What a fascinating story! Tell us more about this. Hugs, Carolyn Remember you have a friend in Oklahoma -- endlessly sorting out dead relatives! Researching COZINE in Kentucky, Kansas, Indiana, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New Amsterdam (New York) and the Netherlands. On Jun 5, 2006, at 12:00 PM, KYMERCER-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > ______________________________ > > > From: vanderkan@aol.com > Date: June 4, 2006 11:32:05 AM CDT > To: KYMERCER-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Unidentified body 1800's > > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Death > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/gBB.2ACI/3431 > > Message Board Post: > > I ran across this and thought I'd post. > > Case History > On an unspecified date in the late 1800's, a young woman checked into > the Harrodsburg Springs Hotel in the small Kentucky town. She used a > false name, and while no one knew her true identity, they recalled > that she was beautiful. That night, as music played in the ballroom, > the girl came downstairs and began dancing with various partners. > > The girl danced and at the end of the night, her final partner > realized, that the young girl had died in his arms. The staff and > guests held a funeral for the girl and she was buried on the hotel's > property. The hotel is gone now. It burned down more than fifty years > ago, although the grave remains in what is now a public park. There is > a metal marker over her resting place that reads ... "UNKNOWN - > Hallowed and Hushed be the place of the dead. Step Softly. Bow Head." > > As time has passed, local residents claim that the girl still returns > to the site of the hotel. > > Harrodsburg, Kentucky is located about thirty miles southwest of > Lexington on Route 68 and just a few miles north of the Perryville > Battlefield. The city park where the hotel once stood is located in > the center of town. > > > > - > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------- > > Investigators > If you have any information concerning this case, please contact: > The Doe Network > Todd Matthews > > ______________________________ > > > From: bluehorizons@adelphia.net > Date: June 5, 2006 9:10:00 AM CDT > To: KYMERCER-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: Unidentified body 1800's > > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/gBB.2ACI/3431.1 > > Message Board Post: > > Kandy: You're right, this grave is in our park here in town. > That hotel & springs was popular back in like 1840 - 1860, I believe. > Some years ago in the local paper they thought perhaps they had solved > the mystery of who this girl was. > Yvonne > >