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unusual facts about Franklin, Manitoba



1874 in Canada

Anabaptists (Russian Mennonites) start to arrive in Manitoba from various Russian colonies.

1978 Air Canada Silver Broom

The 1978 Air Canada Silver Broom, the men's world curling championship, was held from March 27 - April 2 at the Winnipeg Arena in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

Ardmore, New Zealand

The suburb is in the Franklin ward, one of the thirteen administrative divisions of Auckland City, and is under local governance of the Auckland Council.

Arthur Lobb

He first ran for the Manitoba legislature in the 1914 provincial election, and lost to Conservative Isaac Riley by fifty-nine votes in the constituency of Rockwood.

Bill Heindl, Jr.

Heindl began his junior hockey career in Winnipeg, Manitoba, playing for the Winnipeg Braves, and then joined the Oshawa Generals of the OHA for the 1965–66 season.

Blachly, Oregon

Before the Blachly post office was established in 1892, area residents received their mail at the now-closed Franklin post office.

Centreport

CentrePort Canada, an inland port in Winnipeg and Rosser, Manitoba, Canada.

CIIT

CIIT-DT, a religious television station in Winnipeg, Manitoba

Collin Peterson

In 1998, Peterson gained attention by proposing a constitutional amendment that would allow the residents of Minnesota's Northwest Angle to vote on whether they wanted to secede from the United States and join the Canadian province of Manitoba.

Dinwiddie County Pullman Car

It appeared in the 1976 television movie Eleanor and Franklin as the funeral car for Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

February One: The Story of the Greensboro Four

Nationally broadcast on Independent Lens on PBS, it tells the story of The Greensboro Four, four young college freshman, Joe McNeil, David Richmond, Franklin McCain and Ezell Blair Jr. now Jibreel Khazan, who staged a sit-in at Woolworth's in 1960 to protest segregation practices.

Franklin County, Missouri

Although he withdrew from the race, former U.S. Senator John Edwards (D-North Carolina) still received 2.96 percent of the vote in Franklin County.

Franklin Electronic Publishers

Franklin collaborated with Bien Logic to create educational titles for the Bookman platform.

Franklin Khan

Franklin Khan is a Trinidad and Tobago politician and former Member of Parliament for Ortoire-Mayaro and Chairman of the ruling People's National Movement.

Franklin Toker

Franklin Toker is a professor of the History of Art and Architecture at the University of Pittsburgh and the author of eight books on the history of art and architecture, ranging from the excavations he conducted under Santa Reparata, Florence to 21st century American Urbanism.

Fred Sutherland

In retirement he became Deputy Minister of Industry, Trade and Tourism for the Province of Manitoba and then Corporate Vice-President Human Resources with McCain Foods.

Fries with That?

One notable instance involved a particularly attractive exchange student from Flin Flon, Manitoba who caught their eyes.

Henry Franklin

In addition, Franklin has played and recorded with Gene Harris & the Three Sounds, Hampton Hawes, Freddie Hubbard, Bobbi Humphrey, Willie Bobo, Archie Shepp, O.C. Smith, Count Basie, Stevie Wonder and Al Jarreau.

Heron Lake, Minnesota

Inkpaduta, a Mdewakanton Sioux Indian leader in the area from the 1850s until his departure to join Sitting Bull's band in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, camped at at the south end of the lake that gives the town its name both before and after his participation in the Spirit Lake massacre of 1857, and the Dakota War of 1862, also known as the Sioux uprising.

Jackson Dodds

Born in Hornsey, Middlesex, England, Dodds first went to Canada in 1901, but did not finally settle in Winnipeg, Manitoba, until after serving with the British Army in World War I.

James Robson

James Wells Robson, Manitoba politician active early in the 20th century

Jerry Fontaine

Fontaine rejoined the Manitoba Liberal Party after the FPP's dissolution, and became a candidate for the party's leadership in 1998 following the resignation of Ginny Hasselfield.

John Christian Schultz

Outside of politics, Schultz, Henry Septimus Beddome, Curtis James Bird and others were the founders of the Medical Health Board of Manitoba which was incorporated in 1871 and became the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Manitoba in 1877.

John Haymaker

Haymaker and his family, who were of German descent, moved west from Pittsburgh to Franklin Township in the Connecticut Western Reserve on the banks of the Cuyahoga River in early November 1805, shortly after Ohio had become a state.

