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Posted: 8/21/2020 2:54:38 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryThank you so much for continuing to share this story with us. What an awesome experience this must be for you and your family- so much history. |
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Posted: 9/9/2020 9:23:33 AM EDT
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 Looking at the hidden exterior of an 18th century fort for the first time in 200+ years |
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Posted: 9/9/2020 2:05:41 PM EDT
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Awesome thread, OP! Thank you for sharing it with us!
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Posted: 9/9/2020 2:18:49 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Awesome thread, OP! Thank you for sharing it with us! I finally figured out what this thing, I thought was a French button, was that I found in the yard:  Attached FileFound this in the house:  Attached File Attached File |
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Posted: 9/10/2020 5:33:10 PM EDT
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This thread is Awesome!
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Posted: 9/11/2020 1:46:03 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I finally figured out what this thing, I thought was a French button, was that I found in the yard: https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/277223/IMG_5450_jpg-1584364.JPG Found this in the house: https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/277223/418D1691-D577-401B-97AC-5290FE8556DD_jpg-1584365.JPG https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/277223/667B529F-CC36-4331-9491-5EB40F26392D_jpg-1584366.JPG Oh WOW! But it doesn't have the back on it, right? So it's just the FRONT of the knob? |
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Posted: 9/11/2020 9:24:24 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Oh WOW! But it doesn't have the back on it, right? So it's just the FRONT of the knob? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I finally figured out what this thing, I thought was a French button, was that I found in the yard: https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/277223/IMG_5450_jpg-1584364.JPG Found this in the house: https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/277223/418D1691-D577-401B-97AC-5290FE8556DD_jpg-1584365.JPG https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/277223/667B529F-CC36-4331-9491-5EB40F26392D_jpg-1584366.JPG Oh WOW! But it doesn't have the back on it, right? So it's just the FRONT of the knob? This is the back. It does actually look like a 2 piece button. I would never have thought it was anything but a button. I've found so many buttons on the site.....  Attached FileMostly 1 piece, which are older, but there have been a few two pieces, including a confederate officer's coat button.  Attached File Attached FileThis is why we thought it was a french button. These are french general officer's buttons. You know the french. They can't just wear a plain button like everyone else.....  Attached File |
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Posted: 9/14/2020 5:48:26 PM EDT
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Thank you, keep adding to it please.
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Posted: 9/15/2020 9:17:11 AM EDT
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An old book found in the fort library, an 1814 edition of early Virginia statutes, with the name Clark written on it. This very well may have belonged to Major Samuel Clark, Revolutionary War hero, as he was the head of the local militia at that time (in his older age), and since his sword also descended in this house (if you recall the post I did on finding his sword: https://scavengeology.com/jackpot-major-samuel-clarks-sword-found/). It still has old placeholders and notes in it, where the old laws were being studied. The first page has to do with raising companies of Rangers for the frontier.
    
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Posted: 9/15/2020 2:54:26 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: That's beyond cool! Agreed. That's an incredible find. |
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Posted: 9/15/2020 6:59:19 PM EDT
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This is one of the best threads I've read since I joined. Thank you very much for sharing and keeping us updated, this is awesome.
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Posted: 9/29/2020 10:12:23 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: That is the best find EVER. OMG. That's awesome. @Kitties-with-Sigs There was actually a better book I found in that cabinet. An 18th century copy of John Wesley's sermons, owned by (w/ his handwriting all inside) James Christy, who was an Indian Spy stationed in the fort during the Rev War, who became the first pastor of the log cabin methodist church 2 miles away, Rehoboth Church, which is still standing today, and I believe the oldest still-standing non-Catholic church west of the alleghenies. Or something like that. They actually have a museum at the church. But his book was in my house. There's a surviving Rev War pension application made by him as an old man, describing his service, and being in the fort.  Here's a post I did on that one: https://scavengeology.com/james-christy-of-byrnsides-fort-indian-spy-and-historic-minister/  Speaking of Rev War narratives, here's a post I did documenting the Rev War pension narratives pertaining to the fort: https://scavengeology.com/revolutionary-war-narratives-and-byrnsides-fort/ 
