pg 155 It was the summer of 1837 when Millport had received its death-blow by the location of the county seat south of the river, that Jacob STOLLINGS, who had opened what he called a "boarding-house ranche", contracted with Wm. C. ATKINSON to furnish the meat department of his ranche. The contract was made in July 1837, and continued until Mar 1838. STOLLINGS was to pay 10 cents apiece for chicken turkeys, and 25 cents for grown ones. Deer was to be paid a fair price for, and ditto fish. Mr. ATKINSON, from July to Mar, received pay for 180 turkeys and a considerable sum more for venison and fish. Mr. ATKINS being a somewhat noted hunter, the record of his deeds in that line for some 3 or 4 yrs...... he killed 336 deer, 62 wild cats, and at one time killed 9 wolves and at another 7, the last being both old ones and 5 cubs. He paid 1 year the taxes of himself and seven of his neighbors by the use of this trusty rifle. Just how many turkeys fell before his unerring aim, he could not tell. They were too numerous to count. The other things he looked after were the rattlesnakes. These were his especial pets, and he generally marked all he came across - located them- and they never left the spot. A rattlesnake den was found on the bluffs at the crossing near Gallatin, and the men got out and killed a trifle over 300. There were plenty of them in the woods o the variety known as moccasins, from 18 in to 3-4 feet long and with 6-15 rattles. They stood no foolishness, and on curling up, when preparing for battle, had an India-rubber spring about them that cost several people their lives. They were not given credit for their springing abilities. Wolf skins, in those days, were about as good currency as was then afloat.