Gasoline may not be available today in the lush and beautiful mountains of West Virginia, but an update on the current preservation progress of my Revolutionary War era log fort is actually available. This site was constructed and occupied 6 years before the Declaration of Independence was even written. And The author, Thomas Jefferson, called the man who built this structure a “scoundrel.” Turns out his house was better preserved than either of Tom’s homes…..
This may be the only remaining frontier “Indian Fort” still standing in it’s original location on the Virginia frontier. Or the Kentucky frontier for that matter….. But don’t worry, it’s in the safe hands of a professional. Not an archaeological professional, but a professional nonetheless….. 😄
The story of Byrnside’s Fort: https://scavengeology.com/the-story-of-byrnsides-fort/
Some of the finds so far: https://scavengeology.com/the-story-of-byrnsides-fort/byrnsides-fort-finds/
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Back when wood was freely used while building.
And the plaster was so hard on the walls, that is you tried to punch the wall, your hand would break before you could make a dent in the wall.
I remember my old house, I could hardly hammer a nail in the wall.
You really have a nice place. Hopefully you will do a update.
That place is beautiful. Have you tried taking a metal detector out there?
Nice solid start to an awesome homestead.
I'm so interested in this project of yours! I have found mention of my 4th great grandfather in some of the business records of a James Burnsides "who operated a general store at Peterstown" in manuscript collections at the WV University Library.
I look forward to any further information you might uncover on this Byrnsides of yours!
That place is absolutely beautiful kudos to you for the restoration
Hey John,
Do you think the prohibition on being allowed to conceal carry in publicly accessible areas of federal property, even with a valid state carry permit, constitutional? For example: I don't believe you're allowed to carry on postal property even in their parking lots. I don't see how that would hold up in a federal court that's not completely biased.
An in depth documentary needs to be done on police recruitment training and the training the trainers get.
What are the recruitment protocols prior to acceptance of training, what areas of training do they concentrate on, they are trained to de-escalate but how much time is spent on that subject, they are told to report on a bad cop but are they encouraged to do so, they should be trained to be able to recite off the top of their heads the amendments but are they, obviously are not so how much time is spent on that, should they as part of there jobs to spend time helping charity groups an example might be 6 hours a month as a must do, should they as part of training be made to live on the street dressed as homeless with no money and food for 3 nights , should they be put in a cell in a retaining chair restrained with a tight spit mask for 6 hours and in that time shit or piss themselves . They want to dress some cops in military style combat gear but are those that are put through a grewling test as a prisoner being abused and humiliated.
Don't forget to become a mechanic, electrician, carpenter or plumber etc it's 4 years of training with many Many additional training updates after certification yet a cops it's 6 months or 8 months whatever it is, should it be that to become a cop that person should spend at least 5 years in the civilian world.
Is there a part of training that rates a trainees ego, humility, compassion, empathy and at what trigger point those qualities switch to a controlled aggression.
Are they encouraged to make a phone call when they are lost for quality legal answers on a stop/detention prior to ego driving them towards lawsuit via unlawful actions like brutality once again driven by ego.
I could go on and on but my fingers are down to the knuckles from typing.
Now let's not forget we need cops but good ones and there are plenty of them yet sadly plenty of bad ones, thank and respect all cops until you find a bad one then let loose lawfully, sometimes telling a bad cop to suck on a lemon might make you sweeter can get?????????????
There was no home depots when that house was under construction even the horse participated the hair from the horses in the plaster . They would fix things with whatever they had around they wouldn't throw out any nails, screws, boards . Looks like a great property.
beautiful place
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Damn Brother, that's beautiful. Have fun with that restoration; I hope you find a lot of hidden treasures.
I live in Lincoln county I forget how open parts of WV are.
Beautiful home place
That narrow strip looks like a stairwell.
Cool Beans! Will you get to live in the house once its finished?
Looking Good!
That place is haunted
Cant wait for ghost story in there
Wow that's beautiful all those hand hewn logs Mark Bow from Barnwood builders would love that really cool 👍😃🖖
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