Indiana's Timeless Tales

The Establishment Of The Northwest Territory This episode relates the establishment of the Northwest Territory, the first major expansion of the United States beyond the original 13 states. From the Book: Indiana’s Timeless Tales - 1782 - 1791 The Author's Website The Author on Locals The Author on Facebook The Author on Twitter The Author on Rumble The Author on YouTube The Author's Amazon Page

General Harmar's Campaign to Vincennes This week the author discusses General Josiah Harmar's campaign to restore order to the Vincennes area and rein in George Rogers Clark. From the Book: Indiana’s Timeless Tales - 1782 - 1791 The Author's Website The Author on Locals The Author on Facebook The Author on Twitter The Author on Rumble The Author on YouTube The Author's Amazon Page

Hammering out the Constitution This week I discuss the Constitutional Convention's efforts at hammering together a Constitution for the United States. They created a document that governs government, not the governed. From the Book: Indiana’s Timeless Tales - 1782 - 1791 The Author's Website The Author on Locals The Author on Facebook The Author on Twitter The Author on Rumble The Author on YouTube The Author's Amazon Page

The Sherman, New Jersey, Hamilton Plants Proposed and a New Name for a New Nation The delegates to the Constitutional Convention discussed many proposals for the formation of a national government. These included the Sherman, New Jersey and Hamilton Plans. From the Book Indiana’s Timeless Tales - 1782 - 1791 The Author's Website The Author on Locals The Author on Facebook The Author on Twitter The Author on Rumble The Author on YouTube The Author's Amazon Page

The Randolph, Pickney Plans and the Proposal to Form a National Government Today we examine the beginnings of the constitution writing process as the Randolph and Pickney plans become the first Proposals to reform the Articles of Confederation. From the Book Indiana’s Timeless Tales - 1782 - 1791 The Author's Website The Author on Locals The Author on Facebook The Author on Twitter The Author on Rumble The Author on YouTube The Author's Amazon Page

Constitutional Convention Meets - First Time Greetings, devising, drafting and implememting the United States Constitution was an important step in the road to Indiana becoming a state in 1816, as it formed the foundation of the government that allowed new states to come into the Union at the same status as states that were already part of it. Thus, the evolution of the United States Constitution from concept to reality will form the next several podcast episodes. From the Book Indiana’s Timeless Tales - 1782 - 1791 The Author's Website The Author on Locals The Author on Facebook The Author on Twitter The Author on Rumble The Author on YouTube The Author's Amazon Page

This week I will talk about the founding of Jeffersonville, Indiana, one of the state's oldest cities. From the Book Indiana’s Timeless Tales - 1782 - 1791 The Author's Website The Author on Locals The Author on Facebook The Author on Twitter The Author on Rumble The Author on YouTube The Author's Amazon Page

Unrest Along the Frontier In this episode we find gathering Unrest Along the Frontier From the Book Indiana’s Timeless Tales - 1782 - 1791 The Author's Website The Author on Locals The Author on Facebook The Author on Twitter The Author on Rumble The Author on YouTube The Author's Amazon Page

In this episode we learn that the first forts established along the Ohio River in 1785 were meant more to keep American settlers from settling north of the River than to protect settlers from Amerindian raids. From the Book Indiana’s Timeless Tales - 1782 - 1791 The Author's Website The Author on Locals The Author on Facebook The Author on Twitter The Author on Rumble The Author on YouTube The Author's Amazon Page

George Rogers Clark Helps Negotiate the Treaty of Fort McIntosh Hoping to quell problems with the native tribes, the Congress sent George Rogers Clark, Arthur Lee, and Richard Butler to Fort Mackintosh to negotiate a treaty with the tribes that had not attended negotiations at Fort Stanwix. From the Book Indiana’s Timeless Tales - 1782 - 1791 The Author's Website The Author on Locals The Author on Facebook The Author on Twitter The Author on Rumble The Author on YouTube The Author's Amazon Page

