Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1919-06-04
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BOOK OF MEMORY
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Tho Horseshoe Bend

Tho Horseshoe Bend
OF Chauga derived its name from the
famous Horseshoe Robinson: He re-
sided there in the long ago, and was
perhaps the videt pioneer Of West
ern South Carolina. He was a great
Indian fighter. (Read Simms' History
Of Horseshoe Robinson and you will
get it completely
The Old Pnth-FinGcrs.
Now, kind reader. take pleasure
in giving you the names of some of
the old pat h-fndcrS, torch bearers.
good roads builders, Indian fighters,
home defenders, in the memorable
years of 1900 to 1900. These noble,
public-spirited, patriotic, old citizens
who we're none other than living,
moving encyclopa edias, were Nathan
iel Hull, James Hull. Jonathan Gilli-
son, Israel Gillison, Uncle John
Dowis Uncle Jack Abbott, Uncle
Buck Abbott, Capt. G.. w. Abbott,
Uncle Henry Mcdonald. All these
good, old-time patriots were born
some time in the 1900 period. A few
OF them I did not know, but their
old-time histories have often heard
repeated and handed down to this
day.
Uncle Than Hull by hard work
and economy, had saved some three
or four thousand dollars, which he
kept we'll hid. During the dark days
OF recons truction the Union colored
soldiers, with their white officers,
pounced down on Uncle Than Hull,
demanded his gold and silver, but
the old man, then 80 years Of age, did
not ante. They roped him around
the neck and hung him, and hung
him long time. but the old man
refused to tell - he never told
them or anybody elsewhere he did
his banking, in the ground. The
Yankees left the old man. They said
he was true blue, and they could do
nothing with him. He, like the old
men have mentioned above, were
the kind that blazed the trees and
laid out these first old highways Of
Pickens District.
| have given you, in my feeble way,
The outlines Of my early recollections
us to how the old stage roads we're
built. One more line as to our legis-
latOrS, as to our road supervisor,
as to our board Of road commits
sioners. Why do we not have now.
as in the days Of long ago, the good
old sign-post, mile post, hand-painted
finger beard, to direct and inform
the stranger what road to take, and
how many miles to such and such
place? When was fiftcen-yeur-
old boy helped to work these roads.
harc-fO0tcd, shirt sleeves, glad Of Il
chance TO be with the old slave ne
gr0eS and the white folks. we'll
remember that have walked up to
old Richland cross roads, and there
stood the handsome old white painted
signboard, with hand and pointing
finger. What did that mean to the
passing stranger? 1t read: How far
to Jarrett's Bridge? Answer, 1G
miles. How far to old West Union?
? miles. CTherc was no Walhalla
thcn.) On another white board, How
far to Pickens G.. H.? 13 miles. How
far to Knox's Bridge? q miles. Now,
Mr.. Legislator, Mr.. Road Supervisor,
just common, ordinary fool could
never get lost, If he could read let
ters and figures. say, kind editor.
how many travelling strangers are
forced to stop, to-day, go off the
great public highway, find some man
or womn, ask "What road must
take-how far Is it to such and such