For this edition

The research behind this edition

In November 2026 Coral's history was checked against the county histories she used and against land, cemetery and genealogical records published since. Most of it was confirmed; a few dates and names differ, and several records add detail she did not have.

What the records confirm

The settlement of Crawford County in Coral's book follows Alfred Huidekoper's 1850 account and the 1885 county history closely, and both agree with her. Her dates for Thomas Frame's land are confirmed by the Population Company contracts printed in 1885. Her accounts of Cornplanter, Red Jacket and Colonel Crawford match modern references in nearly every particular, and the Westcott line back to Stukeley Westcott is well documented.

Every addition, by page

Page	Type	Note	Chapter
2	Correction	About the Washington quotation	Northern Ireland
3	Correction	Who printed and signed the Declaration	Northern Ireland
4	Correction	Thomas and Mary's marriage year	Preface
7	Added	What the early records add	Crawford County, Pennsylvania
8	Added	Van Horn's capture, from the county records	Crawford County, Pennsylvania
9	Correction	When Crawford County was formed	Crawford County, Pennsylvania
10	Added	Colonel Crawford	Crawford County, Pennsylvania
13	Correction	Cornplanter's land, statue and the dam	Chief Cornplanter
16	Added	Red Jacket	Red Jacket
17	Correction	The land company's agent	Finding a Homestead
18	Added	The Frame and Dick contracts, and who Richard Dick was	Finding a Homestead
20	Added	Michael Mushrush	Home on Four Hundred Acres
24	Added	The first school	Home on Four Hundred Acres
25	Added	The lost Gelvin girl	Home on Four Hundred Acres
26	Added	The Frame Cemetery today	Home on Four Hundred Acres
46	Added	Rev. William McMichael's novel	The McMichaels
65	Correction	The date of the 1924 tornado	Leeda Grace Ralston
72	Added	Stukeley Westcott	The Wescotts
74	Added	Orris and Mary in Iowa	The Wescotts
75	Added	Eugene Merritt Westcott, the fiddle maker	The Wescott Fiddle
105	Correction	Henry II's dates	The Angevin Dynasty
110	Added	The Angevine brothers in New Rochelle	The Angevines
111	Added	Hyner	The Angevines
121	Correction	About this story	Hachischan and Katrina

Beyond the Wilderness: Research supplements

These separately authored research articles are additions to the online edition, not Coral’s original words. They distinguish verified records from open questions.

The Two Georges: A Revolutionary Family Mystery — Research correction
Six Thousand Turkeys and the Iowa Supreme Court — Documented addition
The Iowa Wescotts: Produce, Grain and Banking — Documented addition
The Hunterdon Wescotts: Farm, Literature and Hospital — Extended family history
Connecting the Branches: The Missing Samuel — Open genealogical question
Photographs, Portraits and Archival Leads — Archival research

Still to find

The typed transcription of the Frame Cemetery stones, at the Crawford County Historical Society in Meadville.
Thomas Frame's will of August 7, 1813, at the Crawford County Register of Wills.
War of 1812 pension files for James Frame and Matthew P. Ralston, at the National Archives.
The original Population Company contract, at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania (collection 0489), to see whether Judah or Jabez Colt signed it.
Erie newspapers of February 1911, to confirm Alton V. Hover's trial and execution.