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Posted: 9/29/2020 9:50:51 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: @Kitties-with-Sigs There was actually a better book I found in that cabinet. An 18th century copy of John Wesley's sermons, owned by (w/ his handwriting all inside) James Christy, who was an Indian Spy stationed in the fort during the Rev War, who became the first pastor of the log cabin methodist church 2 miles away, Rehoboth Church, which is still standing today, and I believe the oldest still-standing non-Catholic church west of the alleghenies. Or something like that. They actually have a museum at the church. But his book was in my house. There's a surviving Rev War pension application made by him as an old man, describing his service, and being in the fort. https://secureservercdn.net/198.71.233.109/tnx.0f5.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/9373F81F-0570-4BEC-BF97-86267DD92A32-1.jpg Here's a post I did on that one: https://scavengeology.com/james-christy-of-byrnsides-fort-indian-spy-and-historic-minister/ https://secureservercdn.net/198.71.233.109/tnx.0f5.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/F835C136-C9B3-4B34-9F4A-E5769FD06D81-768x1024-1.jpeg Speaking of Rev War narratives, here's a post I did documenting the Rev War pension narratives pertaining to the fort: https://scavengeology.com/revolutionary-war-narratives-and-byrnsides-fort/ https://secureservercdn.net/198.71.233.109/tnx.0f5.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/0CB666CA-63FA-4801-9B0C-EDD41B1B93BC-1.jpg Now I'm wondering if that was one Of Ned Christy's kin folk? |
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Posted: 10/1/2020 12:07:34 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: @Kitties-with-Sigs There was actually a better book I found in that cabinet. An 18th century copy of John Wesley's sermons, owned by (w/ his handwriting all inside) James Christy, who was an Indian Spy stationed in the fort during the Rev War, who became the first pastor of the log cabin methodist church 2 miles away, Rehoboth Church, which is still standing today, and I believe the oldest still-standing non-Catholic church west of the alleghenies. Or something like that. They actually have a museum at the church. But his book was in my house. There's a surviving Rev War pension application made by him as an old man, describing his service, and being in the fort. https://secureservercdn.net/198.71.233.109/tnx.0f5.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/9373F81F-0570-4BEC-BF97-86267DD92A32-1.jpg Here's a post I did on that one: https://scavengeology.com/james-christy-of-byrnsides-fort-indian-spy-and-historic-minister/ https://secureservercdn.net/198.71.233.109/tnx.0f5.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/F835C136-C9B3-4B34-9F4A-E5769FD06D81-768x1024-1.jpeg Speaking of Rev War narratives, here's a post I did documenting the Rev War pension narratives pertaining to the fort: https://scavengeology.com/revolutionary-war-narratives-and-byrnsides-fort/ https://secureservercdn.net/198.71.233.109/tnx.0f5.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/0CB666CA-63FA-4801-9B0C-EDD41B1B93BC-1.jpg Okay it seems like you are not gonna live there, so...whatever reason you are doing this....you could make it a museum. That stuff you are finding...so amazing. Having it on site is so much better than donating to a museum and having it not mean anything to the lines of third graders they shuffle through there. When people come to tour that house....they would have the history right here, with the stuff and the books and...that's extraordinary. I have no idea how you would do it...but I think the whole thing needs to be kept, somehow, intact. The beauty of "place" in the setting you have...it makes the artifacts more poignant. |
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Posted: 10/1/2020 9:11:47 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Okay it seems like you are not gonna live there, so...whatever reason you are doing this....you could make it a museum. That stuff you are finding...so amazing. Having it on site is so much better than donating to a museum and having it not mean anything to the lines of third graders they shuffle through there. When people come to tour that house....they would have the history right here, with the stuff and the books and...that's extraordinary. I have no idea how you would do it...but I think the whole thing needs to be kept, somehow, intact. The beauty of "place" in the setting you have...it makes the artifacts more poignant. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: @Kitties-with-Sigs There was actually a better book I found in that cabinet. An 18th century copy of John Wesley's sermons, owned by (w/ his handwriting all inside) James Christy, who was an Indian Spy stationed in the fort during the Rev War, who became the first pastor of the log cabin methodist church 2 miles away, Rehoboth Church, which is still standing today, and I believe the oldest still-standing non-Catholic church west of the alleghenies. Or something like that. They actually have a museum at the church. But his book was in my house. There's a surviving Rev War pension application made by him as an old man, describing his service, and being in the fort. https://secureservercdn.net/198.71.233.109/tnx.0f5.