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6 unusual facts about Fairmont


Charles Henry Sloan

He moved to Fairmont, Nebraska and became the city schools superintendent from 1884 to 1887.

Minnesota State Highway 263

Minnesota State Highway 263 is a highway in southwest Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with Martin County Road 8 in Ceylon and continues north to its northern terminus at its interchange with Interstate 90 near Welcome, nine miles west of Fairmont.

Pleasant Valley, Marion County, West Virginia

It is immediately south of the larger city and county seat of Fairmont, West Virginia.

Quincy Miller

At age 13, his uncle Lamont Taylor from Fairmont, North Carolina took Miller in to get him away from the Chicago street life.

Vess Ossman

Later, in Fairmont, Minnesota, he suffered another heart attack, this time fatal, after his last performance on stage.

West Virginia Illusion

The team played their home games in the stadium on the campus of Fairmont State University in Fairmont, West Virginia.


Al Kaufman

Before that bout, Johnson had attended a match between Kaufman and Tony Ross held at the Fairmont Athletic Club in The Bronx on 13 April 1909.

Albert Fink

Fink supervised much of the design, and oversaw the building of some of the first iron bridges in the nation, including that over the Monongahela River in Fairmont, West Virginia.

Andrew Newman

Andrew Newman House, an historic house at 23 Fairmont Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts

Fairmont Senior High School

The Fairmont Senior Madrigal Chamber Choir, a renaissance style a cappella choir, has won numerous all-around Festivals of Music choral competitions in places such as Montreal, New York City, and Williamsburg.

Fairmount Hotel

Hotel Vancouver, British Columbia, branded currently as the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver

Jasper Park Lodge

The Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge (locally known as "JPL" or "the Lodge" ) is situated on the shores of Lac Beauvert.

José de Jesús Noé

In 1845, Noe was granted the land known as Rancho San Miguel, which covered the neighborhoods now known as Noe Valley, Eureka Valley, Fairmont Heights, Glen Park and Sunnyside.

Minnesota State Highway 262

Minnesota State Highway 262 was a short highway in south-central Minnesota, which ran from its interchange with Interstate 90 in Pleasant Prairie Township; six miles east of Fairmont; and continued north to its northern terminus at its intersection with Martin County Road 53 in the town of Granada.

Mountain Line Transit Authority

It is also the provider of bus service on the campus of West Virginia University as well as inter-city bus service to Fairmont, West Virginia, Clarksburg, West Virginia, Waynesburg, Pittsburgh, and the Pittsburgh International Airport.

Richard Neely

Upon returning to civilian life, Neely started his own law practice in Fairmont, West Virginia and in 1970 was elected to the West Virginia Legislature.

Robert E. Lee Allen

Born in Lima, West Virginia in Tyler County, Allen attended the country schools, Fairmont Normal School, and Peabody College, Nashville, Tennessee.

Space elevator construction

Bradley C. Edwards, former Director of Research for the Institute for Scientific Research (ISR), based in Fairmont, West Virginia proposed that, if nanotubes with sufficient strength could be made in bulk, a space elevator could be built in little more than a decade, rather than the far future.

The Fairmont Hamilton Princess

The Fairmont Hamilton Princess (generally known as The Princess) is one of the grandest and most famous hotels in Hamilton, Bermuda.


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