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28 unusual facts about Ashland


Al-Haramain Foundation

There was one branch of the foundation in the United States, located at Ashland, Oregon.

Ashland Airport

Ashland/Lineville Airport in Ashland/Lineville, Alabama, United States (FAA: 26A)

Ashland, Mississippi

Bill Stone was elected to the Mississippi State Senate in November 2007, and a special election was held in the town of Ashland to fill the mayoral vacancy.

Ashland, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana

The lack of business in 1979 compelled Welborn Ayres to equate Ashland with "The Deserted Village" of the Oliver Goldsmith poem.

Ashland, Virginia

Originally known as Slash Cottage, Ashland is located on U.S. Route 1, the Old Washington Highway (a stage route between Richmond and Washington, DC) and the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad, a busy north-south route now owned by CSX Transportation.

Battle of Hanover Court House

The Confederate line broke under the weight of thousands of new troops and they retreated back through Peake's Crossing to Ashland.

Charles H. Porter

He was admitted to the bar in 1854 and commenced practice in Ashland, New York.

Chris Ray

In November 2012 Chris, his brother Phil Ray, and their families opened a craft brewery in Ashland, Virginia, Center Of The Universe (COTU) Brewing.

Damien Woody

He attended Patrick Henry High School in Ashland, Virginia, where he teamed with Erron Kinney and helped the Patrick Henry Patriots win the 1994 state football championship.

Elisabeth Zinser

Elisabeth Ann Zinser (born 1940) is a retired university president, most recently at Southern Oregon University (2001–2006) in Ashland, Oregon.

Garnet Mimms

Garnet Mimms (born Garrett Mimms on November 16, 1933 in Ashland, West Virginia) is an American singer, influential in soul music and rhythm and blues.

Harry D. Boivin

Boivin was born in Ashland, Oregon on February 7, 1904, the son of Henry and Nellie Boivin.

Jahnna N. Malcolm

Jahnna Beecham and Malcolm Hillgartner met in 1978, when they were actors with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, Oregon.

Jeff Raikes

Raikes grew up in Ashland, Nebraska, graduating from Ashland-Greenwood High School in 1976.

Kelvin Underwood

For a period of time, Underwood and his former wife considered moving to Los Angeles to live closer to On Ensmble, but after the birth of their son, Blaise, they decided to move to Rosie's hometown in Ashland, Oregon.

Laurel Neme

Her book Animal Investigators describes the work of the Clark R. Bavin National Fish and Wildlife Forensic Laboratory in Ashland, Oregon, which investigates crimes against wildlife.

M. Thomas Inge

He is currently a professor of humanities at Randolph–Macon College (Ashland, Virginia), where there was an exhibition of his 20th-century comic art collection in 2006.

Milton, West Virginia

Milton is a part of the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA).

Napaporn Tongsalee

She also won the 2005 Our Lady Of Bellefonte Hospital Tennis Classic singles tournament in Ashland.

Norman Carlson

During his 30 year involvement, he served in the United States Penitentiary of Leavenworth, Kansas, and also in the Federal Correctional Institution of Ashland, Kentucky.

North Settlement Methodist Church

North Settlement Methodist Church is a historic Methodist church on County Route 10, east of the junction with County Route 32C in Ashland, New York, Greene County, New York.

Richmond Spiders football, 1881–89

The first Spiders season was in 1881 when they finished 2–0–0, both wins being against Randolph-Macon College of Ashland.

Rose Maddox

In later years she lived in Ashland, Oregon, near where her brother had bought a ranch in 1958.

Southport, New York

In 1867, an eastern section of the town was used to form part of the new Town of Ashland.

Strip mill

The strip mill was a major innovation, with the first being erected at Ashland, Kentucky in 1923.

Taylor Sanford

His teams won a total of five conference championships over his seven years in Ashland, Virginia, before moving to Wake Forest as freshman football coach.

The Utopian Society

Ashland Film Festival (Ashland, OR):NOMINATED - Best Acting Ensemble & Best Cinematography

West Settlement Methodist Church

West Settlement Methodist Church is a historic Methodist church on West Settlement Road at the junction with Cleveland Road in Ashland, Greene County, New York.


Al-Haramain Foundation

The Ashland chapter assisted the Islamic Society of Springfield, Missouri, in the purchase of a prayer house, but the Springfield organization shares no common directors and is not and never was under the control of the Al-Haramain organization.

