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2 unusual facts about Greenleaf


Fox River State Recreational Trail

The trail begins at the CityDeck in Green Bay, Wisconsin, follows the Fox River south through De Pere, then deviatiating east, away from the river, were it follows a former railroad bed through Rockland, Wrightstown, Greenleaf, Holland, and ends at Ott Road in Hilbert.

Glenn Frank

Frank and his son died in a car accident on September 15, 1940 outside Greenleaf, Wisconsin two days before his Senate primary.


Boundary Waters Blues Festival

Since its conception the Boundary Waters Blues Festival has showcased over 30 different blues acts, including Little Milton, Bobby Rush, Ronnie Baker Brooks, Reneé Austin, Larry McCray, Ernie Lancaster, Floyd Miles, George "Mojo" Buford, Jimmy D. Lane, Peach, Chris Beard, Kelly Richey, Big Walter Smith, Rita Chiarelli, Fruteland Jackson, Diunna Greenleaf, Rico McFarland, and Johnny Rawls.

Cazenovia, New York

Ezra Greenleaf Weld (1801–1874), (also known as "Greenleaf"), photographer and abolitionist

George Greenleaf

A native of Brazil, Indiana, Greenleaf was the son of George F. Greenleaf, Sr. (1848–1900) and Agnes Dalgleish Staines.

Greenleaf Whittier Pickard

Greenleaf Whittier Pickard was named after his great-uncle, the American Quaker John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892).

Jens Bjørneboe

Reprinted as: Amputations: Texts for an Extraordinary Spectacle (translated by Solrun Hoaas & Esther Greenleaf Mürer, Xenos Books, 2002)

Meaning and Mystery

It was released on the Greenleaf label in 2006 and features performances by Douglas, Donny McCaslin, Uri Caine, James Genus and Clarence Penn.

Panic of 1796–97

The largest such scheme was created by the Boston merchant James Greenleaf and Philadelphia financiers Robert Morris and John Nicholson.

Rogers Park, Chicago

Grammy-nominated Irish-American fiddler and composer Liz Carroll lived for a time in Rogers Park, and Rogers Park street names are referenced in the titles of her compositions the Morse Avenue reel, included on the Cherish the Ladies debut recording Irish Women Musicians in America on Schanachie, and The Greenleaf Strathsprey, included on the eponymous Liz Carroll on Green Linnet; both tunes are collected in her 2010 book Collected.

Talk Stoop

On the show Greenleaf interviews actors, musicians, athletes, politicians, and others on the stoop of her Brooklyn brownstone.

William Greenleaf Eliot

Their mothers were siblings, as well as sisters of Rebecca Greenleaf (she married Noah Webster.) The Eliots had 14 children but not all survived to adulthood.

William W. Ellsworth

On September 14, 1813, he was married to Emily S. Webster, eldest daughter of Rebecca Greenleaf and Noah Webster Jr., publisher of dictionaries.


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