Forbes Road: The Road Not Taken
Robert Frost speaks nothing of disgust when discussing the Road not Taken. But Colonel George Washington could certainly tell you of his...
Herta Jones' home and Columbus and Winchester VA
We're going to play that 6 degrees game, where everything is related to everything. And Herta Jones' home on 215 N Washington Street,...
Who stole the horses first?
Does it matter who stole first? Yeah. Big time. Especially if it happens to you. And then whoever stole first, guess what they say?...
War report by Abraham Bosomworth & story of brother's wife
Captain Abraham Bosomworth of the Royal Americans, stationed at Rays Town (also spelled as Reas Town and later as Fort Bedford) in...
Virginia's Bounties for Scalps 1755, 1757, repealed 1758
In covering 1758 in this year of 2022 we run into a lot of Virginians assembling to attack Cherokee allies on their way home after...
Bounties for Scalps and (Yawn) Footnotes
Footnotes? Boring? But that is where all the action is. Are you a scout wanting to verify? Or are you a soldier wanting to believe? In...
WITNESS TREE: 300 YEAR OLD WHITE OAK
Jeff Taylor of the Winchester Star is the photographer. Brian Brehm is the Winchester Star reporter. This article was first published...
Cherokee Conjurers right near Fort Duquesne
Staring down at the fort from a height across the river, they were gaining a view of the headquarters of terrorism. This was the al Qaeda....
Gabriel Jones Profane with an Eye Patch
We'll get to that profanity and eye patch later. First about this man's wit, then about his running simultaneously in 2 county elections,...
The names of the heroes of Louisbourg live here
On this day of 31 July 2022 five days ago 26 July 1758 was the anniversary of "reducing" Fortress Louisbourg. The heroes of that effort...
