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| Wilderness Woman |
Posted - June 21 2004 : 11:08:37 PM
Seamus? How was Cook Forest last weekend? |
| 25 L A T E S T R E P L I E S (Newest First) |
| Wilderness Woman |
Posted - July 17 2006 : 5:29:03 PM
Hi Rose, and welcome back! I enjoyed meeting you and talking with you, as well. It was a fun weekend, wasn't it? We will probably run into each other at Ligonier, and do you mean the Kittanning Expedition 2006? I plan to be there, too. (Not on the march, of course, but at the encampment at the end.) I have to say that I do envy you Yorktown...
Well, Sarge, I was just drifting off to sleep when all that howling and bleating commenced. I kept waiting for something more to happen. It did give me a giggle, though. |
| blueotter |
Posted - July 17 2006 : 06:07:53 AM
Ah, Wilderness Woman, It was most pleasurable meeting you in person. I haven't been on the Message Board much this season (finishing up with school and graduating), so I didn't know you were going to be at Custloga. It was fun doing "crowd control" with you, especially when the Highlanders were kneeling in our direction....!
Somehow I missed the glass of port... next time come get me!!! 
I couldn't make Niagara because I was so sick...! 
I will be at Old Bedford Village this coming weekend... and then Fort Ontario, Meigs, Old Stone House, Fort Henry, the Kitanning Crossing and Fort Ligonier. My BIG EVENT of the year will be the 225th Anniversary of the Battle of Yorktown. I'll be camping with the First Maryland, as I have decided to join their ranks.
And last but not least, Doc't Tactical on Halloween weekend. I wouldn't miss that for the world! I'll be broke, but I'll be there! 
Rose |
| SgtMunro |
Posted - July 16 2006 : 7:14:39 PM
Aye lovely lassie, I stand guilty of bleating in a no-bleat zone
Yours,
The Sarge |
| Wilderness Woman |
Posted - June 22 2006 : 12:42:15 PM
quote:
Originally posted by SgtMunro
It was also this old soldiers' most honorable pleasure, to finally meet Wilderness Woman in person. Lass, you are as lovely in person, as you have always been here in cyberspace.
My wise mother has always warned me to beware of tall, handsome soldiers with sweet words... especially those in kilts!
It was good to meet you too, Sarge!
[Was it you who bleated like a sheep in response to the Indians' wolf howls on Saturday evening?] |
| Seamus |
Posted - June 22 2006 : 06:21:04 AM
..........and Ticonderoga this weekend........ |
| Highlander |
Posted - June 21 2006 : 11:45:03 PM
Don't forget Ft.Niagara next week. |
| richfed |
Posted - June 21 2006 : 6:47:48 PM
Cool! Somehow missed the last several posts of this thread. Sounds like a great event and excellent little Mohican Gathering!! |
| SgtMunro |
Posted - June 21 2006 : 05:31:46 AM
Aye, it was a bonny-fun weekend indeed!!! A special thanks goes to Seamus, who as LTC Burd of the Augusta Regiment, served as Crown Forces Commander. Both the woods tactical and the field demonstration went off without any problems; which should be of no suprise to anyone who has taken to field with Seamus before. He also did a fantastic job, along with Jim Brown, with the organization and logistics involved in creating such an event. Huzzah, to the both of them!!!
It was also this old soldiers' most honorable pleasure, to finally meet Wilderness Woman in person. Lass, you are as lovely in person, as you have always been here in cyberspace.
And even though UncasLover_13 and Young Native could not be there to share in the fun, we still had blueotter and Highlander to help round-out our bonny circle of camraderie!!! Thank you to all, and I shall look forward to our next campaign...
YMH&OS,
The Sarge |
| Fitzhugh Williams |
Posted - June 20 2006 : 12:40:07 AM
I have been reading some about Oswego - Ft. Ontario this August. The list of registered units looks good. Is from here anyone going? |
| Seamus |
Posted - June 19 2006 : 9:23:35 PM
HA!! Wait until we take you to Ticonderoga this coming weekend!!
