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Lay Dam is a hydroelectric power dam on the Coosa River in Chilton County and Coosa County, near Clanton, Alabama. [2] The concrete run-of-the-river gravity dam was built in 1914 as the first major project of Alabama Power Company, and named for Captain William Patrick Lay, its first president. The dam's hydroelectric facility has a generating ...
The gunfight at the O.K. Corral pitted lawmen against members of a loosely organized group of cattle rustlers and horse thieves called the Cowboys. While lasting less than a minute on October 26, 1881, the gunfight has been the subject of books and films into the 21st century. Taking place in the aptly-named Tombstone, Arizona Territory, the ...
The 1959–60 Western Kentucky State Hilltoppers men's basketball team represented Western Kentucky State College (now known as Western Kentucky University) during the 1959-60 NCAA University Division Basketball season. The Hilltoppers were led by future Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame coach Edgar Diddle. [1]
Newman Haynes Clanton (c. 1816 – August 13, 1881), also known as "Old Man" Clanton, was a cattle rancher and father of four sons, one of whom was killed during the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Two of his sons were involved in multiple conflicts in Cochise County , Arizona Territory including stagecoach robbery and cattle rustling.
Jemison High School is a secondary school located in Jemison, Alabama, which educates grades 9 - 12. The school mascot is the Panther. The marching band is the Jemison Blue Regiment Band. There are two concert band groups; the advanced group is the Jemison High School Wind Ensemble and the second group is the Jemison High School Concert Band.
Alabama singles chronology. "I Wanna Come Over". (1979) " My Home's in Alabama ". (1980) "Tennessee River". (1980) "My Home's in Alabama" is a song written by Randy Owen and Teddy Gentry, and recorded by American country music band Alabama. It was released in January 1980 as the second single and title track from the album My Home's in Alabama .
Bobby Frank Cherry was born on June 20, 1930, in Mineral Springs, a neighborhood of Clanton, Alabama. (Fellow defendant Thomas Edwin Blanton Jr. was born on June 20, eight years later.) He joined the United States Marine Corps as a youth, where he gained expertise in demolitions and working with explosives. After his time with the Marines ...
Background. Kathleen Belew is an American tenured associate professor of history at Northwestern University, and an international authority on the white-power movement. [1] [2] Belew argues in the book that the modern white power movement emerged from the loss of the Vietnam War. [3] The book discusses the Oklahoma City bombing, Ruby Ridge, the ...