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4 unusual facts about Seward


Alaska's Flag

At that time Benny was a thirteen-year-old seventh-grader of Russian-Aleut and Swedish descent, studying at the Territorial School at Seward and a resident of the Jesse Lee Mission Home.

Green Party of Minnesota

Ward 2 is considered one of the most diverse areas of Minneapolis, representing the University of Minnesota Minneapolis Campus and the Cedar-Riverside and Seward neighborhoods.

Seward, Alaska

In 1793 Alexander Baranov of the Shelikhov-Golikov company (precursor of the Russian-American Company) established a fur trade post on Resurrection Bay where Seward is today, and had a three-masted vessel, the Phoenix, built at the post by James Shields, an English shipwright in Russian service.

Seward, Minneapolis

Seward is one of the most politically liberal neighborhoods in Minneapolis, with usually only a handful of votes in each precinct cast for Republicans.


Adam Seward

In 2010, after undergoing surgery to repair a sports hernia that required intensive repairs to not only the abdominal area, but also to several tendons in the right leg, Seward retired from the NFL and took a job with the NFL's Representative Office in Mexico City.

Anna Seward

Between 1775 and 1781, Seward was a guest and participant at the much-mocked salon held by Anna Miller at Batheaston.

In her work, Seward could be alternately arch and teasing, as in her poem entitled Portrait of Miss Levett, on the subject of a Lichfield beauty later married to Rev. Richard Levett.

Augustus Henry Seward

Augustus Seward, Frederick W. Seward and others in the house were attacked by Powell as Powell attempted to gain access to William H. Seward's bedroom, as they intervened in Powell's attack on Seward, and again as Powell made his escape.

Cicero Washington Pruitt

C.W. and Ann Seward along with William and Effie Sears and Laura Barton were the only missionaries that remained loyal to Lottie Moon during a doctrinal dispute with Tarleton Perry Crawford that led to dividing the Southern Baptist North China Mission.

Dikeou Collection

In September 2006, the exhibition space again doubled to include seven more artists: Janine Gordon, Lawrence Seward, Tracy Nakayama, Chris Gilmour, Lisa Kereszi, Serge Onnen, and Devon Dikeou herself.

District of Alaska

In 1902 the Alaska Railroad began to be built, which would connect from Seward to Fairbanks by 1914, though Alaska still has no railroad connecting it to the lower 48 states today.

Fort McGilvray

By the end of 1943, the battery at Lowell Point just south of Seward was completed and manned by troops.

Frederic Kimber Seward

jpg"?title=Heye Foundation">Heye Foundation in 1920, from left to right are: Minor C. Keith, James Bishop Ford, George Gustav Heye, Frederick Kimber Seward, F. Kingsbury Curtis, Samuel Riber, Jr., Archer Milton Huntington, and Harmon Washington Hendricks

Frederick Seward

Frederick W. Seward (1830–1915), American Assistant Secretary of State, son of William Henry Seward, Sr. and Frances Adeline Seward and elder brother of General William Henry Seward, Jr.

Gary Seward

Seward was born in Paddington, London, and started out playing for his secondary school in Rutherford, for whom he was captain.

J. Val Klump

He was the first person to reach the deepest spot in Lake Superior, a depth of 1333 feet (733 feet below sea level), which is also the lowest point in the United States, on July 30, 1985 while aboard the R/V Seward Johnson with the Johnson Sea Link-II submersible.

James Watson Webb

The term of duress was two years in Sing Sing, but Governor William H. Seward pardoned him before he went behind bars, in return for which Webb named one of his sons "William Seward Webb".

Johnny Christ

In the time since the release of Nightmare, Seward has begun singing more backup vocals on live shows (as well as screaming) on songs like Nightmare, Seize the Day, God Hates Us and Not Ready to Die.

KSWD

KSEW, a radio station (950 AM) licensed to Seward, Alaska, United States, which used the call sign KSWD from September 1991 to May 2008

KKNI, a radio station (105.9 FM) licensed to Seward, Alaska, United States, which used the call sign KSWD-FM from January 2006 to May 2008

Meany Hall for the Performing Arts

Meany himself wanted the building to be named Seward Hall, after William H. Seward, the man who bought Alaska from Russia.

Olive Risley Seward

Olive Risley Seward (July 15, 1844 – November 27, 1908) was the adopted daughter of William Henry Seward, United States Secretary of State under Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson.

Place Matters

Re-envisioning the Seward Park Urban Renewal Area: The Seward Park Urban Renewal Area (SPURA) was a 1960s-era "slum clearance" project on the Lower East Side that was demolished but never fully redeveloped.

Seward Johnson

John Seward Johnson II (born 1930), aka J. Seward Johnson, Jr. and Seward Johnson, American sculptor, son of the above

John Seward Johnson I (1895 – May 23, 1983), aka Seward Johnson and J. Seward Johnson

Seward Peninsula

The Seward Peninsula is the western-most limit of distribution for the Black spruce, Picea mariana, a dominant overstory species of the region.

Six Minutes

Linden threatens to call Becker's captain and notes that D.O.C. policy grants Seward a right to speak with visitors for another five hours.

Stephanie Venn Petersen

Stephanie Venn Petersen was born in Duluth, Minnesota to Orville Seward Petersen, an insurance salesman, small business owner and former chair of the Proctor School Board and Ruth Alma (Borg) Petersen, an administrative assistant for the 148th Fighter Wing, a unit of the Minnesota National Guard in Duluth, Minnesota.

Swetman House

The house was constructed in 1916 and was originally located adjacent to Seward's Mount Marathon.

Thomas Seward

The Female Right to Literature and four other poems by Seward were printed in James Dodsley's Collection.

United States Senate election in New York, 1851

Hamilton Fish belonged to the Seward/Weed faction, but was also a close friend of Henry Clay who was one of the leaders of the Fillmore faction in Washington, D.C. He was thus considered the only viable compromise candidate.

Van Gilder

Van Gilder Hotel, historic building in Seward, Alaska, United States

William H. Seward House

The William H. Seward House Museum, located at 33 South Street between Lincoln and William Streets in Auburn, New York, was the home of William H. Seward, who served as a New York state senator, the governor of New York, a U.S. senator, a presidential candidate, and then Secretary of State under presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson.

William Seward Webb

William Seward Webb, M.D. (January 31, 1851 – October 29, 1926) was a businessman, and Inspector General of the Vermont militia with the rank of Colonel.

Woods Hole, Massachusetts

Notable property owners on Penzance Point at the beginning of the twentieth century included Seward Prosser of New York's Bankers Trust Company; Francis Bartow, a partner in J. P. Morgan and Company; Joseph Lee, a partner in Lee, Higginson & Co.; and Franklin A. Park, an executive of Singer Sewing Machine.

World Naked Bike Ride Seattle

However, the morning run at Seward Park and evening swim at Madison Park beach took place and were a success, but not financially as no money was raised.


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