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NOGAY, MICHAEL EDWARD. Every Home A Fort, Every Man A Warrior.
Tri-State Publishing Co. Steubenville, OH, 2009..Paperback. ISBN: 0578018624. By Michael Edward Nogay: Stories of the forts and men in the upper Ohio Valley during the American Revolutionary War detailing the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia and the Upper Ohio Valley during the Revolutionary War from 1775-1795. The book describes in detail Logan's Massacre, which occurred at Baker's Tavern at what is now the site of Mountaineer Race Track and Casino in Hancock County. The murders of Chief Logan's entire family in 1774 sparked Lord Dunmore's War and international outrage and the interest of future president Thomas Jefferson. Also, chapters about Ft. Henry hero Captain Samuel Mason, who later became a river boat pirate, and Lewis Wetzel and his brothers are contained therein, as is the famous frontier story of Andrew Poe's epic battle in hand-to-hand combat with the Indian known as Big Foot. The book is the result of research by Weirton attorney Michael Nogay who spent over two years on the project and reveals several secrets from the Revolutionary War era in Western Virginia that have been left untold for over 235 years. The book contains descriptions of over 35 forts and blockhouses, all of which are shown on a detailed map of the period. The cover art is by renowned Pittsburgh artist John Buxton..................Includes forts in the Upper Ohio Valley including those in Weirton, Wheeling, Newell, New Cumberland, Harmon's Creek, Wellsburg, Elm Grove, West Liberty, Triadelphia, Sherrard, Cresap, Cameron, Burgettstown, McDonald, Brownsville, Beaver County, Greene County and many more. New. Never read. Stories of the forts and men in the Upper Ohio Valley during the American Revolutionary War. (978057018621) Cover art wotk by John Buxton. Multiple copies available. New.
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