{"id":15769,"date":"2014-10-25T16:14:20","date_gmt":"2014-10-25T20:14:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/getitright.pmss.net\/?page_id=15769"},"modified":"2018-05-16T17:20:22","modified_gmt":"2018-05-16T21:20:22","slug":"a-night-of-horror","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/?page_id=15769","title":{"rendered":"LOCAL HISTORY SCRAPBOOK A Night of Horror"},"content":{"rendered":"
Pine Mountain Settlement School
\nSeries 27: Scrapbooks, Albums, Gathered Notes<\/h5>\n

LOCAL HISTORY SCRAPBOOK<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Old Pioneer Tales: \u201cA\u00a0Night of Horror\u201d A Boy’s Experience in Ye Olden Tyme.”<\/strong> \u00a0[Page 13]<\/p>\n

\u201cOld Pioneer Tales. \u2018A NIght of Horror. A Boy\u2019s Experience in Ye Olden Tyme.\u2019 Balkan, Ky., June 28, 1921. Special to Three States.\u201d Discusses: alchemy ; farming ; foodways ; fishing ; Jake Gabbard ; Black Mountain ; \u00a0gold ; \u2018Philosopher\u2019s Stone ; pioneer life<\/p>\n

GALLERY<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"local_hist_album_013\"<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

TRANSCRIPTION<\/strong><\/p>\n

A NIGHT OF HORROR: A BOY’S EXPERIENCE IN YE OLDEN TIME<\/p>\n

Balken\u00a0Ky., June 28, 1921<\/p>\n

Special to Three States<\/p>\n

A century ago the Appalachian region of South-eastern Kentucky was sparsely populated. \u00a0Here and there in the narrow valleys that lay along small mountain streams pioneer settlers had built cabins and made small clearings, but the forests, filled with game and the streams teeming with fish, afforded the chief sustenance of the inhabitants. \u00a0A small clearing or truck patch large enough to grow a few bushels of corn, which was generally made into meal\u00a0by pounding in a mortar, and\u00a0also a few potatoes, beans, cabbage and pumpkins, was all that was necessary to supply the wants of the pioneer. \u00a0If dissatisfied with the location first chosen, it was a small matter to\u00a0\u00a0pack up \u00a0the household furnishings and seek a new home. \u00a0Even at that early date there were many abandoned homesteads and cabins lacking tenants.<\/p>\n

During a night spent with Uncle Jake Gabbard in his cabin in a little cove in the Black Mountains, I was greatly interested in the stories he recounted of pioneer life a century ago, stories first told\u00a0by the great grandfather, who was one of the first settlers in the mountain country. \u00a0I was much interested in a true tale he told of the experience of his grandfather when a boy. It was a time when the fairies and demons still dwelt in the forests and caves of the mountains, and emissaries from the infernal regions \u00a0occasionally made their appearance upon earth.<\/p>\n

In one of the wildest and inaccessible coves to be found in all the mountain regions, there stood in the year 1820 an abandoned cabin that had been uninhabited for many years. \u00a0It bore the reputation of being haunted, and there were gruesome stories of murder having been committed afloat, so that it was shunned and allowed to remain silent and tenantless. \u00a0Hunters who happened to pass within its vicinity at night told fearsome tales of fantastic greenish-colored lights that could often be discerned shining through the crevices of the cabin, and strange noises and moanings could be heard by those brave enough to linger in the vicinity. \u00a0It was whispered that the victim of the murder had concealed a large amount of gold and that his spirit haunted its hiding place. u<\/p>\n

