Trans-Allegheny Pioneers. Historical Sketches of the First White Settlements West of the Alleghenies 1748 and After

SYNOPSIS. Progressively advancing settlements along the entire Virginia border, from the New River-Kanawha and tributaries, in the southwest, to the Monongahela and tributaries in the northwest, the intervening country to the Ohio River and into Kentucky. On the above-mentioned first settled western flowing streams, occurred, in after years, the desperate and bloody conflicts of Braddock’s Fields and Point Pleasant, for the possession of, and supremacy in, this fair western country. To the New River-Kanawha, and tributaries, however, more especial attention is here given; all sandwiched throughout with collateral facts and incidents of more or^sagf^CI^Cl local historical interest. OivOO Draper’s Meadows Massacre.—Destruction of the early Greenbriar Settlements.—Tragedies of Burke’s Garden and Abb’s Valley.—Origin of the American Cotton Trade.—Old time Family Fall Hunt.—Remarkable Clock.—Progressive Changes within a Lifetime.—Davy Crockett and his Wise Motto. Battle of Point Pleasant.—Brief Outline of Events Leading to It.—The First Blood of the Revolution.—A Pivotal Turning Point in American History.—Short Sketches of Some of Those Who Participated in It.—Brief Review of Lord Dunmore’s Relation to It.—Its Influence as a Developing Military High School, etc. Murder of Cornstalk.—Desperate Fight at Donnally’s Fort.—Short Sketch of Daniel Boone’s Life in Kanawha Valley.—Chronological Table of Events, of more or less importance or interest, that have occurred along the western border. Charleston, West Virginia.—Short Sketch of Its Early Settlement and After History.—Dublin, Virginia.—History of Its Name.—Augusta County.—Its Original Vast Extent and Its Subdivisions.