>> THERE ARE STILL LESSONS TO BE

LEARNED IN THIS HISTORIC

ONE-ROOM SCHOOLHOUSE IN CALDWELL

COUNTY.

REGIONAL HISTORY AND FINE ARTS

ARE FEATURED AT THE HOPEWELL

MUSEUM.

IN BURNSIDE, A BED AND BREAKFAST

OFFERS AN EAGLE'S VIEW OF LAKE

CUMBERLAND.

THERE ARE EIGHT SIDES AND MANY

GHOST STORIES.

THESE STORIES COMING UP NEXT ON

"KENTUCKY LIFE."

>> HI.

I'M DAVE SHUFET.

WELCOME TO "KENTUCKY LIFE."

WE'RE IN BOURBON COUNTY AT THE

HOPE WELL MUSEUM.

WE'LL LOOK AT WHAT'S ON DISPLAY

HERE.

THESE DAYS WE HEAR A LOT ABOUT

SPECIALTY AND MAGNET SCHOOLS,

BUT IT WASN'T THAT LONG AGO WHEN

MANY KENTUCKIANS ATTENDED

ONE-ROOM SCHOOL HOUSES.

I DID, TOO, IN GRADE SCHOOL.

NO ONE REALLY KNOWS HOW MANY OF

THESE ONE-ROOM SCHOOL HOUSES

THERE WERE IN KENTUCKY OR HOW

MANY REMAIN STANDING.

IN CALDWELL COUNTY, PEOPLE CAME

TOGETHER TO PRESERVE THEIR OLD

WOODEN SCHOOLHOUSE, AND ALL IT

MEANT TO THE GENERATIONS OF

AFRICAN-AMERICANS WHO ATTENDED

SCHOOL THERE IN FREE DON'TIA.

>> THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN ONE-ROOM

SCHOOL IS A LIVING MUSEUM WHICH

ALLOWS CHILDREN AND ADULTS TO

SEE HOW LIFE WOULD HAVE BEEN IF

YOU WOULD HAVE ATTENDED A

ONE-ROOM SCHOOL.

FIRST ATTENDED IN 1927, BY THE

AFRICAN-AMERICAN CHILDREN OF THE

COMMUNITY.

IT CONTAINS ALL OF THE KINDS OF

THINGS THAT YOU WOULD HAVE SEEN

IN A TYPICAL ONE-ROOM SCHOOL

FROM THE EARLY 1900 RS.

>> A ONE-ROOM SCHOOLHOUSE HOUSED

ALL OF THE STUDENTS FROM GRADES

ONE THROUGH EIGHT, USUALLY, AND

THEY WOULD WORK IN GROUPS.

YOUNGER CHILDREN WOULD SIT CLOSE

TO THE FRONT OF THE ROOM AND THE

OLDER ONES WOULD SIT TO THE

BACK.

THE TEACHER WOULD CALL THEM UP

IN GROUPS ACCORDING TO THEIR AGE

AND GO OVER THEIR DAILY LESSONS.

WHILE THAT GROUP WAS WORKING

WITH THE TEACHER, YOU SEE ALL OF

THE OTHERS GOT TO HEAR THAT.

>> WE WOULD WALK TO SCHOOL,

WHICH WE WOULD GET HERE ABOUT

7:30 OR QUARTER OF 8:00 AND

SCHOOL TAKING UP ABOUT 8:00, AND

THAT WOULD BE, OH, NOT TOO BAD.

I MEAN, WE HAD THREE RECESSES, I

THINK, AND WE HAD LUNCHTIME.

>> ANOTHER THING THAT WOULD

HAPPEN IS, IF IT WAS WINTERTIME,

THEY WOULD BRING IN THE WOOD OR

THE COAL.

THEY WOULD BRING IN THE WATER

FOR THE WATER BUCKET WHERE THEY

WOULD DRINK FROM, OR WATER FOR

WASHING HANDS.

THE BOYS WOULD SIT ON ONE SIDE

OF THE ROOM AND THE GIRLS SAT ON

ANOTHER SIDE OF THE ROOM.

AND THE TEACHER WOULD TEACH EACH

GRADE LEVEL, AND OLDER STUDENTS

WOULD HELP THE YOUNGER STUDENTS.

