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The Kittanning Expedition, also known as the Armstrong Expedition or the Battle of Kittanning, was a raid during the French and Indian War that led to the destruction of the American Indian village of Kittanning, which had served as a staging point for attacks by Lenape warriors against colonists in the British Province of Pennsylvania.
Kittanning (Lenape Kithanink; pronounced [kitˈhaːniŋ]) was an 18th-century Native American village in the Ohio Country, located on the Allegheny River at present-day Kittanning, Pennsylvania. The village was at the western terminus of the Kittanning Path , an Indian trail that provided a route across the Alleghenies between the Ohio and ...
The first railroad built in Texas is called the Harrisburg Railroad and opened for business in 1853. [21] In 1854, the Texas and Red River telegraph services were the first telegraph offices to open in Texas. [21] The Texas cotton industry in 1859 increased production by seven times compared to 1849, as 58,073 bales increased to 431,645 bales. [22]
The first fully loaded freight boat traveled from Johnstown to Pittsburgh in 1831; the route through Grant's Hill opened in 1832. Over its length of 104 miles (167 km), the canal employed 68 locks, 16 river dams, and 16 aqueducts. From Freeport, a separate extension, the Kittanning Feeder, ran 14 miles (23 km) up the Allegheny River to Kittanning.
On Nov. 7, the International Boundary and Water Commission announced U.S. and Mexican authorities signed an agreement in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, More water coming to south Texas from Mexico after ...
On WFAA's "Inside Texas Politics," Texas Department of Agriculture Sid Miller said Texas is running out of water and lawmakers need to react soon. ... Texas has experienced recurring droughts over ...
Nehawka - An approximation to the Omaha and Otoe Indian name of a nearby creek meaning "rustling water." Nemaha - Named after the Nemaha River, based on an Otoe word meaning "swampy water." [53] Niobrara - The Omaha and Ponca word for spreading water or spreading river. Oconee - Named for Oconee, Illinois. Oconee was the name of a Creek town.
Some regions of Texas have already run out of water — and the rest face a looming crisis, the state’s agriculture commissioner said on Sunday. “We lose about a farm a week in Texas, but it ...