Hey jon, WOW! My wife and I lived in "downtown" Wallace for awhile. Never heard of Cobblers Knob. That shows how much I got out
Wallace was a strange place. From what I gathered by one of the locals it had a sorted past. I was told It used to be called "Jackville" or "Jacktown". There is a book written about it, and was also featured in an episode of "Unsolved Mysteries.
I thought the place was interesting. I loved walking cross the street to the general store for early morning coffee. I heard the old store changed hands and has become a pretty popular spot to eat now.
Going west out of town, our street turned to gravel and where that road met Hy41 there used to be Morgan coal mine. I spent alot of time poking around out there.
A couple of the more colorful character's I remember was the fella who couldn't get a drivers license so he rode to town on a tractor and ate lard sandwiches. Then there was "IronWeed" He lived in a bent trailer just out of town and used a hollow stump for a privy. Or at least I think he was. I saw him sitting on it with his drawers down to his knees anyway
Usually watching "Tripod" the three legged dog cross the street (heading for the general store) or the occasional Amish buggy wobbling through there wasn't much happening and That was fine by me.
t.