>> WELL, A TYPICAL TEACHER, THE

FIRST THING THEY WOULD DO IS SAY

A PRAYER AND SING, AND THEN THE

TEACHER WOULD GO UP -- WELL, UP

ON STAGE, WE CALLED IT, BECAUSE

IT WAS A LITTLE PLATFORM THERE.

AND THEN HE WOULD CALL OR SHE,

EACH ONE OF THE CLASSES FIRST,

SECOND, AND YOU KNOW, THIRD.

MOST TIME, THEY STARTED WITH

EIGHTH GRADE, THOUGH.

AND WOULD GO ON DOWN LIKE THAT.

>> IT WAS A REVIEW FOR THE OLDER

ONES, AND THE YOUNGER ONES WERE

CHALLENGED BY WHAT THE OLDER

STUDENTS WERE WORKING ON, AND

WHAT THEY WERE LEARNING.

>> AND THEY TAUGHT YOU JUST

ABOUT -- JUST ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE

TEACHING NOW, BECAUSE THEY WOULD

-- TEACHERS HAD TO TELL US ABOUT

THE FARMS AND DIFFERENT THINGS,

AND ASK IF WE KNEW THIS PERSON

AND THAT PERSON.

IT WAS JUST A LITTLE GROUP LIKE

FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD, YOU

KNOW.

ON UP TO THE EIGHTH GRADE.

AND YOU GRADUATED AT -- YOU

KNOW, EIGHTH GRADE.

>> I THINK IT'S INTERESTING HOW

THEY LEARNED FROM EACH OTHER,

EVEN THE LITTLE FIRST GRAUDERS

AND EIGHTH GRADERS WOULD WORK

TOGETHER ON THEIR STUDIES.

AND I THINK THAT WE MISS THAT

TODAY, THE INTERACTION BETWEEN

THE YOUNG AND THE OLD.

>> WELL, IT'S JUST LIKE A BIG

FAMILY.

ATTENDING THE SCHOOL WAS A

PLEASURE.

>> IN 2005, WE BEGAN BE DID-THE

CITY APPOINTED A COMMITTEE

CALLED THE FREDONIA HERITAGE

COMMITTEE THAT BEGAN LOOKING

INTO THE POSSIBILITY OF

RESTORATION AND RENOVATION.

THERE WERE GRANTS RECEIVED IN

2006.

THE HISTORY CHANNEL, SAVE OUR

HISTORY GRANT, WAS OBTAINED BY

THE COAL COUNTY HISTORICAL

SOCIETY, WITH CONJUNCTION WITH

THE FREDONIA HERITAGE COMMITTEE

AND THE GRANT COMMITTEE DID MUCH

WORK TO RESTORE THE BUILDING AT

THAT TIME.

>> IT JUST KIND OF KNOWBALLED

AFTER THAT, AND WE COULDN'T

REALLY BELIEVE THE RESPONSE WE

GOT FROM THE COMMUNITY, AND EVEN

FROM THE STATE.

WE HAD PEOPLE THAT WORKED HARD

ON THIS BUILDING, RESTORING IT.

WE HAD OF COURSE, THE FLOORS HAD

TO BE REDONE, THE WALLS, THE

CEILINGS.

THE WIRING.

JUST REALLY EVERY PART OF THE

BUILDING WAS RESTORED.

WE HAD PEOPLE THAT WOULD ASK

WHAT THEY COULD DO TO HELP.

UNTIL YOU SHOW THAT THERE IS A

NEED, YOU DON'T REALIZE THERE

ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE WILLING TO

HELP.

>> THE MEMORABILIA LOCATED IN

OUR ONE-ROOM SCHOOL INCLUDES

DESKS THAT PEOPLE HAVE DONATED

TO OUR SCHOOL.

>> WE HAVE MADE LITTLE PLAQUES

TO PUT ON THE DESKS GIVING THE

NAME OF THE DONOR.

WE HAVE BENCHES AND PICTURES,

THE POT BELLIED STOVE IS THE

ORIGINAL STOVE THAT WAS HERE.

YOU SEE A WASH BASIN, JUST THIS

LITTLE CUPS.

YOU KNOW, THEY DRANK OUT OF A

PAIL OF WATER.

