The settling of Virginia, Chesapeake and Tidewater area of North America

Pioneer Trail, Prologue, March 25, 2020 (tap image) This is the first of along series of short video-blogs (with lots of photos and pictures) covering a history of the pioneers and Native Americans across North America. Subscribe to the Youtube channel if you wish to follow along at your own leisure. Video URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgPrdDYLROE #NorthAmericanhistory #pioneers #indians #NativeAmericans #photography #travel

https://youtu.be/FEsQD4Q1_6M (Video, 10 minutes) tap arrow photo (Part 1, Introduction) The beginning of an exploration of the experience of the American West, from the perspective of the natural and geological nature of the land of North America and of the residents, both native American populations and the Settlers/Pioneers/Explorers #AmericanHistory #NativeAmericans #NorthAmerica #Indian #Cowboy #veteran

The soldiers, some of them anyway, crouched behind their dead horses, huddled together on a bluff by the Little Bighorn River in Montana. As noted previously, the Battle of the Little Bighorn and General Custer's Last Stand have been reported from many viewpoints. Accounts vary and the memories of the storytellers can rightly be questioned and criticized. I came across one not-so-well-known narrative in a highly recommended book, The Great West, edited by Charles Neider (1

I normally am not so affected emotionally when visiting a war memorial that the experience lodges in the back of my mind for months, maybe years, after the encounter. I was afflicted/affected, even sensing a welling of tears, while wandering amongst the hills, grasses, and gravestones scattered about the U.S. Park Service's monument in Montana dedicated to the soldiers and warriors who fought the Battle of the Little Bighorn in June 1876. This is not only a place that remem