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Courtright Dam
Courtright is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Jennie Lee Courtright (1848–1925), American actress of the silent era *Jim Courtright (gunman) (1848–1887), American lawman, outlaw and gunfighter * Jim Courtright (athlete) (1914–2003), Canadian track and field athlete, Vice Principal of Queen's University * John Courtright (born 1970), American former Major League Baseball pitcher * Morris Courtright (1930–2010), American politician * Nick Courtright (born 1981), American poet *Ray Courtright (1891–1979), American football and baseball player and college coach of football, basketball, golf, and wrestling *William Courtright (1848–1933), American film actor * Milton Courtright Elliott (1879–1928), American lawyer and judge from Norfolk, Virginia See also *Courtright, Ontario, township in southwestern Ontario, Canada *Courtright Reservoir, reservoir in Fresno County, California *Luke Short – Jim Courtright duel Luke Lamar Short (January22, 1854 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jennie Lee Courtright
Mary Jane Lee (September 4, 1848 – August 5, 1925), known professionally as Jennie Lee, was an American actress of the stage and screen. Lee appeared in more than 50 films between 1912 and 1924, working especially in character parts under the directors John Ford and D. W. Griffith. She began her stage career at age nine and went on to support such actors as John Edward McCullough, Joseph Jefferson, Edwin Booth, and Helena Modjeska.Motion Picture Studio Directory, 1921, p. 146 She and her husband, actor William Courtright, appeared together in Griffith's ''Intolerance'' (1916). Lee portrayed Mammy in ''The Birth of a Nation'' (1915). Another notable performance of the actress occurs in Lloyd Ingraham's ''A Child of the Paris Streets'', in which she portrays Madame Dufrane. Selected filmography * '' The Mothering Heart'' (Griffith, 1913, Short) - The Wash Customer * ''The Sorrowful Shore'' (Griffith, 1913, Short) - On Shore (uncredited) * ''Two Men of the Desert'' (Griff ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Courtright (gunman)
Timothy Isaiah Courtright (1848 – February 8, 1887), also known as "Longhair Jim" or "Big Jim" Courtright, was a Tarrant County Deputy Sheriff in Ft. Worth, Texas from 1876-1879. In 1887, he was killed in a shootout with gambler and gunfighter Luke Short. Before his death, people feared Courtright's reputation as a gunman, and he successfully reduced Ft. Worth's murder rate by more than half, while reportedly extracting protection money from town business owners. Early life Courtright was born in Sangamon County, Illinois in the spring of 1848, the son of Daniel Courtright. He had four older sisters and one younger brother. He was reported to have practiced shooting frequently. Allegedly, he lied about his age and enlisted in the Union Army during the American Civil War.. He served under General John A. Logan for whom he once took a bullet and thus earned Logan's admiration. See remarks on his alleged service at He was rootless and traveled around often until he finally set ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Courtright (athlete)
James Milton Courtright (December 16, 1914 – February 21, 2003) was a Canadian track and field athlete and Vice Principal of Queen's University. His athletic career included participating in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany, and the 1938 British Empire Games (now the Commonwealth Games) in Sydney, Australia, where he captured the gold medal in the javelin throw. Early life Courtright was born in North Bay, Ontario, Canada, where his father worked as a civil engineer. He was the second of five children with an older sister, Celina, and three younger brothers, George, Joseph, and Homer. His brother George became a priest, while his two younger brothers both died fighting for the Canadian Forces during World War II. As a teenager his family moved to Ottawa, Ontario, where he attended Glebe Collegiate Institute, and later, the University of Ottawa where he received a bachelor of arts. After completing his degree at U of O he enrolled at Queen's University in Kings ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Courtright
John Charles Courtright (born May 30, 1970) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Cincinnati Reds. Courtright graduated from Marion Harding High School in Marion, Ohio, played college baseball at Duke and was selected in the eighth round of the 1991 Major League Baseball draft by the Reds. In April 1994, while pitching for the Chattanooga Lookouts, Courtright was the first pitcher to face Birmingham Barons outfielder Michael Jordan in a regular season game. He struck Jordan out twice but asked for his autograph on the following day. On May 6, 1995, he and Scott Sullivan were promoted to Cincinnati's Major League roster to replace Willie Greene and Johnny Ruffin. He made his debut on the same day at the age of 25 at Riverfront Stadium against the New York Mets. In the eighth inning, manager Davey Johnson double-switched him and Jerome Walton into the game for Deion Sanders and Scott Sullivan respectively. He pitched one inning and gave up one earned run a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morris Courtright
