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Ancient copper mines in Michigan? Carbon dating of timbers in the oldest mines discovered date to 2450BC and stop abruptly at 1200 BC. This area has some of the purest copper in the world and approximately a half billion pounds of copper were mined in ancient times.
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The Jamestown Massacre of 1622 lived on in the memory of Virginians for generations, close to 1/4 of the population died when the Powhatan decided it was time to rid themselves of the colonists. This event had profound effects on the future of English North America
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One of the strangest tales to come out of what is now the Carolina’s and Georgia is the legend of Duhare. Peter Martyr is the first European to write about this tribe and what he wrote has be dismissed as fantasy, but was it? The Duhare were nothing like their neighbors
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The rain porch appears to be an architectural adaptation to the Deep South climate that spread from South Carolina to other parts of the south in the 19th century. Let’s start with this fine federal plantation house near Camden SC.
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Many theories and myths have been put forward to explain the fate of the Lost Colony of Roanoke over the last 400 plus years. Some of them are plausible and others a bit of a stretch. In the last couple of decades however some tantalizing clues have come to light.
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Many people have seen cypress trees in the swamps of the south. We can only imagine what old growth cypress swamps would have looked like since logging claimed most of the giants. However a few escaped the loggers in the 19th century and their age will shock you.
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The late queen made several visits to Virginia over the course of her reign. It may surprise some that she had colonial Virginian ancestry through her mother.
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It’s hot and this time of year a southerner yearns for a good watermelon. But today’s crop just doesn’t cut it for those of us who grew up with heirloom varieties. Tonight I’m going to share five of my favorite varieties with you.
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Bacon’s Castle in Surrey Co Virginia is the oldest documented brick house in the United States. Built in 1665 it is the only surviving high Jacobean style home in the country and one of three in the Western Hemisphere. Constructed by Arthur Allen, it was originally known as
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This style of house is unique to north eastern NC and south east VA. Most date from the late 18th or early 19th century.
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A forgotten hero of the American Revolution fell at the Battle of Camden in 1780. A Major General, he was one of the highest ranking officers in the Continental Army to die of wounds received in combat. The Baron Johann De Kalb should be better known today.
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Today is the anniversary of the Battle of Cowpens, fought on this date in 1781. This battle was the beginning of the end for the British in the Southern Campaign and would put into motion a chain of events that would end at Yorktown Virginia.
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Andrew Jackson is considered a naughty man by modern effete intellectuals which possibly means he was too masculine for them to understand. Anybody who has spent any time around the Scotch Irish or is of Scotch Irish decent however can see him for the bad ass he really was..
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The Carolina Dog is an ancient breed that has been found in the southeastern US for thousands of years. Modern animals still have a decent amount of pre columbian DNA. How many of you have seen a stray that looks like this?
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St Luke’s Smithfield is the oldest church in Virginia and the oldest church of brick construction in British North America. Tradition dates it’s construction to 1632 but other evidence points to 1682.
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Here are a few pictures from the ceremony in Camden South Carolina last Saturday. 242 years ago two armies met on the nearby battlefield as enemies, but Saturday they retuned as allies to honor their dead.
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Tomorrow is Carolina Day, which has been celebrated every year since 1777 is South Carolina. This probably makes it one of the oldest if not the oldest secular holiday in the South. It celebrates the Patriot victory on Sullivan’s Island in 1776 and is a day of celebration
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Brunswick Stew is arguably the king of southern stews. You will find it in many BBQ restaurants and many families have their own recipe. Virginia, North Carolina, and Georgia all claim to have invented this stew but I think it’s origins go back further in time.
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Archeological work at the Battle of Camden site has located the remains of 14 Revolutionary War soldiers. The work has been going on for a few months but has been revealed to the public on Veterans Day.
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Barbecue in the Carolinas is as serious a business as college football is to many people. This smoked meat from heaven is popular throughout the south, each state having its own unique traditions on what is considered proper and the type of meat. In the Carolinas we use pork..
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This tree is in a swamp on the Black River in North Carolina. It is at least 2,624 years old but probably older. Being in the presence of something that was living at the time of Christ and already over 500 years old then is quite an experience.
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This monument on the Fredericksburg Battlefield commemorates a brave young South Carolinian and his act of kindness that was once well known throughout the country. It’s a story worth retelling.
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Archeology says this was the work of local tribal people who did use and make copper ornaments and tools but not in the amount that was mined long ago. Tribal legends tell a different story. They say the mining was done by fair haired people who arrived in boats
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The Huguenot Church in Charleston is the last independent congregation of its kind in the United States. This church was organized about 1681 and the first church on this site was built in 1687. The current building is the third and was constructed in 1845.
