Bunch Creek is an active water source flowing south to eventually confluence with the North Fork of the American River.
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The city is mentioned in Jules Verne’s book, Around the World in Eighty Days.
As a teenager, he worked at The Rose, a long-defunct movie theater in downtown Colfax, and broke both arms while putting Elizabeth Taylor's name on the marquee.
The Red Cedar Sounds, an award-winning chapter of Sweet Adelines International is based in Colfax.
Donald Edward Machholz, born October 7, 1952 in Portsmouth, Virginia, is an American amateur astronomer from Colfax, California.
The town of Colfax was formed, and he was elected one of the first County Commissioners of the newly established Whitman County as a Democrat.
Christopher Columbus Nash, a Confederate veteran, former prisoner of war at Johnson's Island in Ohio, and the former sheriff of Grant Parish, led companies of white militias at Colfax, the seat of Grant Parish, and killed tens of blacks in the Colfax Massacre.
His family moved around following his father's career until 1866 when they settled in Colfax.
Licensed to Chippewa Falls, this outlet broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 49 (or virtual channel 48.1 via PSIP) from a transmitter southeast of Colfax, and north of WIS 29, along the Dunn and Chippewa County line.
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Colfax was itself founded in 1996 by brothers Steven M. Rales and Mitchell Rales, founders of Danaher Corporation, with the strategy of bringing together leading brands in power transmission and pumps.
Colfax Corporation is a US-based company in Fulton, Maryland, indexed on the NYSE.
Many of the streets are named after historical figures such as Lincoln Ave (after President Abraham Lincoln), Fremont Ave (after General John C. Fremont who was the first Republican candidate for President, as well as a Staten Island resident, in 1856), Adams Avenue (after President John Adams), Colfax Ave (after Abraham Lincoln's first Vice President)and Greeley Ave (after newspaper editor Horace Greeley).
KRFX personalities include: Rick Lewis and Michael Floorwax mornings; Colfax (Chris Baur) middays; and Roger King evenings.
Colfax Avenue was originally named "Golden Avenue," and was renamed in 1896 for Schuyler Colfax, who had been U.S. Vice President.