a.k.a. Cherry Grove
Almost all images here are from the Hill photograph album, A Pilgrimage to the Old Home in
Grant County, Kentucky,
May 30th,1912. M. A. Hill, Covington, Ky. Photo captions are from the scrapbook
See the original album at the Kentuckiana Virtual Library
A word on the Hill family, here.
George Hill started this store in Hardscrabble (Cherry Grove) in 1863
George W. Hill
“Having never seen Cherry Grove represented in your columns, I have concluded to give it a show. Cherry Grove is just three miles south of Williamstown, and is a community known as Hardscrabble, but she can now boast of a post-office, a station, mill, blacksmith shop and a general store, kept by F. Beckworth of Newport; he is a worthy gentleman and keeps at all times a complete line of goods as can be found outside the city. The first two miles of the Cordova and Hardscrabble turnpike is nearing completion.” the Williamstown Courier, June 9, 1892 |
Post-Civil War murder in Hardscrabble, here. | |
Feud in Hardscrabble results in ugly 1877 shooting - here. |
1879 Fire at Hardscrabble. Story here. |
The Tee Pee Truck Stop
from a Facebook post by Jerry Martin
Jerry Martin also has a short history of the truck stop, here.