Upshur 1877

William Upshur and friends fi nally had life at the mountain goingtheir way. Th e bridge through the bat caves large entrance was atlast fi nished, as well as the massive wall of logs surrounding it. Th e TradingPost was in operation, their homes built and occupied. Rodney Taylor, andPeter Birdsong were busy with their duties as Federal Marshals.

They were settled in and happy. But as we all know,...