Analyzing Two “First Encounters” – Champlain vs Standish

3 years ago

The last post introduced us to the accounts of two attacks by the Nauset Indians on European explorers on Cape…

A Tale of Two “First Encounters” – Champlain vs Standish

3 years ago

The Pilgrim’s “First Encounter,” with the Natives, as they themselves called it, is rather famous. I recently came across a…

Gustavus Adolphus: The Lion of the North

3 years ago

  Early in the morning of November 6, 1632, a heavy morning mist hung over the fields around Lützen.  In…

The Wreck of Shackleton’s Endurance Has Been Found!

3 years ago

The wreck of Endurance has been found in the Antarctic, 106 years after the historic ship was crushed in pack…

The Five Trading Posts of the Pilgrims

3 years ago

The fur trade saved the Pilgrims’ Plymouth colony from financial ruin. Setting up a new colony wasn’t cheap, and the…

Mayan Reflections

3 years ago

A few weeks ago, on an anniversary trip to Mexico, I dragged1 my wife around the ruins of several ancient…

When Historians Get in the Way: The Search for Real History

3 years ago

There have been many times while deep in research, that I have found myself scanning a historian’s account, searching for…

The Voyage of the Mayflower

3 years ago

Discover the famous voyage of the Pilgrims from Holland and England to Plymouth on the Speedwell and Mayflower. They encountered…

Priscilla Alden: Maiden of the Mayflower

3 years ago

If a visitor today to Plymouth, Massachusetts has the patience to seek out a quiet corner of Brewster Gardens, near…

Reformation Day Livestream 2021

3 years ago

Tune in Friday for a livestream of Reformation Baptist Church's annual Reformation Day celebration, on the 400th anniversary of the…