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6 unusual facts about Vevay


America/Indiana/Vevay

The covered area is Switzerland County, Indiana, United States, and the reference point is the county seat, Vevay.

Ernest O. Holland

Ernest attended rural and town schools as a young man, graduating in 1890 from high school in Vevay, the county seat of Switzerland County.

Ghent, Kentucky

Ghent is on the opposite side of the Ohio River from Vevay, Indiana, but the towns are not linked by a bridge.

Richard Nelthorpe

Finding that the States-General had resolved to arrest them, Nelthorpe and Wade fled to Vevay in Switzerland, and were welcomed by Edmund Ludlow.

Vevay Park, Illinois

Grant Pickett, who operated a pumping station for the railroad, renamed the town after his former home of Vevay, Indiana.

Vevay, Indiana

Since 1797, every 22 years, in the Swiss city of Vevey, is celebrated La fĂȘte des vignerons The Winegrowers' Festival.


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Ebenezer Dumont

He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Vevay.


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