Talk:John Emmitt
Latest comment: 2 years ago by Theleekycauldron in topic Did you know nomination
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A fact from John Emmitt appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 28 February 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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Did you know nomination edit
- The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 08:50, 21 February 2022 (UTC)
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- ... that when John Emmitt was traveling to the Oregon Territory in 1852 along the Oregon Trail, two of his three children died of cholera and were buried along the route? Source: The 23 February 2021 edition of the Roseburg Tracker says: "In the spring of 1852, the Emmitt family crossed the plains in a covered wagon, with their first 3 children. … The dreaded desert cholera epidemic raged that year, and the wagon train they were a part of was hit hard. The Emmitt's two oldest children, Louisa (4 years old) and William (3 years old) died from it and were buried beside the trail …"
Created by Orygun (talk). Self-nominated at 22:27, 13 February 2022 (UTC).
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QPQ: Done. |
Overall: Good to go AryKun (talk) 15:54, 14 February 2022 (UTC)
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