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The Lower Texas Coast Hurricane of 1869 [6] By August 16, a strong hurricane was located in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico south of Louisiana. With estimated winds of 105 mph (169 km/h), it tracked westward and struck Texas on Matagorda Island before passing near Refugio. The hurricane quickly weakened over land and dissipated late on August ...
Hurricane Mill, built in stages from 1897 to c.1910; Hurricane Creek Dam, in current concrete-faced form since about 1912, renovated to improve upon previous stone dam. The original wood and stone dam on the site was built c.1839. Hurricane Mills Bridge, a historic steel truss bridge built by the Nashville Bridge Company in 1911.
The Natives were to be instructed in Christianity, agriculture, representative government, and assimilated on reservations. [17] In December 1869, Grant gave his first annual message to Congress, and he mentioned findings and recommendations of the new Indian Commissioners board.
Recognizing this fact, on August 10, 1869, President Ulysses S. Grant issued an executive order to set aside lands instead on the North Fork of the Canadian River for the tribes, closer to their territory. [1] The lands were located in western Indian Territory south of the Cherokee Outlet and north of the Kiowa-Comanche-Apache Indian ...
Hurricane Creek may refer to: Hurricane Creek (Alabaha River), a tributary of the Alabaha River in Georgia; Hurricane Creek (Arkansas), a stream on the list of ...
The North Carolina National Guard stops to congratulate the newlyweds, Sereyna and her husband Gavin Walker in Lake Lure, N.C. on Saturday, September 28, 2024.
The French Broad River breaks its banks Asheville on Friday, Sept. 27, 2024 as the remnants of Hurricane Helene caused flooding, downed trees, and power outages in western North Carolina.
John Work House and Mill Site is a site listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana just outside Charlestown, owned by the Lincoln Heritage Council, , as part of the Tunnel Mill Scout Reservation. For a century, it was an active gristmill until technology made it obsolete, and arson destroyed much of it.