paulsally_vijzh3 – Paul & Sally

The american colonial era “happy hour”

November 15, 2023

𝑭𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒍𝒊𝒒𝒖𝒐𝒓 𝒏𝒆’𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒌, 𝑰𝒏 𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑 𝒘𝒆’𝒍𝒍 𝒅𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒌, 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒈𝒓𝒊𝒎 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒂𝒍𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒘: 𝑳𝒆𝒕 𝒖𝒔 𝒉𝒖𝒔𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒐𝒅𝒂𝒚, 𝑭𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒇𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒔𝒘𝒊𝒇𝒕 𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒚, 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒏𝒐 𝒐𝒏𝒆’𝒔 𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝑻𝒐𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒘. 𝑶𝒇 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒔 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒄’𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒔, 𝑫𝒂𝒅 𝑵𝒐𝒂𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝒆𝒙𝒄𝒆𝒍: 𝑯𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒆, 𝑭𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒆, 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒈𝒐𝒕 𝒏𝒐𝒃𝒍𝒚 𝒅𝒓𝒖𝒏𝒌, 𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍. 𝑺𝒂𝒚, 𝒘𝒉𝒚 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒘𝒆 𝑮𝒆𝒕 …

The Cuyahoga River in the 18th Century

August 6, 2022

Ohioans, particularly those in the Cleveland – Akron area are certainly familiar with the Cuyahoga River, but not overly acquainted with its importance in the history of the state. It’s probably more well-known because of the several times it caught fire between 1868 and 1969 as a result of industrial flammable pollutants that were dumped in the river. The eighty-five mile long Cuyahoga begins in Geauga County, about two miles …

The Colonial Tavern

December 27, 2021

The Colonial American Tavern In 1760, John Adams, who was distinctively irritable, wrote that the taverns of the day have become “the eternal Haunt, of loose disorderly People of the same Town, which renders them offensive and unfit for the Entertainment of a Traveler of the least delicacy… Young People are tempted to waste their Time and Money, and to acquire habits of Intemperance and Idleness that … reduce many …

Who was Christopher Gist?

May 28, 2022August 22, 2021

Who was Christopher Gist? Sally’s and my latest book is about the remarkable frontiersman Christopher Gist. Gist was born about 1705 and died of smallpox in 1759. Yet, during his fifty-four year life, his accomplishments are prodigious. Christopher Gist is a truly great American hero who unfortunately has largely gone unnoticed by historians. He is recognized for giving colonists the first detailed description of the Ohio Country, Kentucky, and West …

Who was the White Woman of the Walhonding River?

July 1, 2021May 6, 2020

If you visited the area of Roscoe Village at Coshocton, Ohio near the confluence of the Tuscarawas, Walhonding, and Muskingum Rivers, you’ve likely seen “White Woman Street,” or markers with the name “White Woman’s Rock,” or “White Woman’s Town.” It would be natural to wonder who or what those names pertain to or whether they even referred to a real person.