A friend of mine called this "murdering history." On Tuesday the historical Zion Huggins home was hit by arson. The Huggins house, located on Cleveland Avenue in Glasgow, was rocked by an explosion late Tuesday afternoon. The house was vacant, lately owned by the late Frances Rootes Edwards. It was being readied, along with its contents, for an estate sale on June 9th. Heirs to the property, which includes Sam Terry IV, had been working in the house, inventorying the contents. At first, nearby residents thought they had heard a clap of thunder until flames were seen and the fire department was called. The home has long been known as the Zion Huggins house; a portion of which was built of log in 1810 - making this house one of the oldest in Glasgow. Huggins was a well-known nurseryman and had extensive orchards covering most of the neighborhood near his house. He was also a distiller and stored brandy in the basement of his house. According to Sam Terry, when Gen. Bragg's troops moved through Glasgow in the Civil War, the soldiers learned of the contents of the basement they were reputed to have had a brisk business there and confiscated the brandy and were selling it out of a basement window. The Edwards family had owned the home since 1945. According to officials, this is definitely arson and started in the front foyer. The Dickinson house was afire on April 20th and sustained damage from a fire that has also been deemed suspicious. It also was unoccupied and is on West Washington Street. We can only hope that the arsonist is found soon. I would like to thank Sam for permission to run this story and for his history of the Huggins' home. Sandi To post to lists: [email protected] or [email protected] Sandi's Puzzlers: http://www.gensoup.org/gorinpuzzles/index.php Sandi's Website: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/