There are many stories to be told of the earliest days of what is now West Virginia, and most have been told elsewhere already. But one story, which ties the origins of this region to the origins of the nation, deserves to be told more often. It involves a document which, while little known except [...]
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Backwoods Virginians and the “First Declaration of Independence”
Posted in "Intolerable Acts", Adam Stephen, American Revolution, Continental Congress, Daniel Morgan, Declaration of Independence, Fort Gower, George Rogers Clark, Lord Dunmore's War, Michael Cresap, Monongahela River, Prickett family, Shawnee, Simon Girty, Simon Kenton, Thomas Jefferson, Virginia frontier, William Crawford, Zackquill Morgan, civilian militia, frontier forts, living history on July 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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