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From: "Elvada Walker" <>
Subject: RE: [ARIZARD-L] Picnic at Mt. Olive - Elvada
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 18:03:11 -0600
In-Reply-To: <006401c0b60a$d3370360$ef42b118@chnd1.az.home.com>


Bernie,

I will have to get back to you on the history of and who owns the hotel. I
think someone out of state owns it but am not sure. When you come in June if
you have time we will plan a day of looking around Mt Olive. I will get
Rosemary and our cousin Noel to go with us. Noel is our official tour guide.
He was raised there and knows some wonderful stories.

The old hotel is almost gone now. People have come in and took lumber from
it. If you have Dale Hanks book "Jeffery Pioneers In The Ozarks" there is a
picture of the old hotel in the back. This would be a book you would enjoy
if you don't have it. his email address is.





I will get more information on the hotel and send to you. Hope to see you in
June.

Elvada

-----Original Message-----
From: Bernie Moore-Knowles [mailto:]
Sent: Monday, March 26, 2001 9:39 AM
To:
Subject: Re: [ARIZARD-L] Picnic at Mt. Olive - Elvada


Hi Elvada

Tell me,

Who owns this old Jeffery Hotel now? What's the history on it, if you don't
mind me asking?

Bernie Moore-Knowles
Phoenix, Arizona

"I have Indian blood in me. I have just enough White blood for you to
question my honesty." ........Will Rogers
----- Original Message -----
From: "Elvada Walker" <>
To: <>
Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2001 3:53 PM
Subject: RE: [ARIZARD-L] Picnic at Mt. Olive


>
> Betty, You definitely took a trip back in time. Mt Olive is one of my
> favorite places to prowl around. The first time I went to the old hotel I
> remember rings in the walls of the small building or the rock house. The
> only person I remember going on that particular trip was Noel Jeffery. We
> thought the rings were slave rings. We left them for other people to see.
> Not too many years later we went back and the rings were gone.
>
> Legend has it that a ghost of a woman has been seen between the old
Jehoiada
> house and the river. She is suppose to have long flowing black hair.
>
> If only that valley could talk we would never run out of stories.
>
> Glad you enjoyed your day.
>
> Elvada
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [mailto:]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2001 8:26 AM
> To:
> Subject: [ARIZARD-L] Picnic at Mt. Olive
>
>
> Hi all;
> This may be especially interesting to Jeffery descendants:
> Yesterday, my sister, Shirley Hill, my cousin Sue Chrisco, and a
friend
> Bonnie Jeffery Phipps (dau. of Dick and Bonnie Irene Jeffery) went to Mt.
> Olive and had a picnic. It was a beautiful day, with a little breeze
> blowing. We first went to Bonnie's old home place, then we went to the
old
> Jeffery Cemetery which is at Bone Island. The little cemetery looks like
an
> island itself. There were jonquils blooming, here and there, in the
> cemetery. Near the cemetery is the ruins of the first Jeffery's old
> homeplace (Jehoiada). There are two big chimneys still standing and you
can
> still see what was probably the cellar which is lined with big rocks. It
> must have been under the living room, or kitchen floor.
> Our next stop was the old Jeffery Hotel. This is a huge old house,
> which has just about fallen down. There were jonquils blooming all
around,
> and little grape hyacynths. There is still an old rock house which was
> probably their ice house, or storage house.
> From there we went to another cemetery, which was the "old Jeffery
> Cemetery". It is up above the river. From there we walked down to the
> river to the flat rocks where the steamboats used to land. The river was
> high, but Bonnie pointed out a round small ring, which she said had been
> placed in that rock, by Jehoiada. Until a few years ago, there was a
large
> iron ring which was secured in the smaller ring in the rocks and that is
> what they used to tie, or anchor their steamboats. After that, we called
it
> a day and headed back home, but it was a good day, and I wanted to share
> this with you all.
> (I made several pictures of these sites.)
> Betty Mc
>
>
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