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/9373F81F-0570-4BEC-BF97-86267DD92A32-1.jpg Here's a post I did on that one: https://scavengeology.com/james-christy-of-byrnsides-fort-indian-spy-and-historic-minister/ https://secureservercdn.net/198.71.233.109/tnx.0f5.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/F835C136-C9B3-4B34-9F4A-E5769FD06D81-768x1024-1.jpeg Speaking of Rev War narratives, here's a post I did documenting the Rev War pension narratives pertaining to the fort: https://scavengeology.com/revolutionary-war-narratives-and-byrnsides-fort/ https://secureservercdn.net/198.71.233.109/tnx.0f5.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/0CB666CA-63FA-4801-9B0C-EDD41B1B93BC-1.jpg Okay it seems like you are not gonna live there, so...whatever reason you are doing this....you could make it a museum. That stuff you are finding...so amazing. Having it on site is so much better than donating to a museum and having it not mean anything to the lines of third graders they shuffle through there. When people come to tour that house....they would have the history right here, with the stuff and the books and...that's extraordinary. I have no idea how you would do it...but I think the whole thing needs to be kept, somehow, intact. The beauty of "place" in the setting you have...it makes the artifacts more poignant. I have to agree but with the tension right now disclosing the history of this place might get it burned to the ground. The comment uninterested third graders kinda hurts but is so very accurate and a reflection of the lack of education in our public school system. |
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Posted: 10/1/2020 9:27:47 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I have to agree but with the tension right now disclosing the history of this place might get it burned to the ground. The comment uninterested third graders kinda hurts but is so very accurate and a reflection of the lack of education in our public school system. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: @Kitties-with-Sigs There was actually a better book I found in that cabinet. An 18th century copy of John Wesley's sermons, owned by (w/ his handwriting all inside) James Christy, who was an Indian Spy stationed in the fort during the Rev War, who became the first pastor of the log cabin methodist church 2 miles away, Rehoboth Church, which is still standing today, and I believe the oldest still-standing non-Catholic church west of the alleghenies. Or something like that. They actually have a museum at the church. But his book was in my house. There's a surviving Rev War pension application made by him as an old man, describing his service, and being in the fort. https://secureservercdn.net/198.71.233.109/tnx.0f5.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/9373F81F-0570-4BEC-BF97-86267DD92A32-1.jpg Here's a post I did on that one: https://scavengeology.com/james-christy-of-byrnsides-fort-indian-spy-and-historic-minister/ https://secureservercdn.net/198.71.233.109/tnx.0f5.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/F835C136-C9B3-4B34-9F4A-E5769FD06D81-768x1024-1.jpeg Speaking of Rev War narratives, here's a post I did documenting the Rev War pension narratives pertaining to the fort: https://scavengeology.com/revolutionary-war-narratives-and-byrnsides-fort/ https://secureservercdn.net/198.71.233.109/tnx.0f5.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/0CB666CA-63FA-4801-9B0C-EDD41B1B93BC-1.jpg Okay it seems like you are not gonna live there, so...whatever reason you are doing this....you could make it a museum. That stuff you are finding...so amazing. Having it on site is so much better than donating to a museum and having it not mean anything to the lines of third graders they shuffle through there. When people come to tour that house....they would have the history right here, with the stuff and the books and...that's extraordinary. I have no idea how you would do it...but I think the whole thing needs to be kept, somehow, intact. The beauty of "place" in the setting you have...it makes the artifacts more poignant. I have to agree but with the tension right now disclosing the history of this place might get it burned to the ground. The comment uninterested third graders kinda hurts but is so very accurate and a reflection of the lack of education in our public school system. Meh. The little town a mile away that I live in still has a confederate monument. That doesn't mean that someone couldn't try something. But the reason I created my "Scavengeology" Facebook page and website in the first place, which happened before I found the house, was because of the marxist archaeologists and academia who lashed out at me, thinking I would be intimidated like most other people they successfully scare and suppress. I'll never hide from them, but I will probably set up some cameras and other precautions. My ultimate goal is to share our history with kids that they're no longer getting in school and popular culture. As for how to do that, I'm open to ideas. It's hard enough to get my own kids to give a shit. Teaching them to shoot a flintlock and letting them try it would no doubt hold a kid's interest. Whether I could work that with insurance, i don't know. |
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Posted: 10/1/2020 11:26:00 AM EDT
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A couple shots of my history bunker as of yesterday. A lot of the stuff laying around came out of the fort. Not the guns unfortunately. I was fondling some 19th century firearms technology with my buddy who is running for governor here, prior to a town hall he did.
