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unusual facts about Phoenix, Maryland


Greenbranch Publishing

Greenbranch Publishing is a privately held firm founded in 1998 and headquartered in Phoenix, Maryland.


Adrienne A. Jones

Adrienne A. Jones (born November 20, 1954) is the current Speaker Pro Tem of the Maryland House of Delegates, the first African-American female to serve in that position in Maryland.

Agenor

According to Pherecydes, Agenor's first wife was Damno, daughter of Belus, who bore him Phoenix and two otherwise unknown daughters, Isaia and Melia, who married Aegyptus and Danaus respectively; Agenor then fathered Cadmus with Argiope, daughter of Neilus.

Arizona State Route 587

The entire highway is just six miles (10 km) long, traveling entirely within the Gila River Indian Reservation, and serves as a shortcut from the far southern suburbs of the Phoenix metropolitan area to Interstate 10.

Benjamin Howard

Benjamin Chew Howard (1791–1872), American congressman from Maryland and fifth reporter of decisions of the United States Supreme Court

Benjamin Tasker

Benjamin Tasker, Sr. (1690–1768), Provincial Governor of Maryland (1752–1753)

Bertrand Berry

In August of 2011 Berry began hosting a radio show on The Fan AM 1060 KDUS in Phoenix called "The Bertrand Berry Show" with Mike Grose every weekday from 1:00 to 3:00.

Body Sweats: The Uncensored Writings of Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven

The majority of poems printed were obtained from the University of Maryland Library Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven Papers, as well as the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Library's The Little Review Records.

Chinoiserie

While classical styles reigned in the parade rooms, upscale houses, from Badminton House (where the "Chinese Bedroom" was furnished by William and John Linnell, ca 1754) and Nostell Priory to Casa Loma in Toronto, sometimes feature an entire guest room decorated in the chinoiserie style, complete with Chinese-styled bed, phoenix-themed wallpaper, and china.

CSX Transportation

Another style of unit train is a local trash train, D765, runs between Derwood and Dickerson, both in Maryland.

Cumberland Subdivision

At its east end, the Cumberland Subdivision becomes the Metropolitan Subdivision; at its west end (at Mexico, Maryland) it becomes the Cumberland Terminal Subdivision.

Flagstaff Pulliam Airport

America West Airlines served Flagstaff as well with de Havilland Canada DHC-8 Dash 8 as a feeder for the America West hub in Phoenix.

Harry Crandall

At the height of his career, Crandall owned eighteen theaters in Washington D.C., Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia.

Hattie Lawton

She was part of the team that participated in the detection of the alleged 1861 Baltimore assassination plot against President-elect Abraham Lincoln and, according to Pinkerton's account, in the early part of 1861 Hattie was stationed in Perrymansville, Maryland with Timothy Webster, another Pinkerton agent.

Igor Vasilyevich Ivanov

In August 2005, three months before his death, he tied for eighth place at the U.S. Open Chess Championship in Phoenix, Arizona against some of the best players in the country.

James Baker House

James B. Baker House, Aberdeen, Maryland, listed on the NRHP in Maryland

James Hubbard

James W. Hubbard (born 1948), American politician in the Maryland House of Delegates

Jane Frazier

On October 1, 1755, while returning to her home from the Fort Cumberland Trading Post several miles away, Jane was captured by Indians and taken to the Miami River in Ohio.

Jedd Garet

The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, the Honolulu Museum of Art, the The Museum of Modern Art (New York City), the Phoenix Art Museum (Phoenix, Arizona), the Tate Gallery (London) and the Whitney Museum of American Art (New York City) are among the public collections holding works by Jedd Garet.

JurusDiction

Remixing tracks from, Diana Ross, Rob Roy, and others paved the way for his branching out to cities outside Albuquerque, including El Paso, Denver, and Phoenix.

Kennedyville, Maryland

Wayne Gilchrest Former Congressman from the first district of Maryland.

Kurt Schemers

Schemers started his terrestrial on-air career in Phoenix, Arizona on 1190 AM, a NBC affiliate station.

Laurel Airport

Suburban Airport, an airport serving Laurel, Maryland, United States (FAA: W18)

Leonardtown, Maryland

Nearly 20 years later, Seymour Town was renamed again to Leonard Town in honor of Benedict Leonard Calvert, who was Maryland's Governor during this period.

