Myths and Mysteries: Myths and Mysteries of Kentucky : True Stories of the Unsolved and Unexplained by Susan Sawyer in TXT, EPUB
9780762772247 0762772247 Mind-Boggling Tales from the Bluegrass State, Did Welshmen discover America 300 years before Columbus? In 1799, six skeletons were discovered buried with breast plates bearing a Welsh coat of arms. A gravestone nearby, inscribed with the date 1186, led historians to reconsider the veracity of stories about a twelfth-century Welsh explorer traveling up the Mississippi River. In 1891, four months after losing her newborn son, Octavia Hatcher was buried alive, unbeknownst to her grief-stricken family. Apparently the young woman fell into such a deep sleep that even a physician declared her dead. Many have since reported ghostly apparitions and ghastly screams coming from Octavia's grave. Did Jonathan Swift really strike it rich in Kentucky silver mines and leave caches of buried treasure? Some devoted their entire lives to hunting down clues Swift left in his journal. But both the mines and buried silver coins lie undiscovered to this day. From Kentucky's legendary characters to its most notorious haunted places, Myths and Mysteries of Kentucky makes history fun and pulls back the curtain on some of the state's most fascinating and compelling stories. Book jacket., Myths and Mysteries ofKentucky reveals the dark and ominous cloud of mysteries and myths that hoversover theBluegrass State.This book offersresidents, travelers, history buffs, and ghost hunters a refreshingingly lively collection of stories about Ke"
9780762772247 0762772247 Mind-Boggling Tales from the Bluegrass State, Did Welshmen discover America 300 years before Columbus? In 1799, six skeletons were discovered buried with breast plates bearing a Welsh coat of arms. A gravestone nearby, inscribed with the date 1186, led historians to reconsider the veracity of stories about a twelfth-century Welsh explorer traveling up the Mississippi River. In 1891, four months after losing her newborn son, Octavia Hatcher was buried alive, unbeknownst to her grief-stricken family. Apparently the young woman fell into such a deep sleep that even a physician declared her dead. Many have since reported ghostly apparitions and ghastly screams coming from Octavia's grave. Did Jonathan Swift really strike it rich in Kentucky silver mines and leave caches of buried treasure? Some devoted their entire lives to hunting down clues Swift left in his journal. But both the mines and buried silver coins lie undiscovered to this day. From Kentucky's legendary characters to its most notorious haunted places, Myths and Mysteries of Kentucky makes history fun and pulls back the curtain on some of the state's most fascinating and compelling stories. Book jacket., Myths and Mysteries ofKentucky reveals the dark and ominous cloud of mysteries and myths that hoversover theBluegrass State.This book offersresidents, travelers, history buffs, and ghost hunters a refreshingingly lively collection of stories about Ke"