The Spring

Fayette County, Lexington, Kentucky has beautiful horse farms, lush bluegrass fields and heritage. Vince Fister has wonderfully woven together the past and Fister family heritage in this historic memoir set in Lexington. "As the spring would overflow, the spring house would fill into the stream and flow through the valley onto what was then the McGrathiana Horse Farm. In the pastures were beautiful thoroughbred mares and yearlings, enjoying the cold stream and lush bluegrass." -Vincent...
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Fayette County, Lexington, Kentucky has beautiful horse farms, lush bluegrass fields and heritage. Vince Fister has wonderfully woven together the past and Fister family heritage in this historic memoir set in Lexington. "As the spring would overflow, the spring house would fill into the stream and flow through the valley onto what was then the McGrathiana Horse Farm. In the pastures were beautiful thoroughbred mares and yearlings, enjoying the cold stream and lush bluegrass." -Vincent Fister Travel through history in this recorded memoir surrounding a cold running spring that flows from the ground, sustaining life, the lands and drawing all to itself. A beautiful landmark that means so much to Vince and his family, all of whom grew up together generations ago on the farm land nearby. Beautifully told, with rich historical reference, "The Spring" is sure to delight your senses while laying out passages of time. "I am at the spring as hundreds of years pass and the land changes, the people change, while I wait to meet my heritage, my family." -Nancy Fister "I can see the reflection of the Indian lady drawing water from the spring now, as others wash and play in the stream," Vince writes. To experience a fresh cold drink from a tin cup.. . To rub the soil from an arrowhead found underfoot. . . To walk the land that has seen centuries of harvests. . . This historic memoir will be a treasured book for the Fister family and will captivate all who open this window to the past.