Vintage Trunk made local in the early 70s. 150.00 This is a Beauty. This would make a lovely coffee table. 20 tall x 37 long and 21 deep. Has been chalk painted, hand sanded, and waxed. Excellent condition. Little Mountain Town was the first name for Mt Sterling. The name came from the Indian Mound discovered on Locust St. Its name was changed a little later maybe because they thought it sounded to hick. But I just love the name. Also it was spelled different, Mt Stirling. Over the yrs they changed the i to a e. This is a great redo by 2 Girls on a Hill. Pick up Mt Sterling. Please PM me if interested I may not see your comment. Thank for looking and have a Blessed Day. I have added a little history here at the bottom. The first cabin in the area was built in June of 1779 for John Kelly and was situated just east of the mound, near a large oak tree. After this, as least one crude shelter for hunters was built, but no permanent settlement was made until about 1790. At this time Hugh Forbes, a Scotsman who held a land grant for the area adjoining the Little Mountain, laid off a strip (along what later became Locust Street) into lots to be sold to people who wanted to be near pasture land for their stock. As the lots were sold and the settlement grew, the people met to decide on a formal name for the place, then called Little Mountain Town. Hugh Forbes, having started it, was allowed to name the town. He selected the name Mount Stirling,, for the Little Mountain near which it was established, and Stirling for a town in his native Scotland. In December, 1792, the Kentucky Assembly passed an act establishing the town
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