ALL OF THE CHILDREN DRANK OUT OF

SAME PAIL YOU KNOW, WITH JUST

ONE CUP.

>> THERE ARE SCHOOL BELLS, LUNCH

PAILS.

AND MANY OTHER PIECES OF MEMBER

BALIA THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN

PRESENT IN A ONE ROOM SCHOOL.

ANOTHER PIECE OF MEMORABILIA IS

A FLAG WHICH WE RECEIVED AT THE

REQUEST OF SENATOR JIM BUNTING.

IT HAD FLOWN OVER THE CAPITAL IN

WASHINGTON, D.C.

SO, WE ARE PLEASED TO HAVE THAT.

ONE OF THE PROJECTS WE DO HERE

AT THE WILSON BLAIR ONE ROOM

SCHOOL IS TO EDUCATE CHILDREN ON

WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO ATTEND A ONE

ROOM SCHOOL.

SOME OF THE PROJECTS WE DO,

INCLUDE EACH OCTOBER, THE

STUDENTS FROM THE THIRD GRADE OF

THE CALDWELL COUNTY ELEMENTARY

SCHOOL COME TO OUR SCHOOL FOR AN

ENTIRE DAY, FIELD DAY PROGRAM.

THEY GO THROUGH ALL OF THE

ACTIVITIES THAT WOULD HAVE

HAPPENED IN A ONE ROOM SCHOOL.

THEY HAVE A CLASSROOM.

THEY HEAR STORIES OF AN

INDIVIDUAL WHO ATTENDED A ONE

ROOM SCHOOL.

WE DO TAKE THEM ON A HAYRIDE

THROUGH THE TOWN.

THEY DO DIFFERENT PROJECTS THAT

WOULD MAYBE BE CRAFTS DURING

THAT TIME PERIOD.

WE WANT THE WILSON BLAIR ONE

ROOM SCHOOL TO BE A SIGHT IN

FREDONIA THAT CAN BE SEEN AS A

PLACE WHERE WE ARE STRIVING TO

PRESERVE HISTORY FOR FUTURE

GENERATIONS.

WE NEED TO BE FOREVER REMINDED

OF THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR

HISTORY, AND WHY WE ARE COMING

TO THE POINT WE ARE TODAY.

WE'RE HERE TODAY BECAUSE OF WHAT

HAPPENED IN THE PAST.

>> IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO LEARN

MORE ABOUT THE EFFORTS TO

PRESERVE THE WILSON BLAIR

AFRICAN-AMERICAN ONE ROOM SCHOOL

HOUSE, VISIT OUR WEBSITE, AT

KET.ORG/KENTUCKYLIFE.

IF YOU ATTENDED A ONE ROOM

SCHOOLHOUSE OR KNOW ABOUT THE

HISTORY OF ONE IN YOUR TOWN OR

COUNTY, JOIN OUR "KENTUCKY LIFE"

FACEBOOK PAGE TO SHARE YOUR

STORIES.

WELL, TELLING THE STORY OF

BOURBON COUNTY IS ONE OF THE

MISSIONS OF THE HOPEWELL MUSEUM.

LOCATE ON PLEASANT STREET IN

DOWNTOWN PARIS, THIS ELEGANT

BOSE ART STYLE BUILDING DATES

FROM 190LE.

IT WAS USED AS A POST OFFICE AND

PUBLIC BUILDING BEFORE FINDING

NEW LIFE IN 1994 AS AN ART AND

HISTORY MUSEUM.

THROUGH ITS PARTNERSHIPS WITH

SEVERAL OTHER MUSEUMS ACROSS THE

STATE, HOPEWELL'S EXHIBITS

CHANGE FREQUENTLY.

THE COLLECTIONS HERE INCLUDE

REGIONAL HISTORIC ARTIFACTS AS

WELL AS EXAMPLES OF DECORATIVE

AND FINE ART FROM YESTERDAY AND

TODAY.

YOU CAN STROLL DOWN THE MAIN

STREET OF PARIS, AS IT WAS 100

YEARS AGO, COURTESY OF THE

INTERACTIVE LEARNING CENTER, AND

GET A CLOSE-UP LOOK AT THE

REGION'S HISTORY BEGINNING WITH

THIS GEOLOGY THROUGH THE EARLY

20TH CENTURY HERE IN THE HISTORY

HALL.

