Ghosts of the Morgan Fork Rail Road in Clearfield, Rowan County, Ky.
It has been rumored by the older folks strip of
the Morgan Fork Rail Road is haunted by the ghost
of a young lady. The legend has it that if you
walk the tracks from Clearfield toward Sim Owens
road (near Clack Mountain), a young lady will
follow you at a distance and then vanish.
Sim Owens was located accross the creek from the
Homer Gregory Sawmill (about 1/8 mile from Clack mtn).
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Source:
Several local residents all interviewed at different times.
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UPDATE: 2004
All but the tracks in the old Rail Yard in Clearfield Kentucky
have been removed. This due to a new highway project for KY 519.
The site of the old RR will undoubtedly soon be unidentifiable.
If your looking to see this area; The best enterance would be
from Laws Mobile Home Park (With Permission of course).
Walk towards the wooded hillside until your on the old rail road bed.
Turn left and walk the old rail bed past Homer Gregory Sawmill.
The road crossing the creek into the sawmill(left) and into the hollow
(on the right) is Sim Owens Branch.
An alternative would be to park at the pull off (near the old quary) at
the bottom of Clack Mountain and locate the old rail bed. Then follow the
old rail road bed north passing the sawmill until you reach Laws. Turn
around and walk back to your car.
Again, This should be done with permission. The Sawmill has a Guard.
