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CrossReads Book Blast: Serenity to Accept by Elizabeth Maddrey

  Serenity to Accept By Elizabeth Maddrey About the Book Karin Reid has never had much use for God. There’s been too much pain in her life for her to accept that God is anything other than, at best, disinterested … Continue reading →

CrossReads Merry Christmas Sale & Gift Card Giveaway!

Welcome To Our Christian Christmas Book Sale! Where we invite you to pick up good books for less this Christmas! Merry Christmas! We hope you’re having a wonderful Christmas season. We know that this is the time of year when … Continue reading →

After Christmas 99 cent Sale

A 99 cent Sale just in time to load those new Kindles! Here are 31 more reasons to $ave on this after-Christmas $ale! Thirty-one ebooks for 99¢ each. They will be on sale from December 24, 2013 through Tuesday, December … Continue reading →

How They Made Hay in the Olden Days

Or What in the World Were the Garretsons Doing December 7th 1788? The history books said James Garretson and Benjamin Ogle were down in The Bottom “stacking” hay when they were attacked by Indians. This made me curious, because as … Continue reading →

When Histories Collide

The historical accounts were so ambiguous and at times outright contradictory that at times I wanted to pull my hair out. I kept wishing I had the use of Merri’s Beautiful Houses software to clear things up. Here are some … Continue reading →

The American Bottom

No, not that kind of bottom. Geology French settlement Kaskaskia Cahokia Trail Fountain Creek The forts Eagle Cliff/Miles Cemetery … Continue reading →

The Indian Situation

Tribes in the area Sir Henry Hamilton, “The Hair Buyer” from Fort Detroit Home Grown American Terrorists Holding the fort for America Trail of Tears (the other side of the story) Big Springs … Continue reading →

First Families of Monroe County

  James Moore Garretson Ogle Bond Piggot Transfer to “The Western Front”: The winter of 1803, Captain Clark and the xx recruits he’d acquired were paddling up the Mississippi on their way to rendezvous with Captain Lewis near the mouth … Continue reading →

The Western Frontier

Page Under Construction. Pardon me while I gather my notes to complete this. “The more you know, the more you know you don’t know.” Two Clark Brothers. Two Expeditions. Two New Frontiers. I did not know about the Proclamation of … Continue reading →

The Western Front

George Rogers Clark and his Long Knives The bloodless battle From Atlantic to the Mississippi Lewis and Clark Expedition Camp River Dubois Sir Henry Hamilton, “Hair Buyer” from Fort Detroit … Continue reading →