A Fourth of July 1759 Indian Conference
"On July 4, 1759, . . . Trent, Ward, and George Croghan (now deptuy agent to the superintendent of Indian Affairs, found themselves once...
Lt Col John Young - our next Virginia Lt Gov?
By end of June 1759 , we are more than a year into Lord Fauquier residing in the Governor's house in Williamsburg. Fauquier was...
Little Carpenter and Old Hop to receive gifts from "Council"
There's two stories here to wrap up June of 1759. One is about the gifts the Virginia Executive Council assigns to two Cherokee leaders....
Echo Village Sign and Abrams Delight Cabin
If you've lived in Winchester over 3 decades, you'll remember the Echo Village Budget Motel Sign. It shouted at you from the wall of...
Court Case: Trent vs Dinwiddie
Here it is June 1759 and Dinwiddie is long gone. Lt Gov Robert Dinwiddie finally left 12 Jan 1758. He was wanting to leave for health...
The Virginia Executive "Council" and House of Burgesses
There's two stories here. Wouldn't you like to know where the Council met and where the House of Burgesses met? That's one story. The...
Ukraine - and Winchester VA
It is very likely that Russian prisoners held in Winchester VA during WWII were Ukrainian. This is surprising because we allied with...
The Target was The Point - "Pittsburg" in June 1759
The target was always The Point, and that target was on an area called The Point, otherwise knowns as the 3 Rivers, Ohio, Monongahela,...
The Dunbar Lawsuit on the Custis-Washington Estate
This notorious rascal, murdered on 7 December 1710, 22 years before George Washington is born, leaves a legacy on our George Washington...
Waggener at "Pittsburg" June 1759 - the Northern theatre
Fort Loudoun in Winchester VA exists only because of the French presence on the Forks of the Ohio, otherwise known as the Three Rivers or...
