The story of corn and the westward migration (1916) (14784445935)

Identifier: storyofcornwestw01broo (find matches)
Title: The story of corn and the westward migration
Year: 1916 (1910s)
Authors: Brooks, Eugene Clyde, 1871-
Subjects: Corn
Publisher: Chicago : Rand, McNally
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress



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ond the mountainswas pushing across the Ohio River into the prairieregion and opening up the great corn country. George Rogers Clark. It was chiefly through thecourage of one man, George Rogers Clark, of Virginia,that the country which has since become the centerof the corn production was saved to the UnitedStates. In the same year that Daniel Boonefounded Boonesboro, Clark went as surveyor tothe new Ohio country, and the next year (1775)he established his home in Kentucky. The thirteencolonies had declared their independence, and theold French settlements north of the Ohio incitedthe Indians to rebellion. The western settlementshad to fight again the French and the Indians whostill remembered the earlier French and Indian War. opening the Great Corn Country 105 Clarks iron will, independent spirit, audacious cour-age, and magnificent physique soon made him aleader among his frontier neighbors. While thousands of settlers were now followingthe southern trail through Cumberland Gap and
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The Ohio River at Parkersburg, W. Va. The fertile plain north of the Ohio, won through the bravery of George Rogers Clark, gave the new nation the greatest corn country in the world along the Wilderness Road into the great corncountry, as yet they had not crossed the Ohio River.The fertile prairies were still in the possession of theIndians, who were again at war with the Kentuckysettlers. Arms and ammunition were especiallyneeded to drive back the Indians. Clark, soonafter his arrival, was chosen to go back to Virginia,the parent colony, and ask the legislature for thesesupplies. Accompanied by a trusted friend, he setout at once. After many hardships, thrilling expe-riences, and much delay, they received an order io6 The Story of Corn for the needed supplies, and set out on the returnjourney, a party of seven men altogether. Cross-ing back over the mountains by the same trailsthey had followed to Virginia, they . traveled downthe Ohio, fighting as they went, and after manyhardships