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unusual facts about Knowlton's Rangers


Knowlton's Rangers

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


Acer ashwilli

When first studied by Leo Lesquereux and John Strong Newberry the Bridge Creek flora was thought to be Miocene age, while Frank Hall Knowlton placed the flora into the Eocene Clarno Formation in 1902.

Aeneas Shaw

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

Ashford, Connecticut

Ashford is also home to several lakes and ponds, notably Knowlton Pond, Rychlings Pond, Halls Pond, Poole Pond, Ashford Lake, Lake Chaffee, and Morey Pond.

Beech Aircraft Corporation v. Rainey

On July 13, 1982, U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander Barbara Allen Rainey and her trainee Ensign Donald Bruce Knowlton were practicing touch-and-go landings at Middleton Field near Evergreen, Alabama, when the aircraft banked sharply, lost altitude, and crashed.

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.

Brome Lake, Quebec

In 1975, Knowlton was also used as one of the sites for filming the Jodie Foster suspense film The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane.

In 1968, Paramount Studios chose Knowlton as the location to film the children's movie My Side of the Mountain (film), an adaptation of a book by Jean Craighead George.

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.

Charles J. Cella

Cella is chairman of the Knowlton Awards for Excellence at St. Louis' Barnes Hospital.

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.

Cursus

The Dorset Cursus, the longest known example, crosses a river and three valleys along its course across Cranborne Chase and is close to the henge monuments at Knowlton.

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.

Emmanuelle 6: One Final Fling

It was directed by Jean-Jacques Lamore, produced by Alain Siritzky, and written by J.C. Knowlton, based on character by Emmanuelle Arsan.

Grandfather Falls

These derive from voyageurs working for John Baptiste DuBay, who ran a trading post for the John Jacob Astor's American Fur Company near Fort Winnebago, and built a pioneering trading post and homestead near Knowlton.

James H. Knowlton

In 1853, Knowlton was a member of the legal team of Levi Hubbell during his impeachment trial.

Jimenez Lai

Lai previously held the LeFevre Fellowship at the Knowlton School of Architecture at the Ohio State University in 2007 and the Howarth-Wright Fellowship at Taliesin (studio)/Taliesin West.

Kaye Vaughan

For a time they lived in Ottawa, Ontario where he played football but in 1967 moved to the village of Knowlton in Quebec's Eastern Townships.

Knowlton, Dorset

The site of the ancient village of Knowlton (as opposed to the present day hamlet) is located 500 metres west of Knowlton Church along Lumber Lane at the banks of the River Allen.

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.

Markeith Knowlton

Knowlton was traded on April 29, 2008 from BC Lions to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats along with kicker Ara Tchobanian in exchange for the 9th overall selection in the 2008 CFL Draft.

Martin Knowlton

Knowlton died at age 88 on March 12, 2009 at a nursing home in Ventura, California due to natural causes.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Thomas Knowlton

Knowlton was born into a military family on November 22, 1740 in West Boxford, Massachusetts.


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