Tag: fort-mitchell
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The Fort: Part 3
You might recall a while back I had a short entry in my blog regarding an exit sign along Interstate 80 in Iowa that read, Home of Harold “Pie” Keller near the exit sign to Brooklyn, Iowa. Well as we continue to travel across Interstate 80 to visit friends and family, another exit sign at…
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The Fort: Part 2
Please note, two major historical resources for this story are: “Life of a Soldier on the Western Frontier”, 2008, Jermey Agnew, Mountain Press Publishing Company, Missoula, Montana. “40 Miles a Day on Beans and Hay, The Enlisted Soldier Fighting the Indian Wars”, 1963, Don Rickey, Junior; University of Oklahoma Press, Norman OK. The men formed…
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The Fort: Part 1
I decided to try something different with this series of posts. Instead of writing about my own adventures growing up in a small town, I’ve begun creating a short historical fiction story. I’ve always loved history—especially the history of the American western frontier from the 1820s through the 1880s. This story follows a young man…
My View from 1958 