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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 20 February 2025. Canadian heroine of the War of 1812 This article is about the War of 1812 contributor. For the chocolate company, see Laura Secord Chocolates. Laura Secord Secord in 1865 Born Laura Ingersoll (1775-09-13) 13 September 1775 Great Barrington, Province of Massachusetts Bay Died 17 October ...
No people were found living on it; all that was found was a cat and a dog. The crew aboard was never seen again. The ship itself was sold to a merchant of Newport, renamed the Beach Bird under which name she made many voyages. [24] [25] [26] 28 October 1758 Edward Moore, 5th Earl of Drogheda: 56–57 Irish Sea
A woman from Texas, who was reported missing in December 2005, and was found buried underneath the old San Angelo speedway [147] on March 8, 2017. [148] Her ex-husband Robert had faced charges in her death, [149] and both he and his current wife pleaded guilty and were sentenced to 38 years in prison. [150] Murdered 12 years 2005 Adre-Anna ...
In 1906 another such expedition again failed to find the gold. The participants had information that an old man had found some valuable placer ground in the Pitt Lake country and that he had hidden a substantial amount of gold nuggets under a rock. Before he died, he had left directions where the treasure and the placer ground were to be found.
Usually the mines are said to contain valuable elements or minerals such as gold, silver or diamonds. Often there is a map or other document allegedly detailing the history or location of the mine. Common to all the lost mine legends is the idea of a valuable and mysterious resource being lost to history.
While some gold mines have been eradicated, Peru's gold mines are still a huge part of the country's culture and economy. At a mere three miles above sea level, working in this environment is ...
No one's sure exactly why this woman had a story to tell, because this woman lived as many as 6,000 years ago. We can still imagine her intoning scary scenes with foreign howls. A charming man's buttery voice might've won over a reluctant, longhaired princess; a beguiling forest creature's dry cackle a smoke signal for danger.
Some tentative attacks across the bridges were repulsed by Wool's regulars. Prévost abandoned his efforts to cross the river for the time being and instead began constructing batteries . The Americans responded by using cannonballs heated red-hot to set fire to sixteen buildings in Plattsburgh which the British were using as cover, forcing the ...