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, stone wall that borders the estate are sloping grounds covered with _ 
trees and shrubbery. ‘ 
From the crest of a hill, 31 m., is a fine view of the Kentucky River
Valley including Frankfort with the State capitol. .
JEPTHA KNOB (1,163 alt.), 44.9 m., rising (L) abruptly from the A
rolling countryside, is a cryptovolcano, one that has never reached an ‘
eruptive stage. A
The Sun on Cizoss Knvs TAVERN (R) is at 46.5 m.; it was opened .
in 1800 by Adam Middleton, a blacksmith from Virginia, on the Old ,
Wilderness Rd. Bed, board, and bourbon cost "six bits." It is esti- - 
mated that, between the years 1800 and 1825, Cross Keys Tavern
sheltered more than 10,000 travelers on the old dirt road. Nothing
remains but the former slave quarters—a row of low rambling build-
ings of wood and stone.
SHELBYVILLE, 51.9 m. (760 alt., 4,033 pop.), a lively Main Street
town that is the seat of Shelby County, was founded in 1792 and
named, as was the county, for Isaac Shelby, Kentucky’s first Governor.
The first settlement in the area was at Painted Stone, near by. There,
in 1779, Squire Boone, brother of Daniel Boone, built a fort that for I
more than a year was the only refuge on the road between Harrodsburg
and Louisville. In 1781 the settlers, warned of the approach of In- .
dians, started for the stronger fort at the Falls of the Ohio. They were
attacked near Humes Station on Long Run Creek, and dispersed after
having lost 40 to 50 men, women, and children. Col. ]ohn Floyd, with
37 men, started in pursuit of the Indians, but at Eastwood, Floyd’s
men were ambushed and 14 of them were killed. In all nearly 100
whites were killed or captured during this raid. Shelbyville, after its
turbulent early days, gradually became a placid town of pleasant-homes
and the trade center of a fertile agricultural area.
SCIENCE Him. (open by permission), 6th and Washington Sts., is a ` 
school for girls founded in 1825. The low rambling two-story structure,
partly covered with ivy, has grown room by room and addition by
addition since the institution was established. An octagonal cupola j
surmounts the roof over the enclosed court.
The two-story brick WATKINS HoUsE, painted gray, cor. of 3rd and
Washington Sts., was built in 1800 for Isaac Watkins, who maintained .
a stagecoach inn.
Right from Shelbyville, on State 43, to CROPPER, 10.2 m., a hamlet. Left
from Cropper on an improved road to PLEASUREVILLE, 16.6 m. (822 alt., 341 ·
pop.), where in 1784 a Dutch group endeavored to establish a communal colony
on 10,000 acres of farmland purchased from Squire Boone. The colony was not
a success but many of the settlers remained and much of the tract is now indi- `
vidually owned by descendants of the settlers. .
OLD STONE INN (R), 59.4 m., is a tavern that has been in operation .
continuously since its establishment more than 100 years ago. Although
local legend says it was erected before Kentucky became a State, more
reliable sources give the date as 1794. The stone used in its construc-