Back in Time: 1777

[Adam Helmer]

Bill,

Du hast rechts! Du bist zehr klug.

I have walked the lands of Saratoga: Freeman's Farm and Bemis Heights. Tim Murphy did, on his third shot, hit and kill General Simon Frazer.

I first read about Dan Morgan while in elementry school. There were reading books available and many biographies were on the bookshelf. Dan Morgan is a very interesting founding father, in my view. He was a wagoner in Braddock's Campaign, was later at Quebec with Arnold and was captured there. He took a 96-man Virginia rifle company to Boston just after Bunker Hill and later won fame at the Battle of Cowpens.

George Rogers Clark is another man that went above and beyond in my view. His Western Campaign is unbelievable. Long before the 1940 Battle of Britain, the Americans could look at Clark and truly say, "Never have so many owed so much to so few." Clark staked our claim to the Old Northwest and quieted down the hostiles on the frontier.

Be well.

Adam