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Handsomest bucket on the Virginia frontier
Tired of replacing the rope handle on the fort’s “old oaken bucket”, which tended to fall back into the water when not being used and was thus prone to rotting, Blacksmith Bray recen… more →
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Handsomest bucket on the Virginia frontier
bj omanson wrote 2 months ago: Tired of replacing the rope handle on the fort’s “old oaken bucket”, which tended … more →
Drop by the blacksmith shop for a look at Mr Bray's new rifle...
bj omanson wrote 4 months ago: A few days ago a beautiful new firearm appeared on the table just inside the door of the blacksmith … more →
Winter on the Virginia frontier
bj omanson wrote 10 months ago: The winter here on the Monongahela in recent weeks has been uncommonly hard, with temperatures remai … 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 →
First color . . .
bj omanson wrote 1 year ago: The days have been decidedly cooler, with the result that we are all lingering a little longer besid … more →
These autumn mornings . . .
bj omanson wrote 1 year ago: Finally the weather has turned autumnal, with cool nights and mornings, which in West Virginia, in t … 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 →
The bolstering of a barrow . . .
bj omanson wrote 1 year ago: As in all living history communities, the daily life of the fort goes on whether there are visitors … 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 →
Working under Greg Bray
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bj omanson wrote 1 year ago: A few days ago I posted a piece on this blog entitled “A frontier lesson in civics . . . … more →
a frontier lesson in civics
bj omanson wrote 1 year ago: As I stood in the field outside the fort yesterday, chipping away at a mountain of mule manure, fork … 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 →
