The battle in Concord became the third part of the battle of the day, and became known as The Battle of the Road. By this time, 1,000 militia had gathered along the road to harass and attack the British. Captain Parker and the Lexington militia were no longer reluctant to attack the British.
Louis LâAmour, the prolific author of scores of bestselling western novels, is born in Jamestown, North Dakota. An indifferent student, LâAmour dropped out of high school at age 15. Over the next two decades, he traveled around the world working in an amazing variety of jobs.
Jamestown was the first settlement of the Virginia Colony, founded in 1607, and served as capital of Virginia until 1699, when the seat of government was moved to Williamsburg.owever, Jamestown was spared from destruction due to a Virginia Indian boy named Chanco who, after learning of the planned attacks from his brother, gave warning to colonist Richard Pace, with whom he lived.