The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1907-08-15
Cedar Grove

bears his name. The old mar
with gray hair and long white
beard, carrying a gun on hlt
sho. Ider, and leading a large
white dog, walks up and down the
cave every day. This fact was
verified last Sunday, when Messrs.
Kreig and Hillis, of Logan, were
entertaining the crowd with rope
and swing The old man and his
dog were seen entering the cave
from the west, he had flint lock
gun on his left shoulder and a
large white dog walked by his side.
he came up into the crowd, not 81
word did he speak to anyone, but
earnestly watched Mr.. Hills as he
was descending on rope to Cedar
Valley Greek, over 160 feet. He
gazed with eager interest at Mr..
Kreig while he was swinging
across Cedar Valley Creek, some
80 feet above the waters. The
old man then passed on east,
where the two Misses Dickens and
Messrs. Carpenter and Frampton
of Logan, were gathering ferns
| a nd m ha
about l5 or 20 minutes and
watched these young people deco.
rating themselves with spruce and
wild flowers, with which the cave
is infested. Now he passed on
north few rods where Messrs.
Lewis, Vern aud George ConkIe
and Herbert Lovesey were amusing
themselves by rolling rocks into
Cedar Greek some so feet below
Here the old man walked up To the
edge of the rocks and leaned over
so that he could watch the rocks
in their precipitation till they
struck the water below, He then
turned west again, and started
back the same direction he came,
only little farther north. He had |
trayeled on y 20 or % rods when
he came past where Mr.. Frank |
Lindsey and Miss Cora Linn were
seated on u rock engaged in pleas
ant conversation. The young lady
not knowing of the strange visitor
became frightened when she saw
the old man with gray hair and |
long white beard standing in front
of them, and tainted away, but by
administering opiates che was re-
vived, The old man looked at |
Miss lcel Davis with emile, who
was standing near about ready to
get scared and ruu away, aa if to
say, | did not come here to fright
en- anyone, especially young ladies,
he now Went to the base of the |
rock near by, and looked into
cavern that was supposed to be the
place wuere the old man and/ his
dog slept. This place was legibly
marked in English print. Near
this place there seems to be de.
preston IN the ground about two
feet below the elevation of the
cave. All eyes now seemed to be
fixed on the old man and his dog
to see where they would go next,
what was their surprise when the
old man and his dog, almost in the
twinkling of an eye, sank down
into the ground in the above
named depression. There is
tradition left for us that the old
man and his dog were exhumed,
and there was found in their
casket writing stating, that the
old man was trapper, that he
and twenty others had located on
Cedar Valley Creek in 1850, they
We're of English descent. The old
man chose the cave for his abode
while his companions liYed in tents
along Cedar Valley Their oceu-
patton was trapping and their furs
were gathered up at regular inter
walls by agents. Here they lived
Ia colonial times and they all be-
came rich. They also found
English coins and periodicals. that
We're printed about the time the
stamp act was passed Ii was al.
so stated that the old man died
and was buried by his companions
in the year 1878 and that his only
dog, that had been his companion
for years. Was placed alive in the
easkst bsside his master aud