This series has six easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Paul Revere’s Midnight Ride.IntroductionThe significance of this event
USA Retreats From Quebec
Today's installment concludes Canada Chooses Not Join American Revolution,our selection from The History of Canada by John McMullen published in
US Assault on Quebec Fails
The survivors made a rapid retreat, leaving thirteen of their dead behind to be shrouded in the falling snow, among whom was the gallant
Canada Chooses Not to Join American Revolution
This series has three easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: US Army Captures Montreal.IntroductionWould Canada side with Great
Settlements Established in Kentucky
Today's installment concludes Daniel Boone Settles Kentucky,our selection from The Winning of the West, Vol. 1 by Theodore Roosevelt published in
When Kentucky Was “Transylvania”
The settlers revolted against its authority and appealed to Virginia.Continuing Daniel Boone Settles Kentucky,our selection from The Winning of
How the First Settlers in Kentucky Lived
They were scattered over large areas, and, as elsewhere in the southwest, the county and not the town became the governmental unit.Continuing Daniel
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