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  • From: VAN DELL JORDAN <vdjor AT yahoo.com>
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] interesting discovery
  • Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 11:29:46 -0700 (PDT)

Toni,
Sounds like you have some great history there.
Maybe if we ever had a get together we could do it
there and do some archeology too. since you have the
"home place" available, (the original farmstead on
mine has been split off from the land) And since you
have those caves there might be lots of stuff to find.
Also, I am part of a nationwide genealogy group. Some
of the members in your area might be interested in
checking out the cemetery.
Van Dell


--- tonitime AT juno.com wrote:

> I love finding such tools,goodies, and signs of the
> folk long gone from
> this land! How neat to find that scraper!
> We live on a very old farmstead, that had been in
> the works 125 years
> ago. Daffodils are naturalized all over a field
> where the old stead's
> home stood. I've not even exccavated that area for
> any treasures yet! We
> are in a very remote spot, by deep woods and the
> Red River Gorge. Once
> upon a time, this land around the gorge was cleared
> and had corn and
> wheat growing on it. Our home is about 25 year old,
> built from trees
> here. Before the bigger part of the place was
> constructed, our friends
> disassembled an old pig barn that was made of
> hand-hewn timbers from the
> old days. They built this into a small, 2-story log
> cabin, chinked and
> made well, to live in while they built the attached
> home connected by a
> mudroom. I love it, and hope to tighten the cabin
> up for all the people
> that enjoy coming out to this serene spot. I've
> developed alot of garden
> areas since we got here, and found so many
> archaeological finds: a KY
> Wheel hoe ( sans handles), bell clapper (Big!), tons
> of horshoes and
> square headed nails, hinges of all kinds, a hay bale
> hook......and a
> bunch of unknown stuff. Found a good arrowhead, too
> - and hope for more.
> The gorge has caves way up in the sides here and
> there, with ancient
> natives having dwelled there. This whole area is so
> "old". We've a
> neglected cemetary up on the hill. I thought it
> contained maybe 15
> people's remains, but one year, i took it on to
> clear the second-growth
> pines away from a few tombstones, and found unmarked
> headstones for
> around 45 people. Those that are marked, show the
> flu pandemic that hit
> everyone in those hard days. It wiped out alot of
> families. There are
> alot of old treasures to be found underground here.
>
> Enough rambling, but time to go do some serious
> weed-wacking with my
> Mother's Day bullhorn...bless the family!
> Good day over your ways,
> Toni in KY.
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