesborough, now dilspidsted, was the
point on Kentucky River where Daniel
Boone, in l775, built the pioneer fort and
commenced the permanent settlement Of the
State of Kentucky.
Here was held the first legislative assembly
of the great valley Of the West.
Rockcastle County adjoins Garrard County,
and is on the direct route to Cumberland
Gap. Mount Vernon, its Capital, being thir-
teen miles from Grab Orchard, seventy from
Frankfort, and seventy-eight miles TO Cam
berlapd Gap. The north eastern and south cas-
tern parts of the county are broken and billy,
but interspersed with numerous creeks and
branches, along which there are some fine,
rich bottom lands.
There is a spur Of the mountain, usually
termed "Big Hill" eight miles northeast Of
| Mount Vernon; in it is the "Big CaVe"-yery
roomy-in which saltpeter has been made.
Lincoln County adjoins Garrard and Rock
castle Counties on the west, and is one of the
three original counties organized in the Dis
trict of Kentucky by Virginia.
Stanford, the county seat formerly Fort
Logan, is ffty-one miles from Frankfort
Crab Orchard is on the old Boone trace to
Cumberland Gap. The Knob Licks, in this
county, are Of interest.
Laurel County is bounded on the east by
Rockcastle River, which separates it from
Rockcsstle County. London, the Capital, is
one hundred and two miles from Frankfort
A mountain ridge divides this county on the
east from Knox and Whiteley.
Laurel and Rockcastle Rivers both enter
the Cumberland River in Whiteley County.
Clay County is on the south fork of the
Kentucky River, east Of Laurel and north of
Knox. The face of the country is hilly and
mountainous. Manchester, the Capital, is on
| Goose Creek.
Knox County lies on both sides of the
| Cumberland River, bounded on the north by
Laurel and Clay south by the Tennessee line
and west by Whitley.
The Pine Mountain, a spur OF the Gres
Cumberland, skirts this county on the south
east. Through this the Cumberland Rive
seems to have forced its way, the cliffs OF
either side rising to the hight of thirteel
hundred feet.
Whitley County-Two spurs of the Cum
corner TO a short distance of williamsburg
on the Cumberland River, which is abou
one hundred miles from Frankfort.