Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1919-11-08

hof people from all over the State,
but particularly from the adjacent
counties, gather there each Sunday.
Hundreds of those who wear bathing
suits do not 60 into the water
probably following the injunction
of the tabled old lady TO her daugh-
ter to suspend her clothing on a
hickory limb but steer clear of
dampening influence while thou
sands disport for hours, long time
in the soft waters Of the Kentucky
not seeming to give the least i'll eff
fects.
People come to BoonesboEough in
every sort of conveyance, and on
both sides of the river as far all
most as the eye can reach can be
seen on hot Sundays automobiles,
buggies, spring wagons, motorcycles,
and people afoot. -T
So, the war cry of the Indians has
given way before the fearless squall
of the frenzied fiivver; the signal
first which sometimes burned on the
top of the nearby hills are now dis
placed by automobiles headlights as
the cars turn and twist in the tortu-
Gus road one must follow if the bot
tom should be reached in safety.
Ferries are ever ready to trans
port as many as come across the
river to whichever side one may de-
sire to go, and the price is low. At
the top Of the slope which leads to
the water are bath houses, refresh
ment. stands, dancing pavilion with
an electric piano, and many other at
tributes of a life that is blase. Some
difference between these things and
the times when every time a pioneer
coughed he was likely to have tub
full of buckshot fired at him from an
unscalped warrior of the woods.
Collins History of Kentucky, pub
hshed in 1847, gives the following
story of Boonesborough from its in
ception up to that time.
"Boonesborough is small and
dilapidated village situated on the
western bank of the Kentucky river.
There is nothing in it's appearance
calculated to impress the beholder
But the name and the locality have
become classical. It was here that
Daniel Boone, the great pioneer, built
the first fort ever erected in Ken
lucky, and made commencement of a
permanent settlement; and il. was
here there was convened more, than
seventy years ago the first legislative
assembly of the great valley of the
West. This fort was built in 1775
having been commenced on the first
of April and completed on the four
teenth Of June. y.
at was situated adjacent to the
river, with one of the angles resting
on its banks near the water, and
extending from it in the form Of q
parallelogram. The length of the
fort, allowing twenty feet for each
cabin and opening must have been
about 200 feet, and the breadth $50
feet. In a few days after the work
was commenced, one of the men. was
killed by the Indians.
'sTherc is q black sulphur spring
highly impregnated with salt at
Bconesborough. This was a great
resort of buffalo, deer and other
animals when Kentucky was first
explored and noedoubt Boone was in
duced from this fact to select that
place for the location Of his fort.
I'm the, summer of t775, after the
completion /, of the fort at Boones-
borough, Daniel Boone returned to
Clinch River for his family He
he brought them to the new fort as
soon as the journey could be per-
formed, and Mrs. Boone and her
daughters were the first white women
who ever stood. upon the banks of
the Kentucky River. They were soon
reinforced by the arrival Of three
more families at the head Of which
were Mrs. McGary, Mrs. Hogan and
Mrs. Benton.
Boonesborough soon became the
central object Of Indian hostifities.
On December "a, 1775, the garrison
was suddenly attacked by a party
of Indians and one of the number
killed.
"On July Z, 1776, much more
alarming incident occurred. A
daughter of Daniel Boone, in COM
pany with Miss Betsy and Miss
Frances Galloway, the first and last
named about thirteen years of age,
the other grown, while amusing
themselves in canoe were captured
by party of Indians in sight of