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Posted: 10/1/2020 7:54:35 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Meh. The little town a mile away that I live in still has a confederate monument. That doesn't mean that someone couldn't try something. But the reason I created my "Scavengeology" Facebook page and website in the first place, which happened before I found the house, was because of the marxist archaeologists and academia who lashed out at me, thinking I would be intimidated like most other people they successfully scare and suppress. I'll never hide from them, but I will probably set up some cameras and other precautions. My ultimate goal is to share our history with kids that they're no longer getting in school and popular culture. As for how to do that, I'm open to ideas. It's hard enough to get my own kids to give a shit. Teaching them to shoot a flintlock and letting them try it would no doubt hold a kid's interest. Whether I could work that with insurance, i don't know. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: @Kitties-with-Sigs There was actually a better book I found in that cabinet. An 18th century copy of John Wesley's sermons, owned by (w/ his handwriting all inside) James Christy, who was an Indian Spy stationed in the fort during the Rev War, who became the first pastor of the log cabin methodist church 2 miles away, Rehoboth Church, which is still standing today, and I believe the oldest still-standing non-Catholic church west of the alleghenies. Or something like that. They actually have a museum at the church. But his book was in my house. There's a surviving Rev War pension application made by him as an old man, describing his service, and being in the fort. https://secureservercdn.net/198.71.233.109/tnx.0f5.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/9373F81F-0570-4BEC-BF97-86267DD92A32-1.jpg Here's a post I did on that one: https://scavengeology.com/james-christy-of-byrnsides-fort-indian-spy-and-historic-minister/ https://secureservercdn.net/198.71.233.109/tnx.0f5.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/F835C136-C9B3-4B34-9F4A-E5769FD06D81-768x1024-1.jpeg Speaking of Rev War narratives, here's a post I did documenting the Rev War pension narratives pertaining to the fort: https://scavengeology.com/revolutionary-war-narratives-and-byrnsides-fort/ https://secureservercdn.net/198.71.233.109/tnx.0f5.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/0CB666CA-63FA-4801-9B0C-EDD41B1B93BC-1.jpg Okay it seems like you are not gonna live there, so...whatever reason you are doing this....you could make it a museum. That stuff you are finding...so amazing. Having it on site is so much better than donating to a museum and having it not mean anything to the lines of third graders they shuffle through there. When people come to tour that house....they would have the history right here, with the stuff and the books and...that's extraordinary. I have no idea how you would do it...but I think the whole thing needs to be kept, somehow, intact. The beauty of "place" in the setting you have...it makes the artifacts more poignant. I have to agree but with the tension right now disclosing the history of this place might get it burned to the ground. The comment uninterested third graders kinda hurts but is so very accurate and a reflection of the lack of education in our public school system. Meh. The little town a mile away that I live in still has a confederate monument. That doesn't mean that someone couldn't try something. But the reason I created my "Scavengeology" Facebook page and website in the first place, which happened before I found the house, was because of the marxist archaeologists and academia who lashed out at me, thinking I would be intimidated like most other people they successfully scare and suppress. I'll never hide from them, but I will probably set up some cameras and other precautions. My ultimate goal is to share our history with kids that they're no longer getting in school and popular culture. As for how to do that, I'm open to ideas. It's hard enough to get my own kids to give a shit. Teaching them to shoot a flintlock and letting them try it would no doubt hold a kid's interest. Whether I could work that with insurance, i don't know. Man if I had the answer I would be on a plane tomorrow to outline the teaching plan. Until the political climate changes our history will more than likely be vilified. Keep up the great work. The only way I’d know to get kids involved would be through interaction such as maybe acting and historical re-enactment. But even then the video game market seems to work with Assassins Creed. If you could somehow use that to encompass the fort it might gain some favorable attention. |
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Posted: 10/2/2020 9:09:07 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Man if I had the answer I would be on a plane tomorrow to outline the teaching plan. Until the political climate changes our history will more than likely be vilified. Keep up the great work. The only way I’d know to get kids involved would be through interaction such as maybe acting and historical re-enactment. But even then the video game market seems to work with Assassins Creed. If you could somehow use that to encompass the fort it might gain some favorable attention. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: @Kitties-with-Sigs There was actually a better book I found in that cabinet. An 18th century copy of John Wesley's sermons, owned by (w/ his handwriting all inside) James Christy, who was an Indian Spy stationed in the fort during the Rev War, who became the first pastor of the log cabin methodist church 2 miles away, Rehoboth Church, which is still standing today, and I believe the oldest still-standing non-Catholic church west of the alleghenies. Or something like that. They actually have a museum at the church. But his book was in my house. There's a surviving Rev War pension application made by him as an old man, describing his service, and being in the fort. https://secureservercdn.net/198.71.233.109/tnx.0f5.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/9373F81F-0570-4BEC-BF97-86267DD92A32-1.jpg Here's a post I did on that one: https://scavengeology.com/james-christy-of-byrnsides-fort-indian-spy-and-historic-minister/ https://secureservercdn.net/198.71.233.109/tnx.0f5.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/F835C136-C9B3-4B34-9F4A-E5769FD06D81-768x1024-1.jpeg Speaking of Rev War narratives, here's a post I did documenting the Rev War pension narratives pertaining to the fort: https://scavengeology.com/revolutionary-war-narratives-and-byrnsides-fort/ https://secureservercdn.net/198.71.233.109/tnx.0f5.