In 1826 thirty-year-old Anna Briggs Bentley, her husband, and their six children left their close Quaker community and the worn-out tobacco farms of Sandy Spring, Maryland, for frontier Ohio. Along the way, Anna sent back home the first of scores of letters she wrote her mother and sisters over the next fifty years as she strove to keep herself and her children in their memories. With Anna's natural talent for storytelling and her unique, female perspective, the letters provide a sustained and vivid account of everyday domestic life on the Ohio frontier. She writes of carving a farm out of the forest, bearing many children, darning and patching the family clothes, standing her ground in religious controversy, nursing wounds and fevers, and burying beloved family and friends. Emily Foster p
Rural American Know-How
From the Kickstarter page: The Legends of the American Frontier True Grit Expansion will add dozens of extra cards, as well as an awesome set of 15 metal True Grit tokens to replace those in the base game. What's Your Legend? Back East: Legend: Appointed by President of United States to negotiate treaty to end the War of 1812. + 3 VP Solo Adventure. Skills: Knowledge + Personality = 20 Rewards: 2 Status + 1 Fame Flavor Text: Travel to Ghent, Belgium to lead the treaty negotiations that end the war of 1812. Legend: Architect of the Treaty with Creek Nation + 1 VP Group Adventure. Skills: Frontier OR Personality = 35, Rewards: Skill and 2 Status / 1 Fame OR 1 Status Flavor Text: Traded southern land in Georgia to Creek Nation for return of harbored slaves. Legend: Heroic Soldier in the Battle of Fallen Timbers against the Shawnee and Delaware + 3VP Solo Adventure. Skills: Combat 18, Rewards: Skill + 2 Fame OR 2 Status Flavor Text: Fight the Shawnee and Delaware lead by Blue Jacket for disputed Ohio Territory Frontier: Legend: Piloted the first Steamboat (or Riverboat) down the Mississippi + 2 VP Solo Adventure. Skills: Knowledge = 15 Rewards: +1 Fame + 1 Wealth and + 1 Happiness or +1 Status Flavor Text: First to Pilot Steamboat (or Riverboat) from Minneapolis to New Orleans Far West: Legend: Discovered the comstock lode creating the Virginia City Boomtown. + 2 VP. Solo Adventure: Skills: Frontier + Knowledge = 18 Rewards: 3 Wealth +1 Fame Flavor Text: Discover Gold, sparking a Boomtown in Nevada. Legend: Key member of the Pike Expedition's Climb of Grand Peak + 3VP Group Adventure. Skills: Capitalism OR Frontier OR Knowledge = 60, Rewards: Skill + 2 Fame + 1 Status / 2 Fame / 2 Fame + 1 Hardship Flavor Text: Aided Lieutenant Pike during his explorations of the Louisiana Purchase
Read "Mountain Man: John Colter, the Lewis & Clark Expedition, and the Call of the American West (American Grit)" by David Weston Marshall available from Rakuten Kobo. “If you seek vicarious adventure, these pages await the armchair explorer.” —Providence Journal In 1804, John Colter set...
John Wayne Birthplace Museum, Winterset, IA.
James 1:2-4New American Standard Bible (NASB) Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, knowing that the te...
If the West were to have a mascot, it’d be either the cowboy or the cutthroat trout. No two icons more accurately portray the fighting spirit — the true grit — that has defined the American West for all these years. Both the cowboy and the cutthroat trout are emblematic of our great Western heritage, and while honest-to-goodness cowboys are a somewhat rare find these days, cutthroat trout are in even more danger of disappearing.
Lucchese's guide to the wildest rodeos and the best boots to take you there.Nothing celebrates the spirit and culture of the American West like the rodeo. Whether you’re a true grit cowboy who rides bucking broncos, an enthusiastic spectator or a fan of toe-tapping tunes and tasty chow, there’s plenty to corral your in
Are you ready for some of the best brunch in Gainesville? Oh Gainesville, the land of finger-licking good food. Like everything else, the ...
Janine Turner — the actress who made her mark on GENERAL HOSPTIAL in the early 80s as Laura Templeton — is following an exciting career path. In addition to acting, she’s also an author, an expert on the U.S. Constitution, and a conservative political commentator. Now, the Texan has launched her own program on Talk…
𝘗𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 “ 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑳𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒍𝒔 “ 𝘔𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘦 ₂₂.₀₆.₂₃
Josh Brolin61st Berlin International Film Festival, Berlinale - True Grit - Press ConferenceBerlin, Germany - 10 February 2011Credit: Ian Wilson/WENN
Tumblr. Pure effervescent enrichment. Old internet energy. Home of the Reblogs. All the art you never knew you needed. All the fandoms you could wish for. Enough memes to knock out a moderately-sized mammal. Add to it or simply scroll through and soak it up.
The DGA addresses the controversy surrounding smoking in the movies.
The sibling directing duo Coen Brothers has told the story of America through their unique and unforgettable characters.
Exclusive John Wayne photos reveal personal side of the Duke
