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Hoaxes of Famous Landmarks and Publicity Stunts
The article recalls multiple historic hoaxes including Franklin Harvey Head’s legend tying a Jekyll Island landform to a Wesley hymn, the sit-down lover’s strike staged by a Chicago publicity man to boost Excelsior Springs, and the Forest City Man petrified hoax near Forest City tied to Cardiff Giant legends.
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Wesley
Jekyl’s Island
Georgia
Chicago
Franklin Harvey Head
Eugene Field
Jekyl Island
Jekys Island Club
James Oglethorpe
Dorothy
John
Charles Wesley
Land
Land's End
England
Head
Methodist Church
Jeky
Missouri
New York
Excelsior Springs
United States
Dakotas
Cheyenne River
Forest City
Suttons
Horn