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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A river, about 185 km (115 mi) long, of southeast Michigan flowing generally eastward to Lake Erie.
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A state of emergency was issued for the area after the Raisin River spilled over its banks.
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That belies the major ` s statement that no body has been recovered there in the Raisin River search.
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This is not far from Dundee, Michigan, near the Raisin River.
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GRACE: This body is being pulled out of the Raisin River as we go to air!
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The program will provide farmers incentives to voluntarily remove from production and improve environmentally sensitive lands along the Raisin River and other waterways in the Macatawa and Saginaw watersheds.
Vp Gore Announces New Partnership With State Of Michigan ITY National Archives 2000
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Procter, who was in command at Detroit, over a considerable American force at Frenchtown, on the Raisin River, under the command of
Canada J. G. Bourinot
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The second phase began likewise with a disaster -- the needless loss of a thousand men on the Raisin River, near Detroit.
The Old Northwest : A chronicle of the Ohio Valley and beyond Frederic Austin Ogg 1914
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Fathers Gabriel Richard and Dilhet were appointed to assist him, the latter taking up his residence at Raisin River.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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January of 1813 saw a detachment of Procter's men up Raisin River, west of Detroit, where they defeated General Winchester and captured nearly five hundred prisoners, to be set free on parole.
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Frenchtown on the Raisin River, where the Indians massacred the prisoners.
A Brief History of the United States John Bach McMaster 1892
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