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And took the copper away. How did the boats look you might ask? Well they were carved into rocks in the area so we can see for ourselves.
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This gun could have changed the course of the Revolutionary War but it was too expensive and time consuming to produce. Approximately 200 were made, this is the Ferguson Rifle invented by Major Patrick Ferguson who was killed at Kings Mountain.
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This is the Flag of the Sons of Liberty, a loosely organized clandestine society that was critical in advancing the rights of colonists before the American Revolution. There is one organization that exists today that has a good claim of decent from this group. Thread in the works
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South Carolina has had it’s fair share of hurricanes since 1670. In the past with no way to know about hurricanes you only had a few hours warning. Drayton Hall has survived numerous hurricanes, this picture is from the aftermath of Hugo in 1989.
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So what’s down an avenue of oaks like this? They’re common in the lowcountry and are usually a sign that a house was once at one end of the avenue.
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Andrew Jackson is the only president to have been a prisoner of war. When the teenager was ordered by an officer to clean his boots he refused saying he was a prisoner of war and expected to be treated as such. The officer then drew his sword and slashed Jackson
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The above quote is from Graham Hancock. I wonder what would happen if the shipwreck copper was tested and compared with Michigan copper?
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The Issac Jenkins Mikell (Michael) house is one of Charleston’s most photographed homes. Built in 1854 for his 3rd wife this house is not Greek Revival but the rarer Roman Revival.
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In the new world so if they had iron tools they had to come from somewhere else. If a Duhare town is ever discovered and excavated it could rewrite the history of the southeast.
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Have you ever seen a replica of a Bronze Age boat from the Middle East say a boat the Phoenicians might have used? Well they were famous explorers and their boats looked like this.
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The Swamp Fox Francis Marion and his Men were very busy in 1781.
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Scotch Irish or Scots Irish? Both are correct depending on what side of the Atlantic you are on at any given moment. The reason Scotch Irish is more common in the US is that it’s the older phrase and has been used for the last 3 centuries or so here. Old habits die hard.
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Francis Marion is one of South Carolina’s most famous sons. This legendary patriot and his troops have been the subject of many fireside tales over the last two centuries and countless baby boys have been named Francis Marion in his honor. It’s now difficult to
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The origin of this event dates from the very beginning of the colony. Virginia was initially settled by men who knew very little about agriculture and neglected to raise enough food to be self sufficient. This led the early colonists to barter with the natives for food.
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The first European settlement in what would become Carolina happened 137 years before the Lords Proprietors received their grant. The Spanish knew these lands existed and had sailed the coast slaving. In 1526 Lucas Vasquez de Allyon obtained a royal patent to settle and
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This flag has origins that date back to 1775 and was carried into battle by men that founded the republic. No one here reads your communist rag anyway.
Mississippi became the last state to remove the Confederate battle flag from its state flag in 2020. However, seven state flags still have design links to the Confederacy and white supremacy.
Here they are, ranked from least to most obvious.
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The South Carolina Partisan Commanders, Francis Marion, Thomas Sumter and Andrew Pickens.
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The Banker Horse is probably descended from survivors of the many shipwrecks that happened on the shoals of the Outer Banks in North Carolina. They’ve lived on the islands for centuries eating vegetation and digging holes to get to groundwater..
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Ogham in West Virginia? What would ancient Celtic writing be doing on rocks in Wyoming and Boone counties? This can be translated as : "The season of the blessed advent of the Savior, Lord Christ (Salvatoris Domini Christi)"
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This 1945 cj2a is one of the earliest production civilian jeeps. The first 35000 or so were 3 speed on the column like this example, it’ll cruise at about 40 mph. It’s very sparse compared to its descendants but will go places they can’t all day long.
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As they were described as having European features like red and brown hair with freckles and grey eyes. Some of the men wore a mustache and the leaders of the tribe had beards. The Spanish writings say they were at least a foot taller than they were which is how early Virginians
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Pineywoods Cattle are another breed introduced by the Spanish in the 1500’s to the southeast. At one time they could be found all over southern Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi but became rare in the late 19th century. They still exist in small herds in several states.
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Sometimes you need a private chapel on your place. This little building is the second oldest Roman Catholic structure in South Carolina. The large grave marker behind the building marks the grave of Revolutionary War General Thomas Sumter, this was his daughter in law’s chapel.
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pourings outdoors over wood fires. Only Michigan Copper is of this purity, and it is known to have been mined in enormous quantities during the Bronze Age.”
