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unusual facts about Christiansted, United States Virgin Islands


Emil Bærentzen

Born in Copenhagen on 30 October 1799, Bærentzen served an apprenticeship at the pharmacy in Nykøbing Sjælland but then travelled to Christiansted on the then Danish island of St. Croix in the West Indies where he worked in one of the government offices.


Antillean Cave Rail

Bone fragments of this species were first unearthed by archaeologist Theodoor de Booy in kitchen midden deposits on the Richmond estate near Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands in July 1916 and described by Alexander Wetmore in 1918.

British Virgin Islands cricket team

A British Islands cricket team first appeared in West Indian cricket in the 1991 Leeward Islands Tournament against the United States Virgin Islands at the Lionel Roberts Stadium, Charlotte Amalie.

Christiansted, United States Virgin Islands

The botanist Julius von Röhr started a botanic garden in Christiansted in the 18th century and produced a number of landscapes of the island.

Estate Catherineberg

Estate Catherineberg is a historic mansion on Denmark Hill in Charlotte Amalie on Saint Thomas in the United States Virgin Islands.

Keithroy Cornelius

In February 2008, the United States Virgin Islands were invited to take part in the 2008 Stanford 20/20, whose matches held official Twenty20 status.

Kentucky Small Business Development Center

Now, every state has an SBDC program (Texas has four and California has six) along with Guam, District of Columbia, U.S. Virgin Islands and Samoa.

U.S. Virgin Islands Highway 33

It runs from Highway 30 near Frenchtown and takes a northerly path toward Crown Mountain.

Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act of 1954

In addition, loans to localities were authorized and the provisions of the Act were extended to apply to Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.

WSTX

WSTX-FM, a radio station broadcasting at 100.3 MHz on the FM band, licensed to Christiansted, U. S. Virgin Islands.


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