>> THIS TEXTILE KPUBT IS CALLED

"THE FABRIC OF LIFE."

CLOTHE, BEDDING, TABLE LINENS

AND SOME DECORATIVE ITEMS SHOW

THE UTILITARIAN AND THE

LUXURIOUS SIDES OF THE TEXTILE

INDUSTRY.

AND HERE'S AN EXHIBIT THAT FITS

RIGHT IN WITH OUR STORY ABOUT

THE FREDONIA SCHOOLHOUSE.

THESE ARE PHOTOGRAPHS AND

MEMORABILIA FROM

AFRICAN-AMERICAN SCHOOLS IN

BOURBON COUNTY.

DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR, STUDENTS

CAN CREATE THEIR OWN WORKS OF

ART HERE AT HOPEWELL IN

WORKSHOPS ESPECIALLY TAILORED TO

EACH GRADE LEVEL.

AND IN THE FALL, THE MUSEUM'S

WALLS SHOWCASE THE POPULAR

EXHIBIT, CREATIVE HARVEST,

FEATURING WORKS BY REGIONAL

ARTISTS.

KEEPING BOURBON COUNTY'S ARTS

AND CULTURAL HERITAGE ALIVE FOR

RESIDENTS AND VISITORS FROM

AROUND THE WORLD MAKES HOPEWELL

MUSEUM A VITAL PART OF TODAY'S

BOURBON COUNTY COMMUNITY.

IN PULASKI COUNTY, THE SMALL

TOWN OF BURNSIDE SITS ALONG THE

SHORES OF PICTURESQUE LAKE

CUMBERLAND.

ON THE CLIFFS ABOVE THE LAKE,

THERE IS A BED AND BREAKFAST

THAT LOOKS LIKE A HUNTING LODGE

FROM THE AMERICAN WEST BUT WITH

A COMFORTABLE STYLE THAT'S PURE

KENTUCKY.

SURROUNDED BY WOODS AND WATER,

THE EAGLE'S VIEW BED AND

BREAKFAST OFFERS GUESTS THE

PERFECT SETTING TO ENJOY THE

SIGHTS AND SOUNDS OF NATURE.

>> HERE AT EAGLE'S VIEW BED AND

BREAKFAST OUR GOAL WAS TO CREATE

A PLACE THAT FITS WITH ITS

ELEMENT, THE NATURE AND

BEAUTIFUL VIEWS HERE IN THE

WOODS, AND WE WANTED TO CREATE A

PLACE FOR GUESTS TO BE ABLE TO

COME AND HAVE AN EXPERIENCE, NOT

JUST A NIGHT'S STAY.

WE ARE IN BURNSIDE, KENTUCKY,

SEVEN MINUTES OUTSIDE OF

SOMERSET AND DANIEL BOONE

NATIONAL FOREST.

WE ARE SITUATED RIGHT ON THE

CLIFFS WITH A BEAUTIFUL VIEW OF

LAKE CUMBERLAND.

ONE OF THE POINTS OF DECORATING

THE B & B WAS TO BRING THE

BEAUTY OF THE OUTDOORS IN.

WE HAVE A LARGE COMMON AREA THAT

OUR GUESTS ARE ABLE TO ENJOY AT

ANY TIME THAT THEY CHOOSE TO.

GUESTS WILL GATHER IN THE COMMON

AREA IN THE EVENING, AND HAVE A

GLASS OF WINE TOGETHER.

THEY HAVE THE BIG WINDOWS,

OBVIOUSLY, TO BE ABLE TO OUT

WITH THE BEAUTIFUL VIEWS.

A LOT GUESTS BOUGHT THE BALD

EAGLES FLYING BY THE WINDOWS.

ALL OF THE ROOMS THAT WE HAVE

HERE AT EAGLES' VIEW B & B HAVE

SLIDING GLASS DOORS AND VIEWS OF

THE OUTDOORS.

THE MAJESTIC RETREAT SUITE IS

SITUATED AT THE VERY TOP OF THE

BED AND BREAKFAST.

IT HAS TWO SPECIAL VIEWS.

