Documents in Year 1826                     

Links of Interest:

• John Quincy Adams, Sixth U.S. President

(1825-1829) Son of 2nd President, John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both die on July 4, 1826.

• Last of the Mohicans

A fictional narrative of 1757 about the French and Indian War in e-book form published in 1826 by James Fenimore Cooper  (1789-1851). One of the most widely read American novels of the nineteenth century.

• Jedediah Smith

first United States Citizen to reach California over land. Wagon trains over Sierra Nevada Mountains were soon established.

BBC Atlas of the Natural World North America Land of the Eagle "Searching for Paradise" Documentary 2006.

• Fur Trade

Mr. Henry, the first American who trapped upon the head-waters of the Columbia river in 1808, and General Ashley of Missouri "established a post on the banks of the Yellowstone River in 1822" and pushed a band of trappers across the Rocky Mountains by 1823. "In 1825 a footing was secured, and a complete system of trapping (was) organized beyond the mountains"  (Irving 30).  Source: Irving, Washington. The Adventures of Captain Bonneville. G.P. Putnam and Son, New York, 1868. Originally published in 1837.

• Reverend Jeremiah preached in Kentucky churches

  "I had to go up the ladder into the Cupalow of the Court House, up to whare the bell was, and take hold of the Clapper and Strike one side of the bell as fast as i could hit it. This was the signal that thar was preaching at the Baptist meeting House. How many times have I hammerd that old Cort house Bell for Therodrick Boullard, Jacob Creath, Jeremiah Vardaman...and many more that i could name and for my work i got one dollar per month" (Memoir of Ebenezer Stedman).
  Source: “Bluegrass Craftsman.” Edited by Frances L.S. Dugan and Jacqueline P. Bull, Google Books, University of Kentucky Press, 1959, books.google.com