The Indians Left “Pots” Carved into Flat Rock

An old Indian trail once followed the banks of Muddy Fork Creek near the C. C. Roberts homeplace. From there it ran along by Cleveland Springs, where the Indians knew the value of the sulphur waters, and then continued on by a place called Flat Rock. From Flat Rock, the trail went on by the Belmont Mill and then to Broad River.

On Flat Rock, before it was later crushed into stone for Shelby’s streets, there used to be what people called “Indian pots,” which were hollowed-out places carved into the rock. There was also what appeared to be the print of an Indian shoe. These markings were taken as physical evidence that Indians had once camped or worked there, and the site was remembered locally until it was destroyed for building material.
Source: Mamie Jones