~ ~ ~ When I arrived at the encampment at Pricketts Fort on Friday morning, there was still a bit of snow on the ground, and large flakes were falling. Earlier the ground had been white, but by now only the hills above Pricketts Creek, where they emerged above the mist, were still mantled in [...]
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School of the Longhunter: scenes from the encampment
Posted in "Hair-buyer" Hamilton, American Revolution, Battle of Pt Pleasant, Bill Rundorff, Charlie Brown, Chateaubriand, Chief Logan, Desert Fathers, Doug Wood, Elisha Waldern, Enkiddu, Epic of Gilgamesh, George Rogers Clark, Henry Knox, Henry Skaggs, John the Baptist, Joseph Hollingshead, longhunters, Lord Byron, Lord Dunmore's War, Mad Anne Bailey, Mark Baker, Mark Hersee, Michael Seidelman, Nathan Kobuck, Natural Man, Noble Savage, re-enacting, Rousseau, School of the Longhunter, Shawnee, Simon Girty, Sumerians, Suzanne Dennis, Tacitus, Tecumseh, Ted Franklin Belue, William Baker, William Carr on April 15, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Pricketts Fort to host 16th Annual “School of the Longhunter”, featuring Mark Baker
Posted in Bill Schneider, Bob Plott, Charlie Brown, Gene Thorn, Kye Jaroz, Last of the Mohicans, Mark Baker, Morgan's Glade, mountain music, Natural Man, School of the Longhunter, William Rundorff on March 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The Pricketts Fort Memorial Foundation invites you to join us for an 18th-century encampment with seminars on longhunter skills for the re-enactor, historical interpreter or history enthusiast. The encampment will run from Thursday, March 31 through Sunday, April 3. ~~~~~ This year’s keynote speaker will be Mark Baker, author of Sons of a Trackless Forest: [...]
At recent School of the Longhunter, local farmers answer to beat of recruiter’s drum
Posted in Charlie Brown, civilian militia, Continental Congress, Fess Parker, Jacob Prickett, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, longhunters, Lord Byron, Mad Anne Bailey, Mark Baker, Mr A. Roberts--physician, Natty Bumpo, Natural Man, Noble Savage, School of the Longhunter on April 26, 2010 | 2 Comments »
It began with a broadside nailed to the side of the fort: TAKE NOTICE In accordance with the Virginia MILITIA Acts as set forth by the Provincial Council and Committee of Safety the MILITIA shall muster at Captain Jacob Prickett’s Fort and adhere to the following: Resolved: 1. That the several County or (where there is [...]
Mstress. Bailey at recent Pricketts Fort Longhunter school & encampment: impressions from her journal
Posted in Charlie Brown, Mad Anne Bailey, Mark Baker, Mr A. Roberts--physician on April 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
While I continue to compile photos and sort through my notes of the recently concluded School of the Longhunter & encampment here at the fort last weekend, I would like to commend to our readers an entry from the journal of one of the more colorful & comely of our participants, Mstress. Bailey, otherwise known [...]













































