The Siege of Fort Wayne

The Siege of Fort Wayne. In early fall of 1812, war became real at Fort Wayne Indiana.  The military garrison at Fort Wayne stood to defend themselves from a week…
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Silas Hoadley, Clockmaker

A few weeks ago I purchased an old mantel clock from Marketplace.  The clock is a little rough, but Andrew Jackson was on the glass reverse panel, so it became…
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The Double Shot

As mentioned in the previous post, we periodically find accounts of a musket ball or rifle ball passing through one individual and into another.  Such is the case concerning a…
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Anguish on Walkers Creek

In frontier history, we periodically we find accounts of a musket ball or rifle ball passing through one individual and into another.  Such is the case concerning a shot fired…
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The Boone Family in Virginia

When I put the Squire Boone timeline together for a previous post, it intrigued me that for a short time prior to their trek to the Carolinas, the George Boone…
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The Formation of Kentucky’s Counties

I recently found a detailed article concerning the formation of Kentucky  at the Kentucky Genealogical Society website.  It was written by the former publisher of “Bluegrass Roots”, Landon Wills, and…
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Some Old State Seals…

State seals were used by government authorities to attest to and give validity to public records and documents.   I am sharing the images of the original concept seals.  According to…
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‘Tell me and I forget.

Teach me and I remember.

Involve me and I learn.’


– Benjamin Franklin