News Excerpts April 13 1911 Harrison County KyArchives News Cynthiana Democrat Cynthiana Democrat 13 Apr 1911 Thurs Vol. 43 No. 29 Pg. 1 Col. 5 Carlisle Ben Holladay was a brother to James Holladay, a prominent lawyer, and was County Judge of Nicholas County for several terms. Ben Holladay was born in Nicholas County in about 1824, became owner and manager of the Arlington Hotel in its most flourishing days. He sold out and went west and became a partner of Liggett and it was known as Holladay and Liggett. They operated a stage line from St. Joseph, MO to Salt Lake City and in 1858 took 22 days in its semi-monthly trips. The stage from Denver to Salt Lake had a run of over 600 miles without a single town, hamlet or house on the way. By 1859 there were no less than six mail routes to California but Ben Holladay was king. No other man anywhere has owned and managed a transportation system at once so vast and so difficult. He had 16 first class steamers plying the Pacific from San Francisco, to Oregon, Panama, Japan and China. At the height of his Overland Business he operated nearly 5000 miles of daily mail stages, with about 500 freight wagons, 5000 horses and mules and a host of oxen. On the mail line he used 2750 horses and mules and 100 concord coaches. It cost $55,ooo for the harness; the feed bill was $1,000,000 a year. To equip and run this line for the first twelve months cost $2,425,000. The government paid Holladay a million dollars a year in mail contracts. In 1864 grain was worth twenty cents a pound along the line, and hay up to $125 a ton. In one day Dave Street contracted at St. Louis for seven Missouri River steamers t load with corn for the overland's army of mules and horses. Ben Holladay was the overland King for about 5 years, beginning in December 1861. The Indian depredations of 1864-66 greatly crippled his stage line, nearly all the stations for 100 miles being burned, his property stolen and his men killed. In November 1866 he sold out the Overland Stages to Wells Fargo & Co. in whose name the romantic enterprise continued til the railroads drove the stage from the plains forever. Cynthiana Democrat Thurs 13 Apr 1911 Vol. 43 No. 29 Pg. 1 Col. 5 Kentontown John McGuire, died Wednesday 29 March 1911 at the home of his son Amos in Leon, Kansas. Age 91 years, 8 months and 4 days. Cynthiana Democrat Thurs 13 Apr 1911 Vol. 43 No. 29 Pg. 4 Col. 4 Mrs. Lyda Smith, wife of Nathaniel Smith, died near Cynthiana, Monday. Thrown from a buggy. Buried at Battle Grove. Cynthiana Democrat Thurs 13 Apr 1911 Vol. 43 No. 29 Pg. 5 Col. 3 Deaths McGibben Kimbrough, age 33, died in Los Angeles, CA. Son of Mrs. R. P. Coughlin of Lexington and Joseph Kimbrough. His father had been dead a number of years. Buried at Battle Grove. Tom L. Johnson, former mayor of Cleveland, OH is dead. Was born in Scott Co. KY 57 years ago. Mrs. Eliza Houts, aged 83, died at the County Infirmary Sunday of cancer. Widow of Jacob Hounts who died about a year ago. Mrs. Matilda Lail Ewalt, wife of Frank Ewalt, died in Lair, Monday. Daughter of Thomas Lail and age 31. Burial in Battle Grove Cem. Henry C. Norris Sr., age 65 died in Cynthiana on Friday. Buried at Battle Grove. Union Soldier and a member of an Ohio Regiment. Mrs. Margaret Miller wife of Thomas Miller, died near Sylvandell Sunday. She was 73 years old. Survived by her husband, a Mexican War veteran at age 83. Buried in Republican cem. Mrs. Susan Whitaker, age 71, died 3 Apr. 1911 at her home in Cynthiana. Her husband, John H. Whitaker died 25 Aug. 1903. Buried in Sunrise Cem. Both were members of the Mt. Gilead Christian Church. Rev. Samuel Foley preached the funeral. Mrs. Annie Hutchinson, age 32, wife of Jack Hutchinson, died in Cynthiana on Monday. Burial in Battle Grove. Albert Nelson Conner, age about 68 years died in Harrison Co. Thursday. Rev. John William Doan died 25 March 1911 in La Mesa, CA. Age 45. Buried in California in a Masonic Cem. Infant child of Jeff Pope died on Friday. Burial at Selma. Cynthiana Democrat Thurs 13 Apr 1911 Vol. 43 No. 29 Pg. 6 Col. 5 Selma Albert Nelson Conner, born Apr 24, 1843, died 6 Apr 1911, age 67 years 11 months and 12 days. Son of General John and Mahala Hedger Conner. Survived by one brother, Thomas of Leesburg. Bachelor. Born and raised near Selma. Buried in Conner Family Cemetery. Submitted by: Doug Harper http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00012.html#0002839 This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/kyfiles/