McColloch's Leap
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mccolloch-s-leap-165-14858757
title:
McColloch's Leap
text:
McColloch's Leap was a feat performed during a September 1777 attack by Native Americans on Fort Henry, site of present-day Wheeling, West Virginia, during the American Revolutionary War. While escaping a Native American warband, American frontiersman Samuel McColloch rode his horse down a dangerously high and steep drop. Both he and his horse survived without injury. The leap is based on a historic event, but retellings have exaggerated the story into a local legend or tall tale.
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
American frontiersman jumps horse off cliff to escape capture
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McColloch%27s_Leap
date created:
2009-01-06T18:33:04Z
date modified:
2024-08-29T14:11:53Z
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13
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