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
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)
The Spanish Admiral’s Report
The ships left the harbor in such perfect order as to surprise our enemy, from whom we have since received many enthusiastic compliments on this
Theodore Roosevelt’s Report
On the extreme front, I now found myself in command, with fragments of the six cavalry regiments of the two brigades under me.Continuing The Cuban
The Cuban Campaign
This series has thirteen easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Organizing the U.S. Army Invasion.IntroductionThe Spanish-American