Kentucky Girl

They arrive in Boonsboro and were enthusiastically welcomed by the inhabitants.  Rachel and her party were told they each could file on about 640 acres of land which had been purchased from the Cherokee Indians.  The problem was that the Shawnee Indians did not recognize that purchase.    

Rachel and her party continued through the gap and was shortly set by upon by a band of Indians.  Rachel and her gun helped to defeat the Indians and save her party.  They continued on toward Boonsboro.

Our group is joined by the traveling preacher Paul who preforms the marriage ceremony for Clem and Rachel and also for Burt and Betsy.  The ceremony was accompanied by the heavenly choirs of birds singing.

Both Betsy and Nancy were strong Frontier girls.  Bert was a strong Young male and all worked well together.  The trip was started and their sequence of hiking in line was established so that Rachel would always be with the single man,whether he was leading or bringing up the rear. They organized the Camp routines including training the dogs to help Guard.

While they were Setting up camp two trappers each leading two mules approached the camp.  At first they were friendly then things got ugly.    They attempted to overpower Clem by one coming at him from the front and the other from his rear.  While Clem was fighting the one in front Rachel saw the one sneaking up behind Clem and whacked him on the head with her iron frying pan knocking him to the ground.

Rachel's ma and pa were both saddened but accepted Rachel's decision.  Her Pa decided to hear their marriage Vows.  He gave her his best rifle.  The young people carefully chose what they would be able to carry to this new land.

Rachel and her boyfriend discuss a proposal to go to the new land called Kentucky and claim free land.  It was complicated by the fact that they weren't married and that a traveling preacher would not be here to hear their marriage Vows for a long time.  As a temporary expedient it was decided to have Rachel's father hear their Vows, and that they would officially say their Vows  to the first preacher they met.

Rachel and her gun were instrumental in the establishment of Kentucky.  She was a very intelligent girl with a determination to achieve.  Many like her were needed to realize the success of this nation.  Her contribution to the establishment of Kentucky needs to be heralded.

A small boy by the name of Dan slipped through enemy lines and carried a note from General Washington to the French Gen. Rochambeau to alert him of a change in the direction of the Army’s.   This action was crucial in defeating Britain's General Charles Cornwallis at Yorktown in the last days of the Revolutionary war.

Kentucky was called “dark and muddy ground” due to the many fights that took place between various Indian tribes.  Daniel Boone was one of the surveyors as was George Washington.