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2 unusual facts about Auburn/Lewiston Municipal Airport


Auburn Airport

Auburn/Lewiston Municipal Airport in Auburn/Lewiston, Maine, United States (FAA: LEW)

Lewiston Airport

Auburn/Lewiston Municipal Airport near Auburn and Lewiston, Maine, United States (FAA/IATA: LEW)


1976 Auburn Tigers football team

At the end of the 1975 season, Ralph "Shug" Jordan retired after 25 years as head coach of the Auburn Tigers.

2001 College Football All-America Team

Damon Duval, Auburn (Walter Camp, AFCA-Coaches, AP)

2007 Kansas State Wildcats football team

Auburn quarterback Brandon Cox threw a touchdown pass to Gabe McKenzie with 2:01 remaining in the fourth quarter and Antonio Coleman returned a fumble for a score moments later to give No. 18 Auburn a 23-13 win over Kansas State.

2011 BCS National Championship Game

Auburn's 85 total plays were a new record, exceeding the record set at the January 4, 2006 game between Texas and USC with 82 plays.

A. H. de Oliveira Marques

He left for the United States where he taught history at a number of universities (Auburn, Florida, Columbia, Minnesota and Chicago) between 1965 and 1970.

Alexei Puninski

Puninski is also an eighteen-time All-American swimmer, a full-fledged member of the Auburn Tigers, and an international business graduate at the Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama.

Alfred Conkling

Margaret Cockburn Conkling (also known as Mrs. Steele; born 27 January 1814; died 1890) became an accomplished author, with works such as The American Gentleman's Guide To Politeness and Fashion, Memoirs of the Mother and Wife of Washington (Auburn, N. Y., 1851-1853), Isabel; or, Trials of the Heart and a translation of Florian's History of the Moors of Spain.

Allentown Railroad

From Reading, traffic could either pass north to Auburn and thence over the Schuylkill and Susquehanna, or west over the Lebanon Valley Railroad to Harrisburg.

Auburn Gresham, Chicago

Auburn Gresham is home to the St. Leo Campus for Veterans, which includes the Catholic Charities' St. Leo's Residence, the Auburn Gresham Community Based Outpatient Clinic, the St. Leo's Veteran's Garden, and the Pope John Paul II Residence.

Auburn Tigers swimming and diving

At the same Olympics, Kirsty Coventry won her seventh Olympic medal to replace Auburn alumnus and NBC swimming commentator Rowdy Gaines at the top of the Auburn roster of Olympic medallists.

Auburn, Nebraska

Calvert and Sheridan combined to form Auburn in 1882, in part to have the voting power to wrestle the county seat away from Brownville, Nebraska, a village located nine miles east.

Auburn, South Australia

The name of Auburn, probably applied by Williams, is doubtless derived from a line in a poem by Oliver Goldsmith, Sweet Auburn, loveliest village on the plain.

Auburntown, Tennessee

Once known as Poplar Stand, due to large population of poplar trees in the area, Auburntown was eventually renamed after Auburn, New York.

Ben Tate

Tate finished at Auburn 5th on the career rushing list, behind Auburn greats Bo Jackson, Carnell Williams, James Brooks, and Joe Cribbs.

Bill Oliver

After coaching for high schools in Alabama, Oliver joined Auburn as a secondary coach in 1966 under coach Ralph Jordan.

Brandon Boudreaux

Brandon Alan Boudreaux (born June 26, 1989 in Auburn, Alabama) is a professional Canadian football defensive end for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League.

Chuck Long

Finally, Long was the runner-up for the Heisman Trophy to Bo Jackson of Auburn in the second closest race in the award's history, losing by just 45 points.

Deep South's Oldest Rivalry

With 36 seconds remaining and faced with 4th and 18 from the Tiger 26-yardline, Auburn quarterback Nick Marshall, a former defensive back for the Bulldogs during the 2011 season, threw a Hail Mary pass, which was tipped by Georgia safety Josh Harvey-Clemons right into the hands of Auburn sophomore wide receiver Ricardo Louis.

Ed Sayles

Sayles lives in Auburn, New York, close to the Merry-Go-Round Playhouse, with his wife.

Eric Ramsey

Ramsey's initial claims were opposed by several former Auburn stars including Bo Jackson, Frank Thomas, and Aundray Bruce.

Auburn's new President, William Muse, hired a new athletic director to help with the investigation upon Dye's resignation as A.D. Meanwhile, both Eric Ramsey and his wife, Twilitta, graduated from Auburn wearing bulletproof vests during commencement.

Hal Baird

While at Auburn, he became the schools most successful head coach in history, winning a total of 634 games and he led his team to the 1994 College World Series and the 1997 College World Series.

