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6 unusual facts about Fredonia


Austin H. Young

Young was born Austin Hill Young on December 8, 1830 in Fredonia, New York.

Fredonia, Kentucky

The name Fredonia was a popular one in America in the early 19th century after its use was popularized by Samuel L. Mitchill of New York, but local tradition holds that the Kentucky town was named for the daughter of town founder Harvey W. Bigham.

Germán Castro Caycedo

On the one hand the story of a gypsy witch, and on the other the life of a poor-well-known Colombian drug lord, Castro Caycedo uses their stories as a base to conduct the reader on a trip showing how the cocaine traffic affected the society and economy of a small town (Fredonia), the Mexican Secret Police's brutality and corruption, and the United States' active role in the birth and expansion of drug production in Colombia.

Kanab Plateau

The main access to the north of the Kanab Plateau is from Fredonia adjacent to the north-northeast plateau perimeter.

Rodrigo Arenas Betancourt

Rodrigo Arenas Betancourt (October 23, 1919- May 14, 1995) was a Colombian sculptor, born on October 23, 1919 in Fredonia, Antioquia.

Samuel L. Mitchill

Mitchill suggested renaming the United States of America Fredonia, combining the English "freedom" with a Latinate ending.


Arizona State Route 389

SR 389 stretches from the Utah border at Colorado City, southeast to Pipe Spring National Monument, and ends at U.S. Route 89A in Fredonia; it is the only major east–west route between these two towns, and also serves to connect Fredonia with points farther west such as St. George, Utah.

Christopher F. Norton

Christopher Frazine Norton (July 21, 1821 Fredonia, Chautauqua County, New York – May 6, 1880 Perry Park, Douglas County, Colorado) was an American politician from New York.

Dunkirk, Allegheny Valley and Pittsburgh Railroad

A few small portions of the line still exist, including a short spur off the Dunkirk mainline of the former Michican & Lake Shore / NYC (Penn Central/Conrail, now Norfolk Southern) to Fredonia to serve the Carriage House Foods manufacturing plant just north of U.S. Route 20 in Fredonia, as well as a small spur less than a mile long to serve a plastics company in Warren, Pennsylvania.

Guy Bond

Bond was a professor at State College, Fredonia, New York from 1936-1937.

KGGF

KGGF-FM, a radio station (104.1 FM) licensed to Fredonia, Kansas, United States

New Hope School

New Hope Rosenwald School, in Fredonia, Alabama, listed on the NRHP in Alabama

The Metropolitan Area of the Aburrá Valley

The Metropolitan Area of the Aburrá Valley borders with the municipalities of Ebejico, Heliconia, Angelopolis and Amagá to the west, with the municipalities of Santa Barbara and Fredonia to the south.


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