Tippecanoe

Tippecanoe

Tippecanoe is several things in the United States:

* The 1811 Battle of Tippecanoe in Indiana
* A nickname for U.S. President William Henry Harrison ("see also List of U.S. Presidential nicknames")
** Tippecanoe and Tyler too, a slogan and song based partly on this nickname
* Tippecanoe (passenger train), a passenger train operated by the Monon Railroad between Chicago and Indianapolis

Places:
* Tippecanoe County, Indiana
* Tippecanoe, Indiana, an unincorporated town
* Tippecanoe River in Indiana
* Tippecanoe Township, five in Indiana and one in Iowa
* The original (but disputed) name for Tipp City, Ohio, and the name of its local high school


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  • Tippecanoe — Tippecanoe, 1) T. River (ursprünglich Kethtippe cenunk), Fluß im Staate Indiana (Nordamerika), entspringt aus dem Tippecanoe See in der Grafschaft Kosciuszko, fließt südwestlich u. fällt nach einem Lauf von ungefähr 45 Meilen oberhalb Lafayette… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Tippecanoe — (spr. tippekanū), Fluß im nordamerikan. Staat Indiana, aus dem gleichnamigen See, ergießt sich, 320 km lang, oberhalb Lafayette in den Wabash. – An seinen Ufern schlug General Harrison 5. Nov. 1811 die von Elskwatawa, dem »Propheten«, geführten… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Tippecanoe — Tippecanoe1 [tip΄ə kə no͞o′] HARRISON William Henry Tippecanoe2 [tip΄ə kə no͞o′] [earlier Kithtipecanunk < Miami Kitapkwanunk (exact form uncert.), lit., buffalo fish place] river in N Ind. flowing southwest into the Wabash: scene of a battle… …   English World dictionary

  • Tippecanoe — Tip|pe|ca|noe a river in Indiana in the US, where US soldiers led by William Henry Harrison won a battle against the Shawnee, a Native American people, in 1811. Harrison himself, who later became President of the US, was given the ↑nickname… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Tippecanoe — Sp Tipekanù nkt. Ap Tippecanoe L u., apyg. JAV (Indiana) …   Pasaulio vietovardžiai. Internetinė duomenų bazė

  • Tippecanoe County — Courthouse in Lafayette, gelistet im NRHP Nr. 72000013[1] Verwaltung …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Tippecanoe (Ohio) — Tippecanoe Lugar designado por el censo de los Estados Unidos …   Wikipedia Español

  • Tippecanoe Township — may refer to the following places in the United States:Indiana* Tippecanoe Township, Carroll County, Indiana * Tippecanoe Township, Kosciusko County, Indiana * Tippecanoe Township, Marshall County, Indiana * Tippecanoe Township, Pulaski County,… …   Wikipedia

  • Tippecanoe Township — ist der Name mehrerer Townships in den Vereinigten Staaten: Tippecanoe Township (Carroll County, Indiana) Tippecanoe Township (Kosciusko County, Indiana) Tippecanoe Township (Marshall County, Indiana) Tippecanoe Township (Pulaski County, Indiana) …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Tippecanoe and Tyler too — originally published as Tip and Ty , was a very popular and influential campaign song of the colorful Log Cabin Campaign in the 1840 United States presidential election. Its lyrics sung the praises of Whig candidates William Henry Harrison (the …   Wikipedia

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