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Coming to terms with Early New Netherland - New York History: 1610-1614 While most histories of New Netherland begin with Henry Hudson’s 1609 voyage and skip to the founding of New Amsterdam in 1624, it’s the period between that holds the real fires of creation—not simply for the Dutch colony but all that followed in New York and the United States. In the years 1613-1614 traders Adrian Block, Hendrick Christiaensen and Jacob Eelkens forged an agreement with people of the First Nations that established the first world trade center in the New World and altered the course of history. This is the epic story of what these forgotten founding fathers accomplished, from first contact to ...

This is an attempt to share the experiences of ongoing apparent and clandestine attacks perpetrated by rogue government agencies and their co-conspirators upon myself and other citizens of this nation. Certainly, it is my hope and desire that this revelation will minimize and possibly eliminate the atrocities being directed toward innocent people by way of taxpayer's dollars.

Country House Essays is an eclectic collection of original and historical essays, book excerpts, articles, and poems created for the enjoyment of visitors to the reading site CountyHouseEssays.com which is maintained by the Publisher of Piranesi Press. Purchasing a copy of this book is a great way for readers to show support for the site which has been up and running since 2018.

The first comprehensive history of one of the most colorful areas in Arizona. The southern Bradshaws contained, at one time, some of the busiest and most productive mines in the territory. Because of their relative inaccessibility, they still retain much of the rough-and-tumble flavor of the early West. Hundreds of hours of research, as well as interviews with many long-time Bradshaw residents, have resulted in a fascinating look at a vital part of Arizona's history.

On the morning of June 25th, 1876, Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer made a fateful decision to attack a large Native American village camped on the banks of the Little Big Horn River. It was a decision that would cost him his life, the lives of 268 of his men, and the lives of over 60 Native Americans defending their right to live free. Myths, mysteries, and legends of this fight have grown for over 142 years, elevating a lonely patch of dirt and grass, dotted with white and brown tombstones, to mythological proportions. How did this apocalyptic clash of cultures happen? What is true, and what is conjecture? What really happened? Experience the entire battle as it was tol ...

Why are we here? Although that may be the number one question at our core, perhaps the better question would be - what do we do until someone finds a reasonable answer? A tree will tree, a cat will cat, a planet will planet, and humans will......what? Stop, look around, ask yourself - wtf are we doing? With resources thinning, interest in the unknown waning, and patience thinning - not only is it time for a better question, but it is time for a Truthful answer. You will be taken to a burial site 100 miles south of Cairo. This site is believed to house the Kings of Ancient Egypt's 3rd and 4th Dynasties. If unspoiled by tomb robbers, this site will not only yield well over one t ...

During WWII The Kentucky State Hospital was utilized as a German POW camp as well as a center to provide psychiatric treatment for American Soldiers. Later, it was converted into a mental asylum. This is your opportunity to go behind the walls and find out what it was like inside the Kentucky mental asylum. The medical treatments considered routine at that time will shock and amaze you.

The only English translation of Dictionnaire Des Proverbes Balant by Jules Mansaly. Jules Mansaly is a Balanta writer from Senegal. In 2017 he won the Grand Prix of the President of the Republic for Arts, Senegal for his novel 𝙇𝙚𝙨 𝙎𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙨 𝙙𝙚 𝙉𝙨𝙚𝙘𝙠𝙖, and was nominated to be among the top 10 writers of the year. In 2017, he publishe a Balanta-Ganja Dictionary (French). The book contains 534 Balanta proverbs. gluunta binge suu wéde 'You don't hide your nudity in the water' ø-gl̀ ââ b̀ ngə'ś sʊâ â â'â o-wédé cl-nudity 3PL NEG hide cl-water That is to say that we have to tell the truth

The marvelous and amazing history of the vast European migration to North America is a story that needs to be told. It is a story of bravery, heroism, sacrifice, vision, and most importantly a story of God’s gracious providence. This story is filled with remarkable chapters of Pilgrims, Puritans, Methodists, Presbyterians, Baptists, Quakers, Jews and Catholics alike. The story spans a wide swath of years from 1493 to about 1890. During these many years a great nation was born. Several wars were fought and won against England, the greatest empire in the world at that time. The brave men and women who came to America from Europe carved out of the rough and rugged wilderness a new nation ...