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Lone Star (other)
Lone Star, Lone Starr, Lone Stars or Lonestar may refer to: Communities in the United States * Lone Star, Arizona, a populated place * Lone Star, Fresno County, California, an unincorporated community * Lone Star, Humboldt County, California, a former settlement * Lone Star, Kansas, an unincorporated community * Lone Star, Kentucky, an unincorporated community * Lone Star, Missouri, an unincorporated community * Lone Star, South Carolina, an unincorporated community * Lone Star, Texas, a city * Lone Star, Cherokee County, Texas, a ghost town * Lone Star, Wise County, Texas, a ghost town * Lone Star, Kaufman County, Texas, an unincorporated community * Lone Star, Virginia, an unincorporated community Businesses Media * KZPS ("Lone Star 92.5"), a radio station serving the Dallas/Fort Worth market in Texas * Lone Star Music, a New Braunfels, Texas-based music company * Lone Star Productions, a Poverty Row producer of John Wayne western films in the 1930s, released t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lone Star, Arizona
Lone Star is a Unincorporated area, populated place situated in Graham County, Arizona, Graham County, Arizona, United States. The community is located eight miles north of Solomon, Arizona, Solomonville and was named after the nearby mine and mountain. References {{Graham County, Arizona Populated places in Graham County, Arizona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lone Star (newspaper)
''The Lone Star'' was a semiweekly newspaper published in El Paso, Texas, from 1881 to 1886. It was founded and edited by Simeon Newman, a Kentucky native born in 1846. Known for its pugnacious and reform-minded stance, The Lone Star played a significant role in the El Paso's early development. Early History and New Mexico Roots Before its establishment in El Paso, Texas, the newspaper that would become The Lone Star operated under different names and in various locations within New Mexico. In 1871, Simeon H. Newman began his career as an apprentice newspaperman for Ashton Upson at the ''Weekly Mail'' in Las Vegas, New Mexico. After only six weeks, Upson sold the paper to Newman. As a 25-year-old editor-in-chief, Newman gained experience in the newspaper trade through self-instruction. In 1878, Newman moved the newspaper to Mesilla, New Mexico, where it was published as ''El Demócrata'', a Spanish-language political campaign paper. Subsequently, Newman relocated the publica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lone Star (towboat)
''Lone Star'' is a wooden hull, steam-powered stern-wheeled towboat in LeClaire, Iowa, United States. She is dry docked and on display at the Buffalo Bill Museum in LeClaire. Built in 1868, she is the oldest of three surviving steam-powered towboats, and the only one with a wooden hull. She was declared a National Historic Landmark on 20 December 1989. and Description ''Lone Star'' has a wood frame hull long, with pointed bow, flat bottom and hard chine. With the sternwheel added, the total vessel length is . She has a beam of and a hold depth of . The internal hogging truss system is typical of boats of the period. The hull is divided internally into three watertight compartments. It has a two-deck superstructure, with the main deck housing the propelling machinery and steam boilers, with coal bins forward, boilers in the center, and engines aft. An upper deck above the boilers that houses the pilot house and crew quarters. History ''Lone Star'' came off the way ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lone Star (steamer)
The ''Lone Star'' was a steamer that was wrecked north of Red Fish Bar near Galveston, Texas Galveston ( ) is a Gulf Coast of the United States, coastal resort town, resort city and port off the Southeast Texas coast on Galveston Island and Pelican Island (Texas), Pelican Island in the U.S. state of Texas. The community of , with a pop ..., on September 16, 1865. References Maritime incidents in September 1865 Shipwrecks in the Gulf of Mexico Shipwrecks of the Texas coast Steamships {{ship-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lone Star (SSW Train)
The ''Lone Star'' was a passenger train operated by St. Louis Southwestern Railway (Cotton Belt) between Memphis, and Dallas, with through connections via Cotton Belt parent, Southern Pacific, for San Antonio, El Paso, and ultimately Los Angeles. There were also through cars operating between Memphis, Lewisville and Shreveport. At various times during the train's operation, connecting services were also provided from Brinkley to St. Louis St. Louis ( , sometimes referred to as St. Louis City, Saint Louis or STL) is an independent city in the U.S. state of Missouri. It lies near the confluence of the Mississippi and the Missouri rivers. In 2020, the city proper had a populatio .... The train was discontinued on November 1, 1952, as a part of extensive passenger train restructuring by St. Louis Southwestern. The ''Lone Star'' was replaced by trains number 107 and 108 which connected with the Cotton Belt mainline at Mount Pleasant, Texas. References * * Lone St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lone Star (Amtrak Train)
The ''Lone Star'' was an Amtrak passenger train that ran between Chicago and Houston, or Dallas via Kansas City, Missouri, Kansas City, Wichita, Kansas, Wichita, Oklahoma City, and Fort Worth, Texas, Fort Worth. The train was renamed from the ''Texas Chief'', which the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway had introduced in 1948. Amtrak discontinued the ''Lone Star'' in 1979. History The Santa Fe introduced the ''Texas Chief'' on April 3, 1948, between Chicago and Galveston, Texas via Kansas City, Wichita, Kansas, Wichita, Oklahoma City, Fort Worth, and Houston. It was truncated to Houston in early 1967. From 1955 until 1968, a section would cut off at Gainesville, Texas to serve Denton, Texas and Dallas, Texas, Dallas. Santa Fe conveyed the ''Texas Chief'' to Amtrak at the latter's inception in 1971. Amtrak changed the train's name from ''Texas Chief'' to ''Lone Star'' on May 19, 1974, after the Santa Fe determined that Amtrak's trains no longer met its service standards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lone Star Airlines
