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 is founded in Virginia by the colonists of the London Company. By the end of the year, starvation and disease reduce the original 105 settlers to just 32 survivors. Captain John Smith is captured by Native American Chief Powhatan and saved from death by the chief's daughter, Pocahontas. On July 3, Indians brought maize, beans, squash, and fresh and smoked meat to the Jamestown colony. As at Plymouth years later, the colonists and their diseases would eventually exterminate them.