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unusual facts about McArthur–Burney Falls Memorial State Park


McArthur–Burney Falls Memorial State Park

The Pacific Crest Trail passes through the park, and the park store can be used as a general delivery mailing address for hikers.


Borroloola

The McArthur River zinc mine, a zinc, lead and silver mine about 70 km south-west of Borroloola, is operated by McArthur River Mining (MRM), which is wholly owned by the Swiss mining company Xstrata.

Camp MacArthur

Camp MacArthur (or Camp McArthur) was an American military training base in Waco, Texas during World War I.

Hypnopompic

In Deirdre Barrett's The Committee of Sleep, Margie Profet's McArthur-award winning biology experiment is shown to be one of these.

John McArthur

Following the capture of Corinth, McArthur took command of the 6th Division and was ordered to reinforce Maj. Gen. William S. Rosecrans's Army of Mississippi, stationed at Corinth.

John McArthur, Jr.

Until the late 20th century, an unwritten agreement among Philadelphia architects kept all buildings shorter than the top of the statue of William Penn atop McArthur’s tower.

Kathleen McArthur

McArthur was a strong environmentalist and a co-founder, with Judith Wright, David Fleay and Brian Clouston, of the Wildlife Preservation Society of Queensland in 1962, and served as vice-president from then until 1965.

Lionel Jarvis

He was succeeded in post by Surgeon Commodore C. J. G McArthur, who shall be promoted to Surgeon Rear Admiral in October 2012 on appointment as Commander Joint Medical Command, the MOD organisation tasked with HM Armed Forces' health based at Defence Medical Services, Whittington.

Major Fred C. Dobbs

Hawkeye makes a reference to his favorite soap opera, "Just Plain McArthur," a reference to a real radio soap from the Golden Age called Just Plain Bill.

Miss Teen USA 1995

She is well known for her role of Jenny McArthur on The League, and has also appeared in The Puffy Chair and the fifth season of Undressed.

Oregon Geographic Names Board

In 1928, McArthur paid to have the first edition of Oregon Geographic Names published.

Peter M. Arthur

Peter McArthur was born in 1831 in Paisley, Scotland (he would change his name to Peter M. Arthur later in life).

Phillip McArthur

Phillip McArthur studied under the renowned folklorists and scholars Richard Bauman and Beverly J. Stoeltje.

Richard Currie

He, along with Lynton Wilson, Anthony S. Fell, James Fleck, Henry N.R. Jackman and John McArthur, helped establish a chair in Canadian business history at the Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, which is the first chair of its kind in Canada.

Soyuz TMA-7

McArthur and Tokarev were joined on their return trip to Earth by Flight Engineer Marcos Pontes who launched aboard Soyuz TMA-8 and spent approximately seven days aboard the ISS conducting experiments for the Brazilian Space Agency.

Steven Heighton

Heighton has been the writer-in-residence at McArthur College, Queen's University, the University of Ottawa, and the Royal Military College of Canada.


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