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Wilson speaks at Historical Soceity meeting
by Tom Berry, The Cadiz Record EmailTom
The painting starts with the Little River and ends with the railroad. Even though the Little River starts in Christian County it winds its way through Trigg County and flows into the Cumberland River. Mrs. Wilson mentioned that there is a book about the "Rivers in Kentucky" and Little River is mentioned in the book and she told that there are 20 streams in Trigg County which flow into Little River. Next depicted is an old covered bridge which was built about 1823 and spanned Little River. ÎAlso featured are the mills along the river. One of the mill owners a Mr. Percy White also built the first telephone system in Trigg County after seeing one at the Chicago World's Fair around 1892-93. Mr. White also built the first electric system in the area. He would turn the electricity off each evening at a certain time but would blink the lights several times before making the final shut down. One evening a lady called the White house and asked what the Whites were doing? "We're out on the porch watching the evening," was the reply. The sweet little lady replied back, "Well you go tell Percy to turn those lights back on, I haven't read my paper yet." Another feature of the mural is the produce boat. The produce boats traveled the Little River to the Cumberland River. On the Cumberland the boats would then go to Ashland City near Nashville. Boats were also used to haul pig iron to the railroad in Kuttawa. Passengers also used the boats as a means of traveling from Trigg ?County. Another piece of Trigg history relates to the toll gates. There were three in the county -- one on Highway 68, another in Canton and another in the area of Tollgate Shopping Center. The gate keeper was paid from the tolls on the roads. The price of traveling was 25c for a team, 15c for horse and buggy, 5c for a horse and 3c for a cow. Other featured scenes show a barn (which used to be located on the golf course but is now gone), team of mules, hay, Trigg County Farmers Bank, post office, Cadiz Hardware building (which is now gone), J.W. Cowherd's grocery where Mildred's Flowers is now located, a rock, the old log house (now used as a tourist center) and the railroad. This line went from Cadiz to Gracey and was ten miles long. Built in 1902 and abandoned in 1988 with the busiest year being 1984 with a lot of Fort Campbell traffic. Kenneth Oakley presided over the meeting and brought up some interesting topics for the coming year. He discussed needing volunteers to help during March 21-23, 2003 ? for the "Cemetery Tours" when the Civil War Reenactors meet in Cadiz. It was also decided to donate $250 to the reenactors to help with their expenses. There will also be a Civil War Tea at the museum on Saturday, March 22. It was reported 553 Veterans History Books were sold and there are 1,500 veterans written up in the book. Members also voted to purchase a book and send to the Kentucky Historical Society. Another point of interest members discussed and voted to pursue is trying to find the locati Uon of all the old one-room school sites. A committee consisting of David Shore, Dillman Cunningham, Carl Gray and Tom Vincent was appointed to start the process of finding the school sites. Oakley appointed a committee of five to find out about a project concerning the renovation of an old grand jury room in the old courthouse. Local family coat of arms are to be displayed in the room and information is needed to make sure the pictures to be displayed are correct. Those to serve on the committee are Kenneth Oakley, David Shore, Charlotte Wilson, Virginia Alexander and Betsy Taylor.
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