It is useful in your research to know when there were wars or military campaigns, as you may find a new place to search for information that you had not previously considered.

• 1689-1697 King William’s War-  French and Indian attacks on New England colonies bordering Canada.
• 1702-1713 Queen Anne’s War- A dispute between England, France and Spain against English forces in North America.
• 1744-1748 King George’s War- Fighting broke out between the French and British colonists as part of a European conflict called the War of the Austrian Succession.
• 1754-1763-   French and Indian War- Ended French and British disputes over North America territory.
• 1775-1786-   Revolutionary War, April 19, 1775 to April11,1783.
• 1782-1787-   Pennamite-Yankee war- Fought between the colonists of Connecticut and Pennsylvania for possession of the Wyoming Valley.  This period also included man Indian disturbances.
• 1790-1795-   Warfare with Northwest Indians, Miamis, Wyandots, Delawares, Pottawattamies, Shawnees, Ottawas and Chippewas.
• 1791-1794-   Whiskey Rebellion, Pennsylvania.  A whiskey tax imposed on the farmers of western Pennsylvania who made rye whiskey was the spark that fired the rebellion.
• 1798-1800-   War with France, July 1798 to September 30,1800.
• 1799-1808 Fries Insurrection in Pennsylvania 1799; Aaron Burr Conspiracy, 1806; Sabine Expedition, Louisiana, 1806;  Navies in Chesapeake Bay, 1807;  Embargo at Lake Champlain, NY, 1808.
• 1811-1813 War with Northwest Indians, November 1811 to October,1813.
• 1812-1813- Florida or Seminole War, August 15, 1812, to October 1812.  Peoria Indian War in Illinois Septem ber 19 to October 21, 1813
• 1813-1814-      Creek Indian War in Alabama, July 27, 1713 to August 9, 1814.
• 1817-1818 Seminole or Florida War, November 20, 1817 to October 31, 1818.
• 1819-1827-    Yellowstone Expedition, July 4, 1819 to September 1819, Blackfeet, Arickaree Indian Campaign, Upper Missouri River, 1823, Winnebage Expedition, Wisconsin, September 6 1827.
• 1831-1832-    Sac, Fox Indian clashes, Illinois; Black Hawk War, April 26, 1831 to September 21, 1832.
• 1833-1839-    Cherokee removal.
• 1834-1836-    Pawnee Expedition, Indian Territory, june 9, 1834; Toledo War, Ohio and Michigan boundary dispute, 1835-1836.
• 1836-1834 –    Creek Indian disturbances in Alabama, May 5, 1836 to September 30, 1837.
• 1837-1838-    Osage Indian troubles, Missouri; Heatherly Indian troubles in Missouri and Iowa; Mormon problems in Missouri.
• 1846-1847-    Doniphan’s Expedition from Santa Fe, New Mexico to Chihuahua, Mexico.
• 1846-1848-    Mexican War, April 24, 1846 to May 30 1848; New Mexico Expedition, June 30, 1846- February 13, 1848; Cayuse war, Oregon Volunteers, 1848.
• 1849-1861-    Navajo troubles, New Mexico; continuous disturbances with Comanche, Cheyenne, Lipan and Kickapoo Indians in Texas.
• 1850-1853-    Pitt River Expedition, April 28, 1850 to September 13, 1850; Utah Indian disturbance, 1851-1853; Yuma Expedition, California, December 1851 to April 1852.
• 1851-1856-    Indian Wars in Oregon and Washington, 1851-1856, Snake Indians, Oregon, May 24 1855 to September 8, 1855, Sioux Indian Expedition ,  Nebraska Territory, April 1855 to July 27, 1856; Cheyenne and Arapaho troubles, 1855-1856.
• 1855-1858- Seminole or Florida War, December 20 1855 to May 1858. Kansas border problems, 1856-1858.
• 1857-1895 Western states Indian uprisings, disputes, expeditions and campaigns.
• 1859-                John Brown’s Raid, Harper’s Ferry, Virginia, November and December 1859.
• 1861-1866-   Civil  War between the States, April 19, 1861 to May 1865.
• 1898-1899-    Spanish American War, April 21, 1898 to April 11 1899. (Actual combat did not cease until August 13, 1899).
• 1899-1902-    Philippine Insurrection, Philippine islands, February 4, 1899 to July 4, 1902.
• 1900-1901-    Boxer Rebellion in China, May 1900- to May 1901.
• 1914-1918-     World War I
• 1939-1945-     World  War II
• 1950-1953-    Korean War
• 1965-1973-    Viet Nam Conflict (Began in 1957, US involvement 1965).

Sprague Home

My great, great grandfather, Oscar Sprague, came from a long line of  “sawyers”.  He became a finished carpenter and built many houses during his life, despite a bum leg from being shot during the Civil War.  He built homes primarily in Ohio but as far south as Florida.  In 1873, he built the home for his family, housing eight children, in Andover, Ohio.  The house was unique in design as you can see from the picture.  It is still lived in today and we had the pleasure of touring the house about thee years ago.