Friday, August 19, 2022

For the Virginia Troops, a Quantity of Cloathing, 1778

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"...for the Virga Troops a Quantity of Cloathing..." Detail from Charles Willson Peale's 1780 portrait of George Washin...
Saturday, July 30, 2022

Inventory of Stores at Vause's Fort 1757

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(1756) George Washington Papers, Series 4, General Correspondence: George Washington, Diagrams of Frontier Forts. [Manuscript/Mixed Mate...
Tuesday, May 24, 2022

The Long Rifle in Virginia Exhibit: Abingdon Virginia

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On a recent trip to Martin's Station/Wilderness Road State Park I stopped in to view a new rifle exhibit at the William King Museum of...
Sunday, October 24, 2021

THE STORY OF THE NEW RIVER: Blueridge PBS documentary

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A new documentary that touches on some topics and locations mentioned elsewhere in this blog just premiered on Blue Ridge PBS and may ...
Tuesday, October 19, 2021

An interview with Wayne Trout, Gunsmith.

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Although this post is a departure from my usual content and scope, I thought an interview with my good friend and gunsmith Wayne Trout would...
Monday, February 1, 2021

"A List of the Negroes at the Lead Mines" The enslaved workforce of Virginia's Revolutionary War lead mine.

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Our American liberty was won in part, using leaden bullets mined by men and women who were themselves denied freedom. One of the regrettabl...
Wednesday, January 27, 2021

Setting a Genteel table: William Preston's Imported Ceramics in the Virginia Backcountry

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One of the most prominent figures in the history of the 18th-century Virginia backcountry was William Preston . During his lifetime, Preston...