The History Scroll

This blog interacts with the history books I write for middle grade readers. Adults enjoy them, too! Feel free to add your comments and join in conversations.

Monday, April 1, 2013

Irrefutable DNA evidence: Bigfoot exists

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Throughout history, sightings of a large animal people dubbed Bigfoot, Sasquatch or Skunk Ape, have been reported. "Sasquatch" ...

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Sunday, January 20, 2013

Main characters of my next book have roots in history

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Now that my book, Sacagawea is finished, I'm focusing on my next novel, River Moon Don't Cry . It is set in the early 1800s on t...

Saturday, December 29, 2012

Dog meat or "When research turns up unseemly stuff"

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When I do research for a book, the romance that surrounds my subject sometimes fades away when certain hard facts come into focus. Take f...

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Multnomah Indians aka Flatheads

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The Indians that Sacagawea and the Corps of Discovery met on the other side of the Celilo falls were different from the Indians they had m...

Thursday, December 27, 2012

Hominy or Hulled Corn

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When Captains Lewis and Clark met with the starving Shoshone Indians, they gifted them with a quantity of "lyed corn." Lyed cor...

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Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Blisters

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http://www.thebackpacker.com/ I know the picture of an infected blister above is pretty awful. But the blisters and sores the Corp of D...

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Monday, December 17, 2012

The good idea that didn't float

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Meriwether Lewis had a brilliant idea, really. Before he left on the expedition, he had the men at Harper's Ferry, West Virginia, bui...

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