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Archive for July 2011

July 4, 2011

 

Ohio River dredging,edit

The Petrified Man Hoax

On viewing the stone man, Governor Durban proclaimed it a genuine petrified human being, pronouncing: “It is the most wonderful thing I have ever seen.”

July 18, 2011

 

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The Battle of Tippecanoe: A Lieutenant’s-Eye View

“This expidition,” wrote Lieutenant Charles Larrabee, "is against the tribes of Indians who are under the prophet and tecumcy."

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