The Story of a Wreck Aboard Grosvenor
An excerpt from W Clark Russell recalls a voyage leaving England aboard the Grosvenor. Captain Coxon, the Yankee pilot Duckling, and mutinous crew clash over bread, discipline, and conditions as they head toward Valparaiso aboard a crowded deep ship loaded with cargo and piano-fortes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Deal
England
Foreland
Ephraim Duckling
West India Docks
Optic
Coxon
Grosvenor
Aougust
Duckling
Windward
Halliards
Tiree
Mr. Duckling
Sheffield
Skip
Mr. Boyd
Thad
Eel
Blackguard
Dexon
Althouh
Remarkable Monuments of a Lost and Intelligent Race
Two centuries ago a Miami Indian village on the Wabash with Chipquaw-Kay stood amid vast mounds built by a vanished people. The earthworks indicate planned design and engineering skill, with stone age tools and peaceful artifacts. Forts Sackville and Knox and Vincennes history tie the site to French, British and American eras, including General Clark and Fort Knox. Nearby notes cover snake worship in Delhi and sunflowers as fuel, with sunflower seeds used for feed and oil for burning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chipquaw-Kay
Chipquan-Kay
Missionaries of the Cross
Fort Sackville
Fort Knox
Chipame
George Rogers Clark
England
Bunker Hill
Indiana
Ohio River
Buckeye
Vincennes
William Henry Harrison
Harrison
Russia
Tartary
Dakota
Scientific American
Also Mentioned on This Page
Brother & Litts
W. Clark Russell
Valparaiso
Pontius Pilate
Christ
Timothy Wilkins
Aes
Musical Courier
Delhi
F. Star
LW. Faure Drs
Pelty
Suollenberger
Jefferson Medical College
Philadelphia
Rtland
Sareelom
Aileal
F. Garcelon, M. D
Faulkner
Broadway
Seventh Street
Buckeye Avenue
J. M. Gleissner
Abilene
Kansas
Citizens’ Bank
Malott & Company
A. W. Rice
D. R. Gorden
John Johntz
W. B. Giles
T. H. Malott
T. WH. Malott
F. ¥. Close
Poland
China
Willowdale
D.S. Beemer
Shockey & Snider's
A. C. Spickler
Kalsomining
Abilene, Kansas
L. G. Vanscoyoc
Spruce and
Fourth Streets
Kan
NM. Kirsch
J. E. Bonebrake
Nathan Blevins
Theo. Mosher
Sec’s & Treas
J. 8
Drake
J. C. Orton
First National Bank
Kansas Farm
Foundry
Tishart
Stacker
Eabeled
Commission
Wishart, Williams & Knapp
WG. Coles, Pres
G. W. Carpenter
City Bakery
T. S. Barton
Prop
Ketland
Third Street
Como & Lazare’s
Long & Wilson
W. P. Seeds
Allens
Stambaugh, Hurd & Dewey
Attorneys AT Law
I. E
Bosecrare
Taco
Mosen
Cash
Abilene Bank
CE Lesold
J. M. Fish Peper
Heersq
Lebold, Fisher & Co., Bankers
Thomas Kirby
Banker
M. L. Potter
Hope P. D
Addas
C. W. Liggett
Abilens, Kansas
F. B. Wilson
W. W. Wilson
F. B. Wilson & Son
Dickinson
Russell
Lincoln
Ottawa
Morris
Reflector
Western Home Nursery
M. P. Jolley
Marion
Saline
Clay Counties
Dickinson County
Palace Drug Store
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!