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[edit] Tod Torrent
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[edit] Rocky Mountain Conservatory Theatre
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[edit] Plum Island Light
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Infobox Lighthouse
]]}} Plum Island Light, also known as Plum Gut Light, is located on the western end of Plum Island, which lies east of Orient Point which in turn is at the end of the North Fork of Long Island in the US state of New York. An historic granite lighthouse originally built in 1869 sits at the site, but no longer serves as an active aid to navigation. A short distance northwest of the granite lighthouse building is a {{convert|14|ft|m}} metal tower that holds the automated light that has served as an aid to navigation since the earlier light was decommissioned in 1978.[3] In 1826 the west end of Plum Island was purchased from Richard Jerome for $90 for the purpose of building a lighthouse. The following year a {{convert|35|ft|m}} high stone tower had been constructed to support the first light. That first light was comprised of 10 whale oil lamps with reflectors. The light helped navigation near the entrance to Long Island Sound, especially through the "Plum Gut" channel between Orient Point and Plum Island. In 1856 the original lamps and reflectors were replaced by a sixth-order Fresnel lens.[4] By the late 1860's the lighthouse was falling into disrepair. A new {{convert|55|ft|m}} tall granite lighthouse building was constructed and in service by 1869.[4] The structure is of the same design as lighthouses at Sheffield Island in Norwalk, Connecticut; Morgan Point in Noank, Connecticut; Great Captain Island in Greenwich, Connecticut, Old Field Point in Old Field, New York; and Block Island North on Block Island Rhode Island.[5] The sixth order lens from the original lighthouse had been moved to the new building, then it was changed to a newer fourth-order lens in 1897.[4] In 1879 Fort Terry was built on Plum Island. The relations between lighthouse keepers and army personell remained congenial for many years, and the keepers could usually purchase food and supplies at the Fort commissary. But in 1916 an order came down and the keeper at Plum Island Light was informed that purchasing supplies at Fort Terry was no longer allowed. The rule forced William Chapel, the keeper at the time, to sail over a mile to Orient, or 12 miles to New London to purchase supplies. Eventually the United States Lighthouse Service was able to persuade the Army that lighthouse keepers should once again be allowed to purchase supplies at army commissaries.[4] Starting in 1939 the Lighthouse Service duties were taken over by the United States Coast Guard. Coast Guard employed keepers were removed from Plum Island in 1978 when the light was automated on a structure built to the side of the 1869 lighthouse.[3] In 1994 the Fresnel lens was removed from the lighthouse and moved to the East End Seaport Museum in Greenport where it is on display.[4] Starting in 2000 the East End Lighthouses group (distinct from the Seaport Museum organization) was formed and has been working since that time with various government agencies to refurbish, and to hopefully eventually relight the Plum Island light as an active aid to navigation. On April 24, 2007 a resolution was passed by the Town of Southold that will transfer ownership of the lighthouse to the town.[6] The Plum Island Lighthouse, like all of Plum Island, is not open for public visits. The light may be seen from the water, but landing on the island is restricted to persons authorized by the United States Department of Homeland Security (usually those visiting the Plum Island Animal Disease Center).[4] [edit] Sources[edit] References
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[edit] Sedan City
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]]}} Sedan is a virtual city and its own virtual world in the universe and the 3d virtual reality platform of Active Worlds.[1][2] Sedan is themed as a fictive populated city from a tropical area suposedly located somewhere in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. The exact position as never been mentionned. [edit] HistoryThe world of Sedan was created on February 15th 2006. [edit] SourcesJoh-mtl (talk) 03:56, 4 June 2008 (UTC) |
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[edit] Alpheus Michael Bowman
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]]}} Alpheus Michael Bowman (January 11, 1847-?) was a 19th century American politician and businessman. He was a prominent figure in the ranching and livestock industry, either belonging to or serving in important positions, on various business associations. His involvement in these organizations included promoting improved livestock breeding and preserving records of pedigrees. He also had a successful political career as one of the top consultants in the Democrat Party, serving on the executive and financial committees up until the turn of the century. He was a grandson of Kentucky frontiersman Isaac Bowman, as well as direct descendent of early Virginia pioneers Jost Hite and George Bowman, Sr.. [edit] BiographyAlpheus Michael Bowman was born in Rockingham County, Virginia to George Bowman and Sarah V. Zeigler. His father was a successful farmer and stock-breeder in addition to being the county magistrate. He was raised in the country and attended local schools, as well as the New Market Academy, however most of his time was spent tending to the livestock with his father. At age 16, Bowman enlisted as a private in the Virginia Cavalry and served for two years until his capture in March 1865. He was held as a prisoner-of-war in Fort Delaware until June 1, 1865. During Reconstruction in Virginia, he became a successful farmer and stock raiser in Augusta County and later Saltville. He moved again, this time to Roanoke County, where he was the personal manager of the Bowman family stockyard and president of the Diamond Orchard Company, one of the largest businesses east of the Allegheny Mountains and north of Georgia. He would serve in a number of high level positions including 11 years as a member of the executive committee of the American Shorthorn Breeders' Association, vice president of the American Berkshire Association and first president of the American Saddle Horse Association. He was also a life member of the American Jersey Cattle Club. He himself was one of the largest exporters of cattle in the region and as far away as Europe and South America, He entered politics during the early 1870s attending every state Democratic Convention held since 1873, with the exception of one. Bowman became a member of the Democratic Party executive committee in 1883 and later assisted in the successful election of John S. Barbour over William Mahone in 1883. He later served as a member of the Democratic state committee for 12 years, chairman of the 9th congressional district committee for 6 years and chairman of the Roanoke county Democratic committee for a number of years. He was also a delegate to the Democratic National Convention at St. Louis, Missouri in 1888. In 1901, he was elected to the house of delegates from Roanoke county. Appointed a member of the finance committee, he successfully secured $50,000 to be used to represent Virginia in the World's