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)
La Salle Sails for France
Early in the autumn, he left Tonty in command of the rock, bade farewell to his savage retainers, and descended to Quebec.Previously in The
Parkman Vol. 3, Chapter 21
La Salle looked down from his rock on a concourse of wild human life.Previously in The Discovery of the Great West.Our special project
Louis XIV Proclaimed Sovereign of the Great West
On that day, the realm of France received on parchment a stupendous accession.Previously in The Discovery of the Great West.Our special
Parkman Vol. 3, Chapter 20
Again they embarked; and with every stage of their adventurous progress the mystery of this vast New World was more and more unveiled.Previously in