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/0CB666CA-63FA-4801-9B0C-EDD41B1B93BC-1.jpg Okay it seems like you are not gonna live there, so...whatever reason you are doing this....you could make it a museum. That stuff you are finding...so amazing. Having it on site is so much better than donating to a museum and having it not mean anything to the lines of third graders they shuffle through there. When people come to tour that house....they would have the history right here, with the stuff and the books and...that's extraordinary. I have no idea how you would do it...but I think the whole thing needs to be kept, somehow, intact. The beauty of "place" in the setting you have...it makes the artifacts more poignant. I have to agree but with the tension right now disclosing the history of this place might get it burned to the ground. The comment uninterested third graders kinda hurts but is so very accurate and a reflection of the lack of education in our public school system. Meh. The little town a mile away that I live in still has a confederate monument. That doesn't mean that someone couldn't try something. But the reason I created my "Scavengeology" Facebook page and website in the first place, which happened before I found the house, was because of the marxist archaeologists and academia who lashed out at me, thinking I would be intimidated like most other people they successfully scare and suppress. I'll never hide from them, but I will probably set up some cameras and other precautions. My ultimate goal is to share our history with kids that they're no longer getting in school and popular culture. As for how to do that, I'm open to ideas. It's hard enough to get my own kids to give a shit. Teaching them to shoot a flintlock and letting them try it would no doubt hold a kid's interest. Whether I could work that with insurance, i don't know. Man if I had the answer I would be on a plane tomorrow to outline the teaching plan. Until the political climate changes our history will more than likely be vilified. Keep up the great work. The only way I’d know to get kids involved would be through interaction such as maybe acting and historical re-enactment. But even then the video game market seems to work with Assassins Creed. If you could somehow use that to encompass the fort it might gain some favorable attention. My brother is a professional illustrator. He's getting ready to move from NOLA and open up shop nearby. I've been trying to talk him into doing a historical kids book with me, in sort of a graphic novel style. Not real wordy, and with bad ass illustrations of something violent and interesting they knew nothing about. |
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Posted: 10/2/2020 9:37:37 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: My brother is a professional illustrator. He's getting ready to move from NOLA and open up shop nearby. I've been trying to talk him into doing a historical kids book with me, in sort of a graphic novel style. Not real wordy, and with bad ass illustrations of something violent and interesting they knew nothing about. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: @Kitties-with-Sigs There was actually a better book I found in that cabinet. An 18th century copy of John Wesley's sermons, owned by (w/ his handwriting all inside) James Christy, who was an Indian Spy stationed in the fort during the Rev War, who became the first pastor of the log cabin methodist church 2 miles away, Rehoboth Church, which is still standing today, and I believe the oldest still-standing non-Catholic church west of the alleghenies. Or something like that. They actually have a museum at the church. But his book was in my house. There's a surviving Rev War pension application made by him as an old man, describing his service, and being in the fort. https://secureservercdn.net/198.71.233.109/tnx.0f5.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/9373F81F-0570-4BEC-BF97-86267DD92A32-1.jpg Here's a post I did on that one: https://scavengeology.com/james-christy-of-byrnsides-fort-indian-spy-and-historic-minister/ https://secureservercdn.net/198.71.233.109/tnx.0f5.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/F835C136-C9B3-4B34-9F4A-E5769FD06D81-768x1024-1.jpeg Speaking of Rev War narratives, here's a post I did documenting the Rev War pension narratives pertaining to the fort: https://scavengeology.com/revolutionary-war-narratives-and-byrnsides-fort/ https://secureservercdn.net/198.71.233.109/tnx.0f5.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/0CB666CA-63FA-4801-9B0C-EDD41B1B93BC-1.jpg Okay it seems like you are not gonna live there, so...whatever reason you are doing this....you could make it a museum. That stuff you are finding...so amazing. Having it on site is so much better than donating to a museum and having it not mean anything to the lines of third graders they shuffle through there. When people come to tour that house....they would have the history right here, with the stuff and the books and...that's extraordinary. I have no idea how you would do it...but I think the whole thing needs to be kept, somehow, intact. The beauty of "place" in the setting you have...it makes the artifacts more poignant. I have to agree but with the tension right now disclosing the history of this place might get it burned to the ground. The comment uninterested third graders kinda hurts but is so very accurate and a reflection of the lack of education in our public school system. Meh. The little town a mile away that I live in still has a confederate monument. That doesn't mean that someone couldn't try something. But the reason I created my "Scavengeology" Facebook page and website in the first place, which happened before I found the house, was because of the marxist archaeologists and academia who lashed out at me, thinking I would be intimidated like most other people they successfully scare and suppress. I'll never hide from them, but I will probably set up some cameras and other precautions. My ultimate goal is to share our history with kids that they're no longer getting in school and popular culture. As for how to do that, I'm open to ideas. It's hard enough to get my own kids to give a shit. Teaching them to shoot a flintlock and letting them try it would no doubt hold a kid's interest. Whether I could work that with insurance, i don't know. Man if I had the answer I would be on a plane tomorrow to outline the teaching plan. Until the political climate changes our history will more than likely be vilified. Keep up the great work. The only way I’d know to get kids involved would be through interaction such as maybe acting and historical re-enactment. But even then the video game market seems to work with Assassins Creed. If you could somehow use that to encompass the fort it might gain some favorable attention. My brother is a professional illustrator. He's getting ready to move from NOLA and open up shop nearby. I've been trying to talk him into doing a historical kids book with me, in sort of a graphic novel style. Not real wordy, and with bad ass illustrations of something violent and interesting they knew nothing about. Now that’s not a bad idea! Good luck ?? |
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Posted: 10/2/2020 10:03:35 AM EDT
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Outstanding!
