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Memories of growing up in Chance, Adair Co., KY Locality had some rough and tumble characters and a frontier flavor as late as the 1940s and 1950s, but a lot of good people lived there, store's owner then remembers...but still doesn't know how town got its name About: Scenic Adair Co., KY: Last Chance Store, Chance, KY By Bobby D. Morrison Memories of growing up in Chance, KY I have very fond memories of the Chance, KY store. My father, Ebb Morrison, and my Grandfather, Charlie Morrison were the owners of the store during the 40's and traded/sold it to Clarence Bean in the early 50's. We lived there during my earlier years and I remember sitting under the tree and listening to the stories told by the people who gathered there. Mean prank nearly burned the store down One of the most exciting times I know of was when on Halloween some of the larger boys tied a roman candle to a dog's tail who ran under the store and set the store on fire, thankfully the fire was put out without burning the store. The drunken squirrel Another story I experienced when I was a young teenager when some of the much older boys caught a squirrel and poured whiskey down it which made it drunk. It tried to climb the giant oak tree across the road at the intersection and was too drunk to climb the tree. Making efforts but falling back to the ground. Harvey's Ridge had rough reputation, but there were a lot of good people there Harvey's Ridge in my younger years had a rough reputation, but there were a lot of good people there. Pair of .45 Colts said the preacher would be heard Another story I've been told was that years earlier some of the rougher boys would run off preachers when they came to have a revival. The story goes that a minister rode in on a horse and tied it to the big oak tree in front of the old church. He got his Bible out of the saddle bags and walked to the pulpit, putting his Bible on the pulpit. He then swung back his longtailed coat drawing two 45 Colts and placing them on the pulpit. He was able to finish his revival without being run off. Never learned how Chance got its name Much to my regret I never asked how Chance, KY came by its name and only assume that maybe it was because at some time in the past you took a chance to go there. However, my roots are there and I really appreciate my heritage and the values I learned there. This story was posted on 2010-04-24 06:47:09
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