Love your story slang, thanks!
Here, snow again. Slippery trip to work. |
Quote:
Hey, don't worry, it's only icy at the corners. :haha: Very weird, never seen that before |
@ slang is that the high ground that had an Indian Castle on it in pre-Revolutionary times?
1982 rural PA was pretty sweet. Pond hockey, snowmobiles, and underage drinking! |
Quote:
It was one of those tourism company pre-packaged college ski trip deals to Jackson Hole. Ah, the memories of that first morning on the slopes. Negative 24 degrees. Holy shit. :eek: |
1 Attachment(s)
Quote:
They are different, yes. No, I don't think you're a dumbass :lol: That's how I handle people that mix-match answers to my questions that don't fit. slang: You think I don't know the difference between apples and oranges. I said I was looking for something on apples. You bring me oranges? Anyway. Maybe instead of a castle on round top park, Sullivan's march in 1779? And Fort Sullivan? "Led by Major General John Sullivan and Brigadier General James Clinton, the expedition was conducted during the summer of 1779, beginning June 18 when the army marched from Easton, Pennsylvania, to October 3 when it abandoned Fort Sullivan, built at Tioga, to return to George Washington's main camp in New Jersey. While the campaign had only one major battle, at Newtown (since the tribes evacuated ahead of the large military force) along the Chemung River in western New York, the expedition severely damaged the Iroquois nations' economies by burning their crops, villages, and chattels, thus ruining the Iroquois technological infrastructure. With the Amerindians' shelter gone and food supplies destroyed, thereafter the strength of the Iroquois Confederacy was broken. The death toll from exposure and starvation dwarfed the casualties received in the Battle of Newtown, in which about 1,000 Iroquois and Loyalists were decisively defeated by an army of 3,200 Continental soldiers." And this link about Fort Sullivan "We took our time stopping to read the monuments and reflecting at the sacrifices the soldiers made for our freedom. The Fort was large and encompassed a large area of the neighborhood, including many private properties where private homes sit today." . |
Quote:
|
Quote:
|
Quote:
|
There was archeology done on one of the hills over near Athens, unrelated to Sullivan or R.E. Lee. ;) I think it's private property today.
|
Great.
I'll search Wikipedia, NYT, Wired, Reddit and themillenniumreport.com to see if I can find more info on it. The issue sounds pretty interesting. It's been a very long time since I've given that place any thought. |
Good luck! I found a couple vague references to it years ago. Apparently, a fair amount of plowing occurred at the site.
|
|
Busy little beavers over there.
|
1 Attachment(s)
Bradford County...
Quote:
|
2 Attachment(s)
Probably not what you were thinking of but just 2-3 miles up highway 220 from Round Top. Spanish Hill. Not known to be Indian but may well have been occupied before the Spanish because of it's strategic location and features.
Regardless, it has a pretty nice website. A good place to look through for the history. Spanish Hill Many people ask me why the hill is not preserved as a historic site and available for public use. A simple answer to that is that while there were many efforts to preserve the hill - they were not successful and it has remained private property. It's the private property of a specific family. That specific family is one not to be played with. They are powerful. They can be nasty. This is how the hill looked in the 1980's - and in this image you can see the clearing of ten acres that was enclosed with earthen embankments that were still visible up until around 100 years ago. http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-q34v9IN9lt...00/Slide14.PNG http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-akVR8TtHDr...00/Slide15.PNG Some people believe that there is a great spirit today that has a thunderous voice and will put big holes in anyone who dares to go up there. :apistola: |
All times are GMT -5. The time now is 06:07 PM. |
Powered by: vBulletin Version 3.8.1
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.