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The forward edge of the frontier in mid 1600’s was whatbecame Perry County, Pa. Settlers came here to acquire what they thought wouldbe free land. Some fiction is involved writing these books because the factsare scarce. Historians know that the Iraquois Confederation, also known as the6 Nations controlled all the land in North Eastern part of what we call NewEngland. The whites were intruders and basically Not welcome. So the Robinsonclan built a fort. This is a fictionalized story with all facts known thrown infor reality sake. An early diary kept by one of the Robinson girls still existsin the University of Pa library. Only scholars are allowed to suit up and go into a special room to study what was written in the 1600’s. My brother wasallowed in and he took copious notes and included most into his writing of whatbecame the IBA Frontier series. Living or better stated, existing on thefrontier required folks to readily adapt to a tough way of life and all menbecame experts with a rifle if they had one. There were some early gunsmiths inthe area who had a thriving trade for new rifles. Some early settlers like RobShatto befriended the Nations and were accepted into their realm. That’s thefirst book in the Series called Arrowmaker. Maybe my favorite story of veryearly times. Probably because I was born in these exact places and frequentlyvisited my Indian friends on the Reservations as I grew up. We ate , fished androamed the forest together. A charmed boyhood.
Historianscouldn’t find the exact location of Fort Robinson but one summer my brother andI located all 4 corners and informed the University historians who were excitedand thankful. We knew the owners of the land and secured rights to dig for theUniversity who wondered how we found the Fort? But I couldn’t tell them.
If you really want to know about the early frontier lifeas it really was—-read these books.
