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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1936
Page
2
In 1780s to 1790s Saul Pattern scouts the Cumberland barrier into the Big Sandy valley. He selects Wolfpen and Gannon Creek bottoms for a homestead, names a sublime vista at Pinnacle, and survives an attack that nearly costs his son Barton his life before returning to Virginia in 1796 to establish home with his family.
The narrative recalls a man who received a Virginia patent for four thousand acres in 1790 and settled after returning to plant corn and beans. He built a great room near the old cabin and became the first settler on Gannon creek. Across the Big Sandy valley, strong settlers arrived to claim flat pockets and hollows, creating a unique moment in frontier history. Great God, what a place for a man to live in.
In 1885 Cynthia Pattern observes the fourth and fifth generations of Pattern families on Wolfpen Bottoms Kentucky as a steam mill replaces the old water wheel. She imagines her grandfathers and father Sparrel guiding a changing valley while new arrivals settle the land and growth accelerates beyond the ancestral way of life. The scene links family lineage, evolving technology, and the enduring landscape, ending with a teaser about a steam mill being built.
FICUS HOMW offers practical advice on pruning dead blossoms trimming garden plants and watering during hot dry periods. It also covers stain removal with lemon juice and salt drying clothes in sun and moth prevention in furniture tufts. Additional tips include refreshing vegetables with lemon water lighting birthday candles and soaking potatoes before frying.
A reflective saying on work and reward. It contrasts sowing by some with reaping by others, attributed to Max Müller.
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