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6 unusual facts about St. Clair


Eduard C. Lindeman

Eduard Christian Lindeman was born in St. Clair, Michigan, one of ten children of Danish immigrant parents, Frederick and Frederika (von Piper) Lindemann.

Lewisberry, Pennsylvania

While living in Harrisburg, Lewis also published the popular poem, "St. Clair's Defeat," which described the defeat of Arthur St. Clair by the tribes of the Western Confederacy during the Battle of the Wabash.

St. Clair, Michigan

This is the only plant in the United States that produces Alberger salt, which is especially prized in the fast food industry because of its higher volume (due to its unique shape) and lower sodium content (for a given volume, not weight).

An expedition led by the French explorer René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle named it Lac Sainte-Claire, because they entered the lake on August 12, 1679, the feast day of Saint Clare of Assisi.

St. Clair, Pennsylvania

Joel Thompson Boone, U.S. Navy vice admiral who received Congressional Medal of Honor for actions during WW I.

Anthony F. C. Wallace: St. Clair: A Nineteenth-Century Coal Town's Experience with a Disaster-Prone Industry, Cornell University Press, Ithaca and London, Paperback and with corrections 1988 ISBN 0-8014-9900-3 LCCN n/88/37772


Alex St. Clair

Surprisingly, he rejoined the Magic Band after the departure of Winged Eel Fingerling, and was with them for the Clear Spot tour of North America and Europe.

St. Clair played on the band's first two albums, Safe as Milk (1967) and Strictly Personal (1968).

Alexander St. Clair-Abrams

But back in 1872, Abrams maintained a feud with former governor Joseph E. Brown, denouncing the policy of the state leasing the Western and Atlantic Railroad and associated business deals with free rides but was pressured to relinquish control of the paper with a threatened foreclosure of a $5,000 mortgage by Citizens Bank unless he ceased the attacks on Brown.

Soon after Robert Alston and Henry W. Grady joined the business; Abrams was managing editor, Grady was general editor and Alston the business manager.

Arthur St. Clair

This force advanced to the location of Indian settlements near the headwaters of the Wabash River, but on November 4 they were routed in battle by a tribal confederation led by Miami Chief Little Turtle and Shawnee chief Blue Jacket.

In 1789, he succeeded in getting certain Indians to sign the Treaty of Fort Harmar, but many native leaders had not been invited to participate in the negotiations, or had refused to do so.

Battle of Buffington Island

Lt Commander Leroy Fitch's fleet included the Brilliant, Fairplay, Moose, Reindeer, St. Clair, Silver Lake, Springfield, Victory, Naumkeag, Queen City which were tinclads and ironclads.

Brian St. Clair

He was featured in a famous birdwatching book called "Red-Tails in Love" (Random House, 1998) by Marie Winn.

Aside from Local H, St. Clair works for three other bands: Cheap Trick, Brazilian Girls, and Micki Free, where he works behind the scenes in Tour Management and production.

Continental Army

However the United States military realised it needed a well-trained standing army following St. Clair's Defeat on November 4, 1791, when a force led by General Arthur St. Clair was almost entirely wiped out by the Western Confederacy near Fort Recovery, Ohio.

Ernie Bonelli

Ernest Bernard Bonelli (born July 27, 1919, Russellton, Pennsylvania; died October 12, 2009, Upper St. Clair, Pennsylvania) was an American football player for the Chicago Cardinals and Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League.

Gairy St. Clair

He went undefeated in 16 bouts with 15 wins and 1 draw before losing a unanimous decision to a then undefeated Diego Corrales.

Gino Vannelli

In 1993, French-speaking Quebecer singer Martine St. Clair recorded "Wheels of Life" as a duet with Vannelli as well as a French-language version called "L'Amour Est Loi".

James D. St. Clair

The President wants me to argue that he is as powerful a monarch as Louis XIV, only four years at a time, and is not subject to the processes of any court in the land except the court of impeachment.

Janet M. Anderson

Anderson’s commercial work features depictions of famous Detroit landmarks and life along the Detroit River and Lake St. Clair (her grandfather was a captain of the SS Ste. Clair).

Jed Prouty

They were seventeen low-budget 20th Century Fox family comedies between 1936 and 1940, along with his steady co-star Spring Byington as Mrs. Jones, for directors like Malcolm St. Clair and Frank R. Strayer.

Jeffrey St. Clair

In 1994, he joined journalists Alexander Cockburn and Ken Silverstein on CounterPunch.

This was followed by A Field Guide to Environmental Bad Guys (with James Ridgeway), Five Days that Shook the World: Seattle and Beyond, Al Gore: a User's Manual, and Been Brown So Long It Looked Like Green to Me: the Politics of Natureand Born Under a Bad Sky: Notes from the Dark Side of the Earth.

