Upshur 1877

W illiam Upshur and friends fi nally had life at the mountain goingtheir way. Th e bridge through the bat caves large entrance was atlast fi nished, as well as the massive wall of logs surrounding it. Th e TradingPost was in operation, their homes built and occupied. Rodney Taylor, andPeter Birdsong were busy with their duties as Federal Marshals. They were settled in and happy. But as we all know, as did they, nothingever stays the same. Th ere are always those who get in the way of progress,or