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...
Prince of Wales - the future King George III is 21
What is our future King George III doing in June 1759? He's not King yet. He's known as the Prince of Wales right now. His father,...
1890 Map of Winchester
See Source: https://uncommonwealth.virginiamemory.com/blog/2016/08/10/never-built-winchester/ The Library of Virginia’s collections...
Most Violent Tornado & Lightning & Thomas Bullitt in it
George Washington is no longer their leader. Fort Duquesne is no longer their target. But Violence is popping in May and June 1759. The...
Lt Col Adam Stephen ! Attack Venango !
With great labor and difficulty they carried their provisions from most remote points, and by the middle of July, 1759, there were, at...
Scarecrow of Romney Marsh
While looking at that issue of Hampshire County being dissolved back into Frederick Co VA in April 1759, the subject of the town of...
Willa Cather and Jeremiah Smith
Two stories in the Winchester Star appeared about Willa Cather. On Monday 5/15/2023 in Winchester Star's Monday series, "Out of the Past...
Swallow's Afterlife
There they were. Right there. They see each other. All froze, registering. Boom. Then all is a blur. Flying high with his hawk Swallow...
The Beard
Was there facial hair sported by the Virginia Regiment during the French and Indian War? A Big NO is the answer from many reenactors. We...