Hanley Funderburk

In 1980, Henry Hanley Funderburk became President of Auburn University after Governor Fob James recommended him.

Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Monument

Legislation has been proposed to create Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park to encompass the monument and other properties in Dorchester, Talbot and Caroline counties, as well as Harriet Tubman National Historical Park at several Tubman-related places in Auburn, New York.

I Still Miss Someone

Jimmy Buffett performed the song as a dedication to Cash at the White River Amphitheatre in Auburn, Washington on September 16, 2003, four days after Cash's death.

Jeffrey Lynn

Born Ragnar Lind in Auburn, Massachusetts, Lynn was a school teacher before he began his acting career.

Joanne P. McCallie

While at Auburn, McCallie and the Tigers appeared in two national championship games and made an appearance in the NCAA Elite Eight.

John E. Pitts, Jr.

Pitts was born in Auburn, Alabama, the son of John E. "Boozer" and Martha Pitts, and attended Auburn High School and The Citadel.

KGRG

KGRG-FM, a radio station (89.9 FM) licensed to Auburn, Washington, United States

Michael Dyer

As a true freshman in 2010 Dyer rushed for 1,093 yards on 182 carries and five touchdowns, breaking the Auburn record for most rushing yards by a freshman, previously held by Bo Jackson.

New York State Chess Association

The New York State Chess Association (NYSCA) is the oldest continuously-run chess organization in the United States, having been formed in Auburn, New York in 1878, as the "Western New York and Northern Pennsylvania Chess Association." The NYSCA name has been used since 1886.

Percy Beard

He became a world-class hurdler at Alabama Polytechnic Institute (now Auburn University) in Auburn, Alabama.

Randy Campbell

He has also worked closely with Auburn University in the Charitable Planned Giving program helping raise millions of dollars which will benefit Auburn University in years to come.

He was also the recipient of the prestigious Cliff Hare Award which is the highest honor given to a student/athlete at Auburn University for leadership, integrity, scholastic and athletic achievement.

Regional Football League

Former college standouts such as Josh Booty (LSU), Stewart Patridge (Ole Miss), Andre Ware (Houston), Sherman Williams (Alabama Crimson Tide) and Dameyune Craig (Auburn) were signed to RFL teams in the hopes that fans would turn out to see former local stars.

Saint-Dominic Academy

Maine’s Lewiston-Auburn region is rich with Franco-American history, and families that immigrated to the area for opportunities that the textile mills and shoe shops along the Androscoggin River offered.

Samford Bulldogs

For example, in 2006 the Samford baseball team defeated Auburn in the annual game at the Hoover Met and in 2010 the Samford basketball team defeated Auburn for the third time.

Silverwater, New South Wales

Silverwater is serviced by several bus services including routes to Parramatta, Strathfield, Auburn, Ryde and of course Sydney Olympic Park.

Son of Briartic

His influence as a sire in Washington was such that Emerald Downs in Auburn named a race in his honor.

Success Automobile Manufacturing Company

So, he took several competitors to court on this matter; among them the Economy Motor Buggy Company in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and the W. H. Kiblinger Company in Auburn, Indiana (a predecessor of the Auburn Automobile Company).

Tahoe National Forest

The forest also serves as the water supply headwaters for the towns of Lincoln, Auburn, Rocklin, California, and Reno and Sparks, Nevada, which receive the water through elaborate canal systems that largely originated during the California Gold Rush and Comstock Lode eras.

Tracy Rocker

Rocker returned to Auburn to complete his undergraduate degree in 1992 and began his coaching career with the Auburn High School Tigers the same year.

Washington State Route 164

SR 164 was first defined under law to be built and paved by the state of Washington in 1913 as the McClellan Pass Highway, extending southeast from Tacoma along the Puyallup and White rivers to Chinook Pass and towards Naches along an existing county road from Auburn and Enumclaw built in the 1890s.

WFGA

Although its city of license is in Ohio, WFGA now primarily concentrates on serving the Auburn and Garrett area in northeastern Indiana, where its signal is much stronger than in Fort Wayne.

WIFF

WGBJ, a radio station (102.3 FM ) licensed to serve Auburn, Indiana, United States, which held the call sign WIFF-FM from 1967 to 1995

WGLL, a radio station (1570 AM) licensed to serve Auburn, which held the call sign WIFF from 1967 until 1997

William Hosking

This, the Abney Park Chapel was to be the first nondenominational cemetery chapel in Europe, and quite probably the world (since its 'sister' chapel at Mount Auburn was a later addition).

William Robinson House

William A. Robinson House, Auburn, Maine, listed on the NRHP in Androscoggin County, Maine


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