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Battle of Fort Erie

Siege of Fort Erie (1814), immediately following the Capture of Fort Erie

Carter-Wallace

The company was formed as Carter Medicine Company which was incorporated in 1880 by John Samuel Carter of Erie, Pennsylvania.

Charles Manning Reed

He was the grandson of the first settler of Erie, Seth Reed.

CKEY

CFLZ-FM, a radio station (101.1 FM) licensed to Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada, which held the call sign CKEY-FM from 1991 to 2011

Colchester, Ontario

As the oldest known structure along Lake Erie's shoreline, the house was completed in 1813 and a letter from the time indicates that men were working on the home's roof as cannons roared during the Battle of Lake Erie.

Early Bird Jenny

The Early Bird Jenny is an American homebuilt aircraft that was designed by Dennis Wiley and produced by the Early Bird Aircraft Company of Erie, Colorado and also by Leading Edge Airfoils of Peyton, Colorado.

Elliot Griffin Thomas

From 1954-59, Thomas worked as a pharmacist with the Veterans Administration in Erie, Pennsylvania, where he also studied part-time at Gannon College, majoring in Business Administration.

Erie Airport

Erie International Airport near Erie, Pennsylvania, United States (IATA/FAA: ERI)

Erie National Wildlife Refuge

The Erie National Wildlife Refuge was designated an Important Bird Area by the National Audubon Society because of the diversity of habitat it provides to the approximate 237 species of birds attracted to the refuge.

Flyer II

Ravine Flyer II, a hybrid wooden roller coaster located at Waldameer Park in Erie, Pennsylvania, United States

Fowlerville

Fowlerville, Erie County, New York, a hamlet in Erie County, New York, United States

Fred Biletnikoff

In Erie, he attended what was then Technical Memorial High School, now Central Tech, whose athletic field now bears his name.

Frenchtown Charter Township, Michigan

Sterling State Park is located along the southern edge of the township and is the only of Michigan’s 98 state parks located on or near Lake Erie.

Grape pie

Vineyards that grow the grape, which was developed in the U.S., stretch from Western New York across Pennsylvania and into Ohio, forming a "narrow 100-mile-long strip" which includes Westfield, New York (known as "Concord grape juice capital of the world"), on the southern Lake Erie shore.

Henry T. Anthony

After that, he worked intermittedly as a civil engineer, at the Erie railroad, Croton Aqueduct and Hudson River railroad, and as a clerk at the Bank of New York.

History of railroads in Michigan

The Erie & Kalamazoo was to connect Port Lawrence (now Toledo, Ohio) on Lake Erie to some point on the Kalamazoo River, which flows into Lake Michigan.

Hugh Keelan

He was preceded at Erie by Peter Bay, who served from 1996 to 2000, and was replaced in 2007 by Daniel Meyer of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.

John R. Evans

Then, after a successful internship, he went on to become the sportscaster at WJET-TV in Erie.

Julius Walker Adams

With James P. Kirkwood Adams designed the stone arch Starrucca Viaduct, which was built in 1847-1848 by New York and Erie Railroad.

Juniata, Philadelphia

The Market–Frankford Line elevated train stops in the neighborhood at the Erie-Torresdale Station, located at the intersection of Kensington, Erie, and Torresdale Avenues.

Lake Erie belt

Other cities considered in the Lake Erie Belt are Cleveland, Toledo, Akron, Canton, Erie, and Buffalo.

Mary Celine Fasenmyer

Sister Mary Celine Fasenmyer, R.S.M., (October 4, 1906, Crown, Pennsylvania – December 27, 1996, Erie, Pennsylvania) was a mathematician.

For ten years after her graduation she taught and studied at Mercyhurst College in Erie, where she joined the Sisters of Mercy.

Miami-Erie Canal Site Historic District

Miami-Erie Canal Site Historic District is a registered historic district near West Chester, Ohio, listed in the National Register of Historic Places on 1978-12-18.

Michael Berryman

Berryman is a popular draw at genre conventions, such as the 2002 Horrorfind convention in Baltimore, Maryland, and the 2007 Eerie Horror Film Festival in Erie, Pennsylvania.

Morris and Essex Railroad

In 1876 the new tunnel under Bergen Hill opened, after hostilities including a frog war in late 1870 and early 1871, caused by the M&E's attempts to modify the connection between their Boonton Branch, a newer freight bypass, and the Erie tunnel.

