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Caleb Schaber
Caleb David Schaber (March 23, 1973 – April 17, 2009) was an American artist and journalist best known for his participation in the Seattle Monolith project at the beginning of 2001 and his run for mayor of Seattle later that same year. Early life Schaber was born March 23, 1973, in Niles, Michigan. He attended school at the Gifted and Talented Academy in Fairplain and enrolled at Lake Michigan College at the age of 16. He graduated Lake Michigan College in 1991 and moved to Seattle in 1993. He enrolled at the University of Washington in 1995 with a major in anthropology and a minor in art, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 2002. Life in Seattle Shortly after moving to Seattle, Schaber did a cannonball off the 167-foot high George Washington Memorial Bridge while intoxicated. He broke his spine and spent nine days in the hospital. A steel rod was used to repair his back. He is one of only 30 people to have survived the 15-story plunge into Lake Union from t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niles, Michigan
Niles is a city in Berrien County, Michigan, Berrien and Cass County, Michigan, Cass counties in the U.S. state of Michigan, near the Indiana state line city of South Bend, Indiana, South Bend. The population was 11,988 according to the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is the larger, by population, of the two principal cities in the Niles-Benton Harbor, Michigan, Benton Harbor Metropolitan statistical area, metropolitan area, an area with 153,797 people. History Niles lies on the banks of the St. Joseph River (Lake Michigan), St. Joseph River, at the site of the French colonization of the Americas, French Fort St. Joseph (Niles), Fort St. Joseph, which was built in 1697 to protect the Jesuit Mission established in 1691. After 1761, it was held by the British colonization of the Americas, British and was captured on May 25, 1763, by Native Americans in the United States, Native Americans during Pontiac's Rebellion. The British retook the fort but it was not re-garrisoned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
