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Grey Eagle (folk Song)
Gray Eagle, Grey Eagle, or Greyeagle may refer to: Places in the United States * Grey Eagle, Minnesota, a small city * Grey Eagle Township, Todd County, Minnesota, the city's township * Greyeagle, West Virginia, an unincorporated community * Gray Eagle Creek, a tributary of the Middle Fork Feather River, California * Gray Eagle Creek, near Graeagle, California Nickname * Vermont Garrison (1915–1994), United States Air Force flying ace nicknamed "the Gray Eagle", having flown in combat in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War * Robert H. Milroy (1816–1890), Union Army general during the American Civil War nicknamed "the Gray Eagle" * Tris Speaker (1888–1958), American Major League Baseball Hall-of-Fame player nicknamed "the Gray Eagle" Other uses * ''Grey Eagle'' (sternwheeler), an American sternwheel-driven steamboat in use from 1894 to 1930 * Gray Eagle Award, presented to the US Naval Aviator who has served on continuous active duty the longest * General Atomi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grey Eagle, Minnesota
Grey Eagle is a city in Todd County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 348 at the 2010 census. History Grey Eagle was platted in 1882, and named after an early settler who had shot an eagle near the original town site. The town is located on the banks of Trace Lake. Grey Eagle is located less than five miles from Burtrum, a town of 144 notable for its abandoned schoolhouse. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land. Minnesota State Highways 28 and 287 are two of the main routes in the community. Demographics 2010 census As of the census of 2010, there were 348 people, 165 households, and 83 families living in the city. The population density was . There were 189 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 99.4% White and 0.6% Asian. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.9% of the population. There were 165 households, of which 24.2% had children under the age of 18 l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grey Eagle Township, Todd County, Minnesota
Grey Eagle Township is a township in Todd County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 663 according to a 2000 census and was 556 at the time of the 2020 Census. Grey Eagle Township was organized in 1873, and named for the fact a pioneer hunter had shot an eagle there. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , for which is land and (14.29%) is water. Lakes Grey Eagle Township has several Lakes including the 270 acre Mound Lake in the northeast corner of the township. Mound Lake, which has a public boat access on its Southwest shore, has a maximum depth of fifty-seven feet. The fish species that can be found in the lake include black bullhead, black crappie, bluegill, brown bullhead, green sunfish, hybrid sunfish, largemouth bass, northern pike, pumpkinseed, rock bass, smallmouth bass, walleye, yellow bullhead, yellow perch, bowfin (dogfish), white sucker, banded killifish, blackchin shiner, blacknose shiner, bluntnose ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greyeagle, West Virginia
Greyeagle is an unincorporated community in Mingo County, West Virginia West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers classify West Virginia as part of the Southern United States while the ..., United States. Their post office no longer exists. The community took its name from the local Grey Eagle Coal Company. References Unincorporated communities in West Virginia Unincorporated communities in Mingo County, West Virginia Coal towns in West Virginia West Virginia populated places on the Tug Fork {{MingoCountyWV-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Middle Fork Feather River
The Middle Fork Feather River is a major river in Plumas and Butte Counties in the U.S. state of California. Nearly long, it drains about of the rugged northern Sierra Nevada range. Its headwaters are located near Beckwourth in the largest alpine basin in the Sierra Nevada, the Sierra Valley. The convergence of several streams there creates the Sierra Valley Channels, the largest of which is Little Last Chance Creek, flowing out of Frenchman Lake across the northeast side of the valley. Flowing west, it is joined by Big Grizzly Creek, with waters from Lake Davis. The river continues west, passing Portola and turning northwest at Clio, where it is joined by Sulphur Creek. In the area of Graeagle, It is joined by Frazier Creek, flowing out of Gold Lake, then Gray Eagle Creek, flowing out of Long Lake. After flowing through the Mohawk Valley, it then turns westwards into a canyon. Jamison Creek and Nelson Creek enter from the left, then Onion Valley Creek a few miles onward. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graeagle, California
Graeagle is a town and census-designated place in eastern Plumas County, California, United States, located along the Middle Fork Feather River in the Northern Sierra Nevada. The population was 737 as of 2010. History The town was founded in 1916 as a lumber town. A post office was established in 1919 with the moniker of Davies Mill. When the mill changed ownership in the 1920s, a naming contest was held. Belle Byrne contracted the name of nearby Gray Eagle Creek to Graeagle, winning the contest and its $5 prize. The name of the creek may have had some connection with Edward D Baker, the "Gray Eagle of Republicanism," who was in the mining region in 1856 while stumping the state for Frémont. Graeagle Lumber Company was owned by the California Fruit Exchange which employed hundreds in logging, lumber production and the manufacturing of box shook (boxes for picking and shipping fruit and vegetables) from the 1920s to the 1950s. Modernization closed the mill in 1956 and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vermont Garrison
Vermont Garrison (October 29, 1915 – February 14, 1994) was a career officer in the United States Air Force, and a flying ace credited with 17.33 victories in aerial combat. Per USAF records, he has no middle name. He was one of only seven Americans to achieve ace status during World War II, then again against jet fighter opposition during the Korean War.Dubbed "the inner seven." The other six are USAF pilots Brig. Gen. Harrison R. Thyng, Col. Francis S. Gabreski, Col. James P. Hagerstrom, Major William T. Whisner, and Major George A. Davis, Jr.; and Marine Lt. Col. John F. Bolt. In 1966, Garrison participated in his third war, as vice commander of the 8th Tactical Fighter Wing, and flew a full tour of bombing and fighter missions over North Vietnam. During all three of his combat tours, Garrison was consistently older than his peers, becoming an ace in World War II at the age of 28, in Korea at the age of 37, and flying Rolling Thunder missions at the age of 51. For this and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert H
