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10 unusual facts about hickory


Death of Zahra Baker

Apparently, Elisa told her attorney that Zahra's prosthetic leg was left in a dumpster that she and Adam had disposed of at Fox Ridge Apartments in Hickory.

The Bakers had moved a few times in both those counties before settling in Hickory.

After moving to North Carolina, the Bakers settled in Hickory where Zahra attended public school until she started being home schooled.

A 911 call was made by Elisa on October 9, 2010 at 5:30 am, reporting a fire in the back of the family residence in Hickory.

Hickory, Mississippi

The town is named after Andrew Jackson, nicknamed "Old Hickory," who passed through the area on his way to fight the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812.

Joe Gibbon (April 10, 1935) is a former professional baseball player.

Hickory, Oklahoma

Hickory was the birthplace and childhood home of Zack Mosley, the creator of the comic strip The Adventures of Smilin' Jack, an adventurous aviator, inspired by Mosley witnessing an early plane crash in Hickory.

Hickory, Virginia

Hickory High School is where New York Mets star David Wright matriculated from.

Lignum vitae

On the Janka Scale of Hardness, which measures hardness of woods, lignum vitae ranks highest of the trade woods, with a Janka hardness of 4500 lbf (compared with African Blackwood at 2940 lbf, Hickory at 1820 lbf, red oak at 1290 lbf, Yellow Pine at 690 lbf, and Balsa at 325 lbf).

Ski manufacturing techniques

Skis traditionally were hand-carved out of a single piece of hardwood such as Hickory, Birchwood or Ash.


Carya ovata

Andrew Jackson, the seventh president of the United States, was popularly nicknamed Old Hickory, a play on the toughness of hickory wood.

Challenger Early College High School

Challenger Early College High School was established in August 2005 as a joint project of the Catawba Valley Education Consortium, including Catawba County Schools, Alexander County Schools, Hickory City Schools, Newton-Conover City Schools, and Catawba Valley Community College.

Four Mothers Society

In 1900 a meeting was held at Hickory ceremonial grounds in which Pleasant Porter and his government was declared to have violated the 1867 Creek Constitution.

Foxcliffe Hickory Wind

GCH Foxcliffe Hickory Wind was named after a song written by Gram Parsons and Bob Buchanan.

Georgina Cookson

That same decade saw her in Love Goes to Press, with Irene Worth, at the Embassy and Duchess Theatre (1946) and briefly on Broadway the following year; School for Spinsters (Criterion Theatre, 1947), Portrait of Hickory (Embassy, Swiss Cottage, 1948) and opposite Jack Buchanan in Don’t Listen, Ladies! at the St James's Theatre in 1949.

Henry B. Chase

Sources conflict as to whether this marriage took place in August 1896 in Catawba, North Carolina, or in 1900 in Hickory, North Carolina.

Hickory Grove, Adams County, Illinois

Hickory Grove is an unincorporated community and Edge city in Ellington Township, Adams County, Illinois, United States.

Hickory Level, Georgia

Hickory Level is a place in Carroll County, Georgia, USA.

Hickory Wind

In 2002, an article on the website www.folklinks.com controversially claimed that "Hickory Wind" wasn't, in fact, written by Gram Parsons, but by Sylvia Sammons—a blind folksinger from Greenville, South Carolina—with Bob Buchanan later contributing an additional verse.

Huntington Castle, Clonegal

Larger plantings have resulted in Huntington possessing a number of great Irish trees, including varieties of hickory, a cut leaved oak, Siberian crab and buckeye chestnut.

Illinois Route 336

The Peoria-to-Macomb corridor being studied (DOT Job No. P94-025-00 URS Job No. 25364560; July 7, 2003) closely parallels U.S. 136 to Marietta, and then Illinois Route 95 to Cuba, along Hickory Road to Canton, north on Illinois Route 78 to Farmington, then turning east along Illinois Route 116 to the Peoria area.

Ivor Kirchin

The show was shared with others and the Kirchin Band played three arrangements by Jimmy Deuchar: "Flying Hickory," "Lester Leaps In" and "Swing Session" and a vocal from Johnny Grant.

Knob Noster State Park

The trees growing along the banks and in other parts of the park include pawpaw, various species of hickory and oak, hackberry and redbud.

Love, War and the Ghost of Whitey Ford

The album was released on September 23, 2008 on his own record label Martyr Inc, with distribution by Hickory Records/Sony/ATV Music Publishing.

Marais des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge

High quality stands of bottomland hardwood forest, upland oak-hickory forest, tallgrass prairie, seasonal and permanent wetlands, and riverine areas are found throughout the Refuge.

My Father's Dragon

The illustrations within the book are black and white done with a grease crayon on a grained paper, done by Ruth Chrisman Gannett, who also illustrated other children's books such as My Mother Is the Most Beautiful Woman in the World, Paco Goes to the Fair, Miss Hickory, Hipo the Hippo, and adult books such as Tortilla Flat by John Steinbeck and Cream Hill by Lewis Stiles Gannett, the author's father and husband of the book's illustrator.

New Richmond, Indiana

In 1985, New Richmond was turned into Hickory, Indiana for the filming of the motion picture Hoosiers, starring Gene Hackman, Barbara Hershey, and Dennis Hopper.

Nineveh, Indiana

Scenes from the movie Hoosiers were shot in the old Nineveh Elementary School, which was renamed "Hickory High School" for the film.

Old Hickory Boulevard

Along its path, Old Hickory Boulevard is part of several state routes: SR 171, SR 254, SR 251, and SR 45.

Satyrium caryaevorum

The larvae feed on the leaves of Bitternut Hickory (Carya cordiformis), Butternut (Juglans cinerea), Red Oak (Quercus rubra), White Ash (Fraxinus americana), and hawthorn (Crataegus sp.).

Spike maul

Handles are often ash or hickory, but lesser species of woods find their way into economy handles.

Terhune, Indiana

Terhune is one of the teams that plays against Hickory High in the motion picture Hoosiers.

The Blue Sky Boys

They made their radio debut in 1935 at local radio station WWNC in Asheville, North Carolina as part of the "Crazy Hickory Nuts".

The Longest Most Meaningless Movie in the World

It was the longest film ever made at the time of its release, but was pushed back in 1987 by The Cure for Insomnia, which runs for 87 hours, and is now in the number six spot behind Modern Times Forever (Stora Enso Building, Helsinki) (2011), which runs 240 hours; Cinématon (2010), which runs 152 hours; Untitled #125 (Hickory) (2011), which runs 120 hours; Matrjoschka (2006), which runs 95 hours.

To Try for the Sun

The "To Try for the Sun" single was backed with "Turquoise" and released in the United States in January 1966 through Hickory Records (Hickory 45-1402).

Warner Parks

They are bounded on the northwest by Tennessee State Route 100, on the east and north by Chickering Road, and partially on the south by Old Hickory Blvd. and Vaughn Road.

WHKY

WHKY-TV, a television station (analog/virtual channel 14/digital 40) licensed to Hickory, North Carolina, United States

Wilson Airport

Wilson's Airport in Hickory, North Carolina, United States (FAA: E40)

WLYT

WLKO, a radio station (102.9 FM) licensed to Hickory, North Carolina, which carried the WLYT callsign from 1995 to 2012