The west would never have been settled save for the fierce courage and the eager desire to brave danger so characteristic of the stalwart
Family Labor on the Early Frontier
Each family did everything that could be done for itself.Continuing Frontiersmen Before the American Revolution,our selection from The Winning of
War in Maine
Another war with France was declared on the fourth of May, 1702.Our special project presenting the definitive account of France in Canada by
Backwoods Economics and Fights
The first lesson the backwoodsmen learnt was the necessity of self-help; the next, that such a community could only thrive if all joined in helping
Backwoods Society
The duties and rights of each member of the family were plain and clear.Continuing Frontiersmen Before the American Revolution,our selection from
When Families Moved West
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
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
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