Hype for the Future 132J: Reverend Sam Black

Introduction In West Virginian history, Reverend Sam Black has largely been responsible for the success of the Methodist movement in much of the modern State, having lived from March 3, 1813, to his death on July 13, 1899. Legacy While Sam Black himself was originally from the area around modern Greenbrier County, having resulted in the namesake Sam Black Methodist Church and unincorporated community of Sam Black Church directly along the Midland Trail and modern Interstate 64. Apart from […]

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THE YORK FACTORY EXPRESS, BLOGPOST:
I thought that for this post I would be able to access Sam Black's account of his journey down the upper Columbia River in 1825. He would not be travelling with the incoming York Factory Express, of course, but he would be travelling in the same boats, and the river was unchanged. However.... #SamBlack #FabulousFurTrader #Blogpost http://nancymargueriteanderson.com/columbia-river/