. The history of Upshur county, West Virginia, from its earliest exploration and settlement to the present time .. . r two are unknown. John Cutright was youn^, a mere boy, small of size but not a drop ofcowardly blood coursed his veins. The scouts went through the boundless forestsfollowing the meanderings of the Little Kanawha river to its conjunction withthe Ohio. They descended this latter stream as far as the mouth of the GreatKanawha. Af*er a season of inspection, scouting and spying near the famousbattle grounds of Point Pleasant they began their homeward journey, passingthrough the tra
. The history of Upshur county, West Virginia, from its earliest exploration and settlement to the present time .. . r two are unknown. John Cutright was youn^, a mere boy, small of size but not a drop ofcowardly blood coursed his veins. The scouts went through the boundless forestsfollowing the meanderings of the Little Kanawha river to its conjunction withthe Ohio. They descended this latter stream as far as the mouth of the GreatKanawha. Af*er a season of inspection, scouting and spying near the famousbattle grounds of Point Pleasant they began their homeward journey, passingthrough the trackless wilderness country now embraced in Mason. Jackson,Roane, Calhoun, Gilmer, Braxton and Lewis Counties. They reached the headwaters of the Little Kanawha river without having seen any trace of the being bountiful along this river they resolved to spend a few days on ahunt. They pitched their camp on Stewarts Creek. Indian Summer was now onand the weather was all that could be desired by our scouts (now termed hunters).They never forgot themselves so much as to neglect watching the trail leading.
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