Detroit lingered on in a weak and troubled infancy, disturbed, as we shall see, by startling incidents.Our special project presenting the
Archives for November 2021
Class Society in French Settlements
Today's installment concludes French in the Ohio Valley,our selection from The Winning of the West by Theodore Roosevelt published in 1889.If
The Fur Trade in Ohio
The half-savage life of toil, hardship, excitement, and long intervals of idleness attracted them strongly.Continuing French in the Ohio
Settlers Keep French Customs
The French who dwelt in the land were at the time little affected by the change which transferred their allegiance from one European king to
Ohio Was Foreign Land
The Northwest formed no part of our country as it originally stood; it had no portion in the declaration of independence. It did not revolt; it was
Thanksgiving, 2021
Today is Thanksgiving Day.This year we are reprinting Ezra's Thanksgivin' Out West a fictional story by Eugene Field from "A Little Book of
French in the Ohio Valley
This series has five easy 5-minute installments. This first installment: Survey of Lands from Florida to New Orleans and North to
Earliest Detroit
Nobody can deny that the priests own three quarters of Canada.Our special project presenting the definitive account of France in Canada by
The Dark Side of the Roman Emperors’ Rule
Today's installment concludes Roman Empire's Government,our selection from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon