(from historian John Boback): The frontier ginseng trade has been a topic of personal interest for many years. In regard to your recent blog post, I would like to “weigh in” on the question of tons versus tuns. I think that author Robert Morgan was incorrect in speculating that Nathan Boone had meant “tuns” of [...]
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Boone’s ginseng expedition — further thoughts on how much he transported
Posted in Daniel Boone, ginseng, John Boback, Nathan Boone, Robert Morgan on September 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Daniel Boone & the boatload of ginseng: further considerations
Posted in Daniel Boone, Doug Wood, ginseng, Nathan Boone, Robert Morgan on August 31, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This past winter I posted an article here in the Fortblog about Daniel Boone transporting a load of ginseng from Kentucky to Philadelphia sometime in 1787 or ’88, what the route of that journey may have been, and whether or not it brought the Boone party near Pricketts Fort, as one account claims. My conclusion [...]
Daniel Boone & the boatload of ginseng
Posted in Adam O. Heck, Daniel Boone, ginseng, Glenn D. Lough, John J. Prickett, Joseph Hartley, Nathan Boone on April 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A story heard every so often here at Pricketts Fort is that Daniel Boone lost a load of ginseng near here in the Monongahela River and, while searching for it and drying out what could be salvaged, spent some time at the fort before continuing on his journey. The story is usually related with some [...]
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