The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1881-05-06

]
er are AL gone, and Murphy, Sharks
vandiveei and Asher Owslsy, have erected
on the lots four magnificent store houses
over three Of which the Town Opera Hal
Company have erected an Opera Hous'
hat would h. A ornamehi 10 any city
The ola Mates tavern "Sent the vay o.
all Inc earth" about four years ago, and
The heauiifpl hrick "a. Asaph Hotel nov
alorna that coFnsf, ID Somerset Street
once lie iitision lins between Ben and
John Loenas landi. Tho old brick hous'
Of eMolhrr cnle' y gone, and on tho
pot, and On each sids q u, neat and cory
cottage residences have been built. The
old mill on the branch, il gone, and poth'
inr rehain, 10 show that there had ever been
a mill there, The old log house opposite
Mother Craig'sn has been removed, and a
handsome brick dwellink adorns the lot,
and now owned BY her srandron, Jehn II.
Crais. The na-ssrd Of Martin A. stem
mou, when he ''soice Of sanbo, the
African, could b. heard 10 he long ago,
has gone. The old pottery estsblishmenl
Of Meek j. seen no more, aud the cards
and spindles Of Meeker's oarding machine
.r AiIl as the bone. o. ihoe who once
Piled them. The good oh woman 90 the
ssminary hill, aunt Aunt Betsy Briggs the
irice u Ben Logan and the great aunt Of
Robert 4. Lincoln, the present. Secretary
Of War. after long life Of pietY aud vir-
tue, passed awsy 10 her rich reward
There are incidents connected with some
1T the fsrms where our Old citizens once
lived. and where ther home now lie
buried. and ! propes, ia tbs article. 10
esll the readers attention TO one Of those
farm in particular. AL ,ieem tSc mater
II sufficient Importance 10 attract the alien-
iion ofthe pdliic. Around :, clussr many
hallowed recollectious OF the olden
time.. Hui, lsf1rc ! aasppt This the
reader vii bear with nc While | rrier 10
TIE scenes nod inoid'ils tarectd with
the mountain people, and romantic scenes
Of my native land. r., Ruacsycc. My
recent trip through that couotrY that
Italy Of Aaerica. vl,ich furnphssl sonrny
Of the early pioneer Of Kentucky
awakened hsv ne (eeiiug Of attachment
10 my native land, ADD bound me the
stronger 10 mJ ad,P,gi home, stAgiVrd'
and Lincoln county. Amid those noun
tains, ia those rich valleys and BY the
pure MYERS Of ilol-ton, Watauga and
Clinoh, those early PIONEERS spent heir
aisnhood ere they sought = home in Ken
lucky. ITue, logan lsrried fot awhile
akd Boone -pen, time before he entered
uIoa his trip aeross the. Cumberiand.
Here Shelby snd his brothers lived, and
ihelr venerable father, Evan shelby. and
HE associate, SEWER and Carter, OAmp-
bell and Ramsey, and Bhea and Sawyer
and Cooke and Hoeston. Ioei the Indians
and drove them from their hunting
grounds. ueU, he bones Of the PATROL
Evan shelby lie buried. Here at the
Sycamore shosls, .Matanga, Old Fields
was made the Treaty Of is75 with the
Cherokee ludian., conveying this Cine
county In Which We live q Henderson
Hart and other. the land lying be-
tween the Cumberland aud Kentucky
rivers. Here, in this beautiful mountain
home, lived and died Evan Shelby, the
hero Of Point Pleasant, Chickamauga and
Kanawha, and near BY the I'D fort vhsr'
ihe old Locust tree ssill stands, hi' bones
stIll ct; and the ehinanaPin Tree still
stands near waiaugA, under which SEWER
stood and gathered his brave men around
him Tor battle. Here those Revolutionary
heroe. and Indian fighters spent theil
youth and participated in the bloody
scsues Of Indian wariaW. AMI here man,
brave one. sacriheed their I've in bath
before they had homer II ireedoin to 6gh
for, q country TO love.
From ihisland Washington District
then he Slate of Fnnkland-now Eas
Tennessee. came many emigran,s ate
this treaty with the Indians and s"aght
home Mestof The nionnlair In Kenthck
and Middle Tennessee, and builtlorts an
stations which served a. a nucleus aroun
Whieh these emigrants gathered-lisrrodl
Logan'-, BONES Whitley Station, Car
penter',, Montgomery and olhersi an
Que nsar where Nashville nov stand.
u AN seKuf,bro eksr wr&Klii -