Some years after purchasing several thousand acres at the falls, Benjamin Sebastian, one of the first Kentucky Appellate Court judges, sold it all to Willis Green.

[2] When the Falls of Rough post office originally opened in 1830 it bore Green's name.

After years of operation the saw mill ran out of quality trees in the area and shut down in 1933.

Between 1915 and 1920 the Greens owned over 8,000 acres of land making it the largest single farming operation in the state at the time.

"[2] The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters.