Escape

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Native American attacks on white frontier settlements were not unusual. In this woodcut image a pioneer flees an Indian attack. Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society.

This file appears in: Mary Ingles

Mary Ingles

By Katie Crawford-Lackey

Historical Marker #163 in Silver Grove remembers Mary Draper Ingles for her bravery. After escaping from Native American captors, she navigated through the Kentucky wilderness back to her Virginia home. Mary was born in Philadelphia,…