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This could be the location of George and Martha Washington’s wedding. St Peter’s Church in New Kent Co Virginia was built between 1701-3 at a cost of 146,000 weight of tobacco. At this time tobacco was used as currency in the colony. The tower was erected 12 years later.
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“Recent scientific literature has come to the conclusion that the major source of the copper that swept through the European Bronze Age after 2500 BC is unknown. However, these studies claim that the 10 tons of copper oxhide ingots recovered from the late Bronze Age (1300 BC)
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Jackson was born on this date in 1767 in the colony of South Carolina
Andrew Jackson is considered a naughty man by modern effete intellectuals which possibly means he was too masculine for them to understand. Anybody who has spent any time around the Scotch Irish or is of Scotch Irish decent however can see him for the bad ass he really was..
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But sometimes true ancient cypress turns up in the sand pits of the Pee Dee River. It’s common to bump into trees at a depth of 50+ feet that are waterlogged and somehow didn’t fossilize. When this wood is carbon dated jaws drop. On average the trees are 40-50 thousand years old
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Uluburun shipwreck off the coast of Turkey was “extraordinarily pure” (more than 99.5% pure), and that it was not the product of smelting from ore. The oxhides are all brittle “blister copper”, with voids, slag bits, and oxides, created when the oxhides were made in multiple
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After the French attempt to settle on the Carolina coast the Spanish had to act to protect their claim. In 1566 Santa Elena was established on what is now Parris Island directly over the ruins of Charlesfort. This time the Spanish were better prepared.
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And legends of Irish voyages across the ocean? Well yes, St Brendan the Navigator is said to have traveled to the Isle of the Blessed and ancient Irish legends tell of an island in the Atlantic known as Hy Brasil. The Vikings knew the Irish were able to navigate in open water
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When starvation threatened the colonists they would steal food from the natives. If they resisted them the colonists would sometimes burn their villages and take what they needed leaving the natives to fend for themselves.
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Somebody told me the Gadsden Flag is now controversial so some snowflake must have gotten triggered and had a hissy fit. This flag has a long history in South Carolina and was designed by one of the states most famous sons.
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Portray the Powhatan in some of the oldest drawings. They kept herds of deer which they herded with dogs and made cheese with the milk. They were reported to have some iron tools as well. Their leader, Datha was very tall as was his wife and they lived in a stone house.
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Ruins of the St Helena Chapel of Ease. Beaufort County South Carolina
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The Sons of Liberty were some of the most vocal proponents of colonial rights and later independence from Great Britain. This loosely organized political organization could be found from Boston to Charleston in 1776. One fraternal society has a good claim to decent from the
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The first Anglo Powhatan war began in 1610 at the instigation of the settlers. During this conflict Pocahontas was captured, and while she was held hostage she met John Rolfe. They were later married and this helped to keep peace between the two people while her father ruled
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Many years ago the late queen laid a wreath at Washington’s tomb while visiting Mount Vernon
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Perhaps one day we will know the truth but for now the mystery remains. Before we continue looking at settlements in Carolina it’s time to look north in the next thread. The English were gone but only for short time.
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Jasper was buried in Savannah which has erected a nice monument in his memory. Many cities, towns, and counties are named for this Patriot. Raise a glass on his honor.
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So if you’re out in a southern swamp remember you could be in the presence of an ancient and under the mud made be some of the oldest workable wood in the world.
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Translated in medieval Irish . Duhare could translate as place of the Clan Hare or place of the Irish. Datha can translate as painted which is exactly how the Spanish said the chief and his wife looked. They were painted all over their bodies. The second thing
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The Carolina African Runner Peanut is the south’s original peanut and until a few years ago was thought to be extinct. Thankfully that was not the case but we came very close to loosing this variety forever.
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They also had some form of pyrotechnic skills because the Spanish records describe something like sparklers and rockets. Strange stuff indeed but is is a tall tale? Well their names that were preserved were untranslatable in any Creek language but Duhare and Datha are able to be
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The Third Anglo–Powhatan War began on April 18, 1644, as the remnants of the Powhatan Confederacy under Opechancanough tried once again to drive out the settlers from the Virginia Colony.Around 400 colonists were killed in the initial attack.
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An earlier post featured this fine house as an example of a rain porch. Over the years it’s also had some famous occupants that left their mark on South Carolina and southern history in general.
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This would lead to the third Anglo Powhatan war in 1644 but that’s a tale for another time. In the meantime Virginia’s charter was revoked in 1624, she was now a royal colony under James I
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Old Waxhaw Presbyterian Church was founded ca 1750 and organized in 1755. This is the oldest church north of Orangeburg in South Carolina. It’s believed over 100 veterans of the American Revolution are buried in the church yard.
