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Jacob Green Jackson
Jacob Green Jackson (March 16, 1817 – April 17, 1901) was an American lumberman of Colonial New England ancestry who came to California in 1851. He was one of the first to recognize the vast wealth in the redwood forests and was among the earliest to make a successful business of logging. Jackson founded Caspar Lumber Company in Mendocino County. Jackson Demonstration State Forest is named in his honor. Early life Jacob G. Jackson was born March 16, 1817, in East St. Johnsbury, Vermont, and came of Revolutionary ancestry. His father was Elijah Jackson, and his grandfather, Samuel Jackson, fought at the Battle of Bunker Hill. His father lived to be 96 years of age, and Jacob died at a younger age than any of his brothers. His people were farmers, but by the early death of his mother, he was sent to live with an aunt in Maine, where he received some schooling. Career As a teenager, Jackson moved to Providence, Rhode Island, where his brother, Samuel Randall Jackson, was eng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goodyear Rubber Company
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company is an American multinational tire manufacturer headquartered in Akron, Ohio. Goodyear manufactures tires for passenger vehicles, aviation, commercial trucks, military and police vehicles, motorcycles, recreational vehicles, race cars, and heavy off-road machinery. It also licenses the Goodyear brand to bicycle tire manufacturers, returning from a break in production between 1976 and 2015. As of 2017, Goodyear is one of the top five tire manufacturers along with Bridgestone (Japan), Michelin (France), Pirelli (Italian) and Continental (Germany). Founded in 1898 by Frank Seiberling, the company was named after American Charles Goodyear (1800–1860), inventor of vulcanized rubber. The first Goodyear tires became popular because they were easily detachable and required little maintenance. Though Goodyear had been manufacturing airships and balloons since the early 1900s, the first Goodyear advertising blimp flew in 1925. Today, it is one of the m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From St
The term "the people" refers to the public or common mass of people of a polity. As such it is a concept of human rights law, international law as well as constitutional law, particularly used for claims of popular sovereignty. In contrast, a people is any plurality of persons considered as a whole. Used in politics and law, the term "a people" refers to the collective or community of an ethnic group or nation. Concepts Legal Chapter One, Article One of the Charter of the United Nations states that "peoples" have the right to self-determination. Though the mere status as peoples and the right to self-determination, as for example in the case of Indigenous peoples (''peoples'', as in all groups of indigenous people, not merely all indigenous persons as in ''indigenous people''), does not automatically provide for independent sovereignty and therefore secession. Indeed, judge Ivor Jennings identified the inherent problems in the right of "peoples" to self-determination, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1901 Deaths
December 13 of this year is the beginning of signed 32-bit computing, 32-bit Unix time, and is scheduled to end in Year 2038 problem, January 19, 2038. Summary Political and military 1901 started with the Federation of Australia, unification of multiple Crown colony, British colonies in Australia on January 1 to form the Australia, Commonwealth of Australia after a 1898–1900 Australian constitutional referendums, referendum in 1900, Subsequently, the 1901 Australian federal election, 1901 Australian election would see the first Prime Minister of Australia, Australian prime minister, Edmund Barton. On the same day, Nigeria became a Colonial Nigeria, British protectorate. Following this, the Victorian era, Victorian Era would come to a end after Queen Victoria died on January 22 after a reign of 63 years and 216 days, which was List of monarchs in Britain by length of reign, longer than those of any of her predecessors, Her son, Edward VII, succeeded her to the throne. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1817 Births
Events January–March * January 1 – Sailing through the Sandwich Islands, Otto von Kotzebue discovers New Year Island. * January 19 – An army of 5,423 soldiers, led by General José de San MartÃn, starts crossing the Andes from Argentina, to liberate Chile and then Peru. * January 20 – Ram Mohan Roy and David Hare found Hindu College, Calcutta, offering instructions in English on Western subjects, including other European languages. * February 12 – Battle of Chacabuco: Argentine and Chilean soldiers of the United Provinces of the RÃo de la Plata defeat the Spanish royalist troops in what is now Chile, marking the turning point in the war against European rule of South America. * March 3 ** On his last day in office, U.S. President James Madison vetoes John C. Calhoun's Bonus Bill as unconstitutional after it has passed both houses of the U.S. Congress. ** The U.S. Congress passes a law to split the Mississippi Territory, after Mis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abbie E
Abby or Abbie is a given name, most often a shortened form of Abigail and Albert. Notable women * Abbie Betinis (born 1980), American composer * Abby Binay (born 1975), Filipino politician * Abbie Boudreau (born 1979), American television news correspondent * Abbie Farwell Brown (1871–1927), American author * Abbie Brown (rugby union) (born 1996), British rugby sevens player * Abbie Burgess (1839–1892), American lighthouse keeper * Abby Choi (1995–2023), Hongkonger celebrity and murder victim * Abby Cook (ice hockey) (born 1998), Canadian ice hockey player * Abbie Cornett (born 1966), American politician * Abbie Cornish (born 1982), Australian actress and rapper * Abby Dalton (1932–2020), American actress * Abbie Eaton (born 1992), British racing driver * Abby Ellin, American author and journalist * Abby Elliott (born 1987), American actress and comedian * Abby Erceg (born 1989), New Zealand footballer * Abby Ershow, American nutritionist * Abbie Huston Evans (1881†... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
