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Billy Bowlegs Holata MiccoSeminole leaderBorn: c. 1810Birthplace: Florida Holata Micco, commonly called Billy Bowlegs, and known as the “Alligator chief,” was a Seminole leader who fought in…
(Encyclopedia) Campbell, Robert, 1804–79, American fur trader and merchant, one of the mountain men, b. Ireland. He came to the United States c.1824. Having been advised to lead an outdoor life…
A street droll, a merry Andrew; so called from a half-idiot of the name, who fancied himself “some great personage.” He was well known in the East of London, and died in Whitechapel…
Ben Nighthorse CampbellU.S. senator from Colorado Born: April 13, 1933Birthplace: Auburn, California The only American Indian in Congress, Republican senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell is also…
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Billy MartinBorn: May 16, 1928Baseball 5-time manager of NY Yankees; won 2 pennants and 1 World Series (1977); also managed Minnesota, Detroit, Texas and Oakland; played on 5 Yankee world…
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