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Amishville base camp - 2007

• 06.03.08
  Hurt: The Ohio Frontier
  Amishville base camp - 2007, Mercer County OH (0)

  I've been reading "The Ohio Frontier" by R. Douglas Hurt (1996) in preparation for some riding later this summer. I am now getting to like this book, but was disappointed by some of the first chapters. The chapter titled "Clash of cultures" was not particularly insightful on cultural issues. There was much awkward use of quotations. For example: By 1762, the Wyandots had not made Fort Sandusky "agreeable" for the traders and the garrison. Lieutenant H.C. Pauli, who commanded, warned Bouquet at Fort Pitt that they intended to "have it burnt". and At a council ...
  
  
• 05.08.08
  Allen Norcross’s gravestone
  Amishville base camp - 2007, Wells County IN (0)

  I happened to be at home today, instead of at work, when I received a phone call from Nanci, who had seen my pages about Allen Norcross at my Black Hawk Slept Here web site . She is a descendant. I always get a kick out of meeting descendants of the people in the Black Hawk Slept Here story, whether online or otherwise, and enjoyed comparing notes with her. I've been thinking of installing some forum software on my Black Hawk Slept Here site where people can exchange genealogy notes and other information, but haven't done so ...
  
  
• 08.07.07
  3 July 2007 - The End (Virginia Military Tract)
  Amishville base camp - 2007, Auglaize County OH (0)

  This was the final destination for the day -- a piece of county road that marks a tiny part of the boundary between the area known as the Virginia Military Tract and the lands of the rectangular survey system. The military tract is to the right of the road in the photo. It was for Virginia's Revolutionary War veterans, and was part of the deal by which Virginia agreed to the new Confederation with other states. The method of surveying property lines of the military tract was chaotic, and over the years resulted in lots of litigation over ...
  
  
• 08.07.07
  3 July 2007 - St. John’s, Ohio
  Amishville base camp - 2007, Auglaize County OH (0)

  From Fort Amanda I rode to Buckland, hoping to find the historical marker for White Feather. I had missed it when I rode here two years ago, when I hadn't known it existed. I missed it again this time -- wasn't able to find it. Maybe another time. A question which local history buffs might be able to answer: Does Wapakoneta mean White Feather in Shawnee? The "Wap" likely means white, but I have no idea about the rest of it. I finally got food in Wapakoneta -- but it was ...
  
  
• 08.06.07
  3 July 2007 - Fort Amanda
  Amishville base camp - 2007, Auglaize County OH (1)

  Fort Amanda was a supply station during the war of 1812. Now it's a cemetery. It would have been a good place to have lunch, if I had been carrying my cook kit with me, because it's a cemetery that has a picnic area alongside. Not your typical cemetery, obviously. The path at the foot of the cemetery was roped off with police tape, because the St. Mary's River is cutting away at the banks. Someday the graves pictured above will wash into the river, but hopefully not for a couple of lifetimes. ...
  
  

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