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====== 1812 ======
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===== Events =====
==== Boone County ====
  * The last commercial salt is boiled at [[Big Bone Lick]].

==== Kentucky ====
  * Isaac Shelby is elected Governor for a second time.
  * Reelfoot Lake created by the continuing New Madrid earthquakes.

==== U.S. & World ====
  * The U.S. declares war on Britain. The [[War of 1812]] is the culmination of years of hostility between the two countries, sparked by the impressment of American sailors from their ships and by clashes between American settlers and allied British and Indian forces in the West.
  * James Madison is elected president over De Witt Clinton, the mayor of New York City and future New York State governor. 
  * Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm begin to compile their collection of folk tales, which includes //Little Red-Riding Hood//, //Snow White//, and //Cinderella//.

===== More Information =====
  * Boone County [[https://bcp.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/search/asset/32509/0|Tax Lists]], 1812.