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Local News Replica Cabin in Barbourville Honors First Log Cabin 12-A Local News The Wayne County Outlook • Wednesday, December 4, 2019 Replica cabin in Barbourville honors first log cabin built in Kentucky By JARROD MILLS Kentucky, some of them “Still rain. I went down the Hughes, were instructed by CNHI Kentucky are like ‘I’ve never heard creek a hunting and found Walker to stay behind and of that.’ It’s like ‘well, if that it went into a river build a house. BARBOURVILLE — you would have been about a mile below our “Then Ambrose While many give credit to around in the 1700s, you camp. This, which is Flat Powell, Colby Chew and I Daniel Boone for blazing would have known exactly Creek and some others departed leaving the others the trail to Kentucky, where it was, and what it joined I called Cumberland to provide and salt some Boone wasn’t the first was.’” River.” bear, build a house and European to discover the Nineteen years later, In a letter from Col. plant some peach stones commonwealth. Dr. Daniel Boone would begin William Martin, Joseph and corn.” Thomas Walker wasn’t the his more-known venture Martin’s son, to historian By building a cabin first European to discover into Kentucky. Lyman Draper, William and planting crop, Walker Kentucky either, but he According to Martin describes the and his group claimed the was the first to record his Kentucky State Parks’ events leading up to the land for the Loyal Land findings and he and his website, the Barbourville naming of Cumberland Company through the use crew were the first to build Post of the American River and Cumberland of corn rights. a log cabin in Kentucky. Legion became interested Gap, writing: Corn rights, or cabin The structure, which in honoring the memory of “A treaty with the rights, entitled a settler to a was located near present Walker. After campaigning Cherokees was held at Fort piece of land so long as day Barbourville, claimed to make the traditional site Chiswell on New River, they built a cabin and the land for The Loyal of the Walker cabin a state then a frontier. On the raised crop of any kind, Land Company of shrine, the American return of the chiefs home, however small, on the Virginia. Now, a replica Legion and the Dr. Walker, a gentleman of land. cabin in Barbourville Barbourville community distinction, and my father, Laws and require- Before Walker stepped donated a 12-acre tract to Joseph Martin, accompa- ments varied from colony foot in the Cumberland the state. As a result, on nied them. The Indians to colony during those Gap, the Virginia Council June 20, 1931, the Dr. being guides, they passed times, but in Virginia a set- granted John Lewis and Thomas Walker State through the place now tler was entitled to 400 the Loyal Land Company Shrine became a part of the called Cumberland Gap, acres of land and had a pre- 800,000 acres of land on Kentucky State Parks sys- where they discovered a emption right to 1,000 July 12, 1748. The land tem. fine spring. They still had a adjoining acres. was to be located north of Located at 4929 KY little rum remaining, and Walker, Powell and the western extension of 459 off of US 25 E, six A memorial stands to honor those who built the orig- they drank to the health of Chew traveled the sur- the boundary line between miles southeast of inal first house in Kentucky and to George Owens the Duke of Cumberland. rounding areas over the Virginia and North Barbourville, stands a who built the memorial cabin in 1922. This gave rise to the name course of the next few days Carolina in the Kentucky replica cabin of the one Photo by Jarrod Mills of Cumberland Mountain finding it too difficult to area at the discretion of the built by Walker’s men. The playgrounds, basketball In 1749, Walker gath- and Cumberland River.” navigate. grantees. memorial cabin was erect- courts, mini golf, picnic ered a team of five other Following the discov- “The land continuing On Dec. 12, 1749, ed by George Owens in shelters, outdoor grills, Virginians to assist him on ery of the Cumberland Gap much same, the laurel Lewis appointed Walker, 1922. It is a one-room outdoor fire pits and a sea- his exploration. Those five and Cumberland River, rather growing worse, and who was instrumental in cabin and was built out of sonal gift shop which is men were Ambrose Walker led his expedition the food scarcer. I got up a establishing the Loyal round logs with wide currently closed for the Powell, Williams through several miles of tree on a ridge,” he