On the roads to new horizons

  I found this article from "Our State Magazine" in my "memories" folder on FaceBook. But it didn't include the "share" button. so I re-read the article, and wanted to be sure to share it somewhere, and hope to have it in my own archives here on Blogger. And if I shared it before (quite possibly) mea culpa!

Ramblin Man

The link still works for now at least.

My interest (as always) is in considering my ancestors who might have used these (or similar) roads.

In 1775, Daniel Boone "blazed" a trail for the Transylvania Company from Fort Chiswell in Virginia through the Cumberland Gap into central Kentucky. It was later lengthened, following Native American trails, to reach the Falls of the Ohio at Louisville. The Wilderness Road was steep, rough, narrow, and it could only be traversed on foot or horseback. Despite the adverse conditions, thousands of people used it.

Daniel Boone coming through Cumberland Gap by George Caleb Bingham

I've written about the Cumberland Gap, and my family's travels on the roads leading into Kentucky HERE.

The Williams family in Oklalla TX (maybe not related to my family) 1889

And here is a clip about an ancestress that lived into her 90s, who moved into Kentucky before it became a state. Here.

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And a bit of Mary Oliver, just because...

"I thought the earth remembered me, she took me back so tenderly, arranging her dark skirts, her pockets full of lichens and seeds.

I slept as never before, a stone on the river bed,

nothing between me and the white fire of the stars

but my thoughts, and they floated light as moths

among the branches of the perfect trees.

All night I heard the small kingdoms breathing around me, the insects, and the birds who do their work in the darkness.

All night I rose and fell, as if in water, grappling with a luminous doom. By morning

I had vanished at least a dozen times into something better."

~Mary Oliver, "Sleeping in the Forest"

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The ones who were here first

𝐒𝐚𝐜𝐚𝐣𝐚𝐰𝐞𝐚 (pronounced Sack-ah-jah-WEE-a),Indigenous American heroine.

Before Idaho was even a territory, Sacajawea was born in the Lemhi River Valley in the late 1780s. The Lemhi River Valley during this period was inhabited by the Agaidika

(Salmon-eater) Shoshone. Around the age of 12, Sacajawea was with her tribe hunting bison in the Three Forks area of the Missouri River when she was captured by a raiding party from another tribe. She was later traded to the Hidatsa tribe in present day North Dakota. She learned to speak the language of the Hidatsa and lived with the tribe for a few years. Once more she was traded, this time to French trapper Toussaint Charbonneau, and married him.

In the winter of 1805 while the Lewis and Clark Expedition wintered at Fort Mandan, Charbonneau, and subsequently Sacajawea, were hired to help the expedition on its westward journey. During the winter Sacajawea gave birth to her son, Jean Baptiste Charbonneau. In May of that year, Sacajawea and her infant child set forth as part of the Expedition west.

On August 12th, 1805, Meriwether Lewis and his men climbed the eastern slopes of the continental divide, and stood on what is now known as Lemhi Pass, viewing the birthplace of Sacajawea below to the west. Just five days later, Clark noted the reuniting of Sacajawea, her people, and her brother who was now a chief of the Agaidika.

Sacajawea provided lifesaving information regarding local tribes, edible foods, indigenous medicines, and the mostly unknown Idaho and Montana landscapes. Her ability to interpret and her relation to the tribes helped the Expedition acquire horses and supplies from the Agaidika people to continue on their journey west when supplies and spirits were low.

Today the Salmon Field Office administers to many of the lands formerly occupied by the Agaidika. Salmon landmarks such as the Sacajawea Center, and birthplace monument honor her and her people’s contributions to American History. (Post on FB by Margaret Russ)

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Posted Sun. Aug. 18, 2024 on FB from North Carolina Public Radio

"This fall, Duke University will offer a new online Cherokee language course series.

It's open to all students, and will count toward a full language college credit to graduate. Courtney Lewis, the university’s inaugural director for the Native American Studies Initiative, said this will also be the first time that Duke students will get to learn an American Indian language.

“So, one of the first things that students are going to learn how to speak about is their feelings,” she said. “And, that tells us a lot about the Cherokee language and the Cherokee people, right off the bat. So, students are going to also learn about concepts like Gadugi and Duyuk’dv’i, which are two of the guiding life principles for the Anigaduwagi people.”

The new course will also recognize the intertwined history of Duke University and American Indian education. From 1882 to 1887, Trinity College — now known as Duke University — ran a federally funded Cherokee Industrial Indian Boarding School with 20 Eastern Band of Cherokee Indian children.

“They were forced into a school whose sole purpose was to kill the Indian and save the man, as the quote went,” said Lewis. “So, their hair was cut, and their clothes were changed. They now played in marching bands. And, most importantly, they were not allowed to speak their language.”

The new Cherokee Language class is a four-course series. It’s supported by the partnership for less commonly taught languages through the cultural anthropology department at Duke. Students at Vanderbilt University will join this year's fall class at Duke online. Lewis said in the future, she hopes the course can be offered in person.

Photo shared by Native Americans Facebook site

A copper earring unearthed by First Colony Foundation archaeologists at Roanoke Island’s Elizabethan Gardens was almost certainly traded – or gifted – to local Native Americans by Sir Walter Raleigh’s explorers, based on scientific tests released this week.

