The Lewis and Clark Expedition continues north of the Platte River after meeting first representatives of Plains native Americans.

Between 1800 and Jefferson’s purchase of the Louisiana territory in 1803, the Europeans looked for ways to unload or reform the region.

Frontier settlers after the American Revolution, and even before, were generally suspicious of the powers wielded by the eastern...

A second travel segment rounding up some of the historical and contemporary anecdotes unique to New York State and its vast region to the...

The second segment of the Northwest Indian War prior to the War of 1812 in the Ohio and Indiana territories. Featuring life/death Tecumseh.

MP4 video World Class edgardavidboshart “Sometimes, reaching out and taking someone's hand is the beginning of a journey. At other...

The Pioneer Trail: Cowboys, Indians and Pilgrims (continued history of the colonization of N. America- Marietta, Ohio on the Ohio

YouTube: photospeak productions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVStQV6uIsg The Ohio/Indiana Country (The Pioneer Trail, continued,...

A gathering of ghosts, participants in the colonization of the eastern tidewater/New England US during the 18th century. The Pioneer Trail.

Two of possibly the most evil incidents in eastern US frontier history.

History of North America, continued

America's early colonization brought drastically different initial opinions and interactions between the settlers and the native...

https://youtu.be/FEsQD4Q1_6M (Video, 10 minutes) tap arrow photo (Part 1, Introduction) The beginning of an exploration of the...

VIDEO Tap photo for YouTube presentation........ Narrative I appreciate universities, colleges, and ivory towers of learning –- freedom...

Again, I offer a half-hearted disclaimer. The following is not an entirely fictional or non-fictional account. Jeb (my alter ego) and...

https://youtu.be/eN8jc-5Wy8I Menno’s Folks. The Mennonites are a pie of Christian Anabaptist denominations named after a Frisian priest —...

While an older gentleman (sans gentle) now, I think myself young and ageless. However, I am reminded on every side that I am “mature,”...

ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uTRd5f9Q2g&t=80s My path courses along the edges of the battle(s), like that of a war correspondent. I...

(Hue, Vietnam, part 2) Emperors and gods are sometimes (usually!) indistinguishable. In Asia, and especially looming China, central...

The Perfume River (Sông Hương or Hương Giang; 香江) crosses the city of Huế, in the central Vietnamese province of Thừa Thiên-Huế Province....