Bascom
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bascom may refer to:
[edit] Places and sites
- United States
- Bascom, Florida
- Bascom, Ohio
- Bascom Hill, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Bascom Lodge, Mount Greylock, Massachusetts
- Bascom (VTA), LRT station in San Jose, California
- Fort Bascom, New Mexico
- Bascom crater on Venus (see List of craters on Venus)
- Bascom asteroid #6084 - 1985 (see Meanings of asteroid names (6001-6500))
[edit] Notable people with the name Bascom
- Bernadette Bascom, R&B singer
- Earl W. Bascom (1906-1995), artist, inventor and rodeo cowboy
- Florence Bascom (1862-1945), geologist
- Henry Bidleman Bascom (1796-1850), religionist
- John Bascom (1827-1911), educationalist
- Wesbury Bascom, National Golden Glove champion (see list of National Golden Gloves Champions)
- David Bascome, professional soccer player
- Harold Bascom Durham, Jr., Vietnam War veteran
- Bascom Lamar Lunsford, folklorist
- C. Bascom Slemp (1870-1943), Virginia congressman, secretary to President Calvin Coolidge
[edit] Historical events
- Bascom Affair, triggered the beginning of the Apache Wars in 1861