"Two of [Charles A./Charles P.] Tasker's men were next (to be buried here). They were killed when the 'canon' was blown to pieces July 4, 1877.' (It was discovered later that Tasker had a small cannon at the Rock House and the men, filled with Independence Day spirits, loaded the cannon and it blew up.)"
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Source:
"Sun Rising on the West: The Saga of Henry Clay and Elizabeth Smith"
by Walter Hubert Curry
(c) 1979
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Source:
"Sun Rising on the West: The Saga of Henry Clay and Elizabeth Smith"
by Walter Hubert Curry
(c) 1979
"Two of [Charles A./Charles P.] Tasker's men were next (to be buried here). They were killed when the 'canon' was blown to pieces July 4, 1877.' (It was discovered later that Tasker had a small cannon at the Rock House and the men, filled with Independence Day spirits, loaded the cannon and it blew up.)"
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Source:
"Sun Rising on the West: The Saga of Henry Clay and Elizabeth Smith"
by Walter Hubert Curry
(c) 1979
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Source:
"Sun Rising on the West: The Saga of Henry Clay and Elizabeth Smith"
by Walter Hubert Curry
(c) 1979
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