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unusual facts about Gorham's Rangers


Benoni Danks

His company often operated in tandem with Gorham's Rangers, based out of Halifax, and after 1761, the two companies were combined into a Nova Scotia ranging corps, led by Major Joseph Gorham.


Aeneas Shaw

He joined the Queen's Rangers at the start of the American Revolution, later becoming a captain.

Arthur F. Gorham

Gorham left Miami when he received the principal Congressional appointment to West Point from Rep. William L. Fiesinger.

Big Creek Township, Russell County, Kansas

Interstate 70 and U.S. Route 40 run concurrently east-west through Big Creek Township, interchanging with 176th Street, a paved north-south county road, one mile south of Gorham.

Burke's Rangers

Toward the close of the French and Indian war, in 1760, he was commissioned a Major by Gov. Thomas Pownall.

Butler's Rangers

This regiment exists today as The Lincoln and Welland Regiment, a primary reserve regiment of the Canadian Forces based out of St. Catharines, Ontario.

Although the building that houses The Lincoln and Welland Regiment Museum in that community is traditionally known as "Butler's Barracks", it is not the original barracks and never housed Butler's Rangers.

Cascade, New Hampshire

The mill is now Gorham Paper and Tissue, which is managed by Patriarch Partners.

Charles Wesley Brashares

He served the following appointments as Pastor: the Orient Heights Methodist Church in East Boston, 1916-18; Gorham, Maine, 1918-20; Newton, Massachusetts 1920-22; the Grace Methodist Church in Dayton, Ohio, 1922-34; and First Methodist Church in Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1934-44.

Conference House

It was from Billop's Point where a raid on October 25, 1779, known as "Simcoe's Raid", was conducted upon patriot-held New Jersey by John Graves Simcoe, leader of the Tory unit the Queen's Rangers.

Dunquat

After more than ten years with the Wyandots, Foulkes escaped, becoming a member of the Spies from Washington County, and Captain Sam Brady's Rangers.

Geoffrey de Gorham

Geoffrey de Gorham (Goreham, Gorron), sometimes called Geoffrey of Dunstable or of Le Mans (d. at St Albans, 26 February 1146), was a Norman scholar who became Abbot of St Albans Abbey, 1119 to 1146.

Gorham's Cave

AMS dating gives dates for this level of between 33 and 23 kyr BP — the researchers felt that the uncertainties at this time depth made calibration impractical.

Joe Warfield

He was the Artistic Director of Gorham’s Bluff Theatre in Gorham's Bluff, Alabama for six years.

Knowlton's Rangers

The famous American spy, Captain Nathan Hale, of Coventry, Connecticut, was under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Knowlton.

Lookout Place

Robert Rogers created a new unit while encamped at Richmondtown called The Queen's Rangers named after Charlotte, wife of King George III.

Mark London Williams

:*"Bigfoot Vs. Donkey Kong" art by Phil Hester with Marc Erickson and Fredd Gorham (The Big Bigfoot Book (ISBN 1-885418-07-8), Mojo Press 1996)

McNeill's Rangers

In 1861, McNeill — a native of western Virginia — had formed and commanded a company in the Missouri State Guard.

Without being detected, they captured both Union Major General George Crook and Brig. Gen. Benjamin Kelley from their beds.

Meductic Indian Village / Fort Meductic

During the Siege of Annapolis Royal the following year, the Mi'kmaq and Maliseet took prisoner William Pote and some of Gorham's (Mohawk) Rangers.

Meg and Mog

It was produced by Carl Gorham and the series was directed by Roger Mainwood, and featured the voice talents of Alan Bennett as Owl, Fay Ripley as Meg and Phil Cornwell as Mog.

Oriental Powder Company

Oriental Powder Company was a gunpowder manufacturer with mills located on the Presumpscot River in Gorham and Windham, Maine.

Partisan Ranger Act

Only two partisan rangers groups were exempt and allowed to continue to operate to the very end of the war: The Mosby's Raiders, and the McNeill's Rangers.

Phelps and Gorham Purchase

Phelps and Gorham then negotiated with Indians to obtain clear title from the Indians for the entire parcel, but were only able to get the title to the lands east of the Genesee River.

Presumpscot River

The river is bridged by Maine State Route 35 between Standish and Windham, near North Windham, by the North Gorham to Windham Center road between Gorham and Windham, by the Maine Central Railroad Mountain Division between North Windham and South Windham, and by U.S. Route 202 in South Windham.

Reading education in the United States

Mrs J. C. Gorham produced three such works, Gulliver's Travels in words of one syllable (1896), Alice's Adventures in Wonderland retold in words of one syllable (1905), and Black Beauty retold in words of one syllable (1905).

Roundstone, County Galway

In 1998 Sean Gorham of Inishnee, Roundstone, County Galway, was engaged in turf-cutting in Roundstone Bog "when he noticed what appeared to be a series of flat stones laid at regular intervals ... Believing them to be the remains of an ancient trackway, Mr. Gorham left the stones undisturbed, and through the good offices of Martin O'Malley, Roundstone, and Michael Gibbons, Clifden, his discovery was brought to the attention of the National Museum of Ireland."

Seely/Wright House

She was the youngest daughter of Samuel Townsend and Sarah Townsend and was only 15 years old when the commander of the Queen's Rangers occupied her home during the Revolutionary War.

Sentimental Lady

The song was originally written by Welch at the former Gorham Hotel on 55th Street in New York City.

Siege of Fort Stanwix

St. Leger, who was brevetted a brigadier general for the expedition, assembled a diverse force consisting of British regulars from the 8th and 34th Regiments, a number of artillerymen, 80 jäger from Hesse-Hanau, 350 Loyalists from the King's Royal Regiment of New York, a company of Butler's Rangers, and about 100 Canadien laborers.

South Common Historic District

South Common Historic District is a historic district between Summer, Gorham, Thorndike, and Highland Streets in Lowell, Massachusetts.

Sutton Grammar School for Boys

Robin Gorham – former British Deputy High Commissioner, Lusaka and former Head of Protocol Department and Assistant Marshal of Diplomatic Corps, Foreign and Commonwealth Office

The Affair at Glenmore Farm

In retribution, a scouting party under John DeButts, later a member of Mosby's Rangers, was dispatched to harass Kenly, which they successfully did, driving his force back to Harpers Ferry.

Vehicles of the hijackers in the September 11 attacks

At 8:31pm, the car was photographed with two occupants at a Key Bank drive-thru ATM at 445 Gorham Road in South Portland.

Very Old Pretenders

Very Old Pretenders was written by Carl Gorham, known to British audiences since his earlier 'Gorham and Swift' radio sitcom and the television series Stressed Eric.

White Mountains Region

Other major highways in the region include U.S. Highway 302 (Wells River to Conway), New Hampshire State Route 16 (from Gorham to Conway), State Route 10 (from Littleton to Piermont), and U.S. Route 2 from Lancaster to Shelburne.


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