Will be back later to write more about The Garst Museum, one of the most amazing little museums in America. It's a gold mine of our country's history circa 1792-1802, featuring American heros, treaties, maps, archeology, artifacts, art, stories and much inspiration for our troubled times. 
I had the great pleasure and privilege of visiting there this past week at the invitation of a friend who loves this museum with a passion and has been talking about it for years. Now I see why. Nothing I will write can begin to do this hidden gem justice. But for now, many thanks to Fred, Doc, Dave, Gary, Floyd, Dusty, Mike, Jean Louise, David, Annie Oakley, General Mad Anthony Wayne, Tecumseh, Little Turtle and Lowell Thomas just to name a few. What a combo!
Standing in front of a painting depicting the Signing of the Treaty of Greene Ville, 1795.
I had the great pleasure and privilege of visiting there this past week at the invitation of a friend who loves this museum with a passion and has been talking about it for years. Now I see why. Nothing I will write can begin to do this hidden gem justice. But for now, many thanks to Fred, Doc, Dave, Gary, Floyd, Dusty, Mike, Jean Louise, David, Annie Oakley, General Mad Anthony Wayne, Tecumseh, Little Turtle and Lowell Thomas just to name a few. What a combo!
Standing in front of a painting depicting the Signing of the Treaty of Greene Ville, 1795.
Our group lead by some regional historians stand around a replica of Fort Greene Ville, a pioneer fort built under General Anthony Wayne's command, at over 55 acres this was the largest wooden fortification ever built. It was a virtual city that housed over 5,000 people. It was here that the Treaty of Greenville was signed on August 3, 1795, bringing peace to the area and opening up the Northwest Territory for settlement. Fort Greene Ville was named for Wayne's fellow General Nathanael Greene. This was the birth place of the U.S. Army after the Revolutionary War.
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