Don't forget our mini-Gathering, with all the LOTM folks who were there....MISSED YA, NORA!!!! |
| Wilderness Woman |
Posted - June 19 2006 : 5:34:09 PM
I've just this day returned from the Custaloga Town French & Indian War Encampment in the wilderness of Western Pennsylvania.
I have looked forward to, with much anticipation, my first weekend event in which I camped (sleeping in my own newly-purchased tent) as a member of the 3rd Battalion Pennsylvania (The Augusta Regiment). I am here to say that despite the 6-1/2 hour (one way) drive, the sticky-hot weather, and the armies of ticks that had to be fended off...... it was everything my imaginings could possibly have been and much more.
The bait has been taken; the hook has been set; I'm a goner. There is no turning back... |
| Highlander |
Posted - June 15 2006 : 9:48:36 PM
Good deal. |
| Seamus |
Posted - June 15 2006 : 05:19:06 AM
Mohicanland Muster...that I know of:
myself--commanding Crown Forces
Wilderness Woman
Sarge
Highlander
Rose
Young Native?
UncasLover 13--may drop in for a visit
Anyone else?
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| Highlander |
Posted - June 14 2006 : 9:12:34 PM
In any case,it looks like it will be a good event  despite the fact that it will not be at Cook's Forest.I'll surely miss that old-growth forest. http://www.paladincom.com/custaloga.shtml |
| Highlander |
Posted - June 03 2006 : 4:17:25 PM
So who from the board is going again?  |
| Seamus |
Posted - May 19 2006 : 07:31:23 AM
I'll have me wee silver cup along, Duncan!
UncasLover13 (Nora) might swing by, also, with her dad and some of her friends. I jhave extended her an invitation since she is not too far away from Custaloga Town.
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| SgtMunro |
Posted - May 19 2006 : 06:57:12 AM
Huzzah!!! ... It's a date; and I do look forward to finally meeting you. Of course, after a couple of years chatting in this forum, I feel as if I know you pretty well already, as you probably do with me. Anyways, it will be fun to have you, Captain Slease, and whoever else from the board who is attending, together in celebration of our camraderie...
YMH&OS,
The Sarge |
| Wilderness Woman |
Posted - May 18 2006 : 08:18:12 AM
quote:
Originally posted by SgtMunro
Would you do me the honor of having a drink with us?
Yes, Sarge. If our Captain has a few moments and I can prevail upon him to escort me to your camp (for a lady-even one of my advancing years-should not go alone to another soldiers' camp!), I would be most pleased to join you in a glass of Port. Thank you for the invitation! |
| SgtMunro |
Posted - May 18 2006 : 07:48:43 AM
Aye Lass, it will be nice to meet face-to-face. Seamus and I always make it a point to share a wee bit of Port, at the end of the duty day, and I do believe that it is my turn to buy (I found a really nice period brand). Would you do me the honor of having a drink with us? I believe that Ourry's Coy. of the 60th RAR is going there as well (Jeff Graham's group), so perhaps we may have blueotter join us as well, for another 'mini-gathering' (Like we had last year at OBV). This is shaping up to be another fun event...
YMH&OS,
The Sarge |
| Wilderness Woman |
Posted - May 17 2006 : 8:47:24 PM
Well, Sarge, perhaps we shall meet at last! |
| Fitzhugh Williams |
Posted - May 17 2006 : 6:25:11 PM
Hummm..... Let's see. June 17 & 18? Seems like I have something to do that weekend, can't remember what right now. Darn shame, though. I need a trip to the north. |
| Seamus |
Posted - May 17 2006 : 2:59:14 PM
The event at Cook Forest is no more. It had been a premier event for 4 years, and then a new park manager/director was transferred in, the Commonwealth, in its infinite wisdom, decided to modernize and recondition some of the areas we needed for the event.....during the time frame of when we would normally be there......and, therefore, render the site unusable. There was a VERY GOOD alternative site (actually a better site than the original) at the park, but the boss-lady refused it, insisted on reducing the numbers of reenactors from about 375 to 100, and making other unreasonable demands, conditions, etc., and has killed the proverbial Goose That Laid the Golden Egg. She has managed to really tick off the local merchants, who will now not see the estimated 10,000 visitors this event brought into the park.
