The Green Hand Bridge

by Janet Roney

Yes, our family really did hike to Mattoon to see a movie…and to explore and share stories about the old Charleston Road along the way. I assure you, dear readers, I do not invent or rewrite history, but if you doubt the veracity of my stories, you are not the first. Two of my dearest and nearest blood relatives, J. and P., didn’t believe a 1700s French fur trade trail passed through the county about a half mile from our home until I showed them the sunken road coming up from Nelson Ford and the remnant running along the bluff east of Jonathan Creek. 

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