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McCormick may refer to: Business * McCormick & Company, an American food company specializing in spices and flavorings * McCormick & Schmick's, an American restaurant chain specializing in seafood * McCormick Harvesting Machine Company, a manufacturer of the first mechanical reaper * McCormick Distilling Company, an American distillery * McCormick Tractors, a manufacturer of tractors, headquartered in Fabbrico, Italy Education * McCormick Observatory, at the University of Virginia, in Albemarle County, Virginia * McCormick School of Engineering, at Northwestern University, in Evanston, Illinois * McCormick Theological Seminary, a Presbyterian school of theology in Chicago, Illinois Places in the United States * McCormick, Illinois * McCormick, South Carolina * McCormick, Washington * McCormick Gap, a windgap in Virginia People * McCormick (surname) Sports * McCormick Place, an exposition complex in Chicago, Illinois * McCormick Field, a Minor League Baseball park in Ash ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McCormick & Company
McCormick & Company, Incorporated is an American food company that manufactures, markets, and distributes spices, seasoning mixes, condiments, and other flavoring products to retail outlets, food manufacturers, and food service businesses. Their products are available in many countries, and it is the largest producer of spices and related food products worldwide, based on revenue. A Fortune 500, ''Fortune'' 500 company, McCormick has approximately 14,000 employees around the globe. The company headquarters moved from Sparks, Maryland, Sparks to Hunt Valley, Maryland, in the third quarter of 2018. History Willoughby M. McCormick (1864–1932) started the business in Baltimore at age 25 in 1889. From one room and a cellar, he sold his initial products door-to-door, which included root beer, flavoring extracts, fruit syrup, and juices. Seven years later, McCormick bought the F.G. Emmett Spice Company and entered the spice industry. In 1903, Willoughby and his brother Roberde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McCormick Gap
McCormick Gap is a wind gap located in the Blue Ridge Mountains east of Rockfish Gap Rockfish Gap is a wind gap located in the Blue Ridge Mountains between Charlottesville and Waynesboro, Virginia, United States, through Afton Mountain, which is frequently used to refer to the gap. Joining the Shenandoah Valley to the Piedmont .... References {{authority control Landforms of Augusta County, Virginia Landforms of Albemarle County, Virginia Transportation in Virginia Wind gaps of Virginia Blue Ridge Mountains Shenandoah National Park Blue Ridge Parkway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hardcastle And McCormick
''Hardcastle and McCormick'' is an American action crime drama television series that aired on ABC from September 18, 1983, through May 5, 1986. The series stars Brian Keith as Judge Milton C. Hardcastle and Daniel Hugh Kelly as ex-con and race car driver Mark "Skid" McCormick. During an interview in the early 1980s, producer Stephen J. Cannell referred to the then-upcoming series as ''Rolling Thunder''. Premise Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Milton C. "Hardcase" Hardcastle is an eccentric judge notorious for being strict with the law in both his duties and towards defendants. Preparing for his retirement, he notices file drawers filled with 200 people who escaped conviction due to legal technicalities. Inspired by his childhood hero the Lone Ranger, Hardcastle desires to make the criminals answer for their crimes. Mark McCormick is a smart-mouthed, streetwise car thief. He faces a long incarceration for his latest theft, a prototype sports car called the Coyote ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Lynde McCormick (DDG-8)
USS ''Lynde McCormick'' (DD-958/DDG-8) was a ''Charles F. Adams''-class destroyer in the United States Navy. Construction and career ''Lynde McCormick'' (DDG-8) was laid down 4 April 1958 by Defoe Shipbuilding Company, Bay City, Michigan; launched 28 July 1959; sponsored by Mrs. Lillian McCormick, wife of Admiral McCormick; and commissioned at Boston 3 June 1961. ''Lynde McCormick'' departed Boston 23 August 1961 for her home port, San Diego, arriving 16 September. Early in 1962, she tested her missiles and antisubmarine weaponry in the Pacific missile range. Exercises and experiments continued in preparation for deployment to the western Pacific, for which she sailed 19 November 1962. She arrived at Yokosuka on 6 December and within a week was on station with a 7th Fleet task group, taking up her part in the schedule of readiness training and exercises. Returning to San Diego 15 June 1963, she proceeded to Sacramento to help initiate its new deepwater port. All‑encomp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS McCormick (DD-223)
USS ''McCormick'' (DD-223/AG-118) was a Clemson class destroyer, ''Clemson''-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was named for Lieutenant, junior grade Alexander McCormick, Jr. Construction and commissioning ''McCormick'' was laid down 11 August 1919 by William Cramp & Sons; launched 14 February 1920; sponsored by Miss Katherine McCormick, sister of Lieutenant (jg.) McCormick; and commissioned 30 August 1920. Service history Following shakedown, ''McCormick'' served a year with Destroyer Squadron 5, United States Pacific Fleet, Pacific Fleet. She then returned to the United States East Coast for deployment with Destroyer Detachment, U. S. Naval Forces in European Waters. There she served in a quasi-diplomatic capacity in the eastern Mediterranean until the spring of 1924, after successful negotiations for a peace treaty between the Allies and Turkey. The following year, she was assigned to the Asiatic Fleet. Operating from Cavite, she served as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McCormick Ranch
McCormick Ranch refers to an area in Scottsdale, Arizona, which is one of the largest planned communities in Arizona. History In 1921, the Jolly family built a ranch and home on 160 acres located at what is today the corner of Scottsdale and Indian Bend roads. This was purchased by Research Products Corporation, Cleveland, OH in 1941, who not long afterwards sold it to Fowler and Anne McCormick. Between 1942 and 1954, Anne and Fowler had begun to purchase parcels of land all around the Jolly/RP parcel. The ranch was primarily used as a winter home by the McCormicks, as they admired the warmer climate. Fowler was not a stranger to money. His maternal grandfather was John D. Rockefeller Sr., while his paternal grandfather was Cyrus McCormick, the inventor of the mechanical reaper, which would form the foundation for the company later known as International Harvester. Fowler would later go on to be president and chairman of the board for International Harvester. Anne McCorm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McCormick Dam
