Hornets and Bullets and a Boy Scout’s Quick Thinking
Ralph Gewehr of South Orange New Jersey and Billy were hiking in the Adirondacks in August 1984 when they attacked a hornets nest. A hornet sting and a rifle misfire left Gewehr shot in the side but the pair, guided by Scout training, built a fire warmed coffee and trudged ten miles to safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Gewehr
South Orange
N. J
Ralph
Adirondacks
Billy
Blue Ledge
North River
Flying Circus
Bloomington trio helped Lincoln reach the presidency
The article credits Jesse W Fell David Davis and Leonard Swett of Bloomington with shaping Lincoln’s path to the White House. It cites Wakefield’s book detailing how Fell urged debates with Douglas and promoted Lincoln’s presidential bid, with Davis and Swett aiding strategy and support in Illinois and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse W. Fell
David Davis
Leonard Swett
Abraham Lincoln
William E. Barton
Lincoln
Illinois State Historical Society
Oregon
Illinois
United States
Barton
Sherman Day Wakefield
Bloomington
Wilson-Erickson, Inc
New York
Mr. Wakefield
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Maine
Jesse Fell
New Garden Township
Chester County
Tom and
Nancy Hanks Lincoln
Fell
Davis
Sassafras Neck
Cecil County
Kenyon College
Ohio
Lenox
Mass
New Haven
Conn
Pekin
Ill
Eighth Judicial Circuit
Turner
Oxford County
Waterville
Colby) College
Portland
South
Jefferson Barracks
Swett
Congress
Wakefield
Highth
Kentucky
Steubenville
Vandalia
Gislsti
San Lincoln
Ington
Jesse. W. Fell
Leonard Swell
Douglas
Chicago
United States Senate
Major’s
Middle
New York Tribune
Senate
Republican State Central Committee
Lincoln Club
Decatur
John Hanks
William H. Seward
Edward Bates
St. Louis
Mous
Inois
Wigwam
Tremont Hotel
David, Davis
Jesse W.’ Fell
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By Floyd Gibbons
Darwin
University of Edinburgh
Christ’s College
Cambridge
Henslow
Biela
Elmo Scott Watson
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