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On the 4th of July, a recruiting party at Pricketts Fort
Recruiting new militiamen for an expedition against the Shawnee in the Ohio Territory, on the Cuyahoga River, took place on July 4th and 5th at Pricketts Fort, with indifferent success reported. Altho… more →
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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 →
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 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 →
Arming Civilians: Fuse to Civil War?
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Fernando Gagelonia wrote 1 year ago: National police chief Avelino Razon once headed the Manila police department. He is also known to b … more →
Backwoods Virginians and the "First Declaration of Independence"
bj omanson wrote 1 year ago: There are many stories to be told of the earliest days of what is now West Virginia, and most have b … more →
molding a mess of musket balls
bj omanson wrote 1 year ago: With heavy rain and wind much of the day keeping us mostly inside, Michael and Okey make good use of … more →
Memorial Day observations
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bj omanson wrote 1 year ago: In honor of Memorial Day here at Pricketts Fort, Okey Simmons gave a brief talk about the sacrifice … more →
Chief Logan & the birth of Pricketts Fort
bj omanson wrote 1 year ago: On this date, in 1774, at a trading post in Baker’s Bottom, near Wheeling on the Ohio River, a … more →
a mingling of eras
bj omanson wrote 1 year ago: On this day, two hundred and thirty-one years ago, in 1777, when the original Pricketts Fort was onl … 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 →
