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16 unusual facts about Buena Vista


Battle of Buena Vista

Meanwhile Wool rallied the broken regiments using the walls of the hacienda at Buena Vista as a defensive position supported by a battery under Thomas W. Sherman and two regiments of dragoons.

Buena Vista, California

Buena Vista, Santa Clara County, California, an unincorporated community and former census-designated place

Buena Vista, Georgia

The Hall of Famer was born in Buena Vista on December 21, 1911.

Buena Vista, Ichilo

Buena Vista is administrative center of the Ichilo Province and located in the Buena Vista Municipio on the right banks of RĂ­o Ichilo, 90 km south-west of the departmental capital Santa Cruz.

Buena Vista, Michigan

It was named to commemorate Zachary Taylor's then recent victory at the Battle of Buena Vista.

Buena Vista, Ohio

Buena Vista is the name of 4 different populated places within the state of Ohio.

Buena Vista, Pennsylvania

Notable people to have come from Buena Vista areformer baseball players Bill Ford and Brian Holton.

Buena Vista, Saskatoon

Buena Vista Park, developed in 1911-1912, was designed by U. Morell, a noted landscape architect from Minneapolis.

Buena Vista, Virginia

Major League Baseball World Series champion manager Charlie Manuel of the Philadelphia Phillies was a Buena Vista resident and is a graduate of Parry McCluer High School where he was a multi-sport star.

Public schools include Kling Elementary, Enderly Heights Elementary, Parry McCluer Middle School, and Parry McCluer High School.

Colorado and Southern Railway

The next line to be ripped up was between Garos and Buena Vista, Colorado.

Education in Gibraltar

These were reorganised in 1916 by General Don into a school at Buena Vista and another on Castle Street, Gibraltar.

Francis MacDonnell

Francis MacDonnell is professor of History at Southern Virginia University in Buena Vista, Virginia.

Mexican–American War campaigns

Santa Anna used French tactics at Buena Vista, attempting to overwhelm American positions with dense columns of men.

Nate Solder

He attended Buena Vista High School in Buena Vista, Colorado, where he played tight end for the Buena Vista Demons high school football team.

U.S. Route 501

It runs 355 miles (571 km) from Buena Vista, Virginia at U.S. Route 60 to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina at U.S. Route 17 Business.


Atlantic County Bikeway

Plans call for extending the bikeway to the Cumberland County Line, this section is referred to as bikeway west, and would run between Gaskill Park in Mays Landing and an area near the Buena Vista Campground near Routes 54 and 40 in Buena Vista.

Christine Arguello

Born in Thatcher, Colorado and raised in Buena Vista, Colorado, Arguello grew up the daughter of a railroad worker who housed his family for a time in a boxcar.

Denver, South Park and Pacific Railroad

On the western side of the pass, a small spur of the main connected to Buena Vista, then traversed the southern end of the Sawatch Range through the Alpine Tunnel to Pitkin and Gunnison.

Ohio Army National Guard

The 1st Ohio Volunteers comprised part of the army under Gen. Zachary Taylor and took part in the battlefield victories of Monterrey and Buena Vista.

William Tharp

Nevertheless, like the unwanted War of 1812, Tharp and Delaware in general responded to the recruiter, and many served honorably from Buena Vista to Vera Cruz.