Lý Long Tường

Legend has it that the Korean king Kojong of the Goryeo Dynasty (1192–1259) had dreamt of a grand phoenix flying from the south and landing in his nation.

Maricopa County, Arizona

The county has no other passenger rail transport as Amtrak's Sunset Limited, which once served Phoenix, has its closest stop in Maricopa, Arizona in neighboring Pinal County.

Mars Hill Church

The church recently announced its plans to plant additional churches (likely in 2014) in Tacoma and Phoenix.

Maya Keyes

Marcel-Keyes was born in New Jersey and raised in suburban Maryland by Alan Keyes, and wife Jocelyn Marcel-Keyes who is a native of India.

Metro Maryland Youth For Christ

Metro Maryland Youth For Christ is a religious organization for young people in Maryland, United States.

Monro Muffler Brake

In 2004, Monro purchased the 25 stores and 10 kiosks of Mr. Tire, a Baltimore, Maryland chain which trademarked “On the Rim and Out the Door” pricing.

Murlan J. Murphy

Chief among the companies was Murphy-Phoenix Company, makers of Murphy Oil Soap, which was later sold to Colgate-Palmolive.

National Capital Parks-East

National Capital Parks-East (NCPE) is an administrative grouping of a number of National Park Service sites generally east of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., but also nearby in Maryland.

New Carrollton, Maryland

Carrollton was named after early Maryland settler Charles Carroll of Carrollton, a delegate to the Continental Congress and signer of the Declaration of Independence.

Nikolai Khabibulin

On March 5, 2001, Khabibulin was traded to the Tampa Bay Lightning for Mike Johnson, Paul Mara, Ruslan Zainullin, and the New York Islanders' second round choice (previously acquired, Phoenix selected Matthew Spiller).

Pacific Missile Test Center

Among the missiles developed and tested there include the Sparrow family and the Phoenix air-to-air missiles and the Regulus surface-to-surface missile in addition to numerous prototypes of military rockets and sounding rockets.

Patricia Hughes

:For the former First Lady of Maryland, see Patricia Donoho Hughes

Phire CMS

The project started under the code name Phoenix, but was changed to Phire before the official release.

Phoenix Academy

Phoenix Hebrew Academy, a Jewish day school in Phoenix, Arizona, United States

Preakness

Preakness Stakes, an American flat thoroughbred horse race held in Baltimore, Maryland, named for the above horse

Rachel Carson Greenway

The Rachel Carson Conservation Park is a 650-acres park located near Laytonsville, in Montgomery County, Maryland.

Raymond V. Haysbert

During the time of civil rights activism beginning in the early 1960s, Haysbert worked to elect black politicians, including Harry Cole as Maryland's first African-American state senator.

Richard Mille

Michelle Yeoh, Malaysian actress: Richard Mille developed the Richard Mille RM 051 Phoenix-Michelle Yeoh.

Sarbanes

John Sarbanes (born 1962), Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland's 3rd district and son of Paul Sarbanes

SeaPerch

Currently, 112 schools in seven states are participating across the United States in Alaska, Hawaii, Washington, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Connecticut.

Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act

The Act was introduced in the House of Representatives on June 17, 2009, by Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Maryland) and has been cosponsored by 169 of the 257 House Democrats.

Stockton Metropolitan Airport

America West Express, the regional affiliate of America West Airlines, started Canadair CRJ-200 flights to Phoenix in 2000-2001 but then ceased service and left the terminal empty in 2003.

The Cockpit

Cockpit Theatre, a 17th-century theatre in London (also known as the Phoenix)

Turkey Point

Turkey Point Park, a park located in the eastern suburbs of Baltimore, Maryland

USAMU

United States Army Medical Unit (1956-69), a now defunct medical research unit for biodefense at Fort Detrick, Maryland.

Volker Ignaz Schmidt

Since 1995 he has studied composition privately with Franklin Cox (University of Maryland, USA), Bernd Asmus (Freiburg, Germany), Jan Kopp (Stuttgart, Germany) and John Palmer (composer) (University of Hertfordshire, England).

WDCO

WDCO-LP, a television station (channel 6) licensed to Salisbury, Maryland, which simulcasts WDCN-LP Washington, D.C.


see also

Controlled demolition

Controlled Demolition, Inc., Phoenix, Maryland firm that specializes in the use of explosives to create a controlled demolition of a structure