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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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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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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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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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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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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John Lewis Dyer (redirect from The Snowshoe Itinerant)
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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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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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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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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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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Smith-Johannsen, supercentenarian Norwegian-Canadian skiing pioneer John A. "Snowshoe" Thompson, Norwegian-American skiing pioneer Ole Martin Storlien, Nordic combined...
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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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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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The Caddy (1953) - Burly Caddie (uncredited) I, the Jury (1953) - Killer Thompson (uncredited) Clipped Wings (1953) - Cralia Dupree (uncredited) Prisoners...
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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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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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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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Big Raven Plateau (redirect from Snowshoe Lava Field)
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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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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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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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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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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