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Posted: 10/2/2020 11:23:13 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: My brother is a professional illustrator. He's getting ready to move from NOLA and open up shop nearby. I've been trying to talk him into doing a historical kids book with me, in sort of a graphic novel style. Not real wordy, and with bad ass illustrations of something violent and interesting they knew nothing about. I've been getting FB ads for a graphics novel style bible. 3 volumes, and it doesn't even include all the regular king james because it's already huge, and of course, some things like the genealogy would be pretty boring in a graphic novel  But do consider a multi-volume setup. |
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Posted: 10/2/2020 11:27:47 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I've been getting FB ads for a graphics novel style bible. 3 volumes, and it doesn't even include all the regular king james because it's already huge, and of course, some things like the genealogy would be pretty boring in a graphic novel But do consider a multi-volume setup. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: My brother is a professional illustrator. He's getting ready to move from NOLA and open up shop nearby. I've been trying to talk him into doing a historical kids book with me, in sort of a graphic novel style. Not real wordy, and with bad ass illustrations of something violent and interesting they knew nothing about. I've been getting FB ads for a graphics novel style bible. 3 volumes, and it doesn't even include all the regular king james because it's already huge, and of course, some things like the genealogy would be pretty boring in a graphic novel But do consider a multi-volume setup. I bought my kid the walking dead graphic novels, well some of them. Then I actually read some of them. Oops.I'm just considering short stories - true stories. Lewis Wetzel, Simon Kenton, Daniel Boone type stuff. |
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Posted: 10/4/2020 1:22:05 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I have to agree but with the tension right now disclosing the history of this place might get it burned to the ground. The comment uninterested third graders kinda hurts but is so very accurate and a reflection of the lack of education in our public school system. You're right. Now is not the time. |
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Posted: 10/5/2020 10:14:42 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I bought my kid the walking dead graphic novels, well some of them. Then I actually read some of them. Oops.I'm just considering short stories - true stories. Lewis Wetzel, Simon Kenton, Daniel Boone type stuff. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: My brother is a professional illustrator. He's getting ready to move from NOLA and open up shop nearby. I've been trying to talk him into doing a historical kids book with me, in sort of a graphic novel style. Not real wordy, and with bad ass illustrations of something violent and interesting they knew nothing about. I've been getting FB ads for a graphics novel style bible. 3 volumes, and it doesn't even include all the regular king james because it's already huge, and of course, some things like the genealogy would be pretty boring in a graphic novel But do consider a multi-volume setup. I bought my kid the walking dead graphic novels, well some of them. Then I actually read some of them. Oops.I'm just considering short stories - true stories. Lewis Wetzel, Simon Kenton, Daniel Boone type stuff. I would definitely read Lew Wetzel, Mathew Grey and Layton Smith. I often wonder if he actually had a dog named Tige? |
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Posted: 10/5/2020 10:19:03 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: You're right. Now is not the time. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I have to agree but with the tension right now disclosing the history of this place might get it burned to the ground. The comment uninterested third graders kinda hurts but is so very accurate and a reflection of the lack of education in our public school system. You're right. Now is not the time. I very sincerely wish I wasn’t. My daily saying for the last several years is: I don’t understand! I’m starting to feel like the worst pain of all is seeing my country betray the Constitution and the people who have defended it through out history. |
