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Category Archives: Revolution
Old Paint
Following the French and Indian War (1754-63), the British colony of Virginia extended from the Atlantic seaboard to the eastern bank of the Mississippi River. Few British subjects traveled beyond the Appalachian Mountains until the early 1770s. The area of … Continue reading
The Ringtail Panther
Martin Van Buren Palmer (later, Parmer) (1778-1850) was born in Charlotte County, Virginia. In 1798, he moved to Tennessee, settling in Dickson County where he superintended the Montgomery-Bell Iron Works. During the War of 1812, Parmer served as a commissioned … Continue reading
The New Northwest Territory
Introduction There was a time when the territorial extent of British America began at the Atlantic seacoast and ended at the eastern foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. This boundary was an intentional restriction imposed upon the colonists by the British government, … Continue reading
The Northwest Indian War
Some Background In 1757, long before the Revolutionary War with Great Britain, Benjamin Franklin was sent to England by the Pennsylvania Assembly as a colonial agent to protest the political influence in Pennsylvania of the Penn family, the proprietors of … Continue reading
Colonial Expansion
… And the Old Northwest Territory Introduction It is entirely possible that no one in the United States today knows who Jeffrey Amherst was. I’ll solve that problem right now: he was the man who, as commander-in-chief of British forces in … Continue reading
Sam Maverick
Texans take credit for a lot of things they weren’t responsible for, and they are usually quick to deny the things they really did — but they are Texans, after all, and it goes with the territory. One of the things … Continue reading
An Old Texas Fort
Age of Discovery Spain began its age of discovery and conquest with the voyage of Christopher Columbus in 1492.[1] From that moment when Columbus accidentally stumbled into the American continent, Spanish explorers and conquistadors began building an empire so large that … Continue reading
Outlaws & Patriots
Early America and the Quest for Independence Introduction Seldom has there ever been a sense of “we” in Great Britain. National unity did manifest itself as a result of wars, but this has always been a fickle indicator because people … Continue reading
Old West Tales 