Appearing in correct period attire as a frontier surveyor,
Dennis Medley will give a PowerPoint presentation covering the first official
expedition to survey lands in Kentucky. This expedition was authorized by Lord
Dunmore, Governor of Virginia, in an effort to begin securing Kentucky lands
for settlement and expansion of the Virginia Colony. The presentation
covers the native treaties, historical background, and details of the
expedition as told from the journals of actual participants. Medley
will have original 18th century surveying instruments on display for
viewing and examination.
Dennis Medley is a historical re-enactor and
researcher who is currently focused on the Kentucky frontier period, with an
emphasis on frontier surveying. He is founder of Fincastle County
Surveyors, an 18th Century re-enacting group, currently supporting
historical events in the eastern United States. In the modern period,
Dennis is the CEO of PMC Regional Hospital, located in New Albany, IN.
His office is located on Grant Line Road in New Albany, which is the western
boundary of the land grant surveyed by Gen. George Rodgers Clark for his former
regiments.