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Therese Emilie Henriette Winkel
Therese Emilie Henriette Winkel (20 December 1784 – 7 March 1867) was a German artist, author, composer, and harpist. She also published under the pseudonyms Comala and Theorosa. Winkel was born in Weissenfels, but moved to Dresden in 1788 when ...
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Theorosa's Bridge is a
reportedly haunted bridge located west of 109th Street North and Meridian between the towns of
Sedgwick and
Valley Center in
Kansas. The bridge spans Jester Creek. Due to its reputation it has become a site of local folklore. Over the years, it has burned down and been rebuilt. There are several versions of a haunted urban legend, most surrounding a woman, but none have been confirmed historically or otherwise.
[Haunted Kansas:Ghost Stories and Other Eerie Tales]
Lisa Hefner Heitz, University Press of Kansas, 1997. pp 120,124, 196. The theories surrounding the bridge has attracted visitors in search of paranormal sightings.
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