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And Irish ships were visiting Iceland soon after the island was settled. If the Vikings could sail to Iceland and beyond as we know they did then perhaps the Irish could as well. If the story of Duhare is a tall tale then how medieval Irish words translate
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Today is Carolina Day, one of the states oldest holidays. It has been celebrated every year since 1777 and commemorates one of the earliest Patriot victories in the Revolutionary War.
On Carolina Day we celebrate the victory by the overmatched and out gunned patriots on this date in 1776 at the Battle of Sullivan’s Island. At the end of this thread I will attach a detailed account of the engagement.
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The Weberite Heresy has it all, blasphemy, wife swapping, and murder. The behavior of this isolated German community in the backcountry of South Carolina shocked people in Charles Town and the world beyond when it was exposed in 1761.
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Cypress knees on the Little Pee Dee River near Dillon South Carolina
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First up is my personal favorite, the Bradford Watermelon. This is a South Carolina variety developed in the antebellum period near Sumter. It is the sweetest watermelon you will ever put in your mouth.
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Isaac Hayne, the Martyr of the Revolution was executed by the British on August 4th 1781 in Charles Town South Carolina. He was one of the most prominent men on the American side to suffer this fate, raise a glass in his honor today.
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On Carolina Day we celebrate the victory by the overmatched and out gunned patriots on this date in 1776 at the Battle of Sullivan’s Island. At the end of this thread I will attach a detailed account of the engagement.
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The three sisters pictured here are all over 1,000 years old. The man standing beside one shows the scale of these giants. I’m sure bigger trees existed before because of a stump in a millpond near Camden South Carolina. The pond was built in the late 18th century
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Staircase at Drayton Hall on the Ashley River outside of Charleston South Carolina. The house was completed ca 1738.
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Staircase in the William Seabrook House on Edisto Island. It was constructed about 1810 and still sits on 325 acres.
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To some this may look unappetizing but it’s a BBQ staple unique to South Carolina. Barbecue Hash is basically a meat gravy or it could be called liquid sausage.
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That might strike someone unfamiliar with lowcountry terrain as impossible is a stone house. While stone is very rare in this area their are outcrops of coquina stone which is very easy to work. This stone was used for foundations in many old houses throughout the area. Are their
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The Carolina Marsh Tacky is the state horse of South Carolina. A descendent of Spanish horses like the Florida Cracker and the Banker horse in North Carolina these animals once roamed wild in the lowcountry and were the Mount of choice for Francis Marion’s men during the…
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The Powhatan Confederacy. In 1618, after the death of Powhatan, his brother Opitchapam, a lame and quiet old man, became paramount chief of the confederacy. Their youngest brother, Opechancanough, was probably the actual leader
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To the name of a tribe living in the lowcountry first described by the Spanish in the 16th needs further research. Iron tools and fireworks? Well Baron Christopher de Graffenreid described something similar among the Tuscarora like fireworks. To my knowledge iron was unknown
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Jamestown was saved by the warning of an Indian youth living in the home of Richard Pace, one of the colonists. The youth woke Pace to warn him of the planned attack. Living across the river from Jamestown, Pace secured his family and rowed to the settlement to spread the alarm.
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Some coonhound breeds: black and tan, red tick, blue tick, walker.
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Living in the lowcountry of South Carolina
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Some still have their root balls attached and some are so big it would take massive cranes to get them out of the sand. A massive storm or some other cataclysmic event must have buried them long ago. Some of this wood is even older like the example pictures here.
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Captain Tucker and a group of musketeers met with Opechancanough and members of a Powhatan village along the Potomac River on May 22. In preparation for the event, Dr. John Potts prepared poisoned wine. He and others offered toasts and 200 Powhatans died after drinking the wine.
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contained in a small trading outpost, rather than expanding throughout the area with new plantations. In the spring of 1622, after a settler murdered his adviser Nemattanew, Opechancanough launched a campaign of surprise attacks on at least 31 separate English
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settlements and plantations, mostly along the James River, extending as far as Henricus near the modern city of Richmond. All of these attacks were to be simultaneous to keep the English from being able to regroup and counterattack.
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The Battle of Cowpens was fought on this date in 1781.
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The name of the Indian who warned Pace is not recorded in any of the contemporary accounts. Although legend has named him "Chanco", this may be wrong. An Indian named "Chauco" is mentioned in a letter from the Virginia Council to the Virginia Company of London dated April 4, 1623
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This map belonged to White and when it was recently cleaned a patch was discovered that hid the location of a fort on the mainland of what is now North Carolina. When archaeologists searched the area they discovered evidence of a settlement right where the fort is located.
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