Sisters Opal and Janie courting while Sarah is making a pest of herself
I remember my mother telling us about when she was in her early
teen years her family lived on a farm in
Murray county, Georgia, near Cohutta and Varnell. On their farm was a huge boulder that was a
good backdrop for pictures.
If I remember correctly before the big rock was where it was
in the pictures, in that spot there was an opening of a cave. In the first room of the cave was Indian lore
and a footprint on the ceiling. She said
her brothers went further back and by flashlight or whatever, saw a huge body
of water.
Then, their father, sold rights to the Georgia Department of
Transportation to dynamite the area for stones to crush to use for the Cleveland
Highway that ran near their home.
During the dynamiting the huge rock or boulder covered the entrance
of the cave.
I’m reading the book MURRAY COUNTY HERITAGE compiled by the Murray
County Historical Committee.
I just came across this on page 2:
“In 1934 a large cave was discovered and was thought to
contain lost Indian treasures. Professor
J.R. Stull was told of the cave by an aged Cherokee in Utah followed markings
on tree to the spot where some “stone images” were found.”
I wonder if this cave on my grandparents’ farm is the same
as Prof. J.R Stull heard about.
Roy, Janie, and Osmo
Sarah Roy, and Leonard
Sarah and Grandma (Frances Viola Ridley Petty)
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