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Cane Valley, KY, 1898: a beautiful little city In 1898, stage traveler found that, religiously speaking, Cane Valley was a community By "Jim" (The following appeared in the News in late March, 1898, an era when the stage pulled out of Columbia promptly at 5:15 a.m. and arrived in Campbellsville a mere three hours and 15 minutes later--a whiteknuckle seven miles per hour--if the Pike were fairly passable and old Dobbin didn't throw a shoe.) One day last week it was our pleasure to spend a few hours in the beautiful little city of Cane Valley. It had been some five or six years since we had stopped over, and had really kept no trace of her growth in population and in business, and to say that we were agreeably surprised is truly a fact. Cane Valley has five stores and all seemed to be doing a satisfactory business. it has all the necessary shops, such as blacksmith, tin and shoe, and a fine mill equipped with modern machinery. Its population has doubled in the last few years and several neat houses are now under construction. There are no resident lawyers, but the medical profession is well represented by Drs. Hancock and Atkinson. The spires of neat churches, three in number, adorn this thriving town. Services are held regularly, and religiously speaking, it is an excellent community. Cane Valley is the home of "uncle" Nick Davis and "uncle" Bob Lyon. The former is 92 years old, the latter, 87 This story was posted on 2011-04-28 12:12:19
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