jan 1, 1813 - An Amish Schoolhouse collapses

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"There are few wooden buildings in Ichor Falls, as the humidity and soil composition tended to grow sickly tress yielding brittle wood, which compromised those early structures, including an Amish schoolhouse, whose collapse led to the observance of the town holiday Totenkinder."

"A German mistranslation of, literally, 'dead children.' The holiday did not begin as a holiday, but an observance of the 1813 schoolhouse collapse, in which 12 Amish students died along with their teacher. Many settlers believe the collapse to be an omen of God's displeasure with the settlement, and that Ichor Falls trespassed on hallowed ground."
-Ichor Falls' Visitor Guide

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