Alexander Hamilton Sands

Just before the American Civil War Mr. Sands was ordained as a Baptist minister, and he established churches in Ashland and Glen Allen for African Americans and served as their pastor.

Angus L. Bowmer

The Works Progress Administration helped construct a makeshift Elizabethan stage on the Chautauqua site and Bowmer, college students, teachers, and Ashland citizens mounted two plays, The Merchant of Venice and Twelfth Night, for three performances.

Ashland High School

Paul G. Blazer High School in Ashland, Kentucky is the successor to the former Ashland High School, and as such is often referred to as "Ashland High School"

Ashland Inc.

In 2006, Ashland sold APAC (the paving and construction division) to the Oldcastle Materials subsidiary of Oldcastle Inc. of Dublin, Ireland.

Defenders Day

On that day, the bodies of Wells and McComas were paraded to Ashland Square, (near the intersection of North Gay, Monument, and Aisquith Streets in East Baltimore), the site of interment, and placed below the obelisk’s foundation in ceremonial fashion.

Eldbjørg Hemsing

Abroad she has appeared with the Norrköping Symphony Orchestra/Alan Buribayev, Zurich Chamber Orchestra, the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, the Jyvaskyla Sinfonia in Finland, the Czech Chamber Orchestra of Pardubice, the Ashland Symphony Orchestra in the USA, as well as making several appearances with the Ukrainian National Philharmonic Orchestra.

Federal Correctional Institution, Ashland

FCI Ashland's primary service area includes Kentucky, southern Indiana, southern Ohio, western Pennsylvania (Greater Pittsburgh), Tennessee, and West Virginia.

Illinois Route 125

Points of interest marked on IL-125, but not directly on the road, include the Jim Edgar Panther Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area in eastern Cass County northwest of Ashland, and the old Cass County courthouse in Beardstown where lawyer Abraham Lincoln practiced.

Ironton–Russell Bridge

Soon, the Ironton-Russell bridge was followed by numerous others at Ashland, Portsmouth, and Huntington.

KCMX

KCMX-FM, a radio station (101.9 FM) licensed to Ashland, Oregon, United States

Kelvin Underwood

In Ashland, Underwood got involved with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, and has performed as a drummer during their 2009, 2010 and 2012 seasons, while also collaborating with a variety of artists, including Ashland's Dancing People Company, Rock music artist Frankie Hernandez, the Mackay Project Jazz Quartet, and the Southern Oregon University Percussion Ensemble.

Linda West Eckhardt

In the early 1980s she moved to Menlo Park, California, where she completed an M.F.A. in creative writing at San Francisco State University, then to Ashland, Oregon, where she began writing on cooking, dining, and travel, and was a columnist for The Oregonian.

Lithia water

An example of a noncommercial lithia water can be found in Ashland, Oregon's Lithia Park, a very popular tourist attraction because of its lithia water fountain.

Rogue River – Siskiyou National Forest

There are local ranger district offices located in Ashland, Butte Falls, Grants Pass, Jacksonville, and Prospect.

Sanborn, Wisconsin

Sanborn is located in northern Ashland County, along the shore of Lake Superior.

U.S. Route 2 crosses the town, leading west to downtown Ashland and east to Ironwood, Michigan.

Tiffany Withrow

Tiffany Rachelle Withrow is an American beauty queen from Ashland, Kentucky who won the crown for Miss Kentucky Teen USA for 2006.

Utah Shakespearean Festival

While in Ashland, Adams met and entensively interviewed OSF's founder, Angus L. Bowmer.

Waking Ashland

Tooth & Nail signed Waking Ashland and released their first full-length album Composure — produced by Lou Giordano — in May 2005.

West Pullman, Chicago

It is bounded on the north by 115th Street, on the east by the former Illinois Central Railroad, on the south by the Calumet River and Riverdale, on the west by Calumet Park, Blue Island and Ashland Avenue.

Western Illinois Valley Conference

A total of 14 school are members: Ashland (A-C Central), Bluffs, Carrollton, Concord (Triopia), Greenfield, Hardin (Calhoun), Jacksonville (Illinois School for the Deaf), Jacksonville (Routt), Mt. Sterling (Brown County), Pleasant Hill, Virginia, White Hall (North Greene) and Winchester.

WNCO

WNCO-FM, a radio station (101.3 FM) licensed to Ashland, Ohio, United States