Hi All, Let me tell you about a little trip my friend Ken Houp and I took yesterday. I think you may find it interesting, especially if you like early Kentucky History. As some of you may know I became interested in Logan' Fort in Lincoln County, several years ago. In fact, I move to Lincoln County, and lived with in fifty yards of where Logan's Fort stood. We lived there about a little over two years, before moving back to Jessamine County. Last Fall, about this same time of year, Ken and I decided to go to Shelby County, and see if we could find the grave site of Col. Benjamin Logan, the man I had studied so much about. We knew he had moved and died there. We had a general idea of the aria he had lived. We ask the folks in the aria if they know where Col. Logan and Col. James Knox were buried. No one knew. It seem so strange to me. Here were two of the most famous men in the early of Kentucky, and no one knew anything about them. If these two men had not came to the frontier, the hold history of this state would have been changed. Col. Ben Logan had came with his family and other and build Logan's Fort. One of the three forts that had held Kentucky in 1777. Col. James Knox had lead the Long Hunters into Kentucky in 1769. He was also the one that had opened the Wilderness Road to wagon traffic. As to why both of these men are buried in the same cemetery, it's a long story, and we will save that for one of those old cold winter day. We stopped in Shelbyville and picked up Neal Hammon. I may have told you about Neal. He has written several books, many papers on Kentucky. I think he is one of the best historians in the state. I been following his writing for over thirty year, and he has been a bit of a mentor to me, but this was the first time we had met face to face. We found the cemetery. It sets high on a ridge overlooking a beautiful little creek called, Bullskin. It looked like many of the cemeteries our folks were working on. It was full of weeds, and many of the stones were down. The first taught that came to my mind was, Boy! , I wished I had Ernestine here. I could not help but feel a little sad as we left the cemetery. This is no way to treat our heros. I think we need to understand. Most of the neglect of these old cemeteries don't come not caring. It comes from not knowing. Once you put a face on these people the hold ball game changes. This is were you have been so impotent. Just keep letting people know, who these people were, and that we care. You have seen what has happen here in Jessamine County, with the old cemeteries. I see no reason why it can not be done state side. Just keep this in mind, your anscesters nor history stoped at the county line. Give me your taughts. Clyde ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.