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Tie your horse up at the rail down the road. And Get Off My Lawn lol.

This picture was photographed in downtown Mt. Sterling, Kentucky.

Mt Sterling Tourism
JOSEPH SIMPSON CABIN: One of the first and the only surviving cabin from the early Little Mountain Town. Restored by the Montgomery County Historical Society, it measures approximately 16 x 16 feet.

Montgomery County Genealogy Trails
Early Families of Montgomery County & Pioneer Kentucky
SIMPSON -- Joseph Simpson was head of a family of 2 adults and 11 children in the 1810 enumeration of Mt. Sterling. (One of the officers of the Montgomery county regiment of militia, set up by the governor in 1798 was Lieutenant Joseph Simpson. This is no doubt the Joseph Simpson mentioned by Reid: "The first tavern (in Mt. Sterling) was built on the corner now occupied by Wells and Thompson's dry goods store. It was hewed log building, with a huge, old-fashioned porch running its entire length. Joseph Simpson was the builder and the landlord... ).