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Offline snake eyes

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« Reply #30 on: May 01, 2009, 04:02:58 AM »
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Mythology abounds in our ... hobby.

Amen Brother!!

I normally use the term "Old wives tales", but I like mythology better, sounds more gentlemanly like.
Uncle Russ...
  Russ,
           There is a certain amount of mythology with about
anything dealing with the past. I don't think "the past"
has to be that long ago either. IMO
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Offline Christiaan

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« Reply #31 on: May 04, 2009, 12:41:30 PM »
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If Ron likes the book that is good enough for me, hurry up and sleep more Longhunter and let us know if it is worth the plews.

Christiaan, my vriend Ek is seker ons kan maak 'n boek toon op op jou tuis ...
Goodness me :shock:  ... someone here speaks the heavenly language.  ;)  :shake

Please inform me if you have an idea.  Especially if you can deduct the amount from my credit card and send a check to John Curry.  Baie Dankie. (- pronounced "buy-a donkey" and means Thank you very much) :shake
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Offline Rasch Chronicles

Re: What was a Longhunter
« Reply #32 on: August 10, 2011, 11:16:54 AM »
Wow!
An oldie but a goodie.  I learned more in that exchange of information than the whole sum of my previous knowledge!

Great post!

Best Regards,
Albert A Rasch
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Offline Mad Irish Jack

Re: What was a Longhunter
« Reply #33 on: May 29, 2012, 10:17:26 PM »
Prior to the end of Rev War, southwestern Pennsylvania was part of the western most frontier of Virginia. Go to  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannastown,_Pennsylvania and you can read where my local area became a court seat for the same. When folks post and make statements like where things were located in Virginia in that time period, most folks think of where those locations are as of todays information. Our thirteen colonies were not states then. The americas were still trying to find their identity. Just FYI for readers.
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Offline Loyalist Dave

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Re: What was a Longhunter
« Reply #34 on: June 05, 2012, 12:16:27 PM »
MIJ,

That's interesting as I have found maps that show the border of PA in the Allegheny Mountains, dated 1755, which puts Hannastown in VA, and another map that shows the border is the Monongahela River, dated 1755, and that puts Hannastown in PA.  I wonder if there are documents from the townsfolk that might let us know where they thought they were located?  I know the location was officially part of Westmoreland County as of 1773, but it would be fun to know if the folks thought themselves Virginians or Pennsylvanians prior to that time.

Sure does explain why the governor of VA was so quick to get troops headed north toward what would become Pittsburgh when the F&I war started..., he was defending VA lands, not PA.  

 :)

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