Clay Davis > Recent Status Updates

Learned about the 3rd Wisconsin Cavalry.

Learned about the Big Blue River.

Learned that before the end of the Civil War Jennison's Jayhawkers where called Seventh Kansas Veteran Volunteer Cavalry.

Learned about the slave abolitionist Elijah Lovejoy.

Learned about the 15th Kansas Cavalry Regiment.

Learned about the 2nd Illinois Cavalry.

Learned about the 2nd Iowa Cavalry.

Learned that a barracoon is a slave pen for temporary confinement.

Learned about West Point Township, Missouri.

Learned about the 4th Iowa Cavalry.

Learned about the Dark Lantern societies.

Learned about Adams, Massachusetts.

Learned that in 1854 Missouri had a slave population of 100,000 valued at $35,000,000.00.

Learned that Atirah means fragrant.

Learned that a manse is a home for a Presbyterian minister.

Learned that castellan is the governor of a castle.

Learned that Mazur is an ethnic group in Poland.

Learned that a starosta is an elder who manages the money of the community.