11-09-2014, 09:34 PM
For the last 3 hrs I have been reading a book written in 1834 about N.E. towns. In it there are stories about tornados, Indian raids, bad winters, avalanches, lost people in the woods, people ravaged by wolves, bears, all kinds of things. The topography of towns that are not even around anymore. British debauchery against the colonists. The settlement that held 80 Indians that died out, their name was The "Mohicans" in Montville CT. And how when they were at their most powerful during the 1600's and descended on the Indian tribes that were peaceful and how they destroyed settlements. But died out as none were left but old men.
I got the book for 3.00 at a yard sale Saturday and am enthralled by the things that went before and the way people lived at the turn of the 18th century. True to life with no P.C. bullshit. They mention names, places and even how they found a baby in a haystack after the great Wilton N.H. tornado of 1824 when 60 people died and the town was pretty much wiped out. The baby flew 1 mile from where it lay in the cradle. They used the measurement of Rods back then though.
You just don't find that crap on Wikipedia. At least not in the detail described by the people that were actually there.
I got the book for 3.00 at a yard sale Saturday and am enthralled by the things that went before and the way people lived at the turn of the 18th century. True to life with no P.C. bullshit. They mention names, places and even how they found a baby in a haystack after the great Wilton N.H. tornado of 1824 when 60 people died and the town was pretty much wiped out. The baby flew 1 mile from where it lay in the cradle. They used the measurement of Rods back then though.
You just don't find that crap on Wikipedia. At least not in the detail described by the people that were actually there.
He ain't heavy, he's my brother.