Swift- A Novel Coming Soon

The legend says that men under the leadership of Captain John Swift were mining silver in the wilderness west of the Allegheny Mountains in mid 1700’s.   History records that one of Kentucky’s first pioneers, John Finley, established a trading store in the same region, also in the mid 1700’s.   The legendary silver mines have never been found nor have they been proven not to exist.   Historians face the same dilemma in that they cannot prove nor disprove the early pioneers did exactly what they claimed.   History is recalled from our minds, perhaps written down or photographed, but in the end history, legends and lore are all collections of recollections.  The current collection of history has been favorable to Daniel Boone and other early pioneers but has little regard for John Finley.  This was unfortunate.