The Ghostly Legends of Vinegar Hill
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Adapted with permission from Landmark Report, July 2005.
Abstract
Before the establishment of Western Kentucky University on its hilltop campus, the area was known as "Vinegar Hill," a rocky, overgrown, unsavory and haunted place. In 1912, an elderly African-American resident of the neighboring community of Jonesville recounted its ghostly history to a local newspaper reporter.
Suggested Citation
Lynn E. Niedermeier. "The Ghostly Legends of Vinegar Hill" Landmark Report (2005).
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/lynn_niedermeier/23
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As this photo shows, even in the 1920s parts of Vinegar Hill were still wild, overgrown . . . and spooky. (WKU Archives photo)
As this photo shows, even in the 1920s parts of Vinegar Hill were still wild, overgrown . . . and spooky. (WKU Archives photo)