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Squire Miller killed in Shawnee attack; Mistress Rebecca taken captive
It all begins peacefully enough on a mild October morning, with Squire Miller and Mistress Rebecca picking beans in the field outside the fort. Little do they suspect that the fearsome Shawnee Two Haw… more →
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Squire Miller killed in Shawnee attack; Mistress Rebecca taken captive
bj omanson wrote 1 month ago: It all begins peacefully enough on a mild October morning, with Squire Miller and Mistress Rebecca p … more →
Dairy Day
bj omanson wrote 3 months ago: Dairy Day at the fort dawned particularly hot and muggy, and it never improved. Notwithstanding the … more →
On the 4th of July, a recruiting party at Pricketts Fort
bj omanson wrote 4 months ago: Recruiting new militiamen for an expedition against the Shawnee in the Ohio Territory, on the Cuyaho … more →
The ghost of Ostenaco spotted at Pricketts Fort...
bj omanson wrote 4 months ago: Participants in the 2009 Woodland Indian Camp at Pricketts Fort were witness to a rare event on Wedn … more →
Idyllic days on the old Virginia frontier . . .
bj omanson wrote 5 months ago: It’s not all tomahawk throwing & telling tall tales around the campfire out here on the ro … more →
Ancestral Wars
bj omanson wrote 5 months ago: On May 25th, Memorial Day, Pricketts Fort held observances in memory of the men from Pricketts Fort … more →
Strolling through the Old Camp Ground: the Civil War weekend, continued....
bj omanson wrote 6 months ago: There are really two different periods of American history to be found here at Pricketts Fort. The f … more →
School of the Longhunter II: the native presence
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bj omanson wrote 7 months ago: Continuing my leisurely saunter through the encampment, I ventured inside the fort and happened into … more →
Scenes from the Christmas Market
bj omanson wrote 11 months ago: Faithful friend of the Fort, Tom Carson, maintained a keen-eyed vigil through much of the Market, co … more →
Strolling through the Fall Festival at Pricketts Fort
bj omanson wrote 1 year ago: making apple butter outside the Job House throughout the festival local musicians played mountain mu … more →
The harvest begins . . .
bj omanson wrote 1 year ago: It is now mid-August, but these so-called dog-days have been the pleasantest I can remember: more li … more →
a fallen tree
bj omanson wrote 1 year ago: Upon occasion a tree will fall, and one did just that sometime last night, landing close to the new … more →
beyond the fort walls, a wigwam takes shape
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bj omanson wrote 1 year ago: In recent days a new structure has appeared in a grove of trees within sight of Pricketts Fort, an E … more →
a tale of two breakfasts . . .
bj omanson wrote 1 year ago: Rainy and muggy, it’s beginng to feel like summer. The rain came down so heavily on my way to … more →
These past two days . . .
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bj omanson wrote 1 year ago: These past two days have really taken it out of me. Giving talks to several hundred children from f … more →
miserable, wet & cold
bj omanson wrote 1 year ago: A cold wet miserable Saturday morning — just the sort of morning I especially enjoy at the for … more →
a new season
bj omanson wrote 1 year ago: We just opened here at the fort a couple of days ago. The weather has been about perfect, sunny but … more →