The McCormick generating station is a dam and power station built on the Manicouagan river by the ''Quebec & Ontario Paper Company'' and the ''Canadian British Aluminium Company'' west of Baie-Comeau, Quebec, Canada. It is named after colonel Robert R. McCormick (1880–1955), who owned and published the ''Chicago Tribune''. At the time of its commissioning in 1952, the plant contained two 55,000-hp (41.8 MW) turbines, which provided power to the paper mill, then owned by the American newspaper. The McCormick plant sits next to Hydro-Québec's Manic-1 generating station and the two plants share the same reservoir. Its installed capacity has expanded over time to its current 335 MW capacity. History As early as 1955, the Manicouagan Power Company planned its first expansion by adding three 60,000 h.p. (44.8 MW) turbines, increasing the rated capacity to 292,400 h.p. (218 MW). The plant expansion was facilitated by a C$29 million regulation dam built by Hydro-Québec downstream ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McCormick Field
Lewis McCormick Field is a baseball stadium in Asheville, North Carolina. It is the home field of the Asheville Tourists team of Minor League Baseball. As befits the hilly city of Asheville, the ballpark sits on a section of level ground partway up one of the city's hills, providing a picturesque atmosphere. It is the third-oldest ballpark in Minor League Baseball. History The ballpark was built in 1924 and was named after Asheville resident Lewis McCormick. Lights were installed for nighttime play prior to the 1930 season. Since then, it has been home to the various incarnations of the Asheville Tourists team, and also served as home field for the Asheville Blues of the Negro Southern League (1945–51), Negro Southern League during the 1940s. In 1956, a quarter-mile McCormick Field Raceway, racetrack was built around it, which held three NASCAR races (including a NASCAR Cup race in 1958 NASCAR Grand National Series, 1958) until the facility was renovated in 1959, and then rebui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McCormick Place
McCormick Place is a convention center in Chicago. It is the largest convention center in North America. It consists of four interconnected buildings and one indoor arena sited on and near the shore of Lake Michigan, about south of the Chicago Loop. McCormick Place hosts numerous trade shows and meetings. The largest regular events are the Chicago Auto Show each February, the International Home and Housewares Show each March, the National Restaurant Association Annual Show each May, and the International Manufacturing Technology Show in the fall every other year. History As early as 1927, Robert R. McCormick, a prominent member of the McCormick family of McCormick Reaper/ International Harvester fame, and publisher of the ''Chicago Tribune'', championed a purpose-built lakeside convention center for Chicago. In 1958, ground was broken for a $35 million facility that opened in November 1960, and was named after McCormick, who died in 1955. The lead architect was Alfred Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McCormick (surname)
McCormick is a family name that originated in Ireland, Munster and later Scotland from the Irish given name. Spelling variations: Cormack, MacCormack, McCormack, McCormick, MacCormick, Carmack, Cormac, Cormach, Cormich and Cormiche. It comes from the first name of the original bearer. A person whose father was named ''Cormac'' would identify as Mc (i.e. "son of") Cormac; the combination was continued as the family name by subsequent generations. Cormac is translated literally as "Charioteer, Warrior" in old Irish. The name was a very popular choice of names by parents in medieval times: this was due to the influences of the Saint of the same name. Saint Cormac Cormac mac Cuilennáin was the first Bishop of Cashel, an important diocese in the south of Ireland. Cashel was also the King of Munster and responsible for a famous book of Psalms, the Cashel Psalter, he died in battle in AD 908. See also earlier Irish saint Cormac of Armagh. In those days the McCormack was the name of a po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McCormick, Washington
McCormick is an unincorporated community off Washington State Route 6 in Lewis County, in the U.S. state of Washington. The town is west of Pe Ell and 1.8 miles east of the extinct town of Walville, Washington and the Pacific County line. The Willapa Hills Trail bisects the area. History The town was built in 1897 around a mill for the McCormick Lumber Company, owned by George and Harry McCormick, which began operations the following year. Located on a branch line of the Northern Pacific Railroad, a post office was named after the mill and established around that time, remaining in operation until 1929. The community's location was situated in forested lands considered to contain the highest quality timber in the county. The mill was rebuilt after it suffered a near-total loss in 1909. It closed in 1927 as lumber production at the plant had become idle. The town began to be demolished, with materials salvaged by a new owner of the company. A tuberculosis sanitorium was opene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McCormick & Schmick's
McCormick & Schmick's Seafood Restaurants Inc. is an American seafood restaurant chain, formerly based in Portland, Oregon. As of December 2024, the company operates 20 locations & 1 catering service in the United States and 4 Canadian locations that operate under the Boathouse name. A sale to the parent company, Landry's, Inc., was completed in January 2012. Landry's corporate headquarters in Houston, Texas now manages all restaurant operations. History The company dates its roots back to the 1970s, with Bill McCormick's purchase of Jake's Famous Crawfish, a 100-plus-year-old restaurant in Portland, Oregon.History from the company's website McCormick hired Douglas Schmick for management, and the two formed Traditional Concepts in 1974, the precursor to the McCormick & Schmick's restaurants. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
