bThe Hancock-Henderson Quill, Inc.
Hospitality knew no bounds in the early days of Henderson County.
A log cabin meant food and shelter and when a strange wagon pulled up by the doorstep, the inhabitants rushed to welcome the travelers as if they were long lost relatives.
Children delighted in the addition of other children and simple childhood games were soon organized.
Barns were never too full to hold the new comer's horses and a house was never too small to accept others.
Oft times at night the single room cabin found fifteen people sleeping before the fireplace glow.
Ox teams, wagons, and chains were treated as common property and lacking one themselves the neighbor could be assured of borrowing from the more affluent;
for anything not possessed by a man was completely at his disposal if owned by another.
Sharing and coping with the wilderness environment enabled all to survive.
1882 History of Henderson County