Folsom
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Folsom may refer to:
In places in the United States of America:
In people:
- Abby Folsom (?-1867), American feminist and abolitionist
- Allan Folsom (born 1941), American camera man, editor, writer and producer
- Fred Folsom, American former head coach of the Colorado (1895-1915) and Dartmouth (1903-1906) college football programs
- Jim Folsom (1908 – 1987), American Democratic Governor of the U.S. state of Alabama
- Jim Folsom, Jr. (born 1949), American Democratic Governor of the U.S. state of Alabama
- Nathaniel Folsom (1726 – 1790), American merchant and statesman
- Steve Folsom (born 1958), American football player with the NFL
- William Harrison Folsom (1815 – 1901), American architect and contractor
- Frances Folsom Cleveland Preston (1864 – 1947), American, wife of the President of the United States, Grover Cleveland
In other uses:
- Folsom Field, an outdoor football stadium in Boulder, Colorado, United States
- Folsom Library, research library on the campus of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, located in Troy, NY
- Folsom point, prototype of a spearpoint or arrowhead that was invented by Native Americans and widely-distributed in North America
- Folsom Public Library, located in Folsom, California
- Folsom Tradition, name given by archaeologists to a sequence of old Paleo-Indian cultures of central North America
- Folsom State Prison, high-security prison near Folsom, California. This prison was made known to the outside world since country music singer Johnny Cash performed there and recorded the live album Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison.
- Folsom Street Fair, held at the end of September during San Francisco's Leather Pride Week.
[edit] See also
- Folsome, progressive rock band from St. Marys, Ontario Canada.