Blood on the Creek, Phantom on the River: The Dark History and Haunting Legends of Clay County
Mist rolls along the Elk River. Amy Lane Photo, taken at the Dundon Bridge. By Amy Lane OCTOBER — The mist off the Elk River doesn’t just roll in on an October night—it crawls. It hangs low over the black water like a shroud, suffocating the moonlight until the riverbank beneath your boots disappears completely into the dark. In Clay County, we grow up hearing about the blood-soaked history of Rush Fork near Ivydale. Between 1893 and 1917, at least...
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