Tag: short-story

• The Fort: Part 6 (Conclusion)

  Corporal Scott led the troop up the slope of the bluff, firing at warriors who darted from ridge to ridge below. The Indians seemed to appear and disappear like ghosts, using every fold in the terrain for cover. Uriah worked the lever of his Spencer carbine and fired whenever he caught sight of a rider,…

  Mike Vermillion

  June 27, 2026

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  fiction, fort-mitchell, historical-fiction, history, mud-springs, nebraska-frontier, short-story

• The Fort: Part 5

  Again, this post is based on the paper by John D McDermott, “‘We had a terribly hard time letting them go”: The Battles of Mud Springs and Rush Creek, February 1865” Nebraska History 77 (1996): 78-88, 5/24/2011 Nebraska State Historical Society Uriah heard the bugler sound the call for final assembly while sitting in the…

  Mike Vermillion

  June 18, 2026

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  fort-mitchell, inidan-wars, mud-springs, nebraska, short-story

• Bacon and Eggs

  Dick was the Page County Deputy Sheriff, future Sheriff and future Chief of Police. He is one of the nicest guys in the world. Great sense of humor, friendly, outgoing. He speaks with what I would consider a southern accent, but he was born and raised in the Midwest.  His laugh is unmistakable. Dick was…

  Mike Vermillion

  March 16, 2025

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  beer, Camping, childhood-memories, koral, koral, memoir, shenandoah, short-story, smoking, teenagers