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74 matches to Mountain Meadows Massacre
Mountain Meadows Massacre. 1857. Paiute Indians and Utah Mormons kill 137 Arkansas emigrants en route to California.
Allen, Ethan. 1738-89. Led Green Mountain Boys in American Revolution. Failed to take Montreal, 1775.
Atlas. King of Titans, turned into a mountain to support the sky.
Baldwin, James. 1924-87. US writer of black experience. Another Country 1962. Go Tell it on the Mountain 1953.
Echo. Greek mountain nymph.
Green Mountain Boys. 1770. Ethan Allen’s Vermont militia in American Revolution.
Harris, Lawren. 1885-1970. Canadian landscape, abstract painter. Group of Seven. Lake and Mountains 1928.
Helicon. Greek mountain dedicated to the Muses and Apollo.
Kurds. Sunni Moslem Taurus, Zagros Mountain peoples of Kurdistan, central Asia. 1925 rebelled in Turkey. 1922,44,63 rebelled in Iraq. Persecuted in Turkey, Iraq, Iran. Saladin. Sevres Treaty.
Lycia. Mountain district of Anatolia. 43 conquered by Rome. Xanthos.
Mann, Thomas. 1875-1955. German/US novelist. Opposed Nazism. Buddenbrooks 1900. Magic Mountain 1927. Death in Venice 1929. Dr Faustus.
Ramuz, Charles. 1878-1947. Swiss novelist: Terror on the Mountain 1925. Beauty on Earth 1927. Soldier’s Tale.
Rushmore, Mt. 1927~41. 4 US Presidents carved into SD mountain by Borglum.
Ticonderoga, Battle. 1775. Green Mountain Boys defeat British, capture Fort Ticonderoga.
White Mountain, Battle. 1620. First battle of Thirty Years War. Catholic League defeats Bohemian nobles.
Sisley, Alfred. 1839-99. English/French Impressionist painter. Meadows in Spring.
Vinland. ~1000. Region of northeast North America discovered by Leif Eriksson. L’Anse aux Meadows.
Abbaye Prison. Principal site of 1792 September Massacres.
Abd al-Mumin. 1094-1163. Founded Almohad Empire in north Africa and Spain. Massacred Almoravids.
Amboina Massacre. 1623. 20 British and Japanese merchants executed by Dutch for plotting overthrow.
Amboise Conspiracy. 1560. Failed Huguenot plot to kidnap French king. Led to massacre of 1200 Huguenots.
Armenian Massacres. 1894-1918. 1.8M Armenians killed in Turkey.
Barrackpore Mutiny. 1824. Indian troops vs British commanders. Troops massacred.
Bartholemew’s Day, St. St. Bartholemew’s Day.
Boston Massacre. 1770. British soldiers kill 5 colonists rioting vs Townshend Acts. A cause of the American Revolution.