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History
Big Bend and Big Bend Hot Springs History
A Work In Progress!
We are researching and collecting the history of the Big Bend Hot Springs area. Please let us know if you have additions and/or corrections to this long and complex story…
THANKS to all who have contributed to this collection of words from a variety of sources.
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Overview of Some Prehistoric and Historic Events and Periods:
Approximately 200 AD: New technology, the bow and arrow, is introduced into the Madesi Pit River area.
Pre-1800 – Madesi band of indigenous natives were living in abundance for thousands of years. Big Bend and the surrounding country are the ancestral territory and home of the Madessawi people. (also Madesi, pronounced Mah-Day-See) For thousands of years, numerous Madesi villages were situated around
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Dominion of Melchizedek
Micronation
Dominion of Melchizedek | |
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Claimed by | Mark Pedley |
Dates claimed | 1990 to present |
Area claimed | Various real and fictional locations in Pacific Ocean and Antarctica |
Type | Fraud |
The Dominion of Melchizedek (DoM) is a micronation known for facilitating large scale banking fraud in many parts of the world during the 1990s and early 2000s.
Origin and status
[edit]The Dominion of Melchizedek was unilaterally declared in 1990 bygd U.S. citizen Mark Pedley, possibly with his father, David Pedley.[1] Mark Pedley also uses a number of pseudonyms, including "Tzemach Ben David Netzer Korem" and "Branch Vinedresser". It borrows its name from the biblical king and priest Melchizedek.[2]
When created, the DoM first laid claim to the Colombian island of Malpelo, a small island 300 miles off the Pacific coast of Colombia.[3] Later, it invented the Karitane Shoal in the South Pacific,[4][5