Dinwiddie's Long Goodbye
Through most of 1757 there is one long ongoing story. Dinwiddie is leaving. He tried to leave as soon as he announced leaving. He...
That Braddock Picture
You've seen the picture of Braddock. That picture purports to show his likeness. You've seen that Braddock picture echoed everywhere....
Tax the Rich, Pay for the War
Washington was no Senator's Son, but he did climb up the wealth mountain. And yet his ledgers and letters constantly show attention to...
Changes - 1758
Still don't know what I was waitin' for And my time was runnin' wild A million dead end streets and Every time I thought I'd got it made...
Bacon Fort -- not Nathaniel Bacon's
Eric Robinson is a reenactor who tends to find a fort that is not on the Frontier Forts Google maps site. For this reason we now add this...
Good bye Lord Loudoun
Go find out about Loudoun yourself in this link. We're more interested in saying Good Bye to him as we trek thru 1757 in this year of...
Neally's Fort
We were recently asked about Neally's Fort location. A massacre occurred there. Alas not only details on this massacre are scant but so...
Powder Horns vs Cartouche Boxes
Did the Virginia Regiment wear those Cartouche boxes, also referred as cartridge boxes or belly boxes? This picture shows the Mercer...
Winchester Court House 1757?
A local artist, Eric Cherry, is working on some pictures of what the square around the Winchester Virginia Courthouse looked like in...
Rutherford's Rangers
We want to make note of a gap of time when no official Ranger company operated in Frederick and Hampshire ounties in Virginia from summer...
