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Persons, Places, and Things in Pre-1800 Western Pennsylvania | |
Supplement: The Utter Massacre | |
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More than 1200 entries—from Abenaki Indians to David Zeisberger. "One person's trivia is another's interesting fact." Anon.Military buffs can review The Battle of the Monongahela, Bushy Run, Fallen Timbers,...as well as the names and locations of more than 80 forts. "Which half-king was that—Guyasutha orTanagharison?" And, do you know how Indian women made hominy and why some had one pigtail while others had two? If you thought the Allegheny Alligator was a fictional animal, you may be surprised. For the politically challenged, learn which counties were named after John Armstrong, Richard Butler, the Duke of Bedford, William Crawford,....
If you didn't take "Rocks 101" in school, read of why the Carboniferous Period some 340 million years ago began its impact on western Pennsylvania prior to 1800....hint: we still get more than half of our power from this one source. Coal Where did we get the expression Gateway to the West? The omniferous reader will start with the Abenakis and read straight-thru to David Zeisberger and then for dessert peruse The Utter Massacre and enjoy the early-1800 portraits of a survivor's dependents. |