Edgar David BoshartFeb 211 minShooting Star and The ProphetThe second segment of the Northwest Indian War prior to the War of 1812 in the Ohio and Indiana territories. Featuring life/death Tecumseh.
Edgar David BoshartNov 18, 20213 minWest Virginia: Pioneer Trail (continues)Chapter 3 continues here with an overview of the West Virginia wilderness, featuring America's newest national park - the New River Gorge....
Edgar David BoshartMay 17, 20210 minThe Ohio/Indiana Country: Marietta - first official Trans-Appalachian SettlementThe Pioneer Trail: Cowboys, Indians and Pilgrims (continued history of the colonization of N. America- Marietta, Ohio on the Ohio
Edgar David BoshartFeb 19, 20213 minThe Indiana/Ohio Country: part 1, The Ohio CompanyYouTube: photospeak productions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVStQV6uIsg The Ohio/Indiana Country (The Pioneer Trail, continued,...
Edgar David BoshartJan 27, 20211 minThe Pioneer Trail: Cowboys, Indians and Pilgrims (prologue and chapter 1, pdf text)Here I have added The Pioneer Trail: Cowboys, Indians and Pilgrims, Prologue and Chapter 1 (draft version, PDF). Previous blogs posted...
Edgar David BoshartJan 26, 20211 minThe Illinois Country: He Speaks the Regular Wayhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPu3v4cCbu4 This narrative focuses on the pre-revolutionary war period in American History that saw...
Edgar David BoshartSep 17, 20201 minTown Hall of the Departed 1810A gathering of ghosts, participants in the colonization of the eastern tidewater/New England US during the 18th century. The Pioneer Trail.
Edgar David BoshartAug 10, 20201 minRevolutionary Fever and Crawford's Dance of DeathTwo of possibly the most evil incidents in eastern US frontier history.
Edgar David BoshartJun 10, 20201 minPioneer Trail (continuing series): Gold, Slaves and AristocratsHistory of North America, continued
edgardavidboshartMay 1, 20201 minPioneer Trail Continued: Prayers for ScalpsAmerica's early colonization brought drastically different initial opinions and interactions between the settlers and the native...
Edgar David BoshartNov 26, 20191 minCowboy and Indian (Part 1 of The American Pioneer Trail)https://youtu.be/FEsQD4Q1_6M (Video, 10 minutes) tap arrow photo (Part 1, Introduction) The beginning of an exploration of the...
edgardavidboshartFeb 5, 20192 minThe Last Journey of an Amishman (Prologue, 2)View YouTube video/music/narrative version (tap image below). (Approx. 3 min.) Video Fitzroy Mountain, seen in the first...
edgardavidboshartJan 30, 20192 minBeginning of the Last Journey Prologue 1ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uTRd5f9Q2g&t=80s My path courses along the edges of the battle(s), like that of a war correspondent. I...
edgardavidboshartNov 23, 20183 minVietnam Redo: Water and Buffalo in the North CountryIt is finally time to leave Hanoi, the city, for a gambit in the countryside. But it takes time, as the metropolis is far-flung, hanging...
edgardavidboshartJul 11, 20173 minGraves Beside a River: the Little BighornI normally am not so affected emotionally when visiting a war memorial that the experience lodges in the back of my mind for months,...
edgardavidboshartDec 12, 20163 minAssiniboine River, Manitoba To Elk Island, Alberta, Metis Country"From the waterfall he named her, Minnehaha, Laughing Water." The Song of Hiawatha (1855), Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Winter began moving...