wrote, Land Company, to inspect chinked joints and a small winter months. Tomlinson, Colby Chew, uncharted Kentucky adding “and saw the the granted land. end chimney. Locked from Although Dr. Thomas Henry Lawless and John wilderness, coming across growth of the land much “What ended up hap- the outside, the inside of Walker’s venture is often Hughes. The crew set out the river two more times, the same as far as my sight pening once that expedi- the cabin can still be seen overshadowed by Boone’s, from Castle Hill, Virginia, miles apart. In his journal, could reach.” tion was done and as peo- through a wooden-barred his contribution in the dis- the following March in Walker noted that Powell On April 28, the three ple started coming in, window. covery of the Cumberland 1750. was bitten in the knee by a returned finding that Barbourville became a “It’s lovingly attended Gap and his recorded ini- After numerous delays bear during this time. Tomlinson, Lawless and major center of com- to. It’s a sight that many tial findings played a cru- due to weather, injuries On April 20, Walker Hughes had built the cabin, merce,” said Marie Sennett school children go to and cial part in the eventual and illnesses to their hors- wrote that he found an area broken ground and planted of Barbourville Tourism. even though you can’t go settling of Kentucky and es, Walker and his group of the river to cross. It had corn. “What I find interesting is inside (the cabin), it is set westward. His memory, reached Cave Gap, now been blocking the groups “The people had built when I tell people I live in to where you can see contributions and claim to Cumberland Gap, on April push north. The next day, a house 12 by 8,” he wrote. Barbourville, Kentucky, through the window and Kentucky are forever 13, 1750. Walker recorded that the “Cleared and broken some people that have lived in see the way it originally immortalized in In his journal, Walker group had finished build- ground, and planted some Kentucky their whole lives was,” said Sennett. Barbourville’s Dr. Thomas wrote: ing a canoe to cross the corn and peach stones. but aren’t from eastern The park also provides Walker State Park. “On the north side of river. However, the group They also had killed sever- the gap is a large spring, was forced to stay put as al bears and cured the which falls very fast, and Walker described that meat.” just above the spring is a weather had turned to Two days after reunit- small entrance to a large thunder, lightening, hail ing with his group, Walker Last Minute Classifieds cave, which the spring runs and rain prodigiously. and his men left the cabin through, and there is a con- The following day was and injured horse behind to stant stream of cool issuing sabbath and Walker noted travel back to Virginia. FOR RENT MOBILE HOMES ADVERTISEMENT out… As I went down the that one of the group’s They headed north travel- other side, I soon came to horses was found unable to ing through land near pres- FOR RENT FOR BID some laurel in the head of walk. ent day London and Irvine. For Lease — 2 BR, 2 BA, the branch. A beech stands “I then proposed that Walker arrived back with 1 car garage. $625 on the left hand, on which For Rent: 14x70 Mobile PUBLIC NOTICE with two of the company I home on July 13. In his month. Call Cornerstone I cut my name. This gap would proceed and the journal, he tallies that the Homes (606) 278-0006 or Home, 3 BR, storage build- WAYNE COUNTY FISCAL COURT may be seen at a consider- other three should continue group killed 13 buffalo, office (606) 348-4806. ing & carport. Yard work, garbage pickup & water fur- INVITATION TO BIDDERS able distance, and there is here till our return,” he eight elk, 53 bears, 20 deer, nished. No pets. Referen- FOR: no other, that I know of, wrote on April 22. four wild geese, about 150 For Rent: 2 BR with stove ces required. $450 month. except one about two miles “Which was agreed to, turkeys and other smaller & refrigerator. Wood Refurbish of a 2003 McCoy to the north of it which $300 deposit. Call (606) Miller Box and Re-mounted and lots were drawn to game. floors. Call (606) 348-5580, 348-9029, leave message. on a 2016 Chevrolet does not appear to be so determine who should go, He also stated the leave message. Chassis furnished by low as the other. The they all being desirous of group could have killed Wayne County Fiscal Court mountain on the north side it. Ambrose Powell and three times as much meat, For Lease: 2 BR, 2 BA.
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