Written by Edna Liggin – August 16, 1990 A THRASHING IN THE COW FEED ROOM Chester McCallum recalls that long ago he and two pals were playing one-eyed cat beside the Jim Porter home when the ball crashed through the window of the room occupied by Lucia Grafton. She was the Mt. Patrick school teacher … Continue reading Tales and Legends of Mt. Patrick

Written by Edna Liggin - May 31, 1990 Published in The Gazette Traveling Time: Etta Elliott once recalled to us that every Sunday, rain or shine, she and her husband, Charles Elliott, hitched the mules to the wagon and went to Mt. Patrick to church. Some Sundays it was only Sunday School. When Josephine Tabor … Continue reading Tales and Legends

Written by Edna Liggin SOUNDS HEARD FAR AND NEAR After a rain, and the road over Sutton Hill, was read mud, the agonized chugging of a Model-T car up this steep hill could be heard for miles. Today, the hill is modified, the road paved with Shiloh Farms at  its crest. All along the road … Continue reading Tales and Legends

Written by Edna Liggin - April 5, 1990 Grandfathers With Hot Mouths: Milas Tabor was on the scene when both of his grandfathers suddenly had hot mouths! He was at the home of William Reeves (living east of Shiloh) and with the other children were waiting until the grownups finished dinner. A potato pie came out … Continue reading Tales and Legends of Mt. Patrick

Written by Edna Liggin - March 1, 1990 A Logging Camp in 1918 Edna Jernigan recalls that as a child a logging camp situated where the roads fork today, and one goes to the Hog Pen. On the site were a row of shot-gun houses, two stores, a mule lot, and a railroad spur, used … Continue reading Tales and Legends of The Mt. Patrick Area

Written by Edna Liggin March 29, 1990 Tales of Two Goats in Wells: This tale may be a legend. A few years ago several of us were walking over the newly cleared ground between Shiloh church and the ball park under construction. We came to a shallow, dry well. One of us, whose folds were … Continue reading Tales and Legends