THE STORY
Reported Haunting
The 1885 story of the haunted bridge begins with Tom Jones and his widowed sister Elizabeth Taylor, who were fighting with their neighbors over their cattle getting into their neighbors’ crops.
The 1885 story of the haunted bridge begins with Tom Jones and his widowed sister Elizabeth Taylor, who were fighting with their neighbors over their cattle getting into their neighbors’ crops. Tom and Elizabeth felt unsafe over the turmoil and bought a shotgun. Soon after, some men were cutting trees in land Elizabeth said was hers, and after a mighty blast, one man was without a head and Elizabeth was seen running away from the scene. The angry townspeople hanged Tom and Elizabeth at the Little Blue River. The Haunted Bridge, which now stands over the river, is rumored to be haunted by their ghosts.