John Baricevic

Justice Baricevic presides over the Twentieth Judicial Circuit (Fifth Appellate District) in Illinois for the counties of Monroe, Perry, Randolph, St. Clair, and Washington.

John Rutherfurd

He was also related to Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Baronet; William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland; Newfoundland Governor John Elliott; General/Ohio territorial Governor Arthur St. Clair

Lake St. Clair

It was named after the Clare of Assisi, on whose feast day it was discovered by European explorers.

He named the body of water Lac Sainte-Claire as the expedition discovered it on the feast day of Saint Clare of Assisi.

Linda St. Clair

Collectors include Walt Disney Corporation President Michael Mendenhall, Bill Marriot of Marriot Hotels and Senator Alan Simpson of Wyoming.

In 1985, short of money, the couple moved to Dallas, Texas where St. Clair began working in marketing, selling artists’ services to ad agencies.

Linda St. Clair was born in Franklin, Tennessee and spent most of her childhood on a small farm in College Grove, Tennessee as one of four children of Sarah and Alvin White.

Margaret St. Clair

Her most creative period was during the 1950s, when she wrote such acclaimed stories as "The Boy Who Predicted Earthquakes" (1950), "The Man Who Sold Rope to the Gnoles" (1951), "Brightness Falls from the Air" (1951), "An Egg a Month from All Over" (1952), and "Horrer Howce" (1956).

Minnesota State Highway 83

State Highway 83 serves as a north–south route in south-central Minnesota between Waldorf, Pemberton, St. Clair, and Mankato.

Oliver Spencer

When he arrived in Columbia, Ohio, the governor of the territory Arthur St. Clair made him the colonel of the local militia and probate judge for Hamilton County.

Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district

Many of Allegheny County's southern suburbs of Pittsburgh are located in the district, which range from traditional wealth areas such as Mount Lebanon and Upper St. Clair, middle class communities such as Bethel Park, Brentwood & Scott Township, and working class labor towns such as Elizabeth.

Ralph McGehee

Alexander Cockburn and Jeffrey St. Clair hailed it as "one of the outstanding books written by former CIA agents".

Seth Warner

In late June, commander Major General Arthur St. Clair  ordered Warner to raise the militia of the New Hampshire Grants to counter Indian raids along Otter Creek.

The Canary Murder Case

A film, The Canary Murder Case, was made by Paramount Pictures in 1929, directed by Malcolm St. Clair and Frank Tuttle and starring William Powell as Philo Vance and Louise Brooks as the Canary.

The Politics of Anti-Semitism

The Politics of Anti-Semitism (ISBN 1902593774) is a book edited by Alexander Cockburn and Jeffrey St. Clair and published by AK Press in 2003.

Tony St. Clair

In July 1994, he teamed with Steve Casey to defeat Finlay and John Hawk to win the vacant CWA World Tag Team Championship.

He reigned as champion for eleven months before losing the title to Franz Schumann in July 1995, although he regained the title later that year.

Trevor Barnard

Among the composers who have written works for him are Felix Werder, Richard St. Clair, Geoffrey Allen and Michael Bertram.

WNFR

WNFR has a studio located in Port Huron along with sister station WNFA, and a 42,000 watt directional transmitter at Jeddo, near the Sanilac/St. Clair county line.


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3rd New Hampshire Regiment

Thus, late on July 5, 1777 orders to leave Fort Ticonderoga were given, and by early morning on 6 July 1777 the 3rd Regiment was marching toward Hubbardton with the main portion of the American army under St. Clair's command.

Charles St Clair, 17th Lord Sinclair

Charles St Clair was born in 1914, the son of the Archibald St Clair (later the 16th Lord Sinclair), and his wife Violet Kennedy, daughter of Col. John Kennedy.

Douglas Smith

Ivan Stang (born 1953), American author born Douglass St. Clair Smith

Ernest Gambier-Parry

The visitors included Professor Charles John Holmes, director of the National Gallery; Sir Claude Phillips, curator of the Wallace Collection; Roger Eliot Fry; Bernard Berenson; Dr. Raymond van Marle, author of The Development of the Italian Schools of Painting, William George Constable of the National Gallery, and historian Welbore St. Clair Baddeley.

Fire Water Paper: A Vietnam Oratorio

Yo-Yo Ma performed Solo Cello on "Part I"; other performers include: The Pacific Chorale & Children's Chorus the Ngah-Khoi Vietnamese Children's Choir, Ann Panagulias and James Maddalena; it was conducted by Carl St. Clair.

