Boonesborough Unearthed (eBook)

Frontier Archaeology at a Revolutionary Fort

Nancy O'Malley (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2019
224 Seiten
The University Press of Kentucky (Verlag)
978-0-8131-7763-2 (ISBN)

Infos

Throughout the Revolutionary War, Fort Boonesborough was one of the most important and defensively crucial sites on the western frontier. It served not only as a stronghold against the British but also as a sanctuary, land office, and a potential seat of government. Originally meant to be the capital of a new American colony, Fort Boonesborough was thrust into a defensive role by the onset of the Revolutionary War. Post-Revolutionary attempts to develop a town failed and the site was abandoned. Yet Fort Boonesborough lived on in local memory.Boonesborough Unearthed: Frontier Archaeology at a Revolutionary Fort is the result of more than thirty years of research by archaeologist Nancy O'Malley. This groundbreaking book presents new information and fresh insights about Fort Boonesborough and life in frontier Kentucky. O'Malley examines the story of this historical landmark from its founding during a time of war into the nineteenth century. O'Malley also delves into the lives of the settlers who lived there, and explores the Transylvania Company's dashed hopes of forming a fourteenth colony at the fort. This insightful and informative work is a fascinating exploration into Kentucky's frontier past.

Autor

Nancy O'Malley is a professional archaeologist specializing in early settlement and Revolutionary War Kentucky. She is well known for her extensive research on the frontier experience and pioneer residential sites. She is the author of Stockading Up: A Study of Pioneer Stations in the Inner Bluegrass Region of Kentucky and other publications, including a chapter in The Buzzel about Kentuck (edited by Craig Friend).

Inhalt

List of Illustrations
Preface
1. Kentucky on the Cusp of Revolution
2. Richard Henderson and the Transylvania Company
3. Establishing Fort Boonesborough on the Kentucky River
4. Captivity, Escape, and the Great Siege of 1778
5. Establishing a Town
6. Evidence in the Earth
7. Designing a Fort for Defense and Residence
8. Packing for the Wilderness
9. Fort Boonesborough as a Commemorative Site
10. The Frontier Experience in Retrospect
Appendix: Boone's Road Cutting Team and Henderson's Party
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Produkt-Details

• Zusatzinfo: 31 figures, 1 table
• Verlagsort: Lexington
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 150 mm
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• Schlagworte: American History • american pioneers • boonesborough fort • defensive line • fortification line • Frontier • Historical Archaeology • kentucky history • Manifest Destiny • military defense • revolutionary war era • settlers • thirteen colonies • us frontier • Westward Expansion
• ISBN-10: 0-8131-7763-4 / 0813177634
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8131-7763-2 / 9780813177632