KICK

CKIC-FM, a radio station (92.9 FM) licensed to Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, branded as KICK-FM

Lady Franklin's Revenge

Lady Franklin's Revenge: A True Story of Ambition, Obsession and the Remaking of Arctic History is a non-fiction book by Canadian historian and writer Ken McGoogan.

Law Society of Manitoba

To practice law in the Province of Manitoba, a person must be a member of the Law Society of Manitoba.

Lincoln Verduga Loor

His public life was when he and his brothers Wilson and Franklin, and the management of Medardo Mora, contributed to the creation of the Lay University Eloy Alfaro of Manabi, and with Dr. Ruben Dario Morales, managed the extension of the Lay University Vicente Rocafuerte in Portoviejo, which later became the San Gregorio University of Portoviejo.

Manitoba general election, 1914

Although Education Minister George R. Coldwell insisted the amendments were only meant to clarify existing provisions, many voters believed the Roblin government wanted to re-introduce funding for separate Roman Catholic schools.

Marty O'Neill

Marty O'Neill, born June 6, 1964 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, is a former lacrosse player and former general manager of the Minnesota Swarm of the National Lacrosse League (NLL).

Mystery Mountain Winter Park

It is located 20 minutes north of Thompson on Highway Provincial Road 280, BOX 246, Thompson, Manitoba.

Nashville Metropolitan Transit Authority

Outside of Davidson County, MTA collaborates with the Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) to provide express service to Brentwood, Franklin, Gallatin, Hendersonville, Lavergne, Smyrna, Murfreesboro, Spring Hill, Joelton and Springfield.

Never Picture Perfect

Recorded = 1989
OmniSound Recording Studio
(Nashville, Tennessee)
Big Dog Studio
(Wichita, Kansas)
The Pond
(Franklin, Tennessee

Parker Burrell

Burrell was educated at The Pas, Manitoba, and received a Certificate of Communications in Cranberry Portage.

Pleasant View Farm

Pleasant View Farm containing Samuel F. Glass House, Franklin, Tennessee, with a Mississippian culture archeological site

Roadgames

While making, Patrick, Richard Franklin gave Everett De Roche a copy of Rear Window as an example of how he wanted the script typed.

Rod Beattie

Other productions include The Loveliest and Sylvia in Victoria, The Crucible and Blessings in Disguise in Manitoba, Oleanna at the National Arts Centre opposite Sandra Oh, and Love Letters opposite wife Martha Henry in an Ontario tour.

Saga 106.6 FM

These included John Peters, who launched Radio Trent (the East Midlands' first commercial radio station in 1975), Amanda Bowman, Tony Lyman, Tim Gough, Steve Merike, Paul Robey, Jeff Cooper, Andy Marriott, Ian Chilvers, Mark Burrows, Ron Coles, Steve Orchard, Tim Rogers, David Lloyd, Ashley Franklin, Peter Quinn, Sheila Tracy, 'Diddy' David Hamilton, Mike Wyer and Erica Hughes.

Spruce Pine

Spruce Pine, Alabama, a census-designated place in Franklin County, Alabama, United States

The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada Museum

The Queens Own Cameron Highlanders Museum is a military museum in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Thomas Morton

Thomas Lewis Morton (1846–1914), English-born farmer and politician in Manitoba, Canada

Thomas Wardlaw Taylor

From 1872 to 1883 he was Master of Chancery, and from 1883 to 1887 puisne judge of the Manitoba Court of Queen's Bench.

Walter Hekster

In 1965 he accepted an appointment for professor of clarinet and composition at Brandon University in Manitoba, which he held until 1971.

Wildwood Park

Wildwood Park, Winnipeg, a suburban community in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Winnipeg Lucania FC

Winnipeg Lucania Football Club is an amateur soccer club based in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Winnipeg Route 42

Henderson Highway was named for early Manitoba pioneer Samuel Robert Henderson, Disraeli Freeway was named for Benjamin Disraeli, and Princess Street was named for Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, while King Street was named for John Mark King, a local clergyman, and Donald Street and Smith Street for the 1st Lord Strathcona.

WSMH

This began airing on April 24 from WNEM's studios on North Franklin Street in Downtown Saginaw.

Yatri

It was invented by Benjamin Franklin in the 18th century and recreated for Yatri by the late Gerhard Finkenbeiner, a master glass blower in Waltham Massachusetts from Franklin’s original sketches.

YBR

Brandon Municipal Airport (IATA 3 letter airport code: YBR), municipal airport near Brandon, Manitoba, Canada

ZGI

The Gods River Airport, (IATA: ZGI, ICAO: CZGI), located adjacent to Gods River, Manitoba, Canada


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