Thursday, 25 February 2010

Opening the door West


This page (recommended by Thomsomfeld) is interesting. It tells the tale of an Ohio PBS documentary on the settling of the Northwest Territory in the late 18th century. Some fine 3d images of reconstructed forts are on the site including the unusual Campus Martius which was made of component dwellings creating what they call a condominium fort.

No comments:

Post a Comment

The Last of the Mohicans; A narrative of 1757 by James Fenimore Cooper

  The Last of the Mohicans; A narrative of 1757 by James Fenimore Cooper | Project Gutenberg It was published in 1826 so I thought we could ...