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West 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 Boshart
Nov 18, 20213 min read


Fort Harmar and the Underground Railroad
Pioneer Trail: Cowboys, Indians and Pilgrims (continuation): Chapter 3 continued -- the Ohio Country https://youtu.be/SM0hzkLFnVA

Edgar David Boshart
Nov 4, 20211 min read


Parkersburg, West Virginia on the Ohio River: Ghostly Legacy
Pioneer Journey continues: The Ohio Country

Edgar David Boshart
Oct 25, 20211 min read


Conspiracy on Blennerhassett Island 1805
After a hiatus this summer, I have resumed recounting the pioneer history of North America. The Revolutionary War in the US is over and...

Edgar David Boshart
Oct 13, 20211 min read


World Class: Timeless Travels with Ed
MP4 video World Class edgardavidboshart “Sometimes, reaching out and taking someone's hand is the beginning of a journey. At other...

Edgar David Boshart
Aug 3, 20212 min read


The Ohio/Indiana Country: Marietta - first official Trans-Appalachian Settlement
The Pioneer Trail: Cowboys, Indians and Pilgrims (continued history of the colonization of N. America- Marietta, Ohio on the Ohio

Edgar David Boshart
May 17, 20210 min read


Long Knives and Treaties
For a long time up until the Revolutionary War, frontiersmen from the Virginia and Pennsylvania colonies ignored the British Crown’s...

Edgar David Boshart
Mar 22, 20211 min read


The Indiana/Ohio Country: part 1, The Ohio Company
YouTube: photospeak productions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVStQV6uIsg The Ohio/Indiana Country (The Pioneer Trail, continued,...

Edgar David Boshart
Feb 19, 20213 min read
The 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 Boshart
Jan 27, 20211 min read


The Illinois Country: He Speaks the Regular Way
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPu3v4cCbu4 This narrative focuses on the pre-revolutionary war period in American History that saw...

Edgar David Boshart
Jan 26, 20211 min read


Washington DC, January, 2021
Edgar Boshart Here is a photo essay composed yesterday based on a 2 hour walk around the west end of pre-inauguration Washington DC 2021....

Edgar David Boshart
Jan 19, 20211 min read


Paths of the Iroquois: New York State
Merry Christmas 2020; or at least Healthy Christmas 2020 (Note: I'm not sure why the actual video photo does not appear, and the...

Edgar David Boshart
Dec 14, 20201 min read


Town Hall of the Departed 1810, Part 3
This blog/video is the conclusion of Chapter 1 of an evolving book: Pioneer Journey -- Cowboys, Indians and Pilgrims. It is part three...

Edgar David Boshart
Nov 13, 20201 min read


Town Hall of the Departed, Part 2
Our ghostly gathering in 1810 hears from Chiefs Constalk and Buckongahelas, and the frontier landholder/trader George Croghan, with some...

Edgar David Boshart
Oct 7, 20201 min read


Town Hall of the Departed 1810
A gathering of ghosts, participants in the colonization of the eastern tidewater/New England US during the 18th century. The Pioneer Trail.

Edgar David Boshart
Sep 17, 20201 min read


Chief Logan: continuation of the Pioneer Trail
Chief Logan, an Ohio Cayuga Indian, makes his famous "lament" for the history books. As the Revolution War evolves and winds down, the...

Edgar David Boshart
Aug 27, 20201 min read


Revolutionary Fever and Crawford's Dance of Death
Two of possibly the most evil incidents in eastern US frontier history.

Edgar David Boshart
Aug 10, 20201 min read



Edgar David Boshart
Jul 22, 20200 min read


Penn's Promises and Wampum
Continuation of the series and book, The Pioneer Trail: Cowboys, Indians and Pilgrims. This blog video (13 mins.) features Pennsylvania,...

Edgar David Boshart
Jul 10, 20201 min read


Pioneer Trail (continuing series): Gold, Slaves and Aristocrats
History of North America, continued

Edgar David Boshart
Jun 10, 20201 min read
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