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Spanish Fork, Utah

In the Utah Valley's historical settlement by immigrants, Scandinavians most notably Icelanders, as well Swiss people, Spanish Americans, Hispanics or Latinos; and Irish Americans and Scottish Americans are prevalent ethnocultural groups in Spanish Fork, nearby towns of Salem and Payson.

Stephanie Swift

Stephanie Swift was born in Louisiana and has described herself as a "mutt" in terms of ethnicity: Cajun, Irish, English, French, Spanish, Filipino and Norwegian.


see also

Alamia

Juan Alamia (1876–1913), American soldier who fought in the Spanish-American War

Alfred W. Johnson

Vice Admiral Alfred Wilkinson Johnson, a US naval officer in the Spanish-American War and World War I

Allyn Capron

Allyn Capron is the name of two United States Army captains of the Spanish American War.

Almirante Oquendo

Almirante Oquendo, a Spanish Navy armored cruiser that fought in the Battle of Santiago de Cuba during the Spanish-American War.

American Century

The government adopted protectionism after the Spanish-American War to develop its native industry and built up a powerful navy, the "Great White Fleet".

Angee Hughes

She played the role of Sara Bardshar in the Spanish-American War themed miniseries Rough Riders and appeared in the Showtime production Lily Dale, alongside Mary Stuart Masterson and Stockard Channing.

Battle of Manzanillo

Second Battle of Manzanillo, a naval engagement of the Spanish American War on July 1, 1898 involving two different American gunboats

Third Battle of Manzanillo, a large and decisive naval engagement of the Spanish American War on July 18, 1898

First Battle of Manzanillo, naval engagements during the Spanish American War on June 30, 1898 in and near the harbor of Manzanillo, Cuba involving three American gunboats

Briant H. Wells

Wells served in the Spanish American War, fighting at the Battle of San Juan Hill.

Camp Merritt

Camp Merritt, California, a Spanish-American War era American military camp used to hold 18,000 American troops awaiting transportation to the Philippines

Claus Clausen

Claus Kristian Randolph Clausen (1869–1958), U.S. Navy officer in Spanish-American War

Currency of Venezuela

Trade, especially in cacao, brought money to the colony in the late 17th century in the form of coin from the Mexico money supply increased significantly after the Compañía Guipuzcoana de Caracas obtained a trade monopoly in 1729, and Spanish and Spanish-American coin became a common form of payment.

Dewey Beach, Delaware

It is believed that the name was changed to Dewey Beach following the 1898 Battle of Manilla (Spanish American War) when Admiral George Dewey became a national hero.

Don Antonio de Ulloa

Don Antonio de Ulloa, a Spanish Navy cruiser that fought at the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War.

Don Juan de Austria

Don Juan de Austria, a Spanish Navy cruiser that fought in the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War.

Erwin Kempton Mapes

During his life he concentrated his study of literary criticism on Rubén Darío, Manuel Gutiérrez Nájera and Modernism in Spanish-American literature.

Ethnic interest groups in the United States

Anglo-Saxonism and U.S. Foreign Policy during the Spanish-American War in Ambrosio, Thomas.

Francisco Ayala

Francisco J. Ayala (born 1934), Spanish-American biologist and philosopher

Funston

Frederick Funston, a General in the United States Army, best known for his role in the Spanish-American War and the Philippine-American War

Furor

Furor, a Spanish destroyer which fought in the Battle of Santiago de Cuba during the Spanish-American War.

General Greene

Francis Vinton Greene (1850-1921), U.S. Army general who fought in the Spanish-American War

George Phillips

George Frederick Phillips (1862–1904), Spanish American War Medal of Honor recipient

History of boxing in the Philippines

The evolution of Philippine boxing was thought to be after the Spanish-American war, where Spain ceded its colonial territories, namely Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines to the United States as agreed in the 1898 Treaty of Paris.

Iriondo

Josu Iriondo (born 1938), Spanish American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church

Isabel II

Isabel II, a Spanish cruiser that fought in the Spanish-American War.

Isla de Luzon

Isla de Luzon, a Spanish Navy second-class protected cruiser that fought in the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War.

James Carson

James S. Carson (1874–1960), American corporate executive and Spanish–American War veteran

James L. Hull

Hull was born November 27, 1873 in Patoka, Illinois and after entering the navy was sent to fight in the Spanish–American War aboard the U.S.S. Concord as a fireman first class.

Jennings Cox

He worked for the Spanish-American Iron Company, situated near the village of Daiquirí, about 4 miles east of Santiago de Cuba.

John Quick

John H. Quick (1870–1922), sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Spanish American War

Jonathan Wainwright

J. Mayhew Wainwright (1864–1945), United States Congressman and Army officer in the Spanish-American War and World War I

Jorge Juan

Spanish sloop Jorge Juan, a Spanish Navy sloop that fought in the Spanish-American War in 1898

Joseph Breckinridge

Joseph Cabell Breckinridge, Sr. (1842–1920), soldier in the American Civil War and the Spanish-American War

Joseph Cabell Breckinridge, Jr. (1872-1898), soldier killed in the Spanish-American War

Maldonado Base

The base is named after the Spanish-American astronomer, topographer, and geographer Pedro Vicente Maldonado (1704–1748) born in Riobamba, present Ecuador.

Military rebellion

Pronunciamiento, a form of military rebellion or coup d'état peculiar to Spain and the Spanish American republics

Reina Cristina

Reina Cristina was a Spanish cruiser that fought in the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War.

Reina Mercedes

Reina Mercedes was a Spanish cruiser that fought in the Spanish-American War.

The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca

The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca is a 1997 Spanish-American drama-biographical film directed by Marcos Zurinaga.

Thomas C. Cooney

Cooney was born July 18, 1853 in Westport, Nova Scotia, and after entering the navy he was sent as a Chief Machinist to fight in the Spanish–American War aboard the U.S. Torpedo Boat Winslow.

W. S. West

Walter Scott West (1872–1943), US Marine Corps private, recipient of the Medal of Honor for actions during the Spanish–American War

William Sampson

William T. Sampson (1840–1902), American admiral and commander in the Spanish-American War

William Simmons

Chuckawalla Bill, born William Simmons, Spanish-American War veteran, prospector, and vagabond

Winckworth Tonge

He was born in County Wexford, Ireland and, in 1743, served as a volunteer in the expedition against the Spanish American settlements led by Captain Charles Knowles.