IT HAS THE BALCONY AREA THAT HAS

A PUB TABLE FOR THEM TO DINE IN

THE EVENING, OR TO HAVE

BREAKFAST IN THE MORNING,

PRIVATELY.

AND IT LOOKS OUT THE 35-FOOT

WINDOWS.

OF THE VIEWS OF THE CLIFFS AND

THE LAKE.

IT HAS ITS OWN PRIVATE FRONT

STACK THAT OVERLOOKS THE BEAR

WATERFALL AND THE HEART SHAPED

GARDEN POND.

♪♪

>> WE ALSO HAVE THE MOUNTAINTOP

ANGEL ROOM, AND THERE'S A GRAND

BED THERE FOUR-POSTER, CANOPY

BED THAT'S FROM THE 1930s.

THEY HAVE THEIR LITTLE SITUATED

PRIVATE DECK RIGHT OUTSIDE THE

ROOM WITH VIEWS OF THE LAKE AND

THE CLIFFS, WITH A TABLE AND TWO

CHAIRS FOR THEM TO ENJOY.

WE ALSO HAVE THE EAGLES' VIEW

ROOM, AND THAT'S THE SIGNATURE

ROOM WITH THE NAME OF THE BED

AND BREAKFAST.

SO, WE HAVE SOME DIFFERENT TYPES

OF STATUES OF EAGLES.

WE HAVE A SEPARATION SCREEN THAT

OUR GUESTS WILL BE ABLE TO SEE

IN THE MORNING, AND ON THAT

DIVIDER SCREEN IS PICTURES OF

ALL OF THE PAST GUESTS THAT HAVE

STAYED HERE AT EAGLES' VIEW BED

& BREAKFAST AND ALL OF OUR

PRESENT AND CURRENT GUESTS HAVE

THE OPTION TO BE ABLE TO HAVE

THEIR PICTURE TAKEN BEFORE THEY

LEAVE AND PLACED ON THE SCREEN.

THE LEFT SIDE SCREEN IS PICTURES

OF GUESTS WHO HAVE STAYED HERE

AND HAVE FISHED.

AND IT'S PICTURES OF THE FISH

THAT THEY HAVE CAUGHT.

THE STRIPERS THAT THEY HAVE

CAUGHT.

GUESTS CAN ALSO ENJOY A FISH

BEING TRIP, AND ACTUALLY BE ABLE

TO GO OUT ON LAKE CUMBERLAND AND

CATCH A STRIPER.

THIS IS ONE OF THE UNIQUE THINGS

THAT WE FEEL WE OFFER AT EAGLES

VIEW BED AND BREAKFAST.

GARY HAS BAIT AND HOOK GUIDE

SERVICE.

HE PROVIDES THE POLE, THE BAIT,

THE TACKLE, EVERYTHING THAT THEY

NEED TO BE ABLE TO CATCH A FISH.

>> BEAUTIFUL JOB.

>> THEY WOULD HAVE THE OPTION TO

TAKE THEIR FISH HOME, WHICH GARY

BAGS RIGHT THERE AT THE MARINA,

OR TO HAVE A FISH FRY AND ENJOY

OUT HERE ON THE BIG DECK.

THE GUESTS WHO HAVE ENJOYED THE

FISHING TRIPS AND GETTING TO

EXPERIENCE LAKE CUMBERLAND, THEY

TALK A LOT ABOUT THE BEAUTY AND

THE THINGS THAT THEY SEE WHEN

THEY'RE OUT ON THE LAKE.

IT IS GORGEOUS.

>> WE PROVIDE A GOURMET

BREAKFAST, A SIT-DOWN

CANDLELIGHT GOURMET BREAKFAST.

I DO A TABLE SET-UP PRESENTATION

THAT IS IN MEMORY OF MY

GRANDMOTHER AND HOW SHE TAUGHT

ME TO PRESENT A TABLE.

WE USE FINE LINENS AND CHINA,

AND CRYSTAL.

I DO A FRUIT BANANA SPLIT AND

IT'S WITH YOGURT AND

BLACKBERRIES AND RASPBERRIES AND

BLUEBERRIES.

I DO A SCRAMBLED EGG CASSEROLE.

I DO BLUEBERRY WAFFLE, I DO

CHOCOLATE CHIP WAFFLES.

I DO WAFFLES WITH POWDERED SUGAR

AND BLUEBERRIES ON TOP.

