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First walks across frozen Lake Erie may have been for reconnaissance during War of 1812
The first walk across Lake Erie from Erie to Canada was reported to be in 1912, when a 19-year-old North East man crossed the frozen lake. "It had never been done before," the Erie Times-News said ...
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Ice coverage on Lake Erie: How a frozen lake impacts weather
Lake Erie is already partially frozen over, but the National Weather Service office in Cleveland says it will be at least 50% to 90% frozen over by next week. Why is this good news? Once the lake ...
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THE WAR IN FLORIDA.; The Destruction of the Marsh Fishery. Wisconsin. The Great Gale on Lake Erie Great Destruction of Property. Steamers Outward Bound.
The Detroit Free Press estimates that fifty vessels, worth, with their cargoes, a million of a dollars, were destroyed in the recent gale on Lake Erie. SANDY HOOK, Saturday, Nov. 19. The steamers ...
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ERIE INDIANS
In 1654 the Iroquois lashed out to the west, somewhere toward the south shore of Lake Erie. The Jesuit Relation of 1656 gives a vivid account of this short war, during which the Seneca inflicted ...
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First walks across frozen Lake Erie may have been for reconnaissance during War of 1812
Daniel Dobbins and Jesse Elliott, key figures in the War of 1812, apparently crossed the frozen lake in the winter of 1813-14. The first walk across Lake Erie from Erie to Canada was reported to ...