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Massie (other)
Massie may refer to: Places * Massie, Queensland, Australia, a rural locality * Massie Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States * Massie Shale, a geologic formation in Ohio * Massie Creek, Missouri, United States People * Massie (surname) * Massie L. Kennard (1918–1986), African-American Lutheran pastor Other uses * Massie School, the first public school in Savannah, Georgia, United States * Massie Variety Store * Massie Block, a fictional character from the Clique Series See also * Massie Trial, a 1932 murder trial in Hawaii * Massie House, Falling Spring, Alleghany County, Virginia, United States, a home on the National Register of Historic Places * Massie Wireless Station, Point Judith, Rhode Island, United States, possibly the oldest surviving working wireless station in the world * Massee, a surname * Massey (other) {{disambiguation, geo __NOTOC__ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Massie, Queensland
Massie is a rural Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Massie had a population of 113 people. Geography The locality is bounded to the south by the Condamine River. The Warwick Allora Road enters to the locality from the south-east (Toolburra, Queensland, Toolburra) and exits to the north (Deuchar, Queensland, Deuchar). The South Western railway line, Queensland, South Western railway line enters the locality from the north (Deuchar) and runs immediately parallel and east of the Warwick Allora Road until it exits to the south-east (Toolburra). The locality was served by the Massie railway station (). The land use is crop growing and Pastoralism, grazing on native vegetation. History The locality was named after the Massie railway station which was named by the Queensland Railways Department after Robert George Massie, a pastoralist of South Toolburra, who was formerly a Commissioner of Crown Lands for Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Massie Township, Warren County, Ohio
Massie Township, one of the eleven townships of Warren County, Ohio, United States, is located in the northeast part of the county and is the least populous of Warren County's townships. The population was 1,195 as of the 2020 census. It is the home of the Ohio Renaissance Festival and Caesar Creek State Park. Geography Located in the northeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships: * Chester Township, Clinton County - northeast * Washington Township - south * Adams Township, Clinton County - southeast * Wayne Township - northwest The village of Harveysburg is the only municipality within the township. History Massie Township was organized in 1850, and named for General Nathaniel Massie. A large part of the township was submerged in the 1960s and 1970s with the damming of Caesars Creek by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Government The township is governed by a three-member board of trustees, who are elected in November of odd-numbered years to a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Massie Shale
The Massie Shale is a geologic formation in Ohio. It dates back to the Silurian The Silurian ( ) is a geologic period and system spanning 23.5 million years from the end of the Ordovician Period, at million years ago ( Mya), to the beginning of the Devonian Period, Mya. The Silurian is the third and shortest period of t .... References Generalized Stratigraphic Chart for Ohio Silurian Ohio Shale formations of the United States {{ohio-geologic-formation-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Massie Creek
Massie Creek is a stream in eastern Montgomery and southwestern Warren counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of Loutre Slough. The stream headwaters arise in eastern Montgomery County just to the south of Jonesburg and Interstate 70 at . The stream flows south to southwest into Warren County to its confluence with the Loutre Slough at within the Missouri River valley just east of the community of Case and after crossing under Missouri Route 94. Variant names include "Massas Creek", "Masses Creek", "Masseys Creek", and "Massies Creek". The creek most likely has the name of Peter Massie, an early settler. See also *List of rivers of Missouri List of rivers in Missouri (U.S. state). By drainage basin This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name. Mississippi River Arkansas River *Mississippi River **Arkansas River (AR ... References Rivers of Montgomery County, Missouri Rivers o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Massie (surname)
Massie is a surname sometimes derived from the Scottish clan name Matheson. Notable people with the surname include: * Alex Massie (other), multiple people * Allan Massie (born 1938), Scottish journalist and novelist * Bob Massie (born 1947), Australian cricketer * Edward Massie (1619–1674), English Parliament soldier in the English Civil War * Elizabeth Massie, American author * Eugene C. Massie (1861–1924), Virginia politician * Hugh Massie (1854–1938), Australian cricketer * Jack Massie (1890–1966), Australian cricketer * John Massie (1842–1925), British theologian and politician * Joseph Massie (economist) (died 1784), British political economist * Joseph Massie (American football) (1871–1922), American football player and coach * Matthew Massie (born 1985), American professional wrestler and part of The Young Bucks with brother Nicholas * Nathaniel Massie (1763–1813), American early Ohio Country frontier surveyor * Nicholas Massie (born 1989), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Massie L
Massie may refer to: Places * Massie, Queensland, Australia, a rural locality * Massie Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States * Massie Shale, a geologic formation in Ohio * Massie Creek, Missouri, United States People * Massie (surname) * Massie L. Kennard (1918–1986), African-American Lutheran pastor Other uses * Massie School, the first public school in Savannah, Georgia, United States * Massie Variety Store * Massie Block, a fictional character from the Clique Series See also * Massie Trial, a 1932 murder trial in Hawaii * Massie House, Falling Spring, Alleghany County, Virginia, United States, a home on the National Register of Historic Places * Massie Wireless Station, Point Judith, Rhode Island, United States, possibly the oldest surviving working wireless station in the world * Massee Massee is the surname of the following people: *George Edward Massee (1845–1917), English mycologist, plant pathologist, and botanist * J. C. Massee (1871–1965), American C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Massie School
