Common name: American Toad (Information in this Species Page was compiled by Bobby Galonski in Biology 220W, Spring 2003, at Penn State New Kensington) Bufo americanus is a very common, nocturnally active species of toad.
THE BATTLE OF BLUE WATER. S. Harney, attacked and destroyed a Lakota village located three miles north on Blue Creek. fight became known as the Battle of Blue Water, sometimes the Battle of Ash Hollow after the nearby landmark, or the Harney Massacre. The army's attack avenged the Indian annihilation of Lt. John Grattan's command near Fort. Laramie in 1854.
The aquamarine-colored Medicine Lake located in northern Californiaâs Modoc National Forest came into existence when part of a volcano collapsed thousands of years ago. Today, the 640-acre lake maintains its deep blue color without any water coming in or out of the lake except for rainfall and snowmelt.