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2003 Big 12 Championship Game

The Wildcats lost at home to Marshall in September, and followed it up with losses to #13 Texas in Austin, and Oklahoma State in Stillwater.

Bud Fowler

Johnny Peters, the manager of the then-disbanded Stillwater, Minnesota team, helped Fowler get connected with the new team in Keokuk.

In 1883, Fowler played for a team in Niles, Ohio; in 1884, he played for Stillwater, Minnesota, in the Northwestern League; and, in 1888, he played for a team in Terre Haute, Indiana.

Carl Tellefsen

The association was formally organized during a meeting attended by officers from the Ishpeming, Minneapolis, Red Wing, Minnesota, Stillwater, Minnesota and Eau Claire, Wisconsin ski clubs.

Columbus, Montana

The original name was Sheep Dip, then changed to Stillwater, but because of a Stillwater, Minnesota on the Northern Pacific RR, the mail presented a problem.

Daily O'Collegian

The Daily O'Collegian is published on weekdays and distributed at cost to OSU students at various points around the campus in Stillwater.

Daniel G. Fenton

(This wedge of additional territory included the sites of St. Paul and Stillwater, and indeed the entire St. Croix Valley.)

Drake Bulldogs men's basketball

In 1951 Drake withdrew as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference, along with Bradley as a result of the lack of action taken by the Missouri Valley Conference against Oklahoma A&M in the Johnny Bright Incident.

Eragrostis curvula

The grass was first planted in the United States in Stillwater, Oklahoma, in 1935.

ESPNU

The network was launched on March 4, 2005, from the site of Gallagher-Iba Arena on the Oklahoma State University campus in Stillwater, Oklahoma.

Frank Eaton

After seeing Eaton ride a horse in the 1923 Armistice Day parade in Stillwater, Oklahoma with Cowgirl "SPO" Phillips and Cowpoke "Real Deal" Rieger, a group of Oklahoma A&M College (now Oklahoma State University) students decided that Eaton's "Pistol Pete" would be a suitable mascot for the school.

German Fernandez

The top distance recruit in the nation, Fernandez elected to attend Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Oklahoma to run for Coach Dave Smith.

Joseph R. Brown

Brown County, Browns Valley in Minnesota, and Brown's Creek near Stillwater, Washington County, Minnesota are named after him.

KWEM

KWEM-LP, a defunct low-power television station (channel 31) formerly licensed to serve Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States

Lahontan Valley

Aside from the city of Fallon, the railroad junction at Hazen, and the ghost town of Stillwater, the Lahontan Valley is mostly uninhabited desert.

Lee Cockerell

After, he attended Oklahoma State University for two years.

Little Grey River

Both State Highway 7 and the Stillwater–Ngakuwau Line railway travel down the lower half of the river valley, crossing the river twice.

Miami Valley

The Miami Valley, broadly, refers to the land area surrounding the Great Miami River in southwest Ohio, USA, and also includes the Little Miami, Mad, and Stillwater rivers as well.

Minnesota State Highway 36

Highway 36 crosses the St. Croix River via the historic Stillwater Lift Bridge between Stillwater and Houlton, WI.

Minnesota State Highway 36 is a highway in Minnesota, which runs from its interchange with Interstate 35W in Roseville and continues east to its eastern terminus at the Wisconsin state line (at Stillwater), where it becomes Wisconsin Highway 64 upon crossing the St. Croix River.

Minnesota State Highway 95

Primarily a two-lane highway, Highway 95 has short concurrencies with State Highway 36 going into downtown Stillwater; and with Interstate 94 between Woodbury and the Wisconsin state line, that make up the only divided highway sections of Highway 95.

Minnesota State Highway 96

State Highway 96 serves as an east–west arterial route between the communities of White Bear Lake, Dellwood, Grant, Stillwater Township, and Stillwater.

intersection with U.S. Highway 61 in White Bear Lake and continues east to its eastern terminus at its intersection with State Highway 95 on the northern edge of Stillwater.

