This Week on Dispatches: Chris Yohn on the Big Runaway
byOn this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews JAR contributor Chris Yohn, on his research about how settlers in the Pennsylvania’s Susquehanna valley were able…
Wyoming Massacre
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The Big Runaway: Turning Point of the Susquehanna West Branch Settlers
byPennsylvania settlers of the Susquehanna West Branch Valley endured extreme hardship through the first years of the revolution. The men and supplies they provided…
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Casimir Pulaski and the Threat to the Upper Delaware River Valley
byIf January and February 1778 was Brig. Gen. Casimir Pulaski’s “Winter of his Discontent,”[1] then October through December 1778 was his “Autumn of Despair.”…
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Monuments to the American Revolution
byAlong with the Civil War, the American Revolution is one of the two most iconic events in American history. The Revolution has inspired countless…
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The Incredibly Convoluted History of Westmoreland County, Connecticut
byIn 1662, Charles II, the restored monarch of Great Britain, issued a charter for the founding of Connecticut. The colony’s borders were delineated as…