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The History of St. Marys and How the West was Won

The History of St. Marys and How the West was Won

Bud Hunton

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Authors’ Tranquility Press
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2026
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9798952034983
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How did a rugged frontier trading post, once terrorized by renegades, become the driving engine of American westward expansion?Long before railroads connected the continent, the path to the American West was forged through the muddy swamps of Ohio. In The History of St. Mary’s: How the West Won, local native and retired Navy Hospital Corpsman Bud W. Hunton uncovers the extraordinary transformation of a strategic river portage into a booming hub of commerce. Originally known as Girtystown-named after the infamous brothers who ran its first trading post-the settlement evolved from a critical military fort under heavy attention under Generals Anthony Wayne and William Henry Harrison into the bustling heart of the Miami Valley.Hunton meticulously details the staggering human effort behind this frontier miracle. Discover the grit of the 1,700 Irish and German immigrants who wielded pickaxes and shovels from sunrise to sunset to construct the Miami and Erie Canal. Paid just thirty cents and a jigger of whiskey a day to fend off malaria, these laborers built Grand Lake St. Mary’s, which was then the largest artificial body of water in the world and constructed without the use of a single machine.Dive into the forgotten struggles, engineering miracles, and unbreakable pioneer spirit that turned a wilderness outpost into the gateway of a nation-and discover why the American West wasn’t just conquered, but built by hand.

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