Murder of Dennis Jurgens

By this point, Lois' rage and mania had gone beyond her ability to maintain an appearance of normalcy, and she and Harold had relocated to rural Stillwater, Minnesota, possibly to escape the gossip of their former neighborhood where Dennis was killed.

Nova Scotia Route 211

It is located in Guysborough County and connects Stillwater on Trunk 7 to Isaac's Harbour North on Route 316.

Oklahoma State University College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources

Experiment stations currently operate in the Oklahoma cities of Stillwater, Goodwell, Woodward, Bessie, Lahoma, Haskell, Perkins, Chickasha, Fort Cobb, Altus, Mangum, Tipton, Lane, Bixby, and Idabel.

Oklahoma State University College of Arts and Sciences

The Oklahoma State University College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) serves as the liberal arts and science components of Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Oklahoma.

Oklahoma State University homecoming

Every year, thousands of OSU alumni and fans return to Stillwater, taking part in what supporters claim as the biggest and best homecoming celebration in the country.

Overnight Delivery

The film included landmarks such as Ground Zero nightclub, used as the “strip club”, Minneapolis convention center as the “airport”, the Stillwater Lift Bridge, and University of St. Thomas as The University of Memphis.

PGA European Tour

In a decision that, according to the Associated Press, "reflects the changing nature of a global game", one of the top young American amateurs, Peter Uihlein, announced in December 2011 that he would not return for his final semester at Oklahoma State University and would begin professional play in Europe the following month—both through sponsor's exemptions on the main tour and on the developmental Challenge Tour.

Playmakers

Marcello Thedford as Kelvin "The Buffalo" James, #60 - A fourth year offensive tackle from Oklahoma State.

Sarah Louise Judd

Born in Farmington, Connecticut, she moved first to Marine, Illinois, (c. 1832) before settling in Stillwater, Minnesota in 1845.

Sean Graham

In a remarkable twist of fate, Graham's Stillwater team mate Luke Watson would run against Graham at the 2004 Olympic Trials in the 5000-meter race.

Sherman E. Smith Training Center

Plans for the estimated $50-million Training Center were publicly unveiled January 11, 2007 in Stillwater at a press conference held by athletics director Mike Holder.

Soo Line High Bridge

The Soo Line High Bridge is a steel deck arch bridge over the St. Croix River between Stillwater, Minnesota and Somerset, Wisconsin.

St. Croix Boom Site

Its location at the head of Lake St. Croix, the broad, slow area of the river that stretches from Stillwater to Prescott, Wisconsin, where the St. Croix joins the Mississippi River, is undeveloped and features many islands and tall sandstone bluffs on either side of the river.

Star 101.3

WJKE, an Adult Contemporary radio station licensed to Stillwater, New York

Stillwater Regional Airport

One of the aircraft processed through Stillwater - and eventually purchased by Mantz - was B-17 41-24577 "Hells Angels," which was the first B-17 to complete 25 missions (even before the Memphis Belle).

Stillwater, Auckland

The pack horse tracks from Dairy Flat are still clearly visible on the Weiti Station property.

Stillwater was also used as a secondary landing to transport logs, kauri gum and later fruit produce from orchards established on cleared land at Stillwater, Silverdale and Dairy Flat.

Stillwater, Guysborough, Nova Scotia

Babe Ruth frequently fished in Stillwater and stayed in its beautiful surroundings.

Stillwater, New York

Lemuel Roberts, American Revolutionary War soldier and historian lived in Stillwater as a boy in the 1760s.

In 1709, Peter Schuyler built Fort Ingoldsby in town because of its location on the frontier of the French and Indian Wars.

WAXX

With its location, power, and height, it can be heard as far away as Stillwater, Minnesota, Rochester, Minnesota, Waukon, Iowa, Viroqua, Wisconsin, Waupaca, Wisconsin, Rhinelander, Wisconsin, Ironwood, Michigan, and Spooner, Wisconsin.

Wisconsin Highway 64

The western end of Highway 64 is located at the Minnesota state line on the Stillwater Bridge in Stillwater, Minnesota.

Zen Ties

Stillwater also receives a visit from his young nephew Koo, who speaks in Haiku.


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