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  2. Lower Mississippi Valley yellow fever epidemic of 1878

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    The entire Mississippi River Valley from St. Louis south was affected, and tens of thousands fled the stricken cities of New Orleans, Vicksburg, and Memphis.The epidemic in the Lower Mississippi Valley also greatly affected trade in the region, with orders of steamboats to be tied up in order to reduce the amount of travel along the Mississippi River, railroad lines were halted, and all the ...

  3. Yellow fever - Wikipedia

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    Yellow fever is caused by yellow fever virus (YFV), an enveloped RNA virus 40–50 nm in width, the type species and namesake of the family Flaviviridae. [10] It was the first illness shown to be transmissible by filtered human serum and transmitted by mosquitoes, by American doctor Walter Reed around 1900. [32]

  4. Elwood, Indiana - Wikipedia

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    Elwood was laid out in 1853 under the name "Duck Creek". [6] It was incorporated as a city in 1891. [7]A post office was established under the name "Duck Creek" in 1855, was renamed to Elwood in 1869, and has been operating since. [8]

  5. 2024 USA TODAY Restaurants of the Year: How we decided who ...

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    The list praises places in Bloomington, Indiana, and Shreveport, Louisiana. The USA TODAY Network is made up of 200 sites in 42 states and our writers worked together to share favorite restaurants ...

  6. Penguin Point (restaurant chain) - Wikipedia

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    The new owner wanted to try out new changes to the restaurant. This first change was the start of selling breakfast foods to people. This idea was started in the Penguin Point restaurant in Warsaw, Indiana. [7] In the fall of 2020, new restaurants were opened in North Manchester and Columbia City, Indiana. [8]

  7. Elwood Downtown Historic District - Wikipedia

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    The Elwood Downtown Historic District is a national historic district located at Elwood, Madison County, Indiana.The district encompasses 51 contributing buildings and 1 contributing object in the central business district of Elwood.

  8. History of yellow fever - Wikipedia

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    The outbreak of yellow fever in Barcelona in 1821. The evolutionary origins of yellow fever are most likely African. [1] [2] Phylogenetic analyses indicate that the virus originated from East or Central Africa, with transmission between primates and humans, and spread from there to West Africa. [3]

  9. Ivanhoe's Restaurant - Wikipedia

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    Ivanhoe's Restaurant is located in Upland, Indiana near the campus of Taylor University. Founded in 1965, the restaurant has been a hangout for generations of students and has been featured in travel magazines [ 1 ] as well as statewide and local newspaper articles.