THE FEEDBACK THAT I GET FROM MY

GUESTS WITH THE BREAKFAST IS HOW

MUCH THEY ENJOY HAVING A

CANDLELIGHT BREAKFAST.

AND THAT THEY NEVER HAVE TO EAT

LUNCH.

>> THE GUESTS WILL COME OUT HERE

ON THE DECK AND ENJOY THE VIEWS,

CONVERSATION, AND RELAX, LOOKING

AT THE WATER.

WHAT'S ALSO NICE ABOUT BED AND

BREAKFAST, THEY HAVE THE OPTION

TO MEET THE OTHER GUESTS, AND

GET TO KNOW THEM AND HAVE

CONVERSATION OR THEY HAVE THE

OPTION TO BE ABLE TO BE ALONE.

SPEND SOME TIME WITH THEIR

SIGNIFICANT OTHER THAT THEY HAVE

COME TO THE B & B WITH, AND

ENJOY THE THINGS THAT THEY WANT

TO DO TOGETHER.

WE HAVE HAD GUESTS COME BACK AS

MUCH AS SIX TIMES, AND WE ENJOY

THAT, BECAUSE WE DO ESTABLISH

RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR GUESTS.

GARY AND I'S MOTTO THAT WE SAY

TO EACH OTHER AND SMILE IS THAT

THEY COME AS STRANGERS, THEY

LEAVE AS FRIENDS, AND THEY COME

BACK AS FAMILY.

IT'S AN HONOR FOR GARY AND I

BOTH TO BE ABLE TO BE A PART OF

THAT.

AND TO SHARE OUR DREAM HERE WITH

OTHERS.

>> GARY AND DEBBIE ARE

ENTHUSIASTIC AMBASSADORS FOR

SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY MAKING

SURE THEIR GUESTS KNOW ALL THERE

IS TO SEE AND DO IN THE SOMERSET

ERA.

DURING THE CIVIL WAR MANY OF

KENTUCKY'S MANSIONS AND

PLANTATION HOMES WERE TAKEN OVER

BY THE TROOPS.

IN SIMPSON COUNTY, I VISITED

OCTAGON HALL WITH ITS OWN CIVIL

WAR STORY, AND I SOON DISCOVERED

THAT SOME OF THE HOME'S PAST

RESIDENTS MAY WANT TO ACTUALLY

HELP ME TELL THOSE STORIES.

>> FINISHED JUST BEFORE THE

OUTBREAK OF THE CIVIL WAR, THIS

EIGHT-SIDED HOUSE, APTLY NAMED

OCTAGON HALL WOULD WRITE ITS OWN

PAGE IN AMERICAN HISTORY AND

LORE.

BUT IT IS A DARK HISTORY.

THE HOUSE WAS COMPLETED IN 1859.

ITS OWNER, ANDREW JACKSON

CALDWELL, WAS A CONFEDERATE

SYMPATHIZER, AS THE SOUTHERN

FORCES RETREATED FROM BOWLING

GREEN, CALDWELL GAVE THEM

SHELTER HERE.

IN FACT, THOUSANDS OF REBEL

SOLDIERS CAMPED ON THE GROUNDS

AT OCTAGONAL.

AT LEAST TWO SOLDIERS DIED HERE,

ONE FROM BATTLE WOUNDS, AND THE

OTHER WAS FOUND DEAD ON THE

FRONT STEPS OF THE HOME.

HIS DEATH REMAINS A MYSTERY.

>> BOTH OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE

BURIED OUT BESIDE THE SLAVE

CEMETERY.

>> BILLY BYRD IS MANAGER OF WHAT

IS NOW OCTAGON HALL CIVIL WAR

MUSEUM.

THE ROOMS IN THIS HOUSE ARE

FILLED WITH CIVIL WAR RELICS AND

OTHER ARTIFACTS.

>> THE OCTAGON HALL IS ON THE

NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC

PLACES.

IT IS A MUSEUM.

WE WERE OPEN WEDNESDAY THROUGH

SATURDAY.

>> BUT SOMETHING ELSE IS GOING

ON HERE AS WELL, THAT HAS

CAPTURED THE ATTENTION OF THE

NATIONAL MEDIA.

