Crown Point
Americannoun
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a village in NE New York, on Lake Champlain: the site of a strategic fort in the French and Indian and the Revolutionary wars.
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a town in NW Indiana.
Example Sentences
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In early 1934, the entire crew was arrested in Tucson, and Dillinger was extradited to Crown Point, Indiana, to stand trial for the murder of a police officer.
From Slate ● Dec. 18, 2024
In Lafitte, a small community south of Crown Point, even homes on stilts were flooded and residents had to use boats to navigate the submerged streets and retrieve their belongings.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 30, 2021
"It'd be a historic storm in the worst possible way for the Town of Jean Lafitte, Crown Point, Lower Lafitte and Barataria, all of south Jefferson outside the levee protection."
From Fox News ● Aug. 29, 2021
He received a bachelor’s degree in pastoral theology from Hyles-Anderson College, a Bible college in Crown Point, Ind., in 1977.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 17, 2020
Braddock was to attack Fort Duquesne; Shirley was to strike at Niagara; Johnson to attack Crown Point; and Lieutenant-Colonel Monckton was to proceed against Beauséjour.
From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Herbert Eugene Bolton
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