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unusual facts about Murray's Dude Ranch


Harlem on the Prairie

Harlem on the Prairie was filmed on location at Murray's Dude Ranch, Apple Valley, California.


Antony Murray

He was the eldest son of Captain John Jock Challenger Murray and his wife, Cecilia (née Jerningham), and also grandson of Sir John Murray, the oceanographer.

Archibald Thorburn

He taught Otto Murray Dixon and Philip Rickman (both in Nature in Art's collection), and he encouraged the young Donald Watson when he came to visit him in Dumfries and Galloway.

Arena Homme +

Regular longtime contributors include Simon Foxton, Bruce Weber, Karl Templer, Alasdair McLellan, Joe McKenna, Panos Yiapanis, Nicola Formichetti, Olivier Rizzo, Tim Blanks, Murray Healy, Paul Morley & Shamadean Reid.

Barcoo River

The waters of the river flow towards Lake Eyre in central Australia while those of rivers further east join the Murray-Darling basin and reach the sea in South Australia.

Battle of Culloden

Murray's one time aide-de-camp, James Chevalier de Johnstone later wrote, "this march across country in a dark night which did not allow us to follow any track, and accompanied with confusion and disorder".

BM Linx

BM Linx was a psychedelic rock group formed in 2005 by Tony Diodore (guitar & violin) with Jonathan Murray (bass), and Andrew Griffith (drums).

Carole Murray

Elected to the Colorado House of Representatives as a Republican in 2008, Murray represents House District 45, which encompasses Teller County and southern Douglas County, Colorado.

Charles Edward Stuart

James, the Chevalier de Johnstone, acted as Murray's Aide de Camp during the campaign and, for a brief spell, the Young Pretender's.

Christian Argenti

The radio industry's governing body in Australia acknowledged Argenti's work when it announced him as a finalist in the category of 'Best Talk Presenter' for the Australian Commercial Radio Awards (ACRAS) in 2011 and again in 2012 alongside veterans Neil Mitchell, Ray Hadley, Paul Murray and John Stanley.

Christiana Morgan

The nude portrait statue of Morgan commissioned by Murray from Gaston Lachaise is now owned by the Governor’s Academy, Byfield, Massachusetts.

Christopher Augustine Reynolds

The principal consecrator was Archbishop John Bede Polding of Sydney, and the principal co-consecrators were Bishop Daniel Murphy of Hobart, Bishop Matthew Quinn of Bathurst, and Bishop James Murray of Maitland.

Curtis Sheppard

In June of that year, he beat Q. Murray; then, on August 2, he lost by decision to future Hall of Famer Jimmy Bivins.

Du Pre Alexander, 2nd Earl of Caledon

In a letter from Lord Minto Governor General of India upon that occasion, he acknowledges the public service I rendered, not only as relating to the fall of the Mauritius, but adds that it was to the co-operation I afforded he was indebted for the means of moving against Java.

East Ness

Ness Hall in East Ness has a large walled garden which has been restored by Cynthia Murray Wells and subsequently Mary Murray Wells assisted by Harriette Murray Wells (daughter of John Skeffington, 14th Viscount Massereene).

Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Earl of Minto

The district of Minto in New South Wales, Australia, was named after him in 1809.

Hart Amos

After leaving K.G. Murray, Amos was persuaded to take on the illustration work for John Dixon's comic strip, Air Hawk and the Flying Doctors.

Hilda Chaulk Murray

In 1960, she married Murdo Murray, a recent Scottish immigrant originally from Ness on the Isle of Lewis.

Hollow Triumph

It was directed by Steve Sekely, based on the 1946 novel of the same title written by Murray Forbes, and stars Paul Henreid and Joan Bennett.

Inside Magic

Whit Haydn, Arthur Trace, Murray Hatfield, and others have been featured in the question and answer format.

James Dixon Murray

When the chapel closed, he founded and opened the new Murray Independent Methodist Church on 11 October 1958 on the new Saw Mills Estate, at Grove Road, Brandon which is locally known as "Jimmy Murray's chapel".

Jawn Murray

Murray offered commentary on Life After episodes on Jackee Harry, Kim Coles, Jayne Kennedy and A.J. Johnson.

John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore

John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore (1730 – 25 February 1809), generally known as Lord Dunmore, was a Scottish peer and colonial governor in the American colonies.

Johnnie Crutchfield

He served in the Oklahoma Senate from 1998 to 2010, representing District 14, which included Carter, Garvin, Love and Murray counties.

Jug-A-Lug

Recorded in 1994 and released in 1995 the album features performances by Murray with Olu Dara, Robert Irving III, Bobby Broom, Daryl Thompson, Darryl Jones, Toby Williams and Kahil El'Zabar.

