Battle of Bushy Run

Year of Publication
2013
Publication Type
Playscript
Language
English
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Abstract
Chronicles the 1763 clash between Colonel Henry Bouquet's British forces and Chief Pontiac’s warriors east of Ft. Pitt in Westmoreland County.
Notes
Opened at the Freeport Theatre Festival in Allegheny Twp., Westmoreland County in July 2013 in celebration of the 250th anniversary of the conflict.
Author Biography
Playwright John Rennick Steele (1948- ) graduated from Ohio State University and UCLA. He claims ancestry with Cherokee leader Nancy War and James Steel, a Revolutionary soldier and county ranger of Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland County. In 1989, he and his wife Marushka established the Freeport Theatre Festival in Allegheny Twp., Westmoreland County.
Time
1763
Published
unpublished
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