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61Maritime history of Europe — The Clipper Ship Flying Cloud off the Needles, Isle of Wight, off the southern English coast. Painting by James E. Buttersworth Maritime history of Europe is a term used to describe significant past events relating to the northwestern region of… …
62Radio Reconnaissance Platoon — The Radio Reconnaissance Platoon is a specially trained element of a United States Marine Corps Radio Battalion. A Radio Reconnaissance Team (RRT) was assigned as the tactical signals intelligence collection element for the Marine Corps Special… …
63Hawaiian lobelioids — The Hawaiian lobelioids are a group of flowering plants in the bellflower family, Campanulaceae, all of which are endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. This is the largest plant radiation in the Hawaiian Islands, and indeed the largest on any island… …
64Oil Bowl (high school) — The Oil Bowl is a high school football game played between All Star teams from Texas and Oklahoma. The all star game began in 1938, originally between East and West Texas high school football all stars. It was not until 1945 that the game began… …
65commercial fishing — Introduction the taking of fish and other seafood and resources from oceans, rivers, and lakes for the purpose of marketing them. Fishing is one of the oldest employments of humankind. Ancient heaps of discarded mollusk shells (shell… …
66James-Younger Gang — Jesse and Frank James, 1872 The James Younger Gang was a notable 19th century gang of American outlaws that included Jesse James. The gang was centered in the state of Missouri. Membership fluctuated from robbery to robbery, as the outlaws raids… …
67Appledore Island — Appledore Island, Maine, (formerly known as Hog Island) is the largest of the Isles of Shoals located ten miles off the Maine/New Hampshire coast.It was originally settled by Europeans in the colonial era, when the ease of transport by water made …
68McClure Arctic Expedition — Map drawn by Robert McClure detailing the Northwest Passage, including the 1851 route of the Investigator. The McClure Arctic Expedition of 1850, among numerous British search efforts to determine the fate of the Franklin s lost expedition, is… …
69Carroll A. Deering — was a five masted commercial schooner that was found run aground off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina in 1921. Its crew was mysteriously missing. Along with the Mary Celeste , the Deering is one of the most written about maritime mysteries in… …
70Crybaby Bridge — is a nickname given to some bridges. The name often reflects an urban legend that the sound of a baby can be, or has been, heard from the bridge. Many are also accompanied by an urban legend of a baby or young child/children being killed nearby,… …
