Saul Pattern and the Wolfpen settlement century tale
In 1785 Saul Pattern moved from Virginia into Kentucky's Big Sandy valley to claim land from Shawnee threats. By 1796 he returned with family to build a cabin and prosper, later expanding as settlers arrived. A century later Cynthia Pattern observes the transformed valley as steam replaces water power and memories mingle with change.
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Saul Pattern
Virginia
Big Sandy Valley
Kentucky
Barton
Saul
Inglans
Cynthia Pattern
Republic
Sparrel
Jesse
Jasper
Abral
Cynthia
Sparrell
Julia
Home on Wolfpen Rest as Sparrel Sees Life’s Course
Sparrel Patten reflects on his family and the new mill completion at Wolfpen. He envisions his sons growing into their roles, the land improving, and Cynthia maturing through home life and possible schooling, while Julia urges a winter at Pikeville Institute for her daughter.
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Cynthia
Julia
Daddy
Jesse
Jasper
Abram
Sparrel
Wolfpen
Saul
Jane Burden
Tivis
Marebone
Virginia
Pikeville Institute
Wooton
Rachel Sa
Cranesnest Mountain
Redbud
A Wolfpen Homefront Dream of Change and Growth
Cynthia toils in the loom room as memory and future clash with the rhythm of planting. Jesse wonders if life on Wolfpen hollow can offer more than repetition, dreaming of a town profession while the family keeps the farm steady.
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Lfe
Wolfpen
Cynthia
Tivis
Wood-Lot
Mother's
Daddy
STAR DUST Movie Radio Tidbits On Silent Stars And New Fame
The STAR DUST column reflects on Thomas Meighan’s death and the enduring impact of silent film legends like The Miracle Man cast, Lon Chaney, Betty Compson, and Charles Laughton. It notes Kid-era stars rising after The Private Life of Henry the VIII and tracks career moves of Jean Parker, Joe Penner, Patsy Lee Parsons, and Shirley Temple. It also covers Frankly funny shifts in radio success, sample gossip about Fred Astaire Nelson Eddy Mady Christians signing and re issues, plus Oscar era notes on Joan Crawford, Connie Bennett and others in Hollywood.
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Thomas Meighan
Lon Chaney
Betty Compson
Joan Crawford
Joan
Fred Astaire
Nelson Eddy
Automobiles Eliminate Distance but Not Human Nature
A pleasure-seeking group aboard a motor car sets out 300 miles for a noonday luncheon but discord erupts over speed and direction. Estelle, Poindexter, and Miss Peevy clash with the Gibble family, ending in a police stop, a hotel quarrel, and a moral: cars cannot cure human nature.
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NCE
Indianapolis Speedway
Henry Gibble
Estelle
Leonora Peevy
Mrs. Gibble
Gibbles
Bald Rock
Mr. Poindexter
Trans-Siberian Railway
Konchuck
Vladivostrovitch
Gibble
Bald Mountain
Lake Wahaha
Miss Peevy
Silent Night At Wolfpen Household Ends In Slumber
In the quiet night at Wolfpen the household fell asleep as one, their separate bodies united in a shared sleep before the late moon could pass through the window.
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Wolfpen
Queen Esther Montour and the Wyoming Massacre
Queen Esther Montour, a prominent Indian chief tainess linked to Count de Fron tenac, wife of Senecca chief Eghobund, wielded influence among her people. She visited Philadelphia with Six Nations delegates and, despite some good traits, she is blamed for taking revenge in the Wyoming massacre of July 1778, where she allegedly tomahawked over a dozen prisoners after her son's death.
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Esther Montour
Esther
Count de Frontenac
Eghobund
Philadelphia
Six Nations
Wyoming
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Pafferns
Wolf Pen
Reyes
Harlan Hatcher
Chapter
T Am
Mike
Scioto
Rachel
Wolfpen Hollows
Dad
Granddad
Virginia Vale
Henry the Eighth
Charles Laughton
Laughton
Robert Donat Merle Oberon
Wendy Barrie
Binnie Barnes
Hollywood
Jean Parker
Texas
Texas Ranger
Mammoth Lake
Mountains
King of the Royal Mounted
Honolulu
Joe Penner
Patsy Lee Parsons
Shirley Temple
Shirley
Samuel Goldwyn
California
Frederika
Mady Christians
Richard Arlen
Vancouver
Joe E. Brown
Peoria
Ill
Ed Wynn
Rubinoff
Eddie Cantor
Constance Bennett
Simone Simon
Loretta Young
Janet Gaynor
Western Newspaper Union
Bell
George Ade
WNU
Ransom and
Wems
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