They differed from the rest of the world -— even the world of America, and infinitely more the world of Europe -— in dress, in customs, and in mode of
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Alleghenies Was the Frontier
In the hard life of the frontier, they lost much of their religion, and they had but scant opportunity to give their children the schooling in which
Frontiersmen Before the American Revolution
This series has nine easy 5-minute installments. This first installment: Americans by Birth and Parentage.IntroductionAmerica’s western frontier
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Parkman Part 6-1, Chapter 3
Detroit lingered on in a weak and troubled infancy, disturbed, as we shall see, by startling incidents.Our special project presenting the
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