Morris "Court" Courtright Jr. (May 2, 1930 – May 29, 2010) was an American politician and a Roman Catholic priest. Courtright was born in Saginaw, Michigan. He served in the United States Air Force, during the Korean War and the Vietnam War, and was commissioned a major. Courtright then moved to Flagstaff, Arizona after he retired from the United States Air Force, He went to Columbia Pacific University and taught at Northern Arizona University. Courtright was involved with broadcasting engineering and the crewed space flights. Courtright served in the Arizona House of Representatives from 1978 to 1983 and was a Republican. Courtright was ordained a nondenominational minister in 2003 and then was ordained a Roman Catholic priest in 2006. Courtright served as an Arizona Wing Chaplain for the Civil Air Patrol. He died in Scottsdale, Arizona and was buried in the National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona, in Phoenix, Arizona Phoenix ( ; nv, Hoozdo; es, Fénix or , yuf-x-wal, Ban ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Courtright
Nick Courtright (born 1981) is an American poet, scholar, and publisher. He is the author of the book of literary criticism ''In Perfect Silence at the Stars: Walt Whitman and the Meaning of Poems','' and of the poetry collections ''The Forgotten World','' ''Let There Be Light,'' ''Punchline,'' and the chapbook ''Elegy for the Builder's Wife''. His poetry has appeared in The Southern Review, Boston Review, Massachusetts Review, Kenyon Review Online, Gulf Coast (journal), Gulf Coast, New Orleans Review, The Literati Quarterly and many others. He is the Founder and CEO oAtmosphere Press a hybrid publisher based in Austin, Texas. Life Nick Courtright received his B.S.S from Ohio University before earning his M.F.A. from the Texas State University MFA program. He earned a PhD from The University of Texas. His first book of poetry, ''Punchline'', was published by Gold Wake Press in 2012; the book was a finalist for the National Poetry Series. The book was inspired by William Blake, Walt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Courtright
Raymond O. Courtright (September 19, 1891 – August 1979) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player, coach of football, basketball, golf, and wrestling, and college athletics administrator. Courtright attended the University of Oklahoma where he played halfback for the football team from 1911 to 1913 and also competed in baseball, basketball and track. He was the head football coach at Pittsburg State University (1915–1917), the University of Nevada, Reno (1919–1923), and Colorado School of Mines (1924–1926). Courtright was also an assistant football coach (1927–1936), head golf coach (1929–1944) and head wrestling coach (1942–1944) at the University of Michigan. University of Oklahoma Courtright was a multi-sport athlete at the University of Oklahoma competing in football, baseball, basketball and track. He played halfback for Bennie Owen's Oklahoma Sooners football team from 1911 to 1913. In November 1911, he helped Oklahoma break a nine-game los ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Courtright
William Courtright (February 10, 1848 – March 6, 1933) was an American film actor. Early years He was born Theodore Courtright in New Milford, Illinois, and was educated in the public schools of Ione, California. When he was 16, he ran away from home to join a stock theater company. Career Courtright's acting career began with Shakespearean plays, as he worked with Lawrence Barrett. Before entering the film industry, he appeared in minstrel shows. He made a world tour as a minstrel, with the tour's activities including performing before King Edward VII. Sometimes billed as Billy Courtright, he appeared in 68 films between 1912 and 1930. He worked with D. W. Griffith and in his later career at the Hal Roach Studios, where he appeared in several early Laurel and Hardy comedies. Courtright was still acting at age 80. An item in the October 28, 1928, edition of ''The Cincinnati Enquirer'' described him as "the oldest living motion-picture actor on the screen ..." H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milton Courtright Elliott
Milton Courtright Elliott (December 28, 1879 - 1928) was a lawyer and judge from Norfolk, Virginia. He became counsel to the Federal Reserve Board. Biography He was born on December 28, 1879, in Norfolk, Virginia, to Warren Grice Elliott Warren Grice Elliott (March 22, 1848 – September 17, 1906) was president of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad starting in 1902. Biography He was born on March 22, 1848, and attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Class of 186 ... (1848-1906) and Margaret Blow. His father was president of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. He graduated from the University of Virginia in 1902. He married Lucy Hamilton Cocke on December 19, 1906. He became counsel to the Federal Reserve Board. He died in 1928. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Elliott, Milton Courtright Federal Reserve System 1879 births 1928 deaths People from Norfolk, Virginia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Courtright, Ontario
Courtright is an unincorporated community in St. Clair Township, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada. It is located on the St. Clair River, south of Sarnia. It was incorporated as a village on June 25, 1907, and disincorporated in 1974. References St. Clair River Port settlements in Ontario Communities in Lambton County {{WesternOntario-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Courtright Reservoir
Courtright Reservoir is a reservoir in Fresno County, California. The reservoir is at an elevation of 8,170 feet (