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Posted: 10/5/2020 10:27:59 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I very sincerely wish I wasn’t. My daily saying for the last several years is: I don’t understand! I’m starting to feel like the worst pain of all is seeing my country betray the Constitution and the people who have defended it through out history. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: I have to agree but with the tension right now disclosing the history of this place might get it burned to the ground. The comment uninterested third graders kinda hurts but is so very accurate and a reflection of the lack of education in our public school system. You're right. Now is not the time. I very sincerely wish I wasn’t. My daily saying for the last several years is: I don’t understand! I’m starting to feel like the worst pain of all is seeing my country betray the Constitution and the people who have defended it through out history. You seem like you might enjoy my Youtube channel:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcth5uVYORmu5Cu15ZjpzuQ?view_as=subscriber |
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Posted: 10/5/2020 12:31:44 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I bought my kid the walking dead graphic novels, well some of them. Then I actually read some of them. Oops.I'm just considering short stories - true stories. Lewis Wetzel, Simon Kenton, Daniel Boone type stuff. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: My brother is a professional illustrator. He's getting ready to move from NOLA and open up shop nearby. I've been trying to talk him into doing a historical kids book with me, in sort of a graphic novel style. Not real wordy, and with bad ass illustrations of something violent and interesting they knew nothing about. I've been getting FB ads for a graphics novel style bible. 3 volumes, and it doesn't even include all the regular king james because it's already huge, and of course, some things like the genealogy would be pretty boring in a graphic novel But do consider a multi-volume setup. I bought my kid the walking dead graphic novels, well some of them. Then I actually read some of them. Oops.I'm just considering short stories - true stories. Lewis Wetzel, Simon Kenton, Daniel Boone type stuff. One Man War |
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Posted: 10/5/2020 4:09:06 PM EDT
[#31]
Quote HistoryGreat subject. I had never heard of him. The description reads like a movie trailer, back when movies were awesome. |
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Posted: 10/5/2020 8:47:46 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Great subject. I had never heard of him. The description reads like a movie trailer, back when movies were awesome. That is a AWESOME read! We had it in our school library when I was a kid. |
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Posted: 10/5/2020 9:14:10 PM EDT
[#33]
Absolutely amazing, beautiful place.
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Posted: 10/5/2020 10:51:49 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I very sincerely wish I wasn’t. My daily saying for the last several years is: I don’t understand! I’m starting to feel like the worst pain of all is seeing my country betray the Constitution and the people who have defended it through out history. I'm fairly certain I'm older than you, and yes...the worst pain of all is seeing the darkness winning. OR...at least appearing to win. Seeing MOST of my country betray the Constitution because they have not been taught to think for themselves, and seeing the people who have defended it throughout history and who are defending it NOW, also betrayed....yeah.... BUT.. The warriors of the light, both seen and unseen, have always had something up their sleeves. They have always been stronger than the forces of darkness, and I believe they are stronger still. You can call it folly, but I am praying for those warriors. Those of us here on this forum who can still tell truth from lie. Those of us who are raising our children to be able to tell same. Those of us who can think and who are teaching our children to think for themselves. To use logic. To understand that comfortable slavery is slavery still....I'm praying for all of us...and for those warriors who are unseen (yeah, I believe in a Higher Power and I believe the battle is not against flesh and blood but against powers in unseen high places) So anyway...Log Cabin Forts......we need all of them that we can save. And maybe they don't need to be on the front lines right now. But when the smoke clears from this battle on all realms, seen and unseen, we will need those forts desperately. We will need the photos, and the books and the shoes sewn to accommodate stirrups...because somebody has to (quietly) save our REAL history, so that it is not destroyed forever. So that the history of the last free nation will not be lost. |
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Posted: 10/5/2020 11:21:22 PM EDT
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tag, great thread OP, thank you.