Libertarian manifesto

For a New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto, a 1973 book by Murray Rothbard originator of anarcho-capitalism

Marn Grook

An 1857 sketch found in 2007 describes an observation by Victorian scientist William Blandowski, of the Latjilatji people playing a football game near Merbein, on his expedition to the junction of the Murray and Darling Rivers.

Meikleour Beech Hedges

The Meikleour Beech Hedge(s) (European Beech = Fagus sylvatica), located near Meikleour, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, alongside the A93 Perth-Blairgowrie Road, was planted in the autumn of 1745 by Jean Mercer and her husband, Robert Murray Nairne on the Marquess of Lansdowne's Meikleour estate.

Mi-Sex

In 2012 Mi-Sex began performing live with original members Murray Burns (keyboards), Don Martin (Bass), Paul Dunningham (Drums), with Travis New (Guitar), and Steve Balbi of Noiseworks fame on Lead Vocals.

Minto, New Brunswick

Minto was originally named Northfield but it is known to have taken its present name in 1904 upon the retirement of Canada's eighth Governor General, The Earl of Minto.

Miss Colombia 2008

The former panel of judges was composed by Olga Sinclair (Panama), Pablo Jiménez Burillo (Spain), Sylvia Loria (Costa Rica), Thomas P. Murray (United States), Giovanni Scutaro (Venezuela).

Murray Halberg

Halberg House of Hutt International Boys' School is named after Sir Murray Halberg, and students in the house earn what are called "meter points" which relates to Sir Murray Halberg and his running career.

Nugan Hand Bank

In April 1983 a Perth businessman, Murray Quartermaine, testified to the Stewart Royal Commission on drugs that Hand was living in Pretoria, South Africa under the name of "Hahn".

Paddy Murray

Murray and Martin were instrumental in giving Morgan his break on television when they introduced him to the producer and writing team of RTÉ comedy series The Live Mike.

Phillip Shriver

During World War II, he served as a lieutenant (j.g.) in the U.S. Navy aboard the Pacific Fleet destroyer USS Murray and participated in the Iwo Jima and Okinawa campaigns.

PS Murray Princess

The paddlewheeler, PS Murray Princess, is a tourist vessel operating from its homeport of Mannum, South Australia, on the Murray River.

Richard R. Murray

Richard R. Murray (born February 3, 1956 in Bay City, Michigan) is the founder of Equity Schools Inc. and has extensive experience in education and real estate.

Robert III, Count of Dreux

Nicolas, Sir Harris and William Courthope, The historic Peerage of England, John Murray, 1857.

Robin Murray

Murray was knighted in the 2011 New Year Honours for his services to medicine.

Roger Murray-Leach

For the serial Planet of Evil, Murray-Leach designed an alien jungle at Ealing studios that so impressed Hinchcliffe that he wrote to the Head of the BBC design department, suggesting that Murray-Leach should be nominated for a BAFTA or a Royal Television Society Award.

Simon Murray

Three years later, following a suggestion by his wife, Murray joined Pen Hadow for a trek to the Geographic South Pole.

Sir Edmund Lechmere, 3rd Baronet

Lechmere was the son of Sir Edmund Hungerford Lechmere, 2nd Baronet of Hanley Castle, Worcestershire and his wife Maria Clara Murray, daughter of Hon.

Summoned by Bells

A later illustrated edition with line and water colour illustrations by Hugh Casson was published in 1989 by Murray (ISBN 0-7195-4696-6).

The Delicious Little Devil

(This was Murray in a thinly disguised portrayal obviously mimicking fellow real life dancer/star Gaby Deslys who had an affair with the King of Portugal before World War I).

The Lakes, Minnesota

The lake and the community are located in parts of four townships in Murray County: Lake Sarah, Shetek, Murray, and Mason Townships.

The Singapore Economic Review

The journal has seen contributions from the late John Hicks, Sydney Caine, the late H.G. Johnson, Ragnar Nurkse, H.W. Singer, W.M. Corden, Herbert Grubel, J.C.H. Fei, G. Ranis, Henry Wan, E. J. Mishan, Jerome L. Stein, Jack L. Knetsch, Ng Yew-Kwang, Murray Kemp, Karl Shell, and Ronald I. McKinnon.

Will Hunt

In 2013, Hunt contributed drums to the band's new EP Until We Meet Again which was produced by Ben Grosse and features musicians Pete Murray of Lo-Pro on Vocals, John Fahnestock on Bass, and Chris Shy on Guitar.

Will Stoker and the Embers

Returning to Perth in 2007, Stoker reformed the band with Brett Murray ( The Wire Complex) added on keyboards and entered the band in the Next Big Thing band competition and the National Campus Band Competition.

William Street, Perth

This is followed by Murray and Hay streets, which are pedestrian malls to the east; and then St Georges Terrace, which is a through-route for vehicular traffic.


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