Lone Star Airlines was an American regional airline that operated both domestic and international flights. For much of the airline's life its headquarters were located in the Fort Worth Stockyards in Fort Worth, Texas. The airline's largest hub was located at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. The airline filed for bankruptcy in August, 1998 and was liquidated in October, 1998. History Lone Star was founded in 1984 in Stillwater, Oklahoma, as Exec Express Inc. by Phil Trenary (later President of Pinnacle Airlines), the company moved its headquarters to Fort Worth, Texas, in 1987. Exec Express Inc. operating as Exec Express Commuter Airlines later became Exec Express II Inc. and eventually operated under the d/b/a's of Lone Star Airlines and Aspen Mountain Air. In order to have both names on the same ticket stock a third d/b/a was created "Aspen Mountain Air/Lone Star Airlines" The airline became an American Airlines ( AMR Corporation) and Frontier Airlines code sharing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lone Star (1920 Automobile)
The Lone Star was a passenger vehicle in production between 1919 and 1922. It was made by the Lone Star Motor Truck and Tractor Association, San Antonio, Texas. History The Lone Star was available as the Beauty Four (Piedmont model 4-30) with a Lycoming engine or the ''Beauty Six'' (Piedmont Model 6-40) with a Continental engine. Both open and closed models were offered. The cars were manufactured for Lone Star by Piedmont Motor Car Company of Lynchburg, Virginia Lynchburg is an independent city (United States), independent city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. First settled in 1757 by ferry owner and Abolitionism, abolitionist John Lynch (1740–1820), J .... Advertisements listed the 4-30 model for sale at $1,545 (). Lone Star sales ended in 1922 when the Piedmont factory closed. References External links {{commons category inline, Lone Star (1920 automobile) Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of the United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International LoneStar
The International LoneStar (also stylized as International Lonestar) is a model line of conventional-cab trucks that was produced by Navistar International from the 2009 to the 2024 model years. The flagship model line of the company, the LoneStar is marketed as its largest on-highway truck, slotted above the International LT (formerly the International ProStar). Unveiled at the Chicago Auto Show#2008, 2008 Chicago Auto Show, the Lonestar is the largest road vehicle ever introduced at the event. Sharing its Next-Generation Vehicle (NGV) cab with the LT/ProStar, the Lonestar is a semitractor configured primarily for highway applications. Through special order, the model line is also offered for certain vocational applications, including heavy-duty towing or dump truck use. At the time of its launch, the Lonestar was assembled by Navistar in Chatham, Ontario. Following the 2009 closure of the facility, Navistar shifted assembly of the Lonestar to its facilities in Springfield, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lone Star Toys
Lone Star Products Ltd. was the brand name used by the British company Die Cast Machine Tools Ltd (DCMT) for its toy products. DCMT was based in Welham Green, Hertfordshire, north of London. Company history Starting as early as 1939, DCMT manufactured die cast toys for children. The 'Lone Star' name was chosen because of a demand at the time for toy guns and rifles popular in the Western films in cinemas all over Britain. Eventually, the company also made tie-in toy guns licensed from the James Bond films and '' The Man From U.N.C.L.E.'' TV series. Toy soldiers Harry Eagles, one of the sons of Henry George Eagles who co-founded Crescent Toys had been known by the nickname of Harvey. When Crescent moved to South Wales in 1949, Eagles remained in London where he started the Harvey Toy Company, producing figures in hollowcast metal. Eagles sold his trade name and designs to Lone Star where a variety of plastic soldiers were sold from 1955 to 1976, Vehicles Competition with Din ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lone Star Steakhouse & Saloon
Lone Star Steakhouse & Saloon was an American casual dining restaurant chain with a single independently owned and operated franchise still in business in 2021 on the island of Guam. The chain served steak, seafood, salad, and similar food items. Lone Star opened its first restaurant in 1989 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. In March 1992, Lone Star became a public company with eight restaurants opened. At its maximum, 267 Lone Star Steakhouses were in operation. The company filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy on September 7, 2017. By August 2019, the then operating company website advertised four locations, all of which are independently confirmed closed. On October 6, 2019, the second-to-last location in Knightdale, North Carolina officially closed, which was the last Lone Star location in the continental United States. The location reopened as a Saltgrass Steak House. Also , one remaining independently owned and operated location of this restaurant still exists in Tamuning, Guam. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lone Star Funds
Lone Star Funds, legal name of main entity Lone Star Global Acquisitions, Ltd. is a global private equity firm that invests in corporate equity, real estate, credit, and other financial assets. The founder of Lone Star established its first fund in 1995 (under a different name) and Lone Star has to date organized 25 private equity funds with total capital commitments since inception of over $95 billion (as of 2024). Lone Star's investors include corporate and public pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, university endowments, foundations, fund of funds and high-net-worth individuals. Lone Star Funds has affiliate offices in North America, Europe and Japan. Hudson Advisors LP, an approximately 900-person global asset management company owned and controlled by the founder of Lone Star, performs due diligence and analysis, asset management and related services for Lone Star Funds. In this capacity, Hudson Advisors LP has managed in excess of $260 billion of assets for Lone Star F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