The Massie School, also referred to as the Massie Common School, opened in 1856 as the first public school in Savannah, Georgia, in the first chartered public school system of the American South. Located on Savannah's Taylor Square at 201–213 East Gordon Street, the original schoolhouse began construction in 1855 with invested funds from Peter Massie, an immigrant from Scotland. Massie intended his investment to be used for the creation of a free school for Savannah's poor children. The Massie School remained in use as a public elementary school until its closing in 1974; two notable exceptions include its utilization by Union troops as a hospital during the American Civil War and then briefly as a Freedmen's school. Today, the Massie Heritage Center occupies the original schoolhouse and serves as a museum. However, the building remains the longest continuously operating public schoolhouse in the state of Georgia. Construction In 1841, Peter Massie (1765–1840), a Scotti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Massie Variety Store
The Massie Variety Store is a historic commercial building located at 110 South Main Street in New Canton, Illinois. John Webb built the two-story brick Italianate building between 1848 and 1850 as a mercantile store. Webb sold the building to Amos Morey, who added Melville D. Massie as a partner; by 1872, Massie had become the store's only owner. The store became one of the largest in the region by the 1890s, and it had taken on other roles in the community. An opera house operated on the upper story from 1865 until the 1900s, and Massie served as an agent for local farmers who traded their products along the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad. Massie's son Harry began renting the storefront in 1918; in the following decades, it served as a drug store, ice cream parlor, grocery store, and post office before closing for good in 1948. Roger Dudley purchased the building from the Massie family in 1962 and converted it to a toy store; his business, later an antique store, operate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Massie Block
''The Clique'' is a young adult novel series written by Canadian author Lisi Harrison and originally published by Little, Brown and Company, a subsidiary of the Hachette Group. The series was reprinted by Poppy books. The series revolves around five girls: Massie Block, Alicia Rivera, Dylan Marvil, Kristen Gregory, and Claire Lyons, who are known as The Pretty Committee. The Pretty Committee is a popular clique at the fictional, all-girls middle school, Octavian Country Day (OCD). Claire and her family move from Orlando, Florida to Westchester, New York, where they live in the Blocks' guesthouse. Claire is initially considered an outcast due to her financial and fashion status. As the series progresses, Claire slowly develops a friendship with Massie, realizing that she must earn her friendship, and eventually becomes a member of the group. The first novel, ''The Clique'', was released on May 19, 2004. As of June 2012, 14 novels have been released in the main series. On October 4 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Massie Trial
The Massie Trial, for what was known as the Massie Affair, was a 1932 criminal trial that took place in Honolulu, Hawaii Territory. Socialite Grace Fortescue, along with several accomplices, was charged with the murder of the well-known local prizefighter Joseph Kahahawai. Fortescue was the mother of Thalia Massie, who had brought charges that Kahahawai was one of a group of men who had raped her. Background Massie family Grace Hubbard Fortescue, ''née'' Grace Hubbard Bell, was the granddaughter of Gardiner Greene Hubbard, the first president of the National Geographic Society. Her father, Charles James Bell, was first cousin of inventor Alexander Graham Bell. Her marriage to Major Roland Granville "Rolly" Fortescue, an out-of-wedlock son of Robert Barnwell Roosevelt, did not leave her as financially successful as she would have wished, but she nevertheless kept up appearances and raised her daughter, Thalia, with an American upper class lifestyle. Thalia Forte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Massie House
Massie House, also known as Oak Grove, was a historic home located at Falling Spring, Alleghany County, Virginia. It was built in two phases in 1825–1826, and was a double-pile, two-story, five-bay, wood-frame house on a brick foundation in the Federal style. The main entrance featured the original paneled double-doors ornamented with small Chinese and Gothic motifs, flanked by sidelights and topped by a segmental fanlight. an''Accompanying photo''/ref> It was added to the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ... in 1982. In 2018, the tract of land including Massie House was sold in a court-ordered auction. By 2020, Massie House had been demolished. References Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Massie Wireless Station
The Massie Wireless Station (PJ) was built in Point Judith, Rhode Island, in 1907 and may be the oldest surviving working wireless telegraphy, wireless station in the world. It is named for inventor Walter Wentworth Massie, president of the Massie Wireless Telegraph Company. The structure was moved to the New England Wireless and Steam Museum in 1983 where it is preserved as a technology museum and historic site. History In December 1902 the Lee de Forest#American De Forest Wireless Telegraph Company, American De Forest Wireless Telegraph Company set up an earlier station in an existing house on a beach near Point Judith Light and another near Block Island Southeast Light, from the coast. By May 1903 they had successfully exchanged test messages. Messages were sent using Morse code. The stations were initially operated for the Providence Journal to send news stories to the island to be printed locally. Another goal was that passing ships could also send messages to the mainlan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