1784 Treaty of Fort Stanwix Today the author talks about the Treaty of Fort Stanwix. The 1784 Treaty of Fort Stanwix was the first treaty between the new nation, the United States, and the Indian nations. First American Regiment Established In this episode we learn about the roots of the United States Army. From the Book Indiana’s Timeless Tales - 1782 - 1791 The Author's Website The Author on Locals The Author on Facebook The Author on Twitter The Author on Rumble The Author on YouTube The Author's Amazon Page

First American Regiment Established In this episode we learn about the roots of the United States Army. From the Book Indiana’s Timeless Tales - 1782 - 1791 The Author's Website The Author on Locals The Author on Facebook The Author on Twitter The Author on Rumble The Author on YouTube The Author's Amazon Page

Land Ordinances of 1784 and 1785 This episode discusses the Land Ordinances of 1784 and 1785. These ordinances outlined the system of land acquisition and later sale in the Northwest Territory. From the Book Indiana’s Timeless Tales - 1782 - 1791 The Author's Website The Author on Locals The Author on Facebook The Author on Twitter The Author on Rumble The Author on YouTube The Author's Amazon Page

The War of Independence Ends and the Beginning of the Northwest Territory today's episode relates two events important to the history of the United States as well as five of the states that make up the American Midwest, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin. The first was the successful conclusion of the Treaty of Paris, that officially ended the United States War of Independence and six months later, the establishment of the huge Northwest Territory. From the Book Indiana’s Timeless Tales - 1782 - 1791 The Author's Website The Author on Locals The Author on Facebook The Author on Twitter The Author on Rumble The Author on YouTube The Author's Amazon Page

Establishment of the Second Town in Indiana - Clarksville This episode discusses the the second town established in Indiana, Clarksville. Located on the banks of the Ohio River, Clarksville joined Vincennes, located on the Wabash River, as the only towns located in the as yes sparsely settled future Northwest Territory. From the Book Indiana’s Timeless Tales - 1782 - 1791 The Author's Website The Author on Locals The Author on Facebook The Author on Twitter The Author on Rumble The Author on YouTube The Author's Amazon Page

Dutch West India Company receives charter for "New Netherlands" This episode relates the beginning of New Amsterdam, which eventually became the city of New York. From the Book Colonial American History Stories – 1215 – 1664 The Author's Website The Author on Locals The Author on Facebook The Author on Twitter The Author on Rumble The Author on YouTube The Author's Amazon Page

Four Events In 1781 Greetings, this episode relates three events that affected Indiana History or occurred in the future state. Virginia, which at the time owned the area that included the state, awarded George Rogers Clark a huge tract of land in payment of for his services in current Clark County. The same day Virginia ceded what would later become the Northwestern Territory to the United States. This led to the ratification of the Articles of Confederation, the first national government for the United States. In August 1781 Colonel Archibald Lochry, along with many of his men, were massacred along Laughery Creek in southeastern Indiana. In October, General George Washington defeated General Cornwallis at Yorktown, Virginia, the last major conflict in the Revolutionary War. From the Book Indiana’s Timeless Tales - Pre-History to 1781 The Author's Website The Author on Locals The Author on Facebook The Author on Twitter The Author on Rumble The Author on YouTube The Author's Amazon Page

Two Battles in Northern Indiana This episode relates two battles that occurred in northern Indiana during the Revolutionary War, the De La Balme Massacre and the Battle of Trail Creek. From the Book Indiana’s Timeless Tales - Pre-History to 1781 The Author's Website The Author on Locals The Author on Facebook The Author on Twitter The Author on Rumble The Author on YouTube The Author's Amazon Page

The Capture of Vincennes and Cementing American Power in the West In this episode we learn of Clark's expedition to reclaim Vincennes from the British governor Henry Hamilton. From the Book Indiana’s Timeless Tales - Pre-History to 1781 The Author's Website The Author on Locals The Author on Facebook The Author on Twitter The Author on Rumble The Author on YouTube The Author's Amazon Page

Capturing an Empire This episode relates the culmination of of George Rogers Clark's expedition to capture the huge tract of land that would later become the Northwest Territory of the fledgling United States. From the Book Indiana’s Timeless Tales - Pre-History to 1781 The Author's Website The Author on Locals The Author on Facebook The Author on Twitter The Author on Rumble The Author on YouTube The Author's Amazon Page