TO MY CHILDREN

EWART, LA VERNE, AND LOIS

WHO HAVE EVER BEEN MY

INSPIRING AUDIENCE

KENTUCKY
FROM ITS SETTLEMENT
TO THE CIVIL WAR

STORIES OF

OLD KENTUCKY

BY

MARTHA GRASSHAM PURCELL

AUTHOR OF "SETTLEMENTS AND CESSIONS OF LOUISIANA"

MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION
PADUCAH, KENTUCKY

AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY
NEW YORK      CINCINNATI      CHICAGO

Copyright, 1915, by

MARTHA GRASSHAM PURCELL.

Copyright, 1915, in Great Britain.

STORIES OF OLD KENTUCKY.
E.P.

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PREFACE

To be easily assimilated, our mental food, like ourphysical food, should be carefully chosen and attractivelyserved.

The history of the "Dark and Bloody Ground"teems with adventure and patriotism. Its pages arefilled with the great achievements, the heroic deeds,and the inspiring examples of the explorers, the settlers,and the founders of our state. In the belief thata knowledge of their struggles and conquests is foodthat is both instructive and inspiring, and with aknowledge that a text on history does not alwaysattract, the author sets before the youth of Kentuckythese stories of some of her great men.

This book is intended as both a supplementaryreader and a text, for, though in story form, the chaptersare arranged chronologically, and every fact recordedhas been verified.

Thanks are due to the many friends who havegranted access to papers of historical value, to manyothers who have assisted in making this book a reality,and especially to my husband, Dr. Clyde EdisonPurcell, for his valuable suggestions, careful criticisms,and untiring coöperation.

MARTHA GRASSHAM PURCELL.

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