• John Albert Thompson (born Jon Torsteinsson Rue; April 30, 1827 – May 15, 1876), nicknamed Snowshoe Thompson, an early resident of the Sierra Nevada of...
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  • Snowshoe (cat), a breed of cat. Snowshoe hare, a type of hare. Snowshoe Lava Field in British Columbia, Canada Snowshoe Thompson, the father of California skiing...
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    2006-2010". ssb.no. "History – Snowshoe Thompson". snowshoethompson.org. 21 September 2011. "John "Snowshoe" Thompson". postalmuseum.si.edu. Archived...
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    "Stage to Estacado" 1954–62 Death Valley Days Unknown / Brogger "Snowshoe Thompson"; "The Hat That Won the West" 1954 The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin Ed...
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    Australia Allan Smethurst, English singer known as "The Singing Postman" Snowshoe Thompson, mail delivery on skis Neil Webb, English footballer who became a...
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    that of mountaineering. Among the pioneers of ski touring is John "Snowshoe" Thompson, perhaps the earliest modern ski mountaineer and a prolific traveler...
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  • and judge John Rosolu Bankole Thompson (1936–2021), Sierra Leonean judge and jurist Snowshoe Thompson (John Albert Thompson, 1827–1876), mail carrier across...
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    of September. Many pioneers rest in the Genoa graveyard, including Snowshoe Thompson, his wife and his son.[citation needed] A mile south of Genoa is David...
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    include: Portolá Trail 1769, Juan Bautista de Anza, Daniel O. McCarthy, "Snowshoe" Thompson and Jedediah Strong Smith. The Carthay Circle Historic Preservation...
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  • girl (Barbara Knudson). Stars Harry Lauter and Pauline Moore. 31 13 "Snowshoe Thompson" Stuart E. McGowan Ruth Woodman February 28, 1954 (1954-02-28) The...
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  • Ball" "Everybody's Got a Girl but Me" b/w "Put Your Arms Around Me" "Snowshoe Thompson" b/w "Fatback Louisiana USA" "Blackberry Boogie" b/w "Tennessee Local"...
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    the Pony Express. It was also part of the route used by the famous Snowshoe Thompson. In the early 20th century, a proposal was studied to dam the valley...
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    immigrants used skis ("Norwegian snowshoes") in the US midwest from around 1836. Norwegian immigrant "Snowshoe Thompson" transported mail by skiing across...
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    Carl Sharsmith Theodore Solomons Walter A. Starr, Jr. Chief Tenaya Snowshoe Thompson Josiah Whitney List of first ascents in the Sierra Nevada (U.S.) List...
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  • Smith-Johannsen, supercentenarian Norwegian-Canadian skiing pioneer John A. "Snowshoe" Thompson, Norwegian-American skiing pioneer Ole Martin Storlien, Nordic combined...
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  • immigrants used skis ("Norwegian snowshoes") in the US Midwest from around 1836. Norwegian immigrant "Snowshoe Thompson" transported mail by skiing across...
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    John Lewis Dyer (1812-1901), "The Snowshoe Itinerant," was a circuit rider, that is, a preacher who rode from one church to the next. He was a Methodist...
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    long, dense fur, triangular ears with black tufts at the tips, and broad, snowshoe-like paws. Its hindlimbs are longer than the forelimbs, so its back slopes...
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  • football player for the American Football League's Kansas City Chiefs Snowshoe Thompson (1827–1876) – considered the father of California skiing Arthur E...
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    an introduction by Oscar Lewis (New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1947) Snowshoe Thompson, preface by Carrol D. Hall (Los Angeles, Glen Dawson, 1954) Washoe...
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    metal singer and songwriter Linnea Dale (born 1991 in Tinn), a singer Snowshoe Thompson (born 1827 in Austbygdi, Telemark as Jon Torsteinsson Rue – 1876)...
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    The Caddy (1953) - Burly Caddie (uncredited) I, the Jury (1953) - Killer Thompson (uncredited) Clipped Wings (1953) - Cralia Dupree (uncredited) Prisoners...
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    stories of the West including the Pony Express, Grizzly Adams and Snowshoe Thompson. The story of the naming of Yosemite was first published in the magazine...
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    Wisconsin. His brother shortly headed west to and made a name as Snowshoe Thompson, delivering mail in the Sierra Nevadas, in winter using ski techniques...
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  • 1956 River Duel (Westminster) 1957 In This Corner (Westminster) 1957 Snowshoe Thompson (with Laura Baker Nelson; illustrated by Victor De Pauw) (Scribner)...
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  • No. Title Length 1. "Mitzi" 4:07 2. "Billy Bolero" 4:46 3. "Snowshoes Thompson" 3:16 4. "Roman Wall Blues" 5:24 5. "The Poet and I" 4:20 6. "Nervous" 4:51...
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    cinder cones near the northern trim line of Mount Edziza's ice cap. The Snowshoe Lava Field immediately southwest of Mount Edziza covers an area of about...
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    small animals and occasionally on fruits and mushrooms. It prefers the snowshoe hare and is one of the few animals able to prey successfully on porcupines...
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  • hooch to Congressmen during Prohibition; examines pioneer John "Snowshoe" Thompson's statue in Genoa, Nevada, who introduced skiing to the American West...
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    Clearwater, British Columbia (category Populated places in the Thompson-Nicola Regional District)
    municipality in the North Thompson River valley in British Columbia, Canada, where the Clearwater River empties into the North Thompson River. It is located...
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