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Description of the Old Fort at Boonesborough Usual methods of fortification against the Indians Arrival of more settlers at Boonesborough Captain Boone returns to the Clinch River to bring out his family He enlists new emigrants and starts for Kentucky Reinforced by a large party at Powell's Valley Arrival at Boonesborough Arrival of many new settlers at Boonesborough and Harrod's settlement Arrival of Kenton, Floyd, the McAfees, and other distinguished persons Arrival of Colonel Richard Callaway.
He disembarked at a point still known as "Harrod's Landing," and, crossing the country in a direction nearly west, paused in the midst of a beautiful and fertile region, and built the first log-cabin ever erected in Kentucky, on or near the site of the present town of Harrodsburg. This was in the spring, or early part of the summer, of 1774.
Now and then a brakeman goes by swinging his lantern. The boys would like to ask him what time it is, but for one thing they're too bashful. Being a brakeman is almost as good as going with a "troupe" or a circus. You get to go to places that way, too, Marysville, and Mechanicsburg, and Harrod's that is, if you're on the local freight, and then you lay over in Cincinnati.
They do be pigtails on th' Dootch a fut long in the eel-skin. Faith, I saw McCraw's scalp 'twas wan o' Harrod's men tuk it, not I, sorr! an' 'twas red an' ratty, wid nary a lock to lift it, more shame to McCraw!" Mount stood, balancing now on his heels, now on his toes, inhaling and expelling his breath like a man who has had more than a morning draught of cider.
Daniel Boone says that on the way his party "received as good treatment as prisoners could expect from savages." The good treatment was not broken. He recalled that last year James Harrod, of Harrod's Fort, had wounded a Shawnee, then had nursed him in a cave and let him go. Possibly this was one reason for the kindness of the Shawnees.
Maybe it's because of what you did at Harrod's, sitting down with me and giving me supper when I was so hungry, and the champagne. You weren't ashamed of me." "Good God, why should I have been!" he exclaimed. "You! Why shouldn't you?" she cried fiercely. "There's hardly a man in that place that wouldn't have been. They all know me by sight and some of 'em better.
in which they will find many interesting Autographs and curious Portraits. We have also received Strand;" and Ancient and Modern, on Sale, by W. Pedder, 12. Holywell St. Part VI. 1849." THE WOMEN'S PETITION AGAINST COFFEE. 8vo. 1674. HARROD'S SEVENOAKE, A POEM. 4to. 1753. LIFE OF HON. ROBERT PRICE, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, London. 1734. Venet, 1716. Or the 2nd Vol. only.
At the head of them was a man of huge frame, and long, light hair falling down over the collar of his hunting shirt. He wrung Captain Harrod's hand. "That there's Simon Kenton, Davy," said Cowan, as we stood watching them. I ran forward for a better look at the backwoods Hercules, the tales of whose prowess had helped to while away many a winter's night in Harrodstown Station.
"I've really been unusually clever this afternoon," she remarked gaily, as she rang for the tea. "I've called on all the people I meant to call on; and I've done all the shopping that I set out to do. I even remembered to try and match that silk for you at Harrod's, but I'd forgotten to bring the pattern with me, so it was no use.
When you went from the Leesville Opera-house and turned West in Main Street, you passed Heinz's Cafe, which was a "swell" eating-place, and not for Jimmie; and then the "Bijou Nickelodeon", with a mechanical piano in the entrance; and the "Bon Marche Shoe Store", which was always having a fire-sale or a removal sale or a bankruptcy clearing-out; and then Lipsky's "Picture Palace", with a brown and yellow cowboy galloping away with a red and yellow maiden in his arms; then Harrod's "Fancy Grocery" on the corner.
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