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First walks across frozen Lake Erie may have been for reconnaissance during War of 1812 - MSN
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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The War of 1812's Forgotten Battle Cry - Smithsonian Magazine
The War of 1812 is a 19th-century version of Korea.” But he hopes the war’s 200th anniversary will finally bring a long overdue measure of respect. “The Civil War hit the big time with its ...
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How the U.S. lost its first war when it tried to annex Canada | The Week
The U.S. invaded Canada during the War of 1812. ... The Americans launched a three-pronged invasion—across the Detroit River and the Niagara River, and at Lake Champlain, ...
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First walks across frozen Lake Erie may have been for reconnaissance during War of 1812
A 1912 article in the Erie Times-News reported the first walk across a frozen Lake Erie. But the first crossing actually seems to have been a century earlier. Daniel Dobbins and Jesse Elliott, key ...