Mouse Island

Mouse Island, Ohio, a private island in Lake Erie in Ohio, United States

New York State Route 249

It runs east–west across southwestern Erie County from the shores of Lake Erie in the town of Farnham to the hamlet of Langford in the town of North Collins.

North Presbyterian Church

Hellenic Orthodox Church of the Annunciation, Buffalo, New York, also known as "North Presbyterian Church", NRHP-listed in Erie County

Northern Branch

Sometime in the 1860s the Northern began running service westward from Sparkill on the Erie's Piermont Branch as far as Monsey, New York.

After running on the Erie for one mile, trains reached the Northern's own line at Sparkill, New York and ran for 21 miles to another junction with the Erie at Croxton in Jersey City, New Jersey.

O. Richard Bundy

After completing his tour of duty with the military, Bundy became band director/instrumental music instructor in 1976 for the Iroquois School District, Erie, Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania State Treasurer election, 2004

Jean Craige Pepper, an Erie financial executive, was the only Republican who filed.

Primitive Race

-- DO NOT CHANGE! Members are listed in order of joining the band, as per Wikipedia guidelines. -->Chris Kniker - Founder
Luc Van Acker
Raymond Watts
Dave Ogilvie
Mark Gemini Thwaite
Erie Loch
Graham Crabb
Burton C. Bell
Kourtney Klein

Randy Baumann

Prior to joining the DVE Morning Show in 2000, Baumann was an announcer for Rocket 101, WRKT in Erie, Pennsylvania using the on-air name "Buckethead".

Seaway Trail

Attractions along this segment of the Seaway Trail include the city of Erie itself, Presque Isle State Park, Erie Bluffs State Park, Waldameer Park and Water World, the Erie Maritime Museum, and the North East winery region.

Shriners Hospitals for Children

The Shriners had considered closing facilities in Shreveport, Louisiana; Greenville, South Carolina; Erie, Pennsylvania; Spokane, Washington; Springfield, Massachusetts and

Squeaky Wheel Buffalo Media Arts Center

Squeaky Wheel is supported in part by the Baird Foundation, the Children's Foundation of Erie County, the Peter C. Cornell Trust, the Experimental Television Center, the Fund for the Arts, Hodgson Russ LLP, M&T Bank, National Endowment for the Arts, New York State Council on the Arts, the John R. Oishei Foundation, Starbucks Foundation and our members.

SS North American

The company used her in cross-lake service between Erie, Pennsylvania and Port Dover, Ontario for one year until she was retired in 1964.

The Mistake on the Lake

Cleveland, a city in the U.S. state of Ohio located on the southern shore of Lake Erie

Twelve Mile Creek

Twelvemile Creek, a tributary of Lake Erie located in Erie County, Pennsylvania, USA

WLVU

WXKC 99.3 MHz, a radio station in Erie, Pennsylvania that held the call letters until 1985.

WMCE

WMCE-FM, a radio station (88.5 FM) licensed to serve Erie, Pennsylvania

WQLN

WQLN-FM, a radio station (91.3 FM) licensed to Erie, Pennsylvania, United States

WREO-FM

Once boasted as the "Powerhouse of the North Coast", the station's 50,000-watt signal allows listeners to enjoy WREO (Mix 97.1) from London, Ontario; west to Cleveland, Ohio; all of Erie, Pennsylvania; east to Ripley, New York, south to Meadville, Pennsylvania, and all point in between.

WTIG

The studios were then moved to occupy the top floor of the Massillon Building at the intersection of N. Erie St. and Lincoln Way (State Route 172) in downtown Massillon.

WVXF

Between 1989 and 2001, CBS service was available via satellite from New York (WCBS-TV), Raleigh (WRAL-TV), and/or Erie (WSEE-TV).


see also

David Ozio

The record would stand only one year, however, as it was shattered by Bob Learn, Jr.'s 1,129 four-game total in a 1996 Erie, PA event.

New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad

The book is a record of an address given by Lynne L. White (a former president of the Nickel Plate) to the Newcomen Society of the United States, held in the ballroom of the Hotel Lawrence, Erie, Pa., November 11, 1954.

Pennsylvania Route 505

The road heads In the suburbs of Erie, PA 505 runs northward as Perry Highway (named for Oliver Hazard Perry, hero of the Battle of Lake Erie) and Glenwood Park Avenue through residential areas, between PA 97 and US 19.