An analysis conducted by Madison Accelerator Laboratory at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Va., found that copper used to make the ring was of European origin, rather than from a North American source. This is significant because neither the French nor the Spanish – England’s rivals in exploring and settling the “New World” — ventured as far north as Roanoke Island to trade.

“This is an amazing find – with an intriguing story to tell.” said Eric Klingelhofer, First Colony Foundation’s vice president for research, who led the Elizabethan Gardens dig. “After laying hidden in the ground for more than four centuries, this piece of copper now confirms that we have indeed located the site of Roanoac, the Algonquian village that welcomed the first English explorers in 1584.”

Published by Outer Banks Voice

The August birthday family

 We start on the 12th, with Kendra, my daughter-in-law, wife of my youngest son Tai. She just turned... 47 years young.

On Aug. 16 my middle son was born, Russ Heym - he's going to be 57 years young.

Russ and myself at my apartment in St. Augustine, around 1997. 

Oh, he's sporting a greying goatee, so let's update his portrait - with Michelle, his wife at a soccer game in 2023.

Then Barbara Baker, another daughter-in law (wife of my son Marty) will have her birthday on Aug. 22 bringing her to great 61 years young!

A very good baker she has used this skill to establish a business out of her kitchen, selling gourmet Macarons at local conventions and shows in the Tampa-St. Petersburg area.

Next birthday is mine, August 23, and this year I complete my 82nd turn around the sun.

Sitting at the Tailgate Market each Saturday morning (well almost) in Black Mountain NC.

And the last August relative's birthday is my dear mother-in-law-sister, namely Joanne Naglieri, mother of Russ' wife Michelle Heym. Joanne's birthday is on Aug. 28, and this year she turns the big 85...which she certainly has not one hint of looking.

Joanne and Kate, our youngest granddaughter, taken in 2021.

I'm so glad to be bunched in with these wonderful Leos and Virgos...and getting ready for some other relative's birthdays in September. What's a grandmother/mother to do? Get the coolest cards I can find for everyone! 

I am skipping Hallmark these days! 

A bit of nursery rhymes on a "card" join my son Tai from his wife Kendra's birthday.

Sharing with Sepia Saturday!

Today's quote:

This universe is much too big to hold onto, but it is the perfect size for letting go.

SHARON SALZBERG

The immigrants

 

A photo from the River Thames, with caption by an Englishman.

44,000 convicts were sent to out to our American colonies during the 1700s until the American Revolutionary War (1775-83). These hulks in the River Thames photo in 1856 held 400-500 prisoners awaiting transport.

Not clear where they were sent in America.

And a map of early Virginia with King Powhatan. The Europeans who came to Virginia settled there, learned about raising tobacco, and started an entire industry bringing it back to Europe.

Sorry it's so small, so there's no clarity, unless you enlarge it.

Many well known descendants of these immigrants to the Massachusetts colony.

All of us descend from some immigrants, unless we're Native Americans!

And a very interesting post by fellow blogger that included a visit to Jamestown, with info from some of the historic sites. Millie Fiori Favoriti

Sharing with Sepia Saturday this week.

Today's quote:

It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.

 -Robert A. Heinlein, science-fiction author (1907-1988)

Hunting or enjoying the great outdoors

  Continuing the outdoor adventures for my parents and grandparents, started last week, here we have the Rogers clan going out hunting, or camping or just enjoying the great outdoors..

For Sepia Saturday, a post card from a park is the suggested meme.

My parents went to a park in Texas...Garner State Park, which is near San Antonio TX, where the Rogers were living by 1935. 

The Rogers family at that time consisted of George Sr., wife Ada, and 4 sons, Alex, Chauncey, James and George Jr. George Jr. was to become my father. My mother was with the Rogers on one of their trips before her marriage, and her name was Mataley Munhall.

4.21.35 my Uncle  Chauncey and my father in background with a lot of hair! and a tie? And I can't find where I got that date for this photo either!

My dad taking a slightly elevated nap, Garner State Park, 1937

The Civilian Conservation Corp camp, Garner State Park, Sept. 1937. As far as I know, none of my father's brothers (early 20s and younger) took part in the CCC.

My parents in 1937 in San Antonio TX

Skeezix, the dog, my father and mother apparently had fallen in love by then. Richey's Cabin.

At Richie's cabin, Feb. 27, 1937. My parents with guns, for hunting I imagine.

George (my father) by a river

In 1918 (my cousin Patricia Rogers has documented) my grandparents moved from Galveston TX to   Meadowbrook Drive in Fort Worth, Texas, where he was employed by the Fort Worth Packing Company as office manager. This began a friendship with the company Manager, Norman Dumble that lasted twenty-five years

"George Jr. hit a deer." (Dumble Ranch) (that's the caption that is included with this photo on Ancestry)

I assume he shot the deer. But there he is in a tie again, which fortunately he didn't wear on the camping trip in Feb. 1937 with my mother. I don't know the date of this photo, nor the gentleman standing behind him, nor the young man. Isn't it interesting to see all the bugs on the front of the car?

George Rogers Jr (my father) at Dumble's Ranch, 12/26/36

Today's quote:

The influence of each human being on others in this life is a kind of immortality. 

-John Quincy Adams, 6th president of the US (1767-1848)