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown" and '' berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin. It is also in use as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe it entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an Old English cognate form (''Hrēodbēorht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''Hrēodbēorð'', ''Hrœdbœrð'', ''Hrœdberð'', ''Hrōðberχtŕ'') had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto. Robert is also a common name in many Germanic languages, including English, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Scots, Danish, and Icelandic. It c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tris Speaker
Tristram Edgar Speaker (April 4, 1888 – December 8, 1958), nicknamed "the Gray Eagle", was an American professional baseball player. Considered one of the greatest players in the history of Major League Baseball (MLB), he compiled a career batting average of .345 ( sixth all-time). His 792 career doubles represent an MLB career record. His 3,514 hits are fifth in the all-time hits list. Defensively, Speaker holds career records for assists, double plays, and unassisted double plays by an outfielder. His fielding glove was known as the place "where triples go to die." After playing in the minor leagues in Texas and Arkansas, Speaker debuted with the Boston Red Sox in 1907. He became the regular center fielder by 1909 and led the Red Sox to World Series championships in 1912 and 1915. In 1915, Speaker's batting average dropped to .322 from .338 the previous season; he was traded to the Cleveland Indians when he refused to take a pay cut. As player-manager for Cleveland, he l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grey Eagle (sternwheeler)
''Grey Eagle'' was a wooden sternwheel-driven steamboat that operated on the Willamette and Yamhill rivers in the United States from 1894 to 1930. In 1903 ''Grey Eagle'' became the last commercial steamboat to run upriver to Junction City, Oregon. Design and construction ''Grey Eagle'' (also seen spelled ''Gray Eagle'') was built on the Yamhill River at Newberg, Oregon in 1894 for the shipping firm of Fuller, Kemp & Cook. The vessel's dimensions were long, with a beam, depth of hold, 218 gross and 162 registered tons. The steamboat was driven by a sternwheel which was turned by two twin horizontally mounted high-pressure steam engines. Each engine had a cylinder diameter of and a bore stroke of , generating 6 nominal horsepower. ''Grey Eagles original steamboat registry number was 86300.Affleck, ''Century of Paddlewheelers'', at page 14. Operations ''Grey Eagle'' was used to tow logs in the Salem area in the late 1890s.Timmen, ''Blow for the Landing'', at page 138. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gray Eagle Award
The Gray Eagle Award is presented to the Naval Aviator on continuous active duty in U.S. Navy or Marine Corps who has held that designation for the longest period of time. A similar trophy, the Gray Owl Award, is also presented to the Naval Flight Officer on continuous active duty in the U.S Navy or Marine Corps who has held that designation for the longest period of time. Because they are also considered Naval Aviators, a third award, the Ancient Albatross Award, is the equivalent to the Gray Eagle Award in the United States Coast Guard and is presented under circumstances similar to that of the Gray Eagle. History The Gray Eagle Trophy made its first appearance in 1961 during the Navy's celebration of the Fiftieth Anniversary of Naval Aviation. The original idea In 1959, while serving as Commander in Chief, Allied Forces, Southern Europe, Admiral Charles R. Brown, USN, wrote to the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Air), Vice Admiral Robert B. Pirie, USN, telling of certain d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
General Atomics MQ-1C Gray Eagle
The General Atomics MQ-1C Gray Eagle (previously the Warrior; also called Sky Warrior and ERMP or Extended-Range Multi-Purpose) is a medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE) unmanned aircraft system (UAS). It was developed by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) for the United States Army as an upgrade of the General Atomics MQ-1 Predator. Development The U.S. Army initiated the Extended-Range Multi-Purpose UAV competition in 2002, with the winning aircraft due to replace the RQ-5 Hunter. Two aircraft were entered, the IAI/Northrop Grumman Hunter II, and the Warrior. In August 2005, the Army announced the Warrior to be the winner and awarded a $214 million contract for system development and demonstration. The Army intended to procure eleven Warrior systems, each of these units having twelve UAVs and five ground control stations. With an expected total program cost of $1 billion, the aircraft was to enter service in 2009. The Army announced on 3 September 2010 that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grayeagle
''Grayeagle'' is a 1977 American Western film directed Charles B. Pierce, written by Pierce, Brad White, and Michael O. Sajbel, starring Ben Johnson, Iron Eyes Cody and Lana Wood. The theme is about kidnapping and interracial/cross-cultural romance. Plot Set in 1848, in the Montana Territory, Ben Johnson plays John Coulter who lives on the plains with his daughter Beth and his friend Standing Bear. The story is told mainly from a Native American point of view. Beth is kidnapped by Greyeagle of the Cheyenne nation, who was tasked by the chief to bring Beth to him. Coulter and Standing Bear go through various adventures to find Beth, to bring her back safely home. Main cast *Ben Johnson as John Coulter *Iron Eyes Cody as Standing Bear *Lana Wood as Beth Coulter *Jack Elam as Trapper Willis *Paul Fix as Running Wolf *Alex Cord as Grayeagle *Jacob Daniels as Scar *Jimmy Clem as Abe Stroud *Cindy Butler as Ida Coulter *Charles B. Pierce as Bugler Reception A review in ''Variety'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
