Hardscrabble, 02.12.09 The origins of Hardscrabble seem a bit muddled, but the story I'm going to go with is that the original section of the Georgian-style house was built in 1775 by William and Elizabeth Clenny on a hillside adjacent to the old Indian Trading Path. In 1779 they sold the house and 227 acres to James Cain and his son John, who had...