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8 unusual facts about Rossville


1900 Michigan Wolverines football team

Curtis Redden, Rossville, Illinois – started 10 games at left end, 1 game at right end

Eggo

Among these were a Listeria contamination which caused the Atlanta plant to be shut down for cleaning, severe flooding in the Atlanta area and equipment repairs at the Kellogg plant in Rossville, Tennessee.

Jordan Township, Warren County, Indiana

The grain grown was either fed to livestock or hauled by wagon to elevators at Ambia, West Lebanon, or Rossville, Illinois.

Pence, Indiana

It is on County Road 300 North, which (in Illinois) runs into the town of Rossville about 9 miles to the west.

Rossville points

They were named by archaeologist Alanson Skinner after the Rossville section of Staten Island, New York where they were found in the vicinity of the old U.S. Post Office building.

Rossville, Staten Island

Caleb Lyon (1822-1875) - A noted lecturer, poet, author, writer, and politician, he designed the Seal of the State of California.

Rossville, Tennessee

Compton Newby Crook, who wrote science fiction under the pseudonym Stephen Tall, was born in Rossville.

Sandy Ground Historical Museum

The Sandy Ground Historical Museum, located within the Sandy Ground community of Rossville on the borough of Staten Island, is dedicated to the oldest continuously inhabited free black settlement in the United States.


Bismarck Henning High School

Bismarck Henning High School or BHHS is a high school located in Bismarck, Illinois, and is currently hosting students from Rossville, Alvin, Bismark, Henning, and parts of Danville.

Daniel Perrin

During the American Revolutionary War this area was known as Blazing Star, and is now known as Rossville.

Moscow, Tennessee

Compton Newby Crook, who was born in Rossville, Tennessee and who wrote science fiction under the pseudonym Stephen Tall, grew up in Moscow.


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