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Posted on 1/12/26 at 8:51 am to OU Guy
Delaware has marked and named the place Biden fell off his bike as Biden Falls.
Posted on 1/12/26 at 9:03 am to zippyputt
And the Republic of Florida extended all the way to the Mississippi River. If you follow the line of the Florida panhandle west, it lines up with the State line of Louisiana.
Mississippi and Alabama wanted access to the Gulf of America so they were given their parts of the Republic of Florida.
Mississippi and Alabama wanted access to the Gulf of America so they were given their parts of the Republic of Florida.
Posted on 1/12/26 at 10:36 am to jizzle6609
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Baton Rouge was the site of the only American Revolution battle fought outside the original 13 colonies.
Patently incorrect.
No. 1, although it occurred DURING the American Revolution, it involved no American troops. It was specifically a battle between Spanish forces (who held greater Louisiana and the Isle of Orleans at the time) and the British (who controlled all of Florida, including West Florida all the way to Baton Rouge). Spain did help the young American nation during the revolution, especially with funding and supplies, but never had a formal treaty of alliance with them. Spanish actions against the British in North America were for their own interest (such as gaining Florida back).
No. 2, if we DO include Spanish actions against the British as "American Revolution battles", Baton Rouge was far from the only battle fought outside the original 13 colonies. Louisiana's colonial Governor Galvez defeated the British in Fort Bute (below Baton Rouge), Baton Rouge, Natchez, Mobile and finally Pensacola.
Further north, the Spanish garrisons in the Louisiana region around present day Missouri repelled attacks from British units and the latter's Indian allies in the Battle of Saint Louis in 1780. A year later, a Spanish detachment traveled through present-day Illinois and took Fort St. Joseph, in the modern state of Michigan.
No. 3. There were also American Revolution battles in Canada, well outside the original 13 colonies. In September 1775 rebel General Richard Montgomery led American forces on the first major offensive of the war, seizing the forts at Ticonderoga and Crown Point in northern New York, and then Fort Chambly in Quebec. With 1,700 militia troops, Montgomery then captured Fort Saint-Jean outside Montreal in November – prompting the British to abandon Montreal and flee to Quebec. The Americans occupied Montreal without a fight on 28 November.
American General Benedict Arnold (before he became a traitor) brought a force of about 700 men through the Maine wilderness to the St. Lawrence River and to the fortress of Quebec. They were later joined by Montgomery's forces but had an unsuccessful siege and battle to take Quebec.
This post was edited on 1/12/26 at 2:04 pm
Posted on 1/12/26 at 11:07 am to OU Guy
Charity Hospital in New Orleans, for a time, had a huge meat grinder where they'd pulverize the corpses of unclaimed bodies and dump the slurry into the sewers.
Potters Fields took up too much room, and neighbors complained about smoke from cremations.
The city only discovered it when body parts started clogging the sewers, and followed the trail of human parts and viscera to the hospital.
Potters Fields took up too much room, and neighbors complained about smoke from cremations.
The city only discovered it when body parts started clogging the sewers, and followed the trail of human parts and viscera to the hospital.
Posted on 1/12/26 at 11:10 am to boxcarbarney
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parts started clogging the sewers
must have been an old facility, municipal sewer system macerators are primo tools for complete human body disposal, or so I've heard
Posted on 1/12/26 at 11:22 am to 777Tiger
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must have been an old facility, municipal sewer system macerators are primo tools for complete human body disposal, or so I've heard
Its New Orleans, so its a safe bet the sewers are old and outdated.
Posted on 1/12/26 at 11:23 am to boxcarbarney
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Its New Orleans, so its a safe bet the sewers are old and outdated.
that thought popped up as I was hitting return
Posted on 1/15/26 at 7:55 am to OU Guy
In 1807, Kingston, TN was the state capital for one day. The Tennessee General Assembly met there in in order to fulfill a treaty obligation made with the Cherokee.
The first tow truck was made in Chattanooga, Tennessee in 1916.
During the Civil War, Tennessee provided more soldiers for the Union Army than any other Southern State (31,000).
Coca Cola was invented in Atlanta, Georgia in 1866...but it was a fountain drink until 1899 when two Chattanooga, TN attorneys approached them about bottling it. The first Coke bottling plant opened in Chattanooga as a result of that meeting and the rest is history.
The first tow truck was made in Chattanooga, Tennessee in 1916.
During the Civil War, Tennessee provided more soldiers for the Union Army than any other Southern State (31,000).
Coca Cola was invented in Atlanta, Georgia in 1866...but it was a fountain drink until 1899 when two Chattanooga, TN attorneys approached them about bottling it. The first Coke bottling plant opened in Chattanooga as a result of that meeting and the rest is history.
Posted on 1/15/26 at 3:28 pm to madmaxvol
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Coca Cola was invented in Atlanta, Georgia in 1866...but it was a fountain drink until 1899 when two Chattanooga, TN attorneys approached them about bottling it. The first Coke bottling plant opened in Chattanooga as a result of that meeting and the rest is history.
Coca-Cola was first sold by the bottle in Vicksburg, Mississippi at Biedenharn Candy Company, in 1894.
Posted on 1/15/26 at 3:43 pm to Reservoir dawg
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Coca Cola was invented in Atlanta, Georgia in 1866...but it was a fountain drink until 1899 when two Chattanooga, TN attorneys approached them about bottling it. The first Coke bottling plant opened in Chattanooga as a result of that meeting and the rest is history.
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Coca-Cola was first sold by the bottle in Vicksburg, Mississippi at Biedenharn Candy Company, in 1894.
The first Coca-Cola was bottled in 1894 by Joseph A. Biedenharn in Vicksburg, Mississippi, using common Hutchinson bottles, making it a portable drink beyond soda fountains. This early bottling was a small venture, with mass distribution starting later, in 1899, when Benjamin F. Thomas and Joseph B. Whitehead secured bottling rights for most of the U.S. from Asa Griggs Candler for just a dollar, establishing the franchise system. and bottling Coca-Cola in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
So...they went from this:
To this:
So, while the Biedenharn Candy Company was filling bottles individually, Chattanooga was the site of the first bottling plant.
Posted on 1/15/26 at 4:26 pm to BRich
Battle of Lake Pontchartrain occurred near present day Mandeville/Madisonville in the lake on Sept. 10, 1779.
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