Court Day
Early Mount Sterling was the trading center for a vast part of Eastern Kentucky. It was the site of several prominent hotels, taverns, and theaters, which served as meeting places, entertainment sites, and stagecoach stops and mail depositories for post riders.
Initiated in the 18th Century, Court Day quickly became the annual trading day for much of Eastern Kentucky. And it still is today. In the Fall when the air turns crisp is the perfect opportunity to enjoy the sights and sounds of one of the earlier traditions - Court Day
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Mount Sterling delights in this over 210+ year old tradition when approx. 130,000 people from all parts of the country gather for the four-day event.Held the third Monday, in October and the weekend prior. Specializing in many different arts and crafts, food and music, the people of Mount Sterling are eager to show their talents.
And Flat Stanley was there:
Flat Stanley's favorite new drink is sometime referred to as "Kentucky Swamp-Water"! The official name of the soft drink is Ale-8-One.
Ale-8-One soft drink has been bottled in Winchester since 1926 and is the only soft drink invented in Kentucky still in existence. Founder and inventor G. L. Wainscott began bottling soda water and several flavored drinks in a plant on North Main Street in Winchester, Kentucky, in May 1902. Experimenting with ginger-blended recipes acquired during extensive travels in Northern Europe, Wainscott developed the Ale-8-One formula. The product was launched July 13, 1926.
Flat Stanley was caught hitching a ride on the back of an Ale-8-One delivery truck.....
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The Ruth Hunt Candy Company
In 1921Ruth Tharpe Hunt began to sell the confections that her friends and family had always loved. Because of her success locally, she opened a small candy store in her home. Soon her business outgrew that location and in 1930 was moved to its own permanent location in Mt. Sterling, Kentucky. Among the many varieties of candy made at the Ruth Hunt Factory the BLUE MONDAY BAR has become the company's most famous product. Ruth Hunt has been producing the BLUE MONDAY for well over 60 years.
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Flat Stanley enjoyed a trip to the "Two Sisters Pumpkin Patch" with Emerson's Grandmother, Aunt Christy and cousins Sarah Kate and Riggs.  | |||
Another place Flat Stanley enjoyed visiting was the Bramble Ridge Apple Orchard..
Fresh honey from the Mt Sterling bees
Sorting the apples
Flat Stanley loved meeting Emerson's cousin Pruitt and watching him play soccer.
Riggs shared some shade with Flat Stanley at the game.
Spending the afternoon with Emerson's cousin's Trevor & Jacob
riding around their farm on the four wheeler with Trevor
and in Jacob's big diesel truck was great fun!
Emerson's Aunt Kim had Flat Stanley help her feed her chicken's while he was visiting at the farm. Flat Stanley thought the "Chicken House" might make a nice house for him if the chicken's ever moved out!!
The rooster kept a close eye on Flat Stanley
Flat Stanley made some new friends, bounced on the bounce house and even helped out the bands.
A trip to Kentucky would not be complete without the mention of horse racing.
Flat Stanley really wanted to ride a real horse, but could not find a saddle to fit him.
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