Hebron Journal dated 2-6-2019~~~110 Years Ago, 1909:
King Fisher's Grave:
About three miles east of Hebron, on a height above the south bank of the Little Blue River, stands the tomb of King David Fisher, one of Thayer County's earliest pioneers. The grave, which at one time was enclosed by a picket fence and densely covered with the slender and fern-like foliage of the jackhaw, is now laid bare to the feet of the herds that daily feed about the spot. It will be but a short time till nothing will remain to mark the resting place of one who braved the dangers of the wild and lonely waste, filled with the soul that impelled a Boone, a Crockett or a Houston to seek the wilderness and plant the outposts for a civilization soon to follow, to occupy and--forget. A beautiful poem by G. W. Wasson of this city is commemorative of the spot and is printed in the Feb. 12, 1909 issue of the Hebron Journal. Footnote (1999): This grave is not forgotten. A new strong fence was erected by the Thayer County Genealogical Society a few years ago to keep the "feet of the herds that daily feed on the spot" away from the gravesite and the site is maintained by the society.
King Fisher's Grave:
About three miles east of Hebron, on a height above the south bank of the Little Blue River, stands the tomb of King David Fisher, one of Thayer County's earliest pioneers. The grave, which at one time was enclosed by a picket fence and densely covered with the slender and fern-like foliage of the jackhaw, is now laid bare to the feet of the herds that daily feed about the spot. It will be but a short time till nothing will remain to mark the resting place of one who braved the dangers of the wild and lonely waste, filled with the soul that impelled a Boone, a Crockett or a Houston to seek the wilderness and plant the outposts for a civilization soon to follow, to occupy and--forget. A beautiful poem by G. W. Wasson of this city is commemorative of the spot and is printed in the Feb. 12, 1909 issue of the Hebron Journal. Footnote (1999): This grave is not forgotten. A new strong fence was erected by the Thayer County Genealogical Society a few years ago to keep the "feet of the herds that daily feed on the spot" away from the gravesite and the site is maintained by the society.
Hebron Journal dated 2-6-2019~~~110 Years Ago, 1909:
King Fisher's Grave:
About three miles east of Hebron, on a height above the south bank of the Little Blue River, stands the tomb of King David Fisher, one of Thayer County's earliest pioneers. The grave, which at one time was enclosed by a picket fence and densely covered with the slender and fern-like foliage of the jackhaw, is now laid bare to the feet of the herds that daily feed about the spot. It will be but a short time till nothing will remain to mark the resting place of one who braved the dangers of the wild and lonely waste, filled with the soul that impelled a Boone, a Crockett or a Houston to seek the wilderness and plant the outposts for a civilization soon to follow, to occupy and--forget. A beautiful poem by G. W. Wasson of this city is commemorative of the spot and is printed in the Feb. 12, 1909 issue of the Hebron Journal. Footnote (1999): This grave is not forgotten. A new strong fence was erected by the Thayer County Genealogical Society a few years ago to keep the "feet of the herds that daily feed on the spot" away from the gravesite and the site is maintained by the society.
King Fisher's Grave:
About three miles east of Hebron, on a height above the south bank of the Little Blue River, stands the tomb of King David Fisher, one of Thayer County's earliest pioneers. The grave, which at one time was enclosed by a picket fence and densely covered with the slender and fern-like foliage of the jackhaw, is now laid bare to the feet of the herds that daily feed about the spot. It will be but a short time till nothing will remain to mark the resting place of one who braved the dangers of the wild and lonely waste, filled with the soul that impelled a Boone, a Crockett or a Houston to seek the wilderness and plant the outposts for a civilization soon to follow, to occupy and--forget. A beautiful poem by G. W. Wasson of this city is commemorative of the spot and is printed in the Feb. 12, 1909 issue of the Hebron Journal. Footnote (1999): This grave is not forgotten. A new strong fence was erected by the Thayer County Genealogical Society a few years ago to keep the "feet of the herds that daily feed on the spot" away from the gravesite and the site is maintained by the society.
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