"In this fertile soil James Burke, who discovered this "Hunter's" paradise, planted potato peelings by the campfire of a 1748 surveying party led by Col. James Patton.  The next year a fine crop of potatoes was found here; so, the name "Burke's Garden" was jokingly given.  On the bluff east of Station Creek, Burke built a cabin where he lived from 1753 to 1756, when he was driven out by the Shawnees."