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I CORRECTOR Mlf TA/ k/tutrr m' t»f fuscf .itarMr Iru Ora ham, writing atmtn the(iirtious historic,*I mmj fur*- k n - a n a iKuehn - mill, m*ys • m go*n\i\ • it \ lt;tlt; I nlt; i ?u •. w a « fi uicdcd h i i,' • ! f a lt;' irar , h, d« 4» d t hrj» *M y l?*V if fid if ) i»uwish t1 hrii^jf the man* r down h* a fineI»o|nt. make the drue December 2 of thatyear Hut you see a year of two in thelife- of h big city d oesn t make much differt in * Mr fjrnhant think* that Mr Ragsdale vivfi the mill to* great in *g»-, datInn It away bark to a lime when no white tint! ■ xistfd within tin pouthenstrrn sc*I ion of t he North western Territory, a time when tin* noble red man roamed nln hul I vlt;* forests n lt;tin* dost cd l the tail*' fac* p Iiui Mr lira harn should rcmrmlM'r that tin hint or In tie tel! up that previous to lit*' present rue** of Indian* there rallied a civilised rnro which nren thorough h skilled In ti)l the nrtn findjmrtIrularU In tin art of building mill* There Ip env lt;!her fact coruuo i*-d with this famous rHh of a past generation that should le known and that is this Ip the (dentinal mill (hn Mrt\illum had in his mind when he wrote hb (,©lebr»i t **d poem ’Tin1 IN snr Mill It is •♦tilled upon reliable authorlfy that tin general made a pilgrimage to this relic of antiquity, and thfre, seated on a log in the dim twilight of a June evening, h© penned the Immortal linesThe mill will noer grind sgaln w|lh water that is | mi itJOHN MitOWN Cincinnati, July 1lt;». wlh tkt Kditw qf tkt Ttme+Aar Respecting the time of tht construction of Kdiehn a mill It is a well known fact that Kentucky was sealed inn* before Ohio The mill In question Is In eight of the hills of Kentucky. In my slnry of the mill Is mrntlondd that It was built bv on© Findley History fells us that In Kf? John Findley came to Northern Kentucky on u trading expedition It also says In 17# Daniel Boone first visited Kentucky and was accompanied by John Findley and others The party built a rude hut to pro-tect thems^Jves from the storms, and remained two years, traversing laths meaa-tlme, the northern and middle regions with great attention (Aliena History of Kentucky, pace ta.) Kentucky and lt;hlo were at Ihst time Included In the North-west Territory, and It la not at alt Improbable that Findley, either at this time of at a later date, built Kuehn’o mill. History gave that moat of Boone s party were killed tnjthese two years, but It does not aay that flndley was am bar. T. E.smr
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Cincinnati Times Star
Cincinnati, Ohio, US
Tue, Jul 11, 1899
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