A Fictional Place - part 2

It was about the 1850's when Kye Valley started getting settled.  Several farms and small ranches were started up and down the valley.  William Kye owned the largest farm at the western end of the valley.  He later bought land next to his farm and plotted out the town that was named after him.

In the late 1800s lumber became a big industry in the valley.  A lumber mill started in the town of Kye Valley.  Two wagon roads started with one on each side of the Shaw River.  Lumber was brought down from the hills, down the wagon roads and into the town of Kye Valley.

The towns of Kye Valley, Gold Prairie, and Shaw Falls each had its own covered bridge that spanned the river.  All three were painted white.  In the 1920s Gold Prairie's bridge caught fire and burned.  The town leaders decided to replace it with a steel bridge.  But the residents of the town and neighboring farms protested that they wanted another covered bridge to replace the one that was lost.  A new covered bridge ended up being built there.  The new one was wider and taller to accommodate automobile traffic more easily.  It was painted white just like the ones at Kye Valley and Shaw Falls.