1. Betty Zane
On the upper Ohio frontier, the Zane family helps establish and defend the settlement around Fort Henry at present-day Wheeling. Their lives are shaped by isolation, raids and the uncertain authority of a community standing at the edge of colonial and Revolutionary-era expansion. Betty Zane grows…
2. The Spirit of the Border
In the Ohio Valley frontier of 1782, missionaries, settlers and experienced bordermen move through a region shaped by raids, reprisals and competing claims to land. Efforts to convert Native communities coexist uneasily with military violence, while isolated settlements depend on men who understand the forest and…
3. The Last Trail
In 1783, the upper Ohio frontier is entering a period of uneasy transition. Two veteran bordermen, including the famed Lewis Wetzel, continue to defend isolated settlements around Fort Henry even as the Revolutionary War draws to a close and increasing numbers of settlers push westward. Their…