Where There's Smoke, There's Barbecue

Here is where we publish articles about the social, political and military history of American society during the Colonial and Early Republic Eras. Where we feel it is needed, we also examine the origins of the subject. From time to time, we will also publish articles regarding Living History interpretative skills.
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- Jul 4
- 12 min
Henry Dearborn – Soldier, Politician, Cabinet Secretary, Diplomat


- Jun 2
- 12 min
America’s Swiss “Founding Father” – Albert Gallatin

- Feb 12
- 12 min
The Old Southwest Territory and the Origins of Tennessee


- Apr 8, 2022
- 18 min
Exploring the New Louisiana Territory: The Pike Expedition - Part 1


- Mar 25, 2022
- 12 min
America’s Unplanned Expansion – The Louisiana Purchase


- May 21, 2021
- 19 min
Tecumseh and His Indian Confederacy


- May 7, 2021
- 15 min
The Old Northwest Territory: America’s First Great Westward Expansion


- Jun 5, 2020
- 10 min
Aaron Burr, Thomas Jefferson, and the Insurrection Act of 1807


- May 21, 2020
- 11 min
Volcanoes, Weather, Food Shortages and Westward Migration


- May 9, 2020
- 14 min
Agrarianism, Jefferson, and Westward Expansion


- Feb 28, 2020
- 9 min
Testing the New Federal Government: The Whiskey Rebellion


- Jan 18, 2020
- 8 min
Western Farms to City Markets and Back: The Conestoga Wagon in Early America.


- Oct 10, 2019
- 8 min
The Only Senator Ever Impeached by the House of Representatives


- Sep 12, 2019
- 13 min
Defusing a Dangerous Situation - The Jay Treaty


- Aug 30, 2019
- 10 min
The French Threat in the Mississippi Valley in the Early Republic


- Aug 16, 2019
- 7 min
The Citizen Genet Affair: Foreign Influence in the Early American Republic