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Jessup's Mill

Jessup Mill is an 102-year-old grist mill, standing on the banks of the Dan River, in the community of Collinstown in northwest Stokes County, North Carolina.


2nd Virginia, Company D

During the Civil War, the company was a part of the original "Stonewall Brigade," commanded by General Thomas J. Jackson of Lexington, Virginia, originally a native of Clarksburg, Virginia (now West Virginia), and Jackson's Mill, near present-day Weston, West Virginia.

Addison Pratt

Pratt was present at the discovery of gold in California, working on Sutter's Mill at the time of discovery.

Alfred John Keene

Derby silk mill, 1895 Alfred John Keene (1864-1930) was a British watercolour artist working in Derby.

Atlanta Campaign

Concurrent attempts by two columns of Union cavalry to cut the railroads south of Atlanta ended in failure, with one division under Maj. Gen. Edward M. McCook completely smashed at the Battle of Brown's Mill and the other force also repulsed and its commander, Maj. Gen. George Stoneman, taken prisoner.

Bait 3D

After this, Jessup is held at gun point by a robber, Doyle (Julian McMahon).

Barrie Rutter

When Trackers was performed at Salt's Mill, Saltaire "He was deeply affected by the raw emotion of speaking to a northern audience in a northern voice in a classical play".

Battle of Boykin's Mill

Colonel Edward N. Hallowell, former commander of the famed 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment and wounded at Fort Wagner, led one of the brigades including his former unit now consisting of over 700 men.

Battle of Moore's Mill

The Missouri State Militia commanders and Union Volunteers began to converge on Joseph C. Porter’s recruiters and associated guerrillas, fighting small action at Vassar Hill on July 19, Florida on July 22, and Santa Fe on July 24.

Meanwhile, on July 22 General Schofield with the aid of Missouri’s provisional Governor Hamilton Rowan Gamble ordered a compulsory militia enrollment, the Enrolled Missouri Militia, in an effort to raise a sufficient body of men for community defense.

The Battle of Moore's Mill was an American Civil War battle that took place in Central Missouri on July 28, 1862 along Auxvasse Creek near modern day Calwood.

Beck's Mill

It was built in 1864, one year after John Hunt Morgan demanded for ransom for every Washington County mill to be spared from burning.

Cobbinshaw Reservoir

Cobbinshaw Reservoir was built by James Jardine to feed the Union Canal (Scotland) via the Bog Burn, Murieston Water, and through Mid Calder to the Almondell Aqueduct and Lin's Mill Canal Feeder which feeds into the canal just east of the Almond Aqueduct.

Connor's Mill

The Municipal Council ran the Power Station until finally in 1955 the State Grid operated by the SEC was connected to Toodyay.

Der Kaiser von Kalifornien

The film follows the life story of Johann Augustus Suter, the owner of Sutter's Mill, famous as the birthplace of the great California Gold Rush of 1848.

Draper's Mill, Margate

A mill was marked on Robert Morden's map of 1695, Harris's map of 1719 and the 1819-43 Ordnance Survey (OS) map.

Edward Potter

Edward E. Potter, Union general in the American Civil War; actions included the Battle of Boykin's Mill

Folck's Mill

It is historically significant for its association with the August 1, 1864, Civil War "Battle of Folck's Mill." In that battle, Union troops commanded by General Benjamin F. Kelley engaged General John McCausland’s Confederate forces as they advanced along the Baltimore Pike towards Cumberland after having burned the town of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, two days previously.

Grace After Midnight

The book chronicles Pearson's life in East Baltimore, including her birth as a three-pound crack baby, her placement into foster care and her eight-year prison sentence in Jessup, Maryland, from second-degree murder charges.

Gunfight at Blazer's Mill

Barricading himself in the house, Buckshot Roberts ignored both his painful wound and the Regulators’ gunshots, armed himself with a single-shot .50-70 Government Springfield rifle belonging to Blazer (one source claims it was a Sharps rifle which belonged to Dr. Appel) and readied himself for a fresh onslaught.

Buckshot Roberts wanted no part in the Lincoln County War and had made plans to leave the area, selling his ranch and waiting for the check from his buyer.

The Regulators, to include Billy the Kid, Charlie Bowdre, and led by Richard "Dick" Brewer, were in the process of hunting down anyone believed to have been associated with the murder of John Tunstall, which had sparked the Lincoln County War.

Hamlet's Mill

Consequently, de Santillana and Dechend prefer to rely on the work of "meticulous scholars such as Ideler, Lepsius, Chwolson, Boll and, to go farther back, of Athanasius Kircher and Petavius...".

Harper's Mill

The official name of the mill at Disneyland is Harper's Cider Mill and serves as part of the stage for the nighttime show Fantasmic!.

Jeff Weise

(He sets the story in Grover's Mill, Minnesota, which is reminiscent of Grover's Mill, New Jersey, the site of a fictional landing of aliens in the radio version of War of the Worlds, broadcast in 1939 starring Orson Welles).

Kara Hui

In the early years, Hui's family resided in the poor shanty town of Rennie's Mill.

Lawrence Everhart

His regiment engaged in skirmishes with the British led by Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton at Stony Church, Monks Corner, and Rugley's Mill.

Lombe's Mill

Lombe's Mill was built next to Thomas Cotchett's 1704 mill on the west bank of the River Derwent in Derby.

Maryland City, Maryland

It is bordered by Laurel in Prince George's County to the west, by the CDP of Scaggsville in Howard County to the north, by the CDP of Jessup to the northeast, and by Fort Meade to the east.

Morris K. Jessup

Nevertheless, he was sometimes referred to as "Dr. Jessup." He apparently dropped his career and studies in astronomy and worked for the rest of his life in a variety of jobs unrelated to science, although he is sometimes erroneously described as having been an instructor in astronomy and mathematics at the University of Michigan and Drake University.

Olyphant, Pennsylvania

Private schools in other towns though receive Olyphant students, among them La Salle Academy in Jessup (K-8), Bishop O'Hara High School in Dunmore and Scranton Preparatory School in Scranton.

Philip Jessup

Philip Caryl Jessup (born January 5, 1897, in New York City; died January 31, 1986, in Newtown, Bucks County, Pa.) was a diplomat, scholar, and jurist from New York City.

Richard Barnes Mason

When gold was discovered at Sutter's Mill, Mason made a report of the finding to President James K. Polk.

Richard Jessup

Richard Jessup (January 2, 1925 in Savannah, Georgia - October 22, 1982 in Nokomis, Florida) was a prolific American author and screenwriter.

Saltaire railway station

It is a busy commuter station both for passengers travelling to Leeds and Bradford and for staff in companies based in Salt's Mill, as well as serving tourists visiting the UNESCO World Heritage site at Saltaire.

Sutter's Mill

The mill was also the namesake and inspiration for a song by singer-songwriter Dan Fogelberg.

The Return of Avery Jessup

Both Elizabeth Banks and Margaret Cho received nominations at the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for their performances in this episode as Avery Jessup and Kim Jong-il respectively.

Ubald

Saint Ubaldo Day is still celebrated at Gubbio in his honor, as well as at Jessup, Pennsylvania.

William Jessup

William Jessup is the great x3 grandfather of American television writer Ted Jessup.

William Jessup (June 21, 1797 - September 11, 1868) was a Pennsylvania judge and father of the missionary Henry Harris Jessup.


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