Gwynne Tuell Potts and Samuel W. Thomas (review)

ind " thomAS \, 11, likerr, Eslinger slips into the Revc,lution,irj· era ind docs,1't loc,k back. Nt, tr: ivel acc duction irisisting that the migration into trailsAppalachia was coinparable to tliat along the Overland Trail across the Rockies . 1 cenrui·v later, theti she should provide coinparable motivations to the Manifest Destiny that drove midnine teenth century westivard mil: ratic, n. Were individu· alistic landlust and curiosity tlic onlv things that inspired pec)] ile to explore ai,dsettle Kentiicky?And il-s,does it Et·uh deserve to be recognized as 0011ip. 21,111]c t<) later weinvard exp: insion th: it syinbolized inot onlv individual desires fc, r iniprovement but a national rush toward empire? 17 ,211]3·,the title suggests that this v<) 1 ume is about Kentucks but tliere · dic ) ccasional references. both in the Ilitroductic,n ind in the del'( mlits, to places in Ohio. While the editor doesn't give tlie Ohio episodes more than a tangential role iii the larger storv,she : it Ic·ast makes . in attenipt ti) view the Ohio River . as a migratory route into the region. She n„ uld have done well to treat the Wilderness Road simil·irlv,recognizing rliat it did not start ilt the Curnberl: ind Gap : ind that it contributed to the deve]Dprne,it ofsoutliwest Crn Virginia tls well. Craig Iliompson Friend North Carolina State University Gwvnne Tuell Potts and Samuel W Tiomas. Louisville: I Iistc, ric Locust Grove,Inc,2006. 223 pp. ISBN 097768220x ( cloth), $ 39.95. Jefferson Countv, Kentucky's Willi:un Clark joined Merriwether Lewis and tile Corps of Discoverv li, i· his explorations del-oss the westel-11 t·el-ritc, ry froin 1803 to 1806. Recommended to Illainas Jefferson bv his elder brother, George Rogers Clark, Willi·,im Clark's arduous iourticv merits tlie renewed attention lie li,is received . However.the c]der brother,Georec, has eluded such widespread, national recognition for his military successes . Azitliors Givvnne Tue]1 Potts : Ind Samuel [ hoinas t, ffer this book as a tribute to the memorv of tile senior Clark'< service to the burgeoning nation ; ind his final ve: irs · ar Lc,cust Grove. Ilie allthors fe; ltilrc its many firstperson accounts nt events, c<, rreslicindence,and illustratiins : is could be included. l,oczist Grove, c} ne of nine National listoric Loidinarks in Jettersoil Countv. Ketitticky,ContiliueS t{) stand sciitrv 011 a litnesti), 1,2 bluffabove the upper pool oftlie Ohio River. Ilie twastory , brick, Georgidn sri 'led main liouse was (, ne of the finest built in the regic), 1 : it the time. Completed in 1790 for I. ucv Clark Crogh:in : and Villiam Crogian, the house served as the centerpiece of a large plantation operated with slave labor and indentlired servants. 1 \1 -E R 20(} 6 BOOK REVIEWS 75 GEORGE RoGE[( S £ 11RI6* Loct·s· i· GR<) VIE BOOK REVIEWS The site features an original smokehouse and eight other stone and log ciut buildings , formal gardens, woods and me:dows. Ilic interior of the main house displays Kentuckycrafted furniture, portraits, prints, textiles, and other objects and artiflicts , some of which belonged to the C]ark and Croghan thmilies. Clark' s presence at tlie site is well interpreted ill exhibits and interpretations. During his lifetime, Clark lamented the lack of credit tor his conquests. He rightly believed th, t witho, it his ivill : ind tenacity the outcome of the Revolutionary War in the ivest could well have been different. Primarv sources describe Clark as forever the general, soldier, and re·ered JI, d siluted le,ider. EVell his siblings held him in awe. But fame eluded Clark, his military successes putting him ( nit of the minds of those who took advantage of newly developed business opportunities on the frontiers he opened. 111 his youth, Clark lived as · a soldier, conquering the West. His decision to settle first with his parents at Mulberry Hill, later in Clarksville , and lastly at Locust Grove, far from the center of national events, may have contributed to his fi, rgotten , ind neglectLid statlls. Since 1964, Locust Grove has served as a historic museum interpreting the frontier period in Louisville, the Crogh; in family, and just: is important, the tenure ot Lucy 's elder brother, Louisville fi,under and milit· ary hero George Rogers Clark. The property has undergone numerous, major renovations, new construction rampaigns, and site developments since the 1960s, all in an effort to present its history ,s accurarely as possible. The authors successfully unite the histories of George Rogers Clark and the Clark ·, ind Croghan families at Locust Grove in this one volume. Donnei A I. Xearr Donna A I. Nearv,Inc., 1 Iistorical Consulting 11:, ry Ellen I) 03·le, Pioneer Spirit. Catherine Spalding,Sister oj'Charity of Nazaretb. 1.exingtoti: The [ Jniversitv Press i,f Kentucky,2006. 286 pp. ISBN 081312395x ( cloth), 545. Catherine Spalding joined thousands of other Roman Catholics who migrated from N.[ arvl: ind to Kentucky during tlie period of the carly American republic. Over the course of her life, Spalding was the cofounder of the Sisters of'Charin·of Nazareth and a central figure in the history of Catholicism in Kentucky. To highlight Spalding' s important role in tlic development of Catholicism in the Ohio Vallev, Mar\· Ellen Do,le , herself a meinher of the Sisters of Charin· of Nazareth and an acljitlict professor at Spalding University, has written · a comprehensive biograpin' of the first leader of one of the earliest religious orders in the United States. Pionier Spirit Catherine Spa/ ding,Sister ofCharity ofNazaretb is a chronological narrative okthe life of Spaldine from 1798 to 1858. Taking the advice of a friend who believed that Catherine will reveal it e Iherself to yc,u," Doyle succeeds in piecing together fragmentarv sources related to Spalding and contextualizes them in the larger soci·, 11 and religious concerns tifthe period and place ( ix). Doyle separates Pioneer Spirit into ten chapters,each pertaiiling to difibrent phases in Spalding' s life. She begins with a OHIO VA]. I. EY HISTORY 76 ...