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51History of Newark, New Jersey — The landing of the Puritans in 1666, from the Settlers Monument, Fairmount Cemetery. Newark, New Jersey, was founded in 1666 by Connecticut Puritans led by Robert Treat from the New Haven Colony. The New Haven colonists had been forced out of… …
52Gyro monorail — The gyro monorail, gyroscopic monorail, gyro stabilized monorail, or gyrocar all denote a single rail land vehicle, road or rail, which uses the gyroscopic action of a spinning wheel, which is forced to precess, to overcome the inherent inverted… …
53Michigan Brigade — The Michigan Brigade, sometimes called the Wolverines, the Michigan Cavalry Brigade or Custer s Brigade, was a brigade of cavalry in the volunteer Union Army during the latter half of the American Civil War. Composed primarily of the 1st Michigan …
54History of Virginia — The recorded History of Virginia began with settlement of the geographic region now known as the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States thousands of years ago by Native Americans. Permanent European settlement did not occur until the… …
55History of Maryland — The flag of Maryland The history of Maryland included only Native Americans until Europeans, starting with John Cabot in 1498, began exploring the area. The first settlements came in 1634 when the English arrived in significant numbers and… …
56Quesnel (sternwheeler) — The Quesnel sternwheeler was first launched in May 1909 at Quesnel to serve the Soda Creek to Fort George route of the upper Fraser River.cite book |last=West |first=Willis|title=Stagecoach and Sternwheel Days in the Cariboo and Central… …
57Armia Krajowa — The Armia Krajowa (the Home Army, literally translated as the Country s Army), abbreviated AK , was the dominant Polish resistance movement in World War II German occupied Poland. It was formed in February 1942 from the Związek Walki Zbrojnej… …
58History of Louisville, Kentucky — The history of Louisville, Kentucky spans hundreds of years, and has been influenced by the area s unique geography and location.Pre settlement history (pre 1778)Although Kentucky was inhabited by Native Americans in prehistoric times, when white …
59History of Isan — The history of Isan has been determined by its geography: situated between Cambodia, Laos and Thailand. Isan means northeast. The name Isan comes from the name of the administrative division first issued by Siam s King Rama VI (the previous… …
60History of Miami, Florida — The area in which the city of Miami, Florida would later be founded by Europeans was inhabited for more than a thousand years by the Tequesta Indians. Pedro Menéndez de Avilés and his men first visited and claimed the area around Miami for Spain… …
