Archie’s Story

 On July 26, 1764, an event occurred on the Pennsylvania frontier so shocking that it has been vividly remembered and retold for over 250 years. Eleven children gathered in a lonely log school house that warm summer morning. By noon they lay weltering in their own blood, scalped and dead or dying. And yet, one of the students, ten year old Archie McCullough, survived. He left no first hand accounts yet by drawing on original sources, contemporary accounts and the work of others Mr. McCulloh brings this story to life in a unique way. In the lead chapter the attack is told from Archie’s perspective in a full, dramatic narrative. The known facts have been wrapped in imagined thoughts, actions and dialog to present the story as never before told.

The McCullohs’ Story

In these pages we follow the lives of seven generations of McCullohs, starting with Archibald’s 4,000-mile life-long journey across the ocean, through devastating Indian attacks in Pennsylvania’s frontier, down the Shenandoah Valley on the Great Wagon Road to his final home in Lexington, Kentucky. His son George works as a tanner and then a Ranger leading pack trains through the wilderness of western Pennsylvania. George’s son John, a shoemaker, lives his entire life in a mountain valley called Little Cove. John’s daughter Mary Ann lives a mysterious life in this valley, giving birth to two children out of wed-lock and eventually marrying a successful ironmaster who may yet prove to be the father of these children.

About The Author

Rodney L.
McCulloh

Style: History

Rodney McCulloh is the fifth great-grandson of Archie McCullough’s half-brother or cousin, George McCullough. He was born and raised in Pennsylvania but now lives in Indiana with his wife and extended family at Achaius Ranch, a horse refuge/youth ranch. He is the historian for the William Edgar McCulloh family reunion held each year in Pennsylvania. For years he has been researching his family history and has always been fascinated by the story of the Enoch Brown Massacre.