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The Long Run Massacre & Floyd’s Defeat 2019
September 13-14

Presented by The Painted Stone Settlers


	Photos by Kathy Cummings


	The Faces of The Long Run Massacre 2019


		Settlers of the Painted Stone Station are Attacked near Long Run

	Squire Boone settled in Shelby County Kentucky in 1780. He built his station along the banks of Clear Creek. It was a site he had first visited in 1776 and he had marked the spot with a stone from the creek on which he had scribed his name and the date. Thus the station became known as The Painted Stone Station. But by September of 1781 Indian sign was increasing and Boone decided the families at the station should move to a more populated area. Settlers evacuated The Painted Stone Station on September 13, 1781 and were attacked by a group of Miami Indians as they forded Long Run Creek. On September 8, 2018 re-enactors portrayed this historic event.

			The Battle

After defeating the settlers, the Indians decided to wait in the area. They knew that the settlers would return to bury their dead. The Indians were joined by over 300 Shawnee. Colonel John Floyd left Linn Station on the morning of September 14 with 27 men. They were no match for the waiting Indians and Floyd’s small force was also defeated.


	The Prisoner Exchange

		In a quest to better understand history, The Painted Stone Settlers provide visitors with a scenario about one of the many prisoner exchanges that were held throughout the Ohio valley in the late 1700’s in which natives and settlers came together to trade prisoners for goods.

The Opening Ceremony

Presentation of Colors by The Sons of the American Revolution Isaac Shelby Chapter. With cannon demonstration by the Painted Stone Settlers.

School Day with The Painted Stone Settlers Friday
September 13, 2019

Education is the keyword for The Painted Stone Settlers. As a non profit 501 (c)3 the group is dedicated to teaching the history of Shelby County Kentucky. Each year 600-800 students arrive on site on Friday about 9 AM. These students and homeschoolers can visit 23 stations manned by volunteer re-enactors and demonstrators. To learn more about the school day visit the web site www.paintedstonesettlers.org and register for 2020.

School Day 2020

There were over 20 stations visited by over 700 school children on Friday, September 30. At 11:00 am all of the classes came together at the bleachers to see a cannon demonstration and learn a little more about 18th century life. Volunteers from the audience came front and center to learn the positions of the cannon crew. The audience learned the cannon commands and shouted them in a loud common voice to the volunteer crew. Then the volunteers left the field as the trained Painted Stone Cannon Crew took over for a live fire. There is nothing more exciting than a large group of children and thing that go boom! Join us in 2020 to have your child experience the 18th century lifestyle.

The History

The Painted Stone Settlers were a group of settlers led by Squire Boone who built their station in 1780 Kentucky. By 1781, as Indian attacks were becoming more frequent the group opted to leave the settlement for a more populated station. Linn Station was 23 miles from Painted Stone. During the trek, the settlers with their livestock and household goods had to cross Long Run Creek. It was about noon and at this point that 50 Miami Indians with their British allies chose to attack.

Men, women and children were killed and scattered, many not reaching Linn Station until nightfall. On the following day Col. John Floyd, of the Jefferson County Militia led a party of men out to check for survivors and bury the dead. The Indians had stayed in the area knowing the settlers would return. This militia group was also attacked. Seventeen men were killed or captured. It became known as Floyd’s Defeat.

Join Us in 2019 on September 13-14, 2019

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