They were scattered over large areas, and, as elsewhere in the southwest, the county and not the town became the governmental unit.Continuing Daniel
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First Settlement in Kentucky
Had it not been for Boone and Henderson, it is most unlikely that the land would have been settled at all until after the Revolutionary war, when
On the Trail to Kentucky
Every man who has had the misfortune to drive a pack-train in thick timber, or along a bad trail, will appreciate keenly the following incident, which
A Dark and Bloody Ground
What Dragging Canoe said was true, and the whites were taught by years of long warfare that Kentucky was indeed what the Cherokees called it, a dark
Daniel Boone Settles Kentucky
This series has seven easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: An Island in the Wilderness.IntroductionBack when I (Jack Le Moine)
La Salle Sails for France
Early in the autumn, he left Tonty in command of the rock, bade farewell to his savage retainers, and descended to Quebec.Previously in The
Union of Kalmar Agreed
Today's installment concludes Union of Denmark Sweden and Norway,our selection from The Scandinavian Races by Paul C. Sinding published in
Union of Denmark Sweden and Norway
This series has two easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Margaret I of Denmark Takes Charge.IntroductionCanute the Great, King of
Vikings Appears in England
Today's installment concludes Egbert Becomes King of the Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy,our selection from The History of England by David Hume published in