They met a flatboat in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and floated the Ohio River down to Maysville. The women and children were left behind at the fortified Goodwin’s station while the men traveled overland to place their claims on the lands at Pottinger’s Creek. Now eight years later, most of the settlers flourished in the new land. Nelson County became part of the new state of Kentucky, but for Earnest, nothing was left of the optimistic man he once was. The hopes and dreams he

CHAPTER 1 Curly Moe was Here It was the winter of 1960. It was cold and life near the water was unpleasant for the poor soul that had to make a living working in that sort of environment. It was an environment where the frigid water and the cold wind blowing west to east could make anyone change their mind about deciding to work full-time at the local shipyard. The winter made no bones about what it was planning on doing for the season and that was to make life as uncomfortab