This reminds me of my family's ancestral home in Virginia/North Carolina. |
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Posted: 10/6/2020 12:06:14 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: That is a AWESOME read! We had it in our school library when I was a kid. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Great subject. I had never heard of him. The description reads like a movie trailer, back when movies were awesome. That is a AWESOME read! We had it in our school library when I was a kid. /hijack. GREAT thread, LawyerUp! |
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Posted: 10/6/2020 6:19:11 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The man wasn't perfect, but seemed to be the definition of "don't start none, won't be none". /hijack. GREAT thread, LawyerUp! Yeah If I remember right he was far from perfect kinda stand offish but would give you the shirt off his back kinda guy that respected hard work and due diligence. I'm gonna order it and reread it now that I'm older. |
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Posted: 10/16/2020 8:56:37 PM EDT
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Outstanding thread. Thanks for sharing
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Posted: 10/18/2020 10:26:18 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Nice. One thing's for sure, they don't build them like they used to. I'm just thankful they used board and batten siding. The original early 19th century boards are still pretty much 100%. Still dust dry on the inside, where you can see through the logs from the inside. That was some good stuff. I think a lot of it is chestnut. The old pics of the house showing changes over the years are some of the cooler things we've found. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/277223/DFC27270-4EAB-4A42-AA2E-B35F3AEF45D4__1_-1488059.JPG https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/277223/CD9510EC-B668-4DEA-80A3-18C69ABBF3E3_jpg-1488060.JPG And this was pretty cool. The father of the elderly lady who last lived here, here's a pic of him sleeping on the porch, and his WWI helmet and gas mask, patches, and some German bring-backs. Different German infantry buttons in an empty German bino case. He had deployed to France. Found these in a drawer. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/277223/0A47A0BD-312E-4151-AC53-04156FCBF7EA_jpg-1488062.JPG That's a beautiful location and house. Just gorgeous! That looks like an ammo pouch for the German Mauser G88 "Commission" rifle which used a clip, or it could be the older one for the '71 Mauser. 88 Commission rifle clip-  |
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Posted: 10/18/2020 10:37:28 PM EDT
[#40]
Very cool thread
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Posted: 12/7/2020 9:09:58 PM EDT
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Bumping for updates.
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Posted: 12/7/2020 9:15:19 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Meh. The little town a mile away that I live in still has a confederate monument. That doesn't mean that someone couldn't try something. But the reason I created my "Scavengeology" Facebook page and website in the first place, which happened before I found the house, was because of the marxist archaeologists and academia who lashed out at me, thinking I would be intimidated like most other people they successfully scare and suppress. I'll never hide from them, but I will probably set up some cameras and other precautions. My ultimate goal is to share our history with kids that they're no longer getting in school and popular culture. As for how to do that, I'm open to ideas. It's hard enough to get my own kids to give a shit. Teaching them to shoot a flintlock and letting them try it would no doubt hold a kid's interest. Whether I could work that with insurance, i don't know. Was just thinking about this and had an idea. A local shooting club/range/organization with a budget for education (or willing to create said budget) might take on the "shooting experience" portion of this. Their insurance would--or could, perhaps--be inclusive of that kind of experience. The kids could visit the house and grounds, learn about what was happening and the people who lived there. (The more you can bring it alive rather than lecture, the better of course) then they could go for a field day at the range to shoot the weapons of that time period. |
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Posted: 12/9/2020 5:26:15 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Was just thinking about this and had an idea. A local shooting club/range/organization with a budget for education (or willing to create said budget) might take on the "shooting experience" portion of this. Their insurance would--or could, perhaps--be inclusive of that kind of experience. The kids could visit the house and grounds, learn about what was happening and the people who lived there. (The more you can bring it alive rather than lecture, the better of course) then they could go for a field day at the range to shoot the weapons of that time period. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Meh. The little town a mile away that I live in still has a confederate monument. That doesn't mean that someone couldn't try something. But the reason I created my "Scavengeology" Facebook page and website in the first place, which happened before I found the house, was because of the marxist archaeologists and academia who lashed out at me, thinking I would be intimidated like most other people they successfully scare and suppress. I'll never hide from them, but I will probably set up some cameras and other precautions. My ultimate goal is to share our history with kids that they're no longer getting in school and popular culture. As for how to do that, I'm open to ideas. It's hard enough to get my own kids to give a shit. Teaching them to shoot a flintlock and letting them try it would no doubt hold a kid's interest. Whether I could work that with insurance, i don't know. Was just thinking about this and had an idea. A local shooting club/range/organization with a budget for education (or willing to create said budget) might take on the "shooting experience" portion of this. Their insurance would--or could, perhaps--be inclusive of that kind of experience. The kids could visit the house and grounds, learn about what was happening and the people who lived there. (The more you can bring it alive rather than lecture, the better of course) then they could go for a field day at the range to shoot the weapons of that time period. That's a good idea. They do it at Colonial Williamsburg, so I'm sure it could be done, insurance-wise. |
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Posted: 12/9/2020 5:27:07 PM EDT
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As far as an update goes, this fall we got brand new electrical wiring into the entire front log section. We started on insulated between the logs and prepping for re-chinking. But it got cold.....
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Posted: 12/14/2020 12:12:56 PM EDT
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So very cool op, I love to see the history. Once complete I’d think locals schools would love to do this as a field trip. There is a wealth of local history I would think any history teacher would gladly take you up on. As for shooting, they may not be able to do that though... liability and all.
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