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    The Vernon Hack went the nearly two miles between Vernon and North Vernon. It began when the town of North Vernon grew rapidly making travel between the towns of Vernon and North Vernon essential. The Vernon Hack was operated from the Vernon Livery, which was located on Jackson Street in Vernon, in the area that is now a parking lot across from the Log Cabin restaurant. The Vernon Hack had various owners over the years. In 1884 Vernon Livery stable was owned by Al Burg, who had purchased it from F. W. Verberg. December 1908 Oscar Stearns sold the Vernon Livery stable to Burson & Burson of Ohio. Finley Semon and John Hulse purchased the Vernon Livery Barn in 1909 and brought in Morton Reynolds to oversee it. It was upgraded during this time frame. William F. Welker and his son owned the Vernon Hack for about 9 years. It stopped running about 1915 as more and more motorized vehicles came along.

    Since Vernon is, and has always been the County Seat, anytime you had business to do at the Courthouse you had to get to Vernon. This meant the many lawyers who did not live in Vernon had to be able to travel back and forth to attend court.

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