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... that completion of the
Howard A. Hanson Dam
(pictured)
in 1961 ended a 70-year era of
flooding
in the
Green River Valley
, and by 1996, the dam had prevented an estimated
US$
694 million in flood damages?
... that the
commanding officer
of
American
soldier
Matthias W. Day
wanted to
court-martial
him for the actions that instead won him the
Medal of Honor
during the
Indian Wars
?
... that
Elihu Embree
published the first newspaper in the
United States
devoted to abolishing
slavery
until his death in 1820?
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Wikipedia:Recent additions/2010/January
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