The record., 1911-03-09

with the scramble through briars
and over rocks, will be more than
repaid for his trouble when he
stands on the summit Of Cisuey
mountain and views the varied
landscape.
Tradition says that the mountain
was the burying ground of the In
dians, and some people think they
had treasures buried there, also. A
story is told Of two laboring men
who went in search OF the hidden
treasures of the Indians After 4
morning speut on The mountain in
the search, they returned, but did
not work any more. Whether they
found the treasure, thereby securing
wealth enough to maintain them
selves without work, or had uhit il
lucky" elsewhere, is not definitely
known. BE that as it may the noun
tain bears evidence that il has been
inhabited by the Indians; numerous
arrows have been found there, and
an Indian pipe was picked up by
some boys, on an exploring trip
several years ago. But whether the
red men met there To smoke the
pipe of peace, or TO make the final
preparations for the entrance Of
their dead into the Etefnal Hunting
Grounds, will probably never be
known.
Harvey Snodgrass was among the
settlers who came, in the period be-
tween 1870 90. He married a Miss
Rachel Price in Virginia, and came
to this county shortly afterwards.
lie bought the Reno brick house,
mentioned in Part | of this sketch,
and lived there until his death. The
hill in front of the house has long
been known as the Snodgrass hill.
-Four daughters of this union still
survive, and many descendants.
One of the largest plantations at
this time was that of Bnckston Har-
ris. lie came from Tennessee to
Christian county in 1913. \ few
years later he came to Muhlenberg
and purchased 200 acres of land
from one Mr.. Luckett. There were
fifteen cabins on the plantation
- .sfeTtefed ~ fi50fTy UT-TTry
negroes, some of whom were given
to his wife, Sarah Bradley, by her
parents before she left with her hus-
band for Kentucky. MIR. Harris
was great prohibitionist and went
to congress on that ticket. He was
afterwards defeated. Eleven chill
dren were bern to this union, all
of whom are dead except 5. b. Har-
ris of Central City, and II. IL. Har-
ris of Kansas City, Mo. The ole
home of the Harris's burned long
ago, but Clayton and Clyde Waters,
whose mother was a daughter oil
Buckston Harris, now own the es.
tate. They have built new homes,
also a store, there. Some of the
neighbors of Mr. Harris in Tennes-
see hearing of his success in Ken.
lucky, resolved to try their fortune.
in the new territory, so in February,
1860, a party of fifteen, consisting
of John Bransford, wife and FIVE
children; John Day and wife; Barton
Weatherford, wife and four children,
started. As there were no railroad.
in this country, they came through
in wagons, bringing a small amount
of their household goods. They
stopped on the road to do theii
cooking; many interesting incidents
happened on their journey, which
was a pleasant one to nearly all the
members. But some of the party
who had left good farms were very
much disappointed in Kentucky and
longed for the hills Of Tennessee.
John Bransford was the first to die.
His wife, saddened by the loss OF
her husband, never became recon.
ciled 10 her new surroundings. She
was a well read woman of a poetic
temperament, and as the deeper
emotions often find expression in
the form OF poetry, the pent-up long
ings OF her soul burst forth in this
strain.
On. Give me back MY native hills
Rough. rugged, though they bc,
NJ other land, no other cline
l. half ~ dear to me.
In few years She joined her hus
baud in that land of Spirits where No
homesicll longings are known. or the
five children only one survives, Mrs.
". Z, Oldham, who still owns part of
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