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    1. [SCKY] A DRIVE IN GLASGOW AND ALLEN CO IN 1916
    2. Sandi Gorin
    3. (Motor Age, Volume 30, 1916 Class Journal Co of Chicago, IL) During the afternoon we drove to Glasgow and it was on the way from Buffalo to the Green river, the line between Hart and Barren counties, that the roughest roads of the trip were encountered, especially Sand Hollow. Glasgow, Ky., has three hotels, sufficient to take care of almost any kind of touring traffic that it may be called upon to handle. Just as we reached Glasgow we passed a house built by George Washington for his niece, who married General Spottiswood. The house, which was built in 1788, has no nails in it, being put together with wooden pegs. There are three garages in Glasgow that would be a credit to any city. Although the city has a population of only 2,200, one dealer who handles two medium-priced cars in that locality told me he sold fifty cars in the last 2 months which shows that there must be fairly good roads or there would not be such a demand for cars there. Allen County Honors Dent. The last leg of our run was from Glasgow to Nashville. Allen county, Ky., the last one on the Jackson highway before reaching Tennessee, has some fine roads. The people of Allen county­by the way, this county was the poorest in the state so far as taxable property was concerned until within the last 12 months, when oil was discovered in considerable quantity­ are enthusiastic over good roads. Emory G. Dent, once a resident of Scottsville, the metropolis of Allen county, but now living in Bowling Green, which is in the adjoining county, has business interests in both cities. When he lived in Scottsville he was instrumental in the formation of the Central Lincoln Boad from Nashville to Louisville, now a part of the Jackson highway. He moved away from Allen county, but he did not forget the Central Lincoln road and in consequence he has done more than any other man to make Allen county's part of the present Jackson highway of the best. As evidence of how well he has succeeded in the hearts of the people of Allen county, it may be said that they met us at the county line with a brass band and fifty machines. When we got to Scottsville Dent was presented with a silver cup for his work in bringing Allen county's road up to par. Sandi's Puzzlers: http://www.gensoup.org/gorinpuzzles/index.php Sandi's site: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/ Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=south-central-kentucky

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