THE BARN
The Tale of a Bounty Hunter
The three story brick horse barn and carriage house standing on the estate property has a very interesting history of it's own. Built from the destroyed remains of the first Prospect Place (Prospect Place is the second house to stand on the foundation, the first and identical house was burned to the ground by an arsonist) the three story building has a colorful past. The first floor was used to stable the estate horses and the family carriage. The second floor was used for hay storage and the third floor was used as a bunk house for the ranch hands.
According to family history a true event occurred in the late 1850's. A Bounty Hunter from the South arrived at Prospect Place. He was met at the door to the mansion by G. W. Adams. The Bounty Hunter demanded George turn over any slaves he was hiding in the mansion. George proceeded to produce from his coat his Navy revolver and a stand-off with the heavily armed Bounty hunter ensued for several minutes. Seeing the predicament the ranch hands working in the barn quickly emerged with their rifles and the Bounty Hunter decided that the situation had become too dangerous. The man retreated to his camp for the night empty handed of slaves.
This is where the oral-tradition story ends. The story picks back up with modern psychics who have filled in the blanks from that point on....
The ranch hands, who felt themselves very well taken care of by George Adams and in his debt decided to execute a little vigilante justice on George's behalf. They tracked the bounty hunter back to his camp and abducted him. Returning to the barn they held a trial and convicted the bounty hunter of the high crime of slavery (under God's Law). The bounty hunter was executed by hanging from the third floor through the hay loft opening. The ranch hands then secretly buried the body.
Knowing George would never approve of their actions, nobody ever spoke of this incident again. Today, however, the restless spirit of the bounty hunter roams the barn where he died looking for revenge on the ranch hands who killed him. You may sometimes feel a touch on your arm in the barn, or if lucky capture an image of a ghostly dark clad man on film.