Family Tree Nuts
Daniel Boone’s son Israel was killed here. It was one of the last battles of the Revolutionary War, and it was fought almost a year after Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown. It was one of the worst one-sided defeats in frontier history. Daniel Boone said, “we are all slaughtered men”. The Battle of Blue Licks. Recently…
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This tiny fort was a military outpost from 1803 until 1813. Captain and eventual President Zachary Taylor commanded the fort and strengthened the walls. It is the Site where the Indiana Territorial Governor, and later President William Henry Harrison mustered his army in before the battle of Tippecanoe where he defeated Tecumseh’s brother Tenskwatawa, also…
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This mansion was built in the middle of the frontier and served as a symbol of power for the young United States. It doubled as a fortress due to the constant threat by those that wanted the new American pioneers out. It was the home of the Indiana Territory’s first governor, William Henry Harrison, the…
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YES! It’s OK to be English! If you stopped most any Caucasian American on the street and asked them about their families roots, you are most likely to hear them say that they are Irish, Native American, Scottish, German, Viking, Italian, or any other European county. Why is it that so few claim, or admit…
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The Civil War had begun just a few months earlier. He was forty-nine years old when he and his three sons, the youngest being only 15, rode into town and enlisted in the Union Army. They all ended up in one of the biggest battles of the Civil War. Shortly after that battle, the father…
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This heroic Revolutionary War Patriot earned a promotion from one the most famous people in American history. Later he got caught up in the last Native American attack in the State of Pennsylvania and soon died due to a 4th of July Celebration! You may be asking; how do you die from a 4th of…
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The tattered face and torn clothes of an everyday civilian soldier standing next to the pristine youthful face in a clean blue uniform jacket of a Continental soldier stirs up an emotional response of our American Independence. Although I’ve seen many familiar scenes from the movies, this particular moment was from just 3 days ago…
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His Grandpa was his uncle, and also his father-in-law. His dad was his brother-in-law. His children were their own first cousins, once removed, and their mother was their aunt. Shew, my head hurts. Many of us remember the old song “I’m My Own Grandpa”, where a jumbled mess of family relationships gets overwhelmingly confusing. We’ve…
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She’s been called “The Molly Pitcher of the South”, and she’s a Revolutionary War Hero, but hardly anyone has heard of her. She braved the bullets to bring water to the Patriots, that were her family members and her neighbors, and her efforts were critical for the American victory in a battle that crushed the…
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The civilian that won the Revolutionary War! What? A civilian? Your probably asking, why have I never heard of this, and has this guy totally lost his mind? Actually, I haven’t lost my mind, and I’m going to share a story with you that hardly anyone has heard of, and I’m going to make my…
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