Fitz Hinds

Delmont Cameron St Clair Hinds (born 1 June 1880 at Westbury Road, St Michael, Barbados, death details unknown) was a coloured West Indian cricketer who toured with the first West Indian touring side to England in 1900.

Fort Recovery, Ohio

In 1818 a Virginia soldier who fought at the battle of St. Clair's Defeat returned to the area in search of silver he left by a standing Oak tree.

Geoffrey de Clinton

Saint-Pierre-de-Semilly (Manche, arr. St. Lô, canton St.-Clair) in western Normandy.

Gerster

Gerster, Missouri, village in St. Clair County, Missouri, United States

Henry Nicholas Paint

His elder daughter, Flora St Clair, married Sir Charles's first cousin, Theodore Mander, builder of Wightwick Manor, one of the most notable Arts and Crafts movement houses in England.

Hugh Allan

Lady Allan's two remaining sisters married respectively Hartland St. Clair MacDougall (brother of George Campbell MacDougall) and James St. George Bellhouse, of the firm Bellhouse & Dillon.

James Clayborne, Jr.

He went on to serve as an assistant state’s attorney in St. Clair County as well as a child support prosecutor, a supervisor in the St. Clair County Juvenile Abuse and Neglect Division, a supervisor in Felony Probation Revocations and a felony prosecutor.

Kent County, Ontario

Within the boundaries of Dover along the Chenal Ecarte of the river St. Clair is the site of Lord Selkirk's Baldoon Settlement, established in 1803.

King's High School, Dunedin

It is located at the southern end of the city close to the boundary between the suburbs of South Dunedin, St. Clair and Forbury, next to the parallel single-sex girls' school, Queen's High School.

Ohio State Route 732

In 1794 General Anthony Wayne constructed a road north from Fort Hamilton a few miles east of St. Clair's road, giving rise to the long multi-county road "Wayne Trace".

Orig Williams

Despite his hard-man image, Williams was a popular member of the wrestling community, and went on to promote several fighters including Adrian Street, "Mighty" John Quinn, Tony St Clair, Mark Rocco and Johnny Saint.

Overpeck

Overpeck, Ohio, unincorporated community in central St. Clair Township, Butler County, Ohio, United States

Ramakrishna's influence

It premiered on September 16, 2006 at the Orange County Performing Arts Center in Costa Mesa, California, performed by Orange County’s Pacific Symphony Orchestra conducted by Carl St. Clair with the Pacific Chorale directed by John Alexander.

Ridgeley, West Virginia

Clairsville, named for Sir John St Clair, Lt Colonel and Quartermaster General for the British General Edward Braddock.

River and Harbors Act of 1916

The Welland Canal between Lake Ontario and Lake Erie, which allowed shipping traffic to bypass Niagara Falls, had been under construction since 1913, and the St. Clair project was seen as complementary to better connect Lake Erie with Lake Huron.

Scottish Knights Templar

Knights Templar Internationally use the Cross pattée, including The Commandery of St Clair in alignment with the International Order OSMTH, The Grand Priory of the Scots (mainly American Scots) a Cross with two branches, and other Scottish Knights Templar Groups use the Eight Pointed Cross coloured red more commonly but not exclusively known as the Maltese Cross, of the Knights Hospitaller or Order of St. John or Cross of Amalfi.

South Park Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Composed of portions of St. Clair and Jefferson townships in 1845, South Park was originally called Snowden Township, named after John M. Snowden, a prominent businessman, politician and former Pittsburgh mayor, who had died earlier that year.

St Clair, South Australia

The name "St Clair" was chosen to reflect the history of the surrounding area, It was first used by Robert Richard Torrens as the name for the house he built in the area circa 1842.

St. Clair Avenue

St. Clair Avenue takes its name from Augustine St. Clare, a character from the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin.

One of the longest lasting celebrations on St. Clair Ave was when Italy won the 1982 FIFA World Cup, which lasted from around 3:30 p.m. until around 2:30 a.m. It was estimated about half a million Italians celebrated, which involved Dufferin street to be closed (between Davenport and Rogers Roads).

St. Clair Entertainment Group

In the late 1990s, through licenses from such blues labels as Alligator Records, St. Clair Entertainment released a Celebration of the Blues series of CDs, which included such performers as Johnny Winter, Amos Garrett, Norton Buffalo, Buddy Guy, Charlie Musselwhite, Freddie King, James Cotton, King Biscuit Boy, Junior Wells and Katie Webster.

Terry St Clair

St Clair's composition "Different World" was used in the soundtrack to the film Iffy; whilst "If I Fall in Love with You" was in the Mike Binder film, The Upside of Anger (2005), starring Kevin Costner.