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4 unusual facts about Flagstaff


David Brudenell-Bruce, Earl of Cardigan

After the divorce, he re-married in 2011 Catherine Joanne Powell, of Flagstaff, Arizona, now Countess of Cardigan.

Flagstaff Medical Center

Flagstaff Medical Center is a major hospital and regional trauma center in Flagstaff, Arizona.

Joe Sorren

A mural of his adorns an outdoor wall at Heritage Square in Flagstaff, Arizona.

Sotra Patera

It has been compared with terrestrial volcanoes such as Etna, Laki and volcanic cones near Flagstaff, Arizona.


Arizona Trail

The idea for the trail was originally developed and promoted in 1985 by Dale Shewalter, a Flagstaff, Arizona teacher.

Brown Hill, Mitcham

Brown Hill, along with Mount Lofty, Green Hill, Flagstaff Hill and Black Hill, was used by Colonel William Light as a trig station for the 1837 survey of the City of Adelaide.

Department of Alaska

That afternoon, 250 American soldiers, 80 Russian soldiers, Russian-American Company Chief Manager Prince Maksutov and his wife, and a group of locals assembled at the flagstaff in front of the governor's residence (on what has come to be known as "Baranof (Baronov) Castle Hill" to witness the flag of Russia being lowered and the U.S. flag being raised in its place.

Flagstaff Hill Football Club

In 1978 Brighton Tigers FC joined the Glenelg South Football Association and the following year was renamed to Flagstaff Hill Football Club.

Flagstaff Hill, South Australia

Flagstaff Hill is covered by two State Electoral Divisions the state electoral district of Fisher, whose current member is Dr. Bob Such (Independent) and the state electoral district of Davenport, whose current member is Iain Evans (Liberal Party).

The team sports hub of Flagstaff Hill is the Flagstaff Hill Sports and Community Centre, home of the Flagstaff Hill Football Club, Flagstaff Hill Cricket Club, Flagstaff Hill Tennis Club, Flagstaff Athletics, Happy Valley Netball Club and Southern Hills Little Athletics.

It is named after the hill by that name in the area, where Colonel William Light erected a flagstaff during his survey, which was then used as a trig point.

Flagstaff Pulliam Airport

America West Airlines served Flagstaff as well with de Havilland Canada DHC-8 Dash 8 as a feeder for the America West hub in Phoenix.

Frank Poole

In the novel 3001: The Final Odyssey, Arthur C. Clarke tells us that Frank Poole's boyhood hometown was Flagstaff, Arizona, and that his visits to the Lowell Observatory there had sparked his interest in astronautics.

Grand Falls, Arizona

Grand Falls is a natural waterfall system located 30 miles (48.3 kilometers) northeast of Flagstaff, Arizona in the Painted Desert on the Navajo Indian Reservation.

High country

"High Country", a nickname for the Colorado Plateau, including the towns of Flagstaff, Sedona, Page, and Payson in northern Arizona

I Hate You When You're Pregnant

I Hate You When You're Pregnant (abbreviated as IHYWYP) was a one-man punk-pop-electro-cock-rock band consisting of Phil Buckman on vocals, guitars, keys and drum machine, based in Flagstaff, Arizona.

Jeneda Benally

Not only has she been a Miss Flagstaff Indian Days Powwow Princess, she is also a national Native American Honor Roll Society member, a spokeswoman for the Navajo Nation Tribal Employee Program, and one of the founders of the Indigenous Youth Network.

KAFF

KAFF-FM, a radio station (92.9 FM) licensed to Flagstaff, Arizona, United States

KNRJ

When the old transmitter near Payson went silent, K228XO 93.5 FM in Flagstaff, at the same time, stopped simulcasting KNRJ, and began simulcasting KAFF 930 AM.

KTVW-DT

KTVW-DT also operates the UniMás station for the Phoenix market on low-powered KFPH-CD (channel 35), which broadcasts on full-powered KFPH-DT (channel 13) in Flagstaff (also a part of the Phoenix market), giving it "must-carry" broadcast station status on satellite providers DirecTV and Dish Network.

KVNA

KVNA-FM, a radio station (100.1 FM) licensed to Flagstaff, Arizona, United States

Sinclair Oil Corporation

Sinclair Oil Company also owns and operates Grand America Hotels and Resorts, which has hotel properties in Salt Lake City, Utah; Flagstaff, Arizona; Cheyenne, Wyoming; Little America, Wyoming; and San Diego, California, in addition to the Sun Valley and Snowbasin resorts.

Steve Bunin

Prior to ESPN, Bunin served as sports anchor/director at five different local news stations: WOTV-TV in Battle Creek, Michigan, from 2002-2003, WLAJ-TV in Lansing, Michigan, from 2000-2001, KNAZ-TV in Flagstaff, Arizona, from 1998-2000, WICZ-TV in Binghamton, New York, in 1997 and WTVH-TV in Syracuse, New York, in 1995-1996, where he worked alongside future CNN anchor Christopher Lawrence and future ABC anchor David Muir.


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