The Belle of Battles Mrs Lucinda Dogan of Groveton Virginia
A veteran Groveton resident known as The Belle of Battles recalls Civil War days on the Bull Run battlefield. The 90 year old widow describes August 29 30 1862 and the Henry farm near Groveton where Confederate and Union forces clashed. She narrates burying wounded aiding water carriers Jim Redmond and her family, and Mosebys Rangers visiting after the fighting.
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Groveton
Prince William County
Virginia
Bull Run
Warrenton
Centreville
Gainesville
Manassas
Sudley
Lucinda Dogan
Jim Redmond
Redmond
Greveton
Ressroad
Bee
Bartow
Johnston
Buck Hill
Henry Place
Beauregard
Henry Farm
Henry Hill
China Place
Twenty Farm
Matthews
Sydjey
U Henry
Judith Hlenry
Yalle
Asa
Redment
Geoceten
Nes
Degen
Stonewall Jackson
Thore
Gainsville
Pike
Duckson
Sydney
Idogan House
Longstreet
Isk Porter
Dawkin
Long Street
Jackson
Making Maple Sugar From Indian Tapping to Modern Evaporators
The article traces maple sugar making from indigenous methods of tapping and boiling sap with hot stones to modern improvements. It notes shifts to iron pans, evaporators with partitions, gathering tanks, and steam piping, plus rising production in New England led by Vermont. It highlights issues of adulteration, markets, and a Department of Agriculture bulletin on best practices.
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Adirondack
New England
Vermont
United States
Department of Agriculture
Farmhand Wanted in Wimbledon with Strict Requirements
Advertisement from the Wimbledon Gazette seeks a lad about 20 to work on a farm. The position requires driving a horse and cart, assisting in stable and garden duties, milking cows, understanding pigs, waiting at table, and a gentlemanly appearance. Wages are 50 dollars a year. lodging and meals except dinner must be provided by the worker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Wimbledon
Panama Canal Question Examines Costs and Risk
The Des Moines Register and Leader notes that government actions on the Panama Canal amount to a costly experiment likely to exceed what people have admitted in time and money, highlighting cautious skepticism about the venture.
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Des Moines Register
Panama Canal
New Waterways Canals Through Michigan and Wisconsin Feasible
An article argues for a canal across the Michigan peninsula linking Lakes Superior and Michigan. It notes 135 miles west of Sault Ste. Marie and a 16 mile dredge would suffice, reducing Buffalo to Chicago travel by about 450 miles. It cites White Fish River as a potential route from near Michigan north shore to Little Bay de Noquette and Toledo to South Haven as corridor references.
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Mediterranean
Red Sea
Europe
Orient
de Lesseps
Great Lakes
Hudson River
Mississippi River
Lakes Superior
Michigan
Sault Ste. Marie
Little Bay de Noquette
Chicago
Michigan Peninsula
Lake Fluron
Lake Michigan
Buffalo
Toledo
South Haven
Erie
Chesapeake and Ohio
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Galesville
Anroy
Patterson
Shenandoah Valley
Stone Bridge
Tyler
Cocke
Evans
McDowell
Viunter
Weintzelman
Sudley Road
Llanaesas
Suadley
Fudley
Moseby Amen
Belle OF Battles
Rae
Adirondacks
En Canal
Payne
Morgan
The
Washington Star
Mistah
NEW Waterways
Wisconsin Peninsulas
Snow
Boston
the Budget Company
Washington Street
Mass
TH. T
Waite Lewine Machine Co
Cleveland, Ohio
Pensions
Pension Bureau
Taber & Whitman Co., Warder Bid’g
Washington, D.C
Root Go
Medina, Ohio
Mason& Henri
Foster
Aurora
Ile
National Photographic Chemical Company
St. and Penn Ave
Washington, D. C
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