Colonel John Holder Boonesborough Defender & Kentucky Entrepreneur - Couverture souple

Enoch, Harry G

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1956027157 ISBN 13 : 9781956027150

Editeur : Acclaim Press, 2022

Synopsis

John Holder made his mark as one of the heroic defenders of Boonesborough. After Daniel Boone left Kentucky, Holder became commander of the fort.

Holder married Fanny Callaway, a daughter of Col. Richard Callaway, one of the founders of Boonesborough. Fanny, along with her sister Betsy, and Jemima Boone were captured by the Shawnee in 1776-one of the signature events on the Kentucky frontier.

The self-taught Holder established himself as a man of property, acquiring well over 100,000 acres of Kentucky land. He was a commercial-industrial innovator involved in farsighted business enterprises. Under Holder's leadership, the settlement he established about a mile downstream from Boonesborough grew to include a store, tavern, boatyard, ferry, warehouse and mill. His landing on the Kentucky River became a major departure point for flatboats bound for New Orleans with Kentucky produce.

Holder's enterprises led to other factories locating in the valley and resulted in Lower Howard's Creek becoming one of the first industrial areas of Kentucky. Much of the area is now enclosed in the Lower Howard's Creek Nature and Heritage Preserve, which will receive all the royalties from the sale of this book.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Harry G. Enoch, retired biochemist, is a native of Mt. Sterling and now lives in Clark County, not far from old Fort Boonesborough. His wife, Clare Sipple, is the manager of the Lower Howard's Creek Nature and Heritage Preserve.Enoch is active in a number of historical societies. He chairs the Clark County-Winchester Heritage Commission and is editor of The Millstone, magazine of the Kentucky Old Mill Association. His previous books include In Search of Morgan's Station, Grimes Mill, Affair at Captina Creek, and Where In The World? Historic Places in Clark County, Kentucky.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Acclaim Press
• Date d'édition: 2022
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1956027157
• ISBN 13: 9781956027150
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 290
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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