However, there will be an event at the Boy Scout Camp, Custaloga Town, near Carlton, PA, and right on French Creek, on the weekend of June 17-18, 2006, and as of today, over 320 reenactors and 27 quality sutlers are registered. A panel of scholars headed by Dr. David Nixon, of Slippery Rock University will be presenting several seminars on the F&I War, also:
"Perspectives on the French and Indian War"
This panel will consist of the following participants and topics:
Dr. Daniel P. Barr, Asst. Prof., Robert Morris University. Dr. Barr is the author of "Unconquered: The Iroquois League at War in Colonial America," and "The Boundaries Between Us: Natives and Newcomers in the Old Northwest." Dr. Barr will speak on the 1756 Kittanning Raid.
Dr. David Dixon, Prof., Slippery Rock University. Dr. Dixon is the author of "Never Come to Peace Again:' Pontiac's Uprising and the Fate of the British Empire in North America," "Bushy Run Battlefield," and "Fort Pitt
Museum." Dr. Dixon will discuss Pontiac's Uprising in Western Pennsylvania.
Dr. Kevin Kopper, Instructor, Kent State University. Dr. Kopper is the editor of the "The Journals of George Washington and Christopher Gist: Mission to Fort Le Boeuf, 1753-1754." Dr. Kopper will address Washington's 1753 mission to French forts.
The site is much better suited to what we do than Cook Forest, is more reenactor-friendly than Cook Forest turned into (the Boy Scouts are very happy to have the event there; they even have established a Venture Crew to help coordinate it), and is located on an historic site: the home and burial place of Guyasutha, a chief of the Delaware Indians had his town here known as Custaloga. He was buried here about 1810.
http://www.frenchcreek-bsa.org/Camping/history.htm
If you are interested, I can put you in touch with the organizer and set you up with the Yahoo! egroup list for the event.
I will be commanding Crown Forces there again, as I have done in the past at Cook Forest. Perhaps I will see you there? Sure hope so! It promises to be a dandy! |
| SgtMunro |
Posted - May 17 2006 : 2:40:47 PM
Dear pasmokepole,
The event in question has not been cancelled, only relocated to the Custaloga BSA Camp (Carlton, PA). It is still the same weekend (Father's Day... appropriately enough), and most of the same units will be there; Graham's Coy. of the 42nd RHR has been doing that event from its beginning in 2002, and we'll be there this year as well... Huzzah!!!
If you check the Yahoo F&I Board, you will find out more information on it, or you could call the French Creek Council of the BSA for more information as well at 1-800-851-2392. I hope this helps, and if you do happen to attend, stop by the 42nd's company street to say "Hi" to a couple of people from this board (Myself, 42ndNCO, Highlander & Pte.MacGregor).
YMH&OS,
The Sarge |
| Wilderness Woman |
Posted - May 17 2006 : 2:33:12 PM
You are correct: Cook Forest will not take place this year. However, there is another event that is being put on to replace it. It is called Custaloga Town, and it will take place at the Custaloga Town Boy Scout Reservation (near Carlton, PA) on June 17 & 18. It promises to be a very good one, from what I have been reading.
For more info, go here: Custaloga Town Re-enactment
I enjoyed reading this thread again. It is really amazing to me how much can happen in the space of two years. In 2004, I was hungry to hear about the event, and was dreaming and wishing I could have been there. This year, I will be. And I cannot wait.
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| pasmokepole |
Posted - May 17 2006 : 1:09:50 PM
I live only 15 miles from Cooks Forest in Brookville. Please encourage the local newspaper to advertise this event BEFORE the event. I was grinding my teeth the whole time reading about the event that took place the LAST weekend. I really feel that this event could turn into something big though I've heard that this year it will be cancelled?
This is a forgotten center of the French and Indian War. The beginnings at Fort LeBouef, the importance of the Allegheny River and French Creek between Fort Machault and Le Bouef and serving Fort Presque Isle. It is such a terrible shame that there are no re-created forts and nothing but a small bronze marker concerning Fort Machault/Venango. Fort Le Bouef Museum is never open. I recently went to the remodeled/expanded Fort Pitt Museum - excellent - a must see and the collection on display at the Heinze Museum was fantastic.
If you ever return to Cooks Forest - please let me know. |
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