SUPPOSEDLY, THIS IS ONE OF THE

MOST HAUNTED PLACES IN AMERICA.

>> WE ACTUALLY STARTED HAVING

PARANORMAL EXPERIENCES FROM THE

FIRST DAY WE WALKED IN TO THE

BUILDING.

WE CAME IN, AND JUST STARTED

TAKING BEFORE AND AFTER SHOTS TO

PREPARE FOR THE RESTORATION, AND

WE STARTED GETTING SOME STRANGE

ANOMALIES ON THE PHOTOGRAPHS.

WE WERE ACTUALLY HEARING VOICES,

AND YOU KNOW -- I ACTUALLY --

ACTUALLY, I'M A BIG SKEPTIC, I

TRULY AM, AND WE FINALLY

DECIDED, WELL, WE'RE JUST

HEARING NOISES.

WE WERE HEARING VOICES.

WE WERE HEARING FOOTSTEPS, THAT

KIND OF THING, THROUGH THE

HOUSE.

ONE OF THE GREAT TRAGEDIES OF

THE HOUSE TO THE FAMILY WAS THE

LITTLE GIRL, MARY ELIZABETH.

SHE WAS SEVEN YEARS OLD.

SHE WAS PLAYING IN THE WINTER

KITCHEN DOWNSTAIRS, WHERE THEY

WOULD COOK THROUGHOUT THE

WINTERTIME, TO HELP HEAT THE

HOUSE AND ALL OF THAT, AND

STARTED PLAYING IN THE FIRE.

PROBABLIES WITH A POKER.

SHE -- BUT THE PROBLEM WAS SHE

GOT TOO CLOSE, AND EITHER AN

EMBER POPPED OUT ON HER DRESS OR

HER DRESS SWUNG INTO THE FLAME,

AND IT IGNITED, AND S IT WITH A

-- IT WAS DEVASTATING.

SEE RECEIVED TERRIBLE BURNS,

ENOUGH THAT IT WAS FATAL TO HER.

I HAVE SEEN THE APPARITION OF A

LITTLE GIRL TWICE.

>> PARANORMAL TEAMS AND GHOST

HUNTING TV SHOWS HAVE COME FROM

ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.

INVESTIGATORS SAY OCTAGON HALL

IS EXTREMELY ACTIVE.

>> I DO WORK WITH A TEAM CALLED

WOLFPACK PARANORMAL BASED OUT OF

MURFREESBORO, TENNESSEE.

WE HAVE INVESTIGATED OCTAGON

HALL SEVERAL TIMES.

THIS PLACE HAS A SPECIAL LOVE

FOR PEA.

I LOVE IT TO DEATH.

IT'S GOT GREAT HISTORY.

IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PLACE AND IT'S

ALWAYS ACTIVE WE HAVE CAPTURED

SEVERAL ELECTRONIC VOICE

PHENOMENON, EVPs.

WE HAVE CAUGHT FULL SPIRIT

APPARITIONS.

WE BELIEVE WE HAVE A PICTURE OF

THE CIVIL WAR SOLDIER GOING INTO

THE KITCHEN.

IT'S A PARANORMAL DREAM.

WE CALL IT OLD FAITHFUL.

>> I DON'T THINK IT'S BECAUSE A

TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF PEOPLE DIED

HERE.

I THINK IT'S BECAUSE OF THE

SOULS THAT STILL WALK THESE

HALLS ARE MORE ACTIVE THAN OTHER

PLACES.

>> STILL CAMERA SHOTS FROM

INVESTIGATORS AND TOURISTS HAVE

SUPPOSEDLY CAPTURED APPARITIONS.

ON FUME RUSS OCCASIONS AS

PARANORMAL TEAMS TALKED AMONG

THEMSELVES SOMETHING ELSE WAS

PICKED UP ON THEIR DIGITAL SOUND

RECORDERS, ALWAYS THE SAME

LITTLE GIRL'S VOICE.

[ LITTLE GIRL SPEAKING ]

>> THAT HAS CONVINCED ME MORE

THAN ANYTHING ELSE BECAUSE I'M

WITH THE TEAMS.

I KNOW WE HAVE NO SMALL CHILDREN

IN THE HOUSE, AND YET WE'LL PICK

UP A SMALL CHILD SAYING --

MOMMY, OR -- WILL YOU PLAY WITH

ME?