[incomplete]<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pine Mountain Settlement School Series 27: Scrapbooks, Albums, Gathered Notes LOCAL HISTORY SCRAPBOOK “Old Pioneer Tales: \u201cA\u00a0Night of Horror\u201d A Boy’s Experience in Ye Olden Tyme.” \u00a0[Page 13] \u201cOld Pioneer Tales. \u2018A NIght of Horror. A Boy\u2019s Experience in Ye Olden Tyme.\u2019 Balkan, Ky., June 28, 1921. Special to Three States.\u201d Discusses: alchemy ; farming […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":9460,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/full-width.php","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-15769","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nLOCAL HISTORY SCRAPBOOK A Night of Horror - PINE MOUNTAIN SETTLEMENT SCHOOL COLLECTIONS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/?page_id=15769\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"LOCAL HISTORY SCRAPBOOK A Night of Horror\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Pine Mountain Settlement School Series 27: Scrapbooks, Albums, Gathered Notes LOCAL HISTORY SCRAPBOOK "Old Pioneer Tales: \u201cA\u00a0Night of Horror\u201d A Boy's\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/?page_id=15769\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"PINE MOUNTAIN SETTLEMENT SCHOOL COLLECTIONS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pmsscollections\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-05-16T21:20:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/local_hist_album_013-740x1024.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@pmsscollections\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\\\/?page_id=15769\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\\\/?page_id=15769\",\"name\":\"LOCAL HISTORY SCRAPBOOK A Night of Horror - PINE MOUNTAIN SETTLEMENT SCHOOL COLLECTIONS\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\\\/?page_id=15769#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\\\/?page_id=15769#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/10\\\/local_hist_album_013-740x1024.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-10-25T20:14:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-05-16T21:20:22+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\\\/?page_id=15769#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\\\/?page_id=15769\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\\\/?page_id=15769#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/10\\\/local_hist_album_013.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/10\\\/local_hist_album_013.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":1659},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\\\/?page_id=15769#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"http:\\\/\\\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"SCRAPBOOKS\",\"item\":\"http:\\\/\\\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\\\/?page_id=22161\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"SCRAPBOOKS Guide\",\"item\":\"http:\\\/\\\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\\\/?page_id=15396\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"Local History Scrapbook GUIDE 1920 – 1980\",\"item\":\"http:\\\/\\\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\\\/?page_id=9460\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":5,\"name\":\"LOCAL HISTORY SCRAPBOOK A Night of Horror\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\\\/\",\"name\":\"PINE MOUNTAIN SETTLEMENT SCHOOL COLLECTIONS\",\"description\":\""Over 100 years enriching lives and connecting people through Appalachian place-based education for all ages."\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"http:\\\/\\\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Pine Mountain Settlement School\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2013\\\/09\\\/pinemountain_logo2.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2013\\\/09\\\/pinemountain_logo2.jpg\",\"width\":770,\"height\":151,\"caption\":\"Pine Mountain Settlement School\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/pmsscollections\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/pmsscollections\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/pinemountainsettlementschool\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/feed\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UC1XMy-Pv0rU-dqy3q-u9NmQ\",\"https:\\\/\\\/en.wikipedia.org\\\/wiki\\\/Pine_Mountain_Settlement_School\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"LOCAL HISTORY SCRAPBOOK A Night of Horror - PINE MOUNTAIN SETTLEMENT SCHOOL COLLECTIONS","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/?page_id=15769","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"LOCAL HISTORY SCRAPBOOK A Night of Horror","og_description":"Pine Mountain Settlement School Series 27: Scrapbooks, Albums, Gathered Notes LOCAL HISTORY SCRAPBOOK \"Old Pioneer Tales: \u201cA\u00a0Night of Horror\u201d A Boy's","og_url":"http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/?page_id=15769","og_site_name":"PINE MOUNTAIN SETTLEMENT SCHOOL COLLECTIONS","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pmsscollections","article_modified_time":"2018-05-16T21:20:22+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/local_hist_album_013-740x1024.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@pmsscollections","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/?page_id=15769","url":"http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/?page_id=15769","name":"LOCAL HISTORY SCRAPBOOK A Night of Horror - PINE MOUNTAIN SETTLEMENT SCHOOL COLLECTIONS","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/?page_id=15769#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/?page_id=15769#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/local_hist_album_013-740x1024.jpg","datePublished":"2014-10-25T20:14:20+00:00","dateModified":"2018-05-16T21:20:22+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/?page_id=15769#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/?page_id=15769"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en","@id":"http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/?page_id=15769#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/local_hist_album_013.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/local_hist_album_013.jpg","width":1200,"height":1659},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/?page_id=15769#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"SCRAPBOOKS","item":"http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/?page_id=22161"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"SCRAPBOOKS Guide","item":"http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/?page_id=15396"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Local History Scrapbook GUIDE 1920 – 1980","item":"http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/?page_id=9460"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"name":"LOCAL HISTORY SCRAPBOOK A Night of Horror"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/#website","url":"http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/","name":"PINE MOUNTAIN SETTLEMENT SCHOOL COLLECTIONS","description":""Over 100 years enriching lives and connecting people through Appalachian place-based education for all ages."","publisher":{"@id":"http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/#organization","name":"Pine Mountain Settlement School","url":"http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en","@id":"http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/pinemountain_logo2.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/pinemountain_logo2.jpg","width":770,"height":151,"caption":"Pine Mountain Settlement School"},"image":{"@id":"http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pmsscollections","https:\/\/x.com\/pmsscollections","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pinemountainsettlementschool\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC1XMy-Pv0rU-dqy3q-u9NmQ","https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pine_Mountain_Settlement_School"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15769\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}