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Park City, Kentucky |
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| HISTORY in Park City, KENTUCKY |
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BELL'S TAVERN Erected by William Bell, 1830. Stage stop for his lines that brought visitors to Mammoth Cave when first promoted. Famed in U S and Europe for elite patrons, cuisine and magic peach and honey brandy for "Joy before the journey's end", until it burned 1860. Civil War doomed completion of new tavern begun by grandson, William F Bell and his stepfather, George M Proctor. |
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Bell's Tavern... Legend of the Three Wells |
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Occasionally in my travels as Chief Explorer for Nostalgiaville, I stumble across a most unexpected find... one that "Makes my day!" I was circling the Bell's Tavern site in Park City, Kentucky, snapping pictures as I went, when I spied a small plastic envelope held down with a fist sized rock. A closer examination revealed a folded paper with a hand written saga titled "Legend of the Three Wells." |
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The impelling story
from the hand written account is reproduced below and I offer my sincere
appreciation to the anonymous "story teller" for making it available to
share with others. Paul Bates, Chief Explorer for Nostalgiaville |
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THE THREE WELLS Legend has it that... two men were arguing over which side would win the Civil War... North or South. They were drunk as usual and both men started quite a fuss in the Ol' Tavern. Later that night, one of the men came back with a couple of his friends and decided to burn down Bell's Tavern. Little did these men know that in the kitchen, an elderly woman was cleaning up for the night. The local townsfolk said that the elderly woman was a witch, but the men did not believe in the local folklore. They decided to kill the elderly woman and leave her to burn with the building. One of the men snuck into the kitchen and hit the elderly woman on top of her head. He used the blunt-end of his gun to do this. So, while the place was burning, the men saw the old woman trying her best to get up and escape the raging inferno. She was not dead yet! The old woman saw the men and yelled out a curse from her blood-stained lips... "Three men... Three wells |
| While the elderly woman was cursing and burning, one of the men pulled out his gun and shot her dead. The three men watched the blames burn high into the night. One of the men felt the ground shift underneath his feet, but paid little attention to this. For he, like his friends, was interested in watching the place burn down to the ground. |
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Suddenly, a huge deep hole opened up and swallowed one of the men. The other two saw what was taking place and started to run in different directions away from the Tavern. They tried to get away, but to no avail. Another hole swallowed the second man and finally the third man went down. Just like the old woman said in her curse. |
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The three wells are still there. Some of the locals say, if you listen close... you can still hear the men yelling, screaming for their lives... forever screaming in Hell! Thus is the Legend of the Three Wells at Bell's Tavern, located in Park City, Kentucky off of 31W Highway. |
| DOWN TOWN Park City, KENTUCKY as seen by the Camera on July 7, 2005 |
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| Park City Post Office |
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City Hall |
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| Masonic Lodge |
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Park City Elementary School |
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| HISTORIC HOMES in Park City, KENTUCKY |
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| HISTORIC CHURCHES in Park City, KENTUCKY |
| Park City Baptist Church |
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Zion Hill Missionary Baptist Church |
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| Park City United Methodist Church |
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| SIGNS of the TIMES in Park City, KENTUCKY |
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