دانلود کتاب Trans-Allegheny Pioneers. Historical Sketches of the First White Settlements West of the Alleghenies 1748 and After
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Progressively advancing settlements along the entire Virginia
border, from the New River-Kanawha and tributaries, in the
southwest, to the Monongahela and tributaries in the northwest,
the intervening country to the Ohio River and into
Kentucky.
On the above-mentioned first settled western flowing streams,
occurred, in after years, the desperate and bloody conflicts
of Braddock’s Fields and Point Pleasant, for the possession
of, and supremacy in, this fair western country.
To the New River-Kanawha, and tributaries, however, more
especial attention is here given; all sandwiched throughout
with collateral facts and incidents of more or^sagf^CI^Cl
local historical interest. OivOO
Draper’s Meadows Massacre.—Destruction of the early Greenbriar
Settlements.—Tragedies of Burke’s Garden and Abb’s
Valley.—Origin of the American Cotton Trade.—Old time
Family Fall Hunt.—Remarkable Clock.—Progressive Changes
within a Lifetime.—Davy Crockett and his Wise Motto.
Battle of Point Pleasant.—Brief Outline of Events Leading to
It.—The First Blood of the Revolution.—A Pivotal Turning
Point in American History.—Short Sketches of Some of Those
Who Participated in It.—Brief Review of Lord Dunmore’s
Relation to It.—Its Influence as a Developing Military High
School, etc.
Murder of Cornstalk.—Desperate Fight at Donnally’s Fort.—Short
Sketch of Daniel Boone’s Life in Kanawha Valley.—Chronological
Table of Events, of more or less importance or interest,
that have occurred along the western border.
Charleston, West Virginia.—Short Sketch of Its Early Settlement
and After History.—Dublin, Virginia.—History of Its
Name.—Augusta County.—Its Original Vast Extent and Its
Subdivisions.