Fair in St. Louis and was later tasked by then Governor Andrew Jackson Montague as a senior member of the commission. Reelected in 1903, and again in 1905, he continued on the finance committee serving as its chairman during his third and final term. He used the large surplus which had accumulated in the state treasury to reduce the state debt, double funding for schools, provided money to the Jamestown exposition (later serving on the state commission) and increased annuities to state colleges. He was one of the commissioners assigned to the remodeling the state capitol building at Richmond, Virginia. Following the death of Peter Otey, he became the favorite to succeed him as state representative. Despite strong public support, he lost the election. He was a member of the board of trustees of Roanoke College and secretary of its finance committee as well as vice president on the board of trustees at the Southern Lutheran Orphan home. He also served four years on the board of directors of the Southwestern Hospital for the Insane in Marion, Virginia and the Central State Hospital in Petersburg. A member of the Southern Lutheran Church, he was an elder in the College Church in Salem, Virginia. [3] [4] [edit] References{{Reflist}} 71.184.45.94 (talk) 06:42, 4 June 2008 (UTC) |
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[edit] Jesse Arthur Younger
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[edit] Jesse Arthur Younger Freeway
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[edit] Kodungalloor amma
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[edit] The Mosaic Parish of Karlskrona
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[edit] Francesco Roda
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[edit] William Irving Shuman
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]]}} William Irving Shuman, or simply Irving Shuman, (September 18, 1882-?) was an American businessman, banker and political activist during the late 19th and early 20th century. A longtime member of the Democrat Party in Moultrie County, Illinois, he was an Illinois delegate to the 1912 Democratic National Convention and served as assistant U.S. Treasurer in Chicago, Illinois during World War I. [edit] BiographyShuman was born to Charles and Mary Richardson (McPheeters) Shuman, in Sullivan, Illinois. He left high school at age 16 and almost immediately taken on at the State Bank of Sullivan where he worked his way from bank teller, assistant cashier and finally to head cashier within five years. After two years, the 23-year-old Shuman was elected director becoming one of the youngest banking officials in the United States. He was also elected as director of the Sullivan Elevator Company, one of the largest grain concerns in central Illinois, as well as the president of Group Seven of the Illinois Banking Association from 1911 to 1912. The organization represented Sangamon, Macon, Christian, Shelby, Montgomery, Macoupin and Moultrie County. At the end of his term, he was unanimously elected as a member of the Council of the Illinois Bankers' Association for a three year term. He was also appointed to the State Bankers' Committee on Agricultural and Vocational Education and, two years later, he became assistant U.S. Treasurer on October 13, 1913. He remained in this position throughout the First World War, Shuman's early duties being to coordinate with Chicago banking officials in expediting the first issue of Aldrich-Vreeland currency and supervise the distribution of $25 million from the Chicago sub-treasury. He was also chosen by U.S. Secretary of the Treasury William Gibbs McAdoo to co-operate with banking officials of the newly built Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Shuman placed the bank in a working basis and later received acclaim by governors and assistants for his assistance. Prior to his appointment, he had become active in politics as a somewhat militant Progressive Democrat. In 1910, he became interested in Woodrow Wilson as a possible presidential candidate and, at the behest of McCombs, he assisted in campaigning for Wilson in Illinois and the Midwest during the presidential election the following year. He was given complete control over the downstate Illinois campaign as well as being involved in the primaries in South Dakota and special work in Minnesota, Michigan and Indiana. Later elected as a member of the 19th Congressional District in Baltimore, Maryland, Shuman is credited as being one of those whose influence switched the Illinois delegation to support Wilson in the Baltimore convention. After Wilson's successful election as President of the United States, he returned to his former position with the Sullivan Elevator Company becoming treasurer and director, a director of the Citizens' Abstract Company and the First National Bank in Wheaton, Illinois. He also became a member of the Sons of the American Revolution, being the great-grandson of Isaac Bowman, as well as a member of the Union League, the Iroquois, Chicago Press, and Railway and Manufacturers' Club. He was also a 32nd degree Free Mason and one of the officers of the Grand Royal Arch chapter. [5] Following his death, he was buried in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. [6] [edit] References{{Reflist}}
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[edit] Bad Boy Joe
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[edit] Standish Robert Gage Prendergast Vereker M.C., 7thViscount Gort
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[edit] Julia Smith (historian)
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[edit] Bachmann's Brewery
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[edit] Removed Nonsense
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[edit] Alison Angel
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[edit] II Trill (Chopped Up Not Slopped Up by:OG Ron C)
[edit] Tracklisting
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[edit] Dayton Ricketts
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[edit] Meanderthal (album)
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[edit] Stirtonia
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[edit] Notobatrachus
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[edit] Endless Ages
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[edit] Brachydectes
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[edit] Aornerpeton
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[edit] Mike Mathers
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[edit] Drastic Harmonic
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[edit] Stegomus
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[edit] Teleorhinus
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[edit] Typothorax
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[edit] Yurlunggur (snake)
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[edit] Opisthodactylus
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[edit] Drew Magary
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[edit] Hinasuri
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[edit] Ninja Combat
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[edit] Joe Edwards (singer/bass player)
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[edit] Fex Video Game
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