The Lord of the Hollow Sycamore Tree

by Janet Roney

…Now, I’m not saying someone couldn’t live inside a hollow sycamore tree. I’m not doubting the old Bond County history that tells all about “Old Kenson” or “Old Henson”, the hermit who spent most of the War of 1812 holed up in one while the rest of the settlers cowered behind the walls of Hill’s Fort or high-tailed it back to Kentucky. Old Kenson/Henson was clever. Each time he left the tree to hunt for food, or whatever, he returned by a different route so the Indians couldn’t track him.  

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