She who had braved the redman's hate —
With Harrod, Clark, and Boone,
First of her sex within the State,
Before a way was hewn,
Who heard the savage whoop and yell
With dead around her strewn —
And helped the savage hordes repel»
To save the place from ruin.
I scraped away the moss and mold
For on it at a glance
Saw characters, perhaps which told
Of someone whose advance
Into the western forest gave
The savage less expanse —
And lo! saw Ann McGinty's grave,
Which I had found by chance
Ann Mcginty was a famous pioneer. She brought the first spinning wheel to Kentucky.