"Hand upon the Waters", 70 (Event)
Text:
Page Number:
70
Order within Page:
2
First 8-10 words of event:
What was now Yoknapatawpha had been founded
Page Event Ends:
70
Era:
Antebellum (1831-1860)
Characters Present:
Narrative Status:
Narrated
Date:
Friday, January 1, 1830 to Thursday, December 31, 1840
Summary:
A "hundred years ago," the first three white settlers of Yoknapatawpha - pioneers named Holston, Grenier and Stevens - migrated from the Carolinas and "established families and flourished." In time, they also "vanished" (70).
Chronological Order:
1.00
Indeterminate Date Range:
Keywords:
Pioneers, Founding_Fathers, Indians, Progress, Disappearance
Cultural Issues:
Themes and Motifs:
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