Standing Up Rock Traditional Cache
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The cache is placed in a small community in Southeast Hardin
County. This is the area where my wife was raised and the cache is
placed at a site that pays tribute to some of her lineage. Enjoy
God's Country!
STANDING UP ROCK
In the days before the automobile was plentiful, STANDING UP ROCK,
was a popular meeting place for the youth of Burnt Church.
Travelers from surrounding counties referred to STANDING UP ROCK as
a point of directions.
This natural monument stands approximately 6 ft. above the earth.
The depth, age, and origin of the rock have yet to be
determined.
Stories have been passed down through out the years about the rock.
One of these tales is about Samuel Harbor, an early settler of
Hardin County. It has been told; at this rock he killed a bear.
Then years later, his son-in-law, Thomas Jerrold, a confederate
soldier, was last seen by his daughter, Sally Jerrold Irvin riding
away from this notable rock draped with a sheep skin blanket being
chased by Union soldiers. Thomas Jerrold never returned to his
beloved Burnt Church. He died in a Union Prison camp in December of
1863, at Alton, Illinois.
STANDING UP ROCK has been the site for many 'courtin' couples.
Elvin Rose and Virgie Stricklin eloped and were married here in
1935 by Magistrate William "Big Bill" Jerrolds, grandson of Thomas
Jerrolds.
So dear Traveler, stop by, sit a spell. rest your bones,
enjoy the view, and be a part of history as many have done, here at
STANDING UP ROCK.
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