GCWPBK Bell's Tavern Cache (Traditional Cache) in Kentucky, United States created by neverfind

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Hidden : 6/19/2006

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Bell's Tavern Park City is home to Bell's Tavern Historical Park, 117 W. Dixie St. Bell's Tavern was constructed by slave labor, but was never completed due to the onset of the Civil War. Erected by Wm. Bell,1830. Stage stop for his lines that brought visitors to Mammoth Cave when first promoted. Famed in U.S. and Europe for elite patrons, cuisine and magic peach and honey brandy for "Joy before the journey's end," until it burned 1860. Civil War doomed completion of new tavern begun by grandson, Wm. F. Bell, and his stepfather, George M. Proctor.

It is said that there was a curse put on some men at the tavern.

It goes something like this.

LEGEND OF THE THREE WELLS

Legend has it that... two men were arguing over which side would win the Civil War... North or South. They were drunk as usual and both men started quite a fuss in the Ol' Tavern.Later that night, one of the men came back with a couple of his friends and decided to burn down Bell's Tavern. Little did these men know that in the kitchen, an elderly woman was cleaning up for the night. The local townsfolk said that the elderly woman was a witch, but the men did not believe in the local folklore. They decided to kill the elderly woman and leave her to burn with the building. One of the men snuck into the kitchen and hit the elderly woman on top of her head. He used the blunt-end of his gun to do this. So, while the place was burning, the men saw the old woman trying her best to get up and escape the raging inferno. She was not dead yet! The old woman saw the men and yelled out a curse from her blood-stained lips... "Three men... Three wells Down, down you will fall Into the mouth of Hell!" While the elderly woman was cursing and burning, one of the men pulled out his gun and shot her dead. The three men watched the blames burn high into the night. One of the men felt the ground shift underneath his feet, but paid little attention to this. For he, like his friends, was interested in watching the place burn down to the ground. Suddenly, a huge deep hole opened up and swallowed one of the men. The other two saw what was taking place and started to run in different directions away from the Tavern. They tried to get away, but to no avail.Another hole swallowed the second man and finally the third man went down. Just like the old woman said in her curse The three wells are still there. Some of the locals say, if you listen close... you can still hear the men yelling, screaming for their lives... forever screaming in Hell! Thus is the Legend of the Three Wells at Bell's Tavern, located in Park City, Kentucky off of 31W Highway.

This story was hand written and left in a small plastic envelope held down with a rock at Bell's Tavern. My sincere thanks to the anonymous "story teller" for making it available to share with others.

You can visit the tavern Monday through Sunday 7:00 AM-10:00 PM.
Please do not move this cache.
Please return the cache as found.
If your gps doesn't zero in at the same point as mine it is because of the area.
The next hunter's gps won't zero in where yours did.
So please leave it alone!!!!
Absolutely do not go inside the walls the cache is not in there.

You will be hunting for a small pill container.
Beware! The walls of the old tavern will make your GPSr go crazy.

You can park next to the tavern.
Please be respectful of this historic place
Happy Hunting And Enjoy

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