Though the idea of setting aside a day to honor the “First Americans” was set in 1915, it wasn’t until 1990 that an entire month, the month of November, was designated as Native American month. Read more about its beginnings here: https://nativeamericanheritagemonth.gov/about/ In honor of the month, Legacy Roots has gathered a few website links...
{Buildings Archaeology Artifactual Feature Origins Part IV — Overhangs and Drops} Introduction As part of the series English Origins of Early American Building Techniques and their connections to English origins, we can see that the commonality among dwellings was not simply in the floor plan. This can be seen in the techniques of framing,...
{Buildings Archaeology Artifactual Feature Origins Part II — Trenched Timbers} INTRODUCTION The first technique covered in this series of artifactual features used in early American homes by immigrant English carpenters is trenching. In his book entitled English Historic Carpentry, Cecil A. Hewett describes a trench as ‘a square sectioned groove cut across the grain.’...
{Part 1 – Introduction} Anyone who has owned, cared for, or worked on a historic property can appreciate that the details of a structure’s origins get lost over time. We don’t often know or recall who designed a building, what techniques and materials were used, and even less so, who the individuals were who...
In 1864 Charles G. Gunther took office as the Mayor of New York City and was presented with a personalized copy of a book, The Draft Riots in New York. July, 1863. From 1861 to 1865 America was in turmoil with families and friends fighting side by side, and at times on opposite sides,...