OR I SEE YOU.

THIS KIND OF THING.

>> KEITH FOURNIER OF THE

NIGHTSTALKER'S PARANORMAL TEAM

IS PREPARING HIS EQUIPMENT FOR A

GHOST HUNT IN OCTAGON HALL.

HIS KIT CONTAINS ALL SORTS OF

SENSITIVE RECORDERS, METER, AND

OTHER DEVICES.

>> THE ELECTRICAL CHARGE PLACED

HERE SO YOU CAN PUT IT IN A

HALLWAY.

IT WILL GLOW A CERTAIN COLOR IF

SOMETHING WALKED BY IT, IT WILL

TURN A DIFFERENT COLOR.

>> OUR TEAM WOULD JOIN HIM FOR A

LATE NIGHT SEARCH OF THE HOME.

BEHIND ME IS VIDEOGRAPHER AND

PRODUCER, FRANK SIMCONIS AND

PHOTOGRAPHER, STEVE SCHAFER IS

RUNNING THE NIGHT VISION CAMERA.

AS WE BEGAN, I REMAINED VERY

SKEPTICAL ANY SORT OF PARANORMAL

ACTIVITY.

THEN KEITH SET UP SEVERAL

FLASHLIGHTS THAT HE SAYS THE

SPIRITS USED TO COMMUNICATE

THROUGH.

THEY WENT ON AND OFF IN RESPONSE

TO HIS QUESTIONS.

OUR WHOLE CREW WAS THERE.

>> MARY ELIZABETH, IF YOU ARE UP

HERE WITH US, SWEETIE, REMEMBER

WHEN WE PLAYED HIDE AND GO SEEK

ONE NIGHT?

IF YOU WANT TO DO THAT AGAIN --

OH, THERE WE GO!

TURN THAT ONE BACK ON, IF YOU

WOULD LIKE.

THANK YOU.

>> WE SAW IT WITH OUR OWN EYES.

>> I GOT IT.

>> THEN AS I WALKED FROM ROOM TO

ROOM, I BECAME MORE ENGAGED, BUT

HOW COULD THIS BE HAPPENING?

ARE THERE REALLY GHOSTS?

AGE-OLD QUESTIONS ABOUT THE

AFTER-LIFE RACED THROUGH MY

HEAD.

AND WHY WOULD AN INNOCENT LITTLE

GIRL REMAIN HERE, FOREVER IN THE

ROOMS OF THIS HOUSE?

[ DRAMATIC MUSIC ]

>> AS THE EVENING PROGRESSED

INTO THE WEE HOURS, WE SAW

SOMETHING THAT NONE OF US WILL

EVER FORGET.

AS WE ENTERED THE ROOM WHERE

MARY ELIZABETH PLAYED BY THE

FIREPRAISE, A HEAVY CAST IRON

SPOON WAS MOVING, BY ITSELF.

>> ABSOLUTELY THAT'S SHAKING.

>> MARY ELIZABETH, IF IT'S YOU,

YOU WILL TOUCH THE LIGHT?

THANK YOU.

>> IN THE DARKNESS BY THE

FIREPLACE, I FELT A SENSATION

THAT'S HARD TO DESCRIBE, AND THE

METER I WAS HOLDING BEGAN TO

REGISTER.

>> LOOK AT THIS THING.

>> I LEFT OCTAGON HALL WITH NEW

QUESTIONS.

QUESTIONS THAT HAVE KEPT ME

AWAKE AT NIGHT, IN THE DAYS AND

WEEKS SINCE I PRODUCED THIS

STORY, AND I WONDER, WHEN I WILL

SLEEP AGAIN.

>> FROM THE ELABORATE BOSE ART

STYLE OF THE HOPEWELL MUSEUM TO

THE SIMPLE ONE ROOM SCHOOLHOUSE

IN FREDONIA TO THE EIGHT SIDES

OF OCTAGON HALL AND THE WESTERN

LODGE LOOK OF EAGLES' VIEW B &

B, WE HAVE REALLY SEEN A VARIETY

OF ASHGT TECH TOUR BOTH PAST AND

PRESENT IN TONIGHT'S SHOW.