Remnants of Long Run Baptist Church

Long Run Cemetery, located off Old Stage Coach Road near the Jefferson-Shelby County border, contains what's left of the old Long Run Baptist Church. That's not much, unfortunately - just a stone foundation.

The church's remains can be seen clearly on Google Maps here.

This area was the site of the "Long Run Massacre", described by the historical marker sign as "undoubtedly the bloodiest in Kentucky". Huron and Miami indians killed 76 settlers and soldiers during a two-day period. Those killed on the first day were en route from Squire Boone's Painted Station to the Falls of the Ohio, and those killed on the second day were militiamen dispatched to bury the victims from the previous day.

Jackson Lane

Jackson Lane is a nice creepy little road in Big Hill, KY, less than half a mile from the Big Hill itself. It winds deep into the hills and dead-ends at a clearing in the wilderness where a small wooden stage sits under a tree, looking sort of like the kind of stage one might see at a political rally.....evidently there was some sort of event held here at one time.There are gravel roads and truck-made paths going deeper into the woods but we have not explored those.

There's also a very nice old abandoned house almost completely obscured by foliage in the summertime. Jackson Lane is a great road to go parking on at night although the area has a very eerie feel to it, like you're being watched.

If the legend is to be believed, Squire Boone passed through this area in 1770 and carved his name on a large rock in hopes that Daniel Boone would see it and know that Squire was back in Kentucky. The rock is now on display in Richmond's Courthouse.

The Squire Boone Rock

Squire Boone isn't as well as known as his brother Daniel, but he was just as much a frontiersman and explorer as his more famous kin. This is one of the few public tributes to the man.

If you go into the lobby of the Richmond Courthouse in Madison County, you'll find a glass case containing this large rock on which is etched "1770 Squire Boone". This stone was only discovered in 1892, in the woods off Jackson Lane (which is located between Pilot Knob and Big Hill), and was immediately deemed genuine.

Many doubt the authenticity of the carving, and rightly so, since basically anyone could have done it at any time.