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Horicon Marsh was created by the Green Bay lobe of the Wisconsin glaciation during the Pleistocene era. The glacier, during its advance, created many drumlins (a glacial landform) in the region, many of which have become the islands of Horicon Marsh. The marsh and surrounding Dodge County have the highest concentration of drumlins in the world.
The Bad Axe Massacre was a massacre of Sauk (Sac) and Meskwaki (Fox) Native Americans by United States Army regulars and militia that occurred on August 1–2, 1832. This final scene of the Black Hawk War took place near present-day Victory, Wisconsin, in the United States.
In 1872, amateur historian Nehemiah Matson related a story about the execution of a couple, James and Lucy Sample, by Potawatomis. According to Matson, the two were bound to a tree and then burned to death. The executions, said Matson, were directed by a man named Mike Girty, who was supposedly a mixed race son of Simon Girty. [15]
Horicon is a town in Warren County, New York, United States. It is part of the Glens Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area. [3] Horicon's population was 1,389 at the 2010 census. [2] Horicon is on the county's northern border and is located inside the Adirondack Park.
Some New York City bagel shops, like Murray's in Chelsea and Ess-a-Bagel at 21st and Third Avenue, have had no-toasting policies. [10] [11] Toasting of bagels in New York City is considered a bastardization [10] and sacrilege. [12] Former New York Times food critic Mimi Sheraton called the practice of eating toasted bagels obscene. [13]
HOUSTON (Reuters) - A rare winter storm churned across the U.S. Gulf Coast on Tuesday, bringing heavy snow, ice and wind gusts to a region where flurries are unusual, while much of the United ...
Brant Lake is a hamlet in the town of Horicon in Warren County, New York, United States. [2] It is located approximately halfway between Albany to the south and Plattsburgh to the north. History
United Airlines Flight 1382, an Airbus A320, aborted its takeoff from the George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) in Houston, Texas, due to a “reported engine issue” just after 8:30 a.m ...