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4 unusual facts about Juniata


Adams Central Junior-Senior High School

It is part of the Adams Central Public Schools district, Nebraska District 90, which encompasses much of rural Adams County as well as the town of Juniata.

George Jay Lapp

Born May 26, 1879 in Juniata, Nebraska, George Jay Lapp was one of Samuel W. and Sarah Gross Lapp's eight children.

Hastings, Nebraska

The city was incorporated in April 1874, and in September 1878, after a five-year Great County Seat War, the county seat was transferred to Hastings from Juniata.

Juniata, Philadelphia

The Market–Frankford Line elevated train stops in the neighborhood at the Erie-Torresdale Station, located at the intersection of Kensington, Erie, and Torresdale Avenues.


Bloody Run

Bloody Run Canoe Classic, a community canoe and kayak race along the Raystown Branch of the Juniata River in Everett, Pennsylvania, United States

East Juniata Junior/Senior High School

The school is located along Route 35 in Fayette Township and serves over 534 students (male 298, 236 females) in grades 7-12 from the eastern reaches of Juniata County (excluding Greenwood Township).

Juniata College

Juniata Pageant, Established: 1997 — Sponsored by Circle K, the Mr. Juniata Pageant is a tongue-in-cheek spoof of beauty pageants with men from each class competing for the coveted Mr. Juniata crown.

Juniata High School

Juniata High School is a rural, public high school, serving 622 students (336 males, 286 females) in grades 9-12 who hail from the Central and Western portions of Juniata County in central Pennsylvania.

Juniata River

The National Book Award and Pulitzer prize-winning poet Galway Kinnell wrote of the river in a section of The Book of Nightmares (1971), entitled "Dear Stranger, Extant in Memory by the Blue Juniata" ("The Blue Juniata" was a well-known 19th-century parlor song).

Northwood, Philadelphia

Northwood is bounded on the north by Roosevelt Boulevard, on the northeast by Cheltenham Avenue, on the west by Oakland Cemetery and Greenwood Cemetery, Juniata Park and Frankford Creek, and on the southeast by Frankford Avenue.

The Blue Juniata

In "The Blue Juniata", bright Alfarata, the Indian girl, sings the praises of her warrior while she travels along the Juniata River.

"The Blue Juniata" is a popular song written by Marion Dix Sullivan in 1841.

Turbett

Turbett Township, Juniata County, Pennsylvania, a township in Juniata County, Pennsylvania, United States.


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