Sherry Chandler
"On the last day of the world I would want to plant a tree.” — W.S. Merwin
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Ruddles Mills
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After the Revolutionary War, Isaac Ruddle was able to overcome his reputation as a surrender monkey. The decision to surrender had rankled some of his cohort. Ruddle returned to Kentucky and established a mill town a few miles upstream from the station he lost to Captain Henry Byrd and the Shawnee. Nestled in a valley at the confluence of Stoner and Hinkston Creeks, Ruddles Mills is still going, though in reduced circumstances. Other settlers didnt fare so well. Some 200 were held at Chilicothe for 15 years. Two of Ruddle’s sons were adopted by the Shawnee and took native wives.
Captain Henry Byrd, Hinkston Creek, Isaac Ruddle, Revolutionary War, Ruddles Mill, Ruddles Station, Stoner Creek
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Sherry Chandler has received professional development funding and a Professional Assistance Award through the Kentucky Arts Council, the state arts agency, supported by state tax dollars and federal funding from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Sherry has also received an Artist Enrichment grant from the Kentucky Foundation for Women.
Sherry has also received an Artist Enrichment grant from the Kentucky Foundation for Women.
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