Dear Linda and List Members: Dear group members Linda asked that emails be shared with the group with the idea that others may have answers to the questions. The following is email between Kate and myself about Masquelet's Place. If this causes a problem Linda let us know and we can keep it off the list. >Reply-To: "kateb" <[email protected]> >From: "kateb" <[email protected]> >To: "Kevin E. Perkins" <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: Masquelet's Place >Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 20:28:06 -0500 > >Kevin, if you want, you can post it..... My father had purchased all of the >land up to the railroad as I believe that it also belonged to John >Muller/Miller both sides of Rt. 40. As to who to contact the person that I >know fairly well is Ad [Adeline]Weber Barkley, she used to work at the >T-town press and she really would know just who that you might contact for >any information like that. If she does not know who to talk to then I sure >would not. The farm house, that is still standing next to the store was the >house of John Mueller/Miller and it is over 145 yrs. old that I know of. As >I think that when daddy bought it, it was almost if not 100 yrs. and that >was in 1951. >Kate > > >>Dear Kate: >> >> I had forgotten that you may have connections to the Masquelet story. >>The article that I quoted was from Father Eugene in 1928 and as you can >>gather it was mostly a lost story by then. If you check with what Eversman >>wrote, it would be very near the site you mentioned. I will run the deeds >>down in the courthouse and see if I can locate it. Do you know of anyone >in >>the Teutopolis area that I could contact in connection with this? In >>talking with Lyle Kruger the Cumberland Trail in this spot was almost where >>route 40 is today as far as he knows. Still there should be some record to >>the removing, or of there being a burial ground at this site. >> >>Thanks for the tip!!! >> > >>Sincerely, Kevin >> >> >>At 09:46 PM 4/9/00 -0500, you wrote: >>>Kevin, >>>When my father purchased the old "John Mueller/Miller" farm where the >>>present Keller's Furniture Store was, I was told several and I do mean >>>several years ago that there was a church about where the railroad is >>>straight across from the store. At that time there was no railroad as it >had >>>not been built yet. It would have been on the old "Cumberland Trail." Bob >>>Kenter that used to work for us also had told me that story, he passed >away >>>last year. Wonder if there were others in Teutopolis that would remember >>>what some of their g'parents might have remembered? It might be of >interest >>>to some of the older men or women if you would be able to aske them. >>>Good luck, >>>Kate Keller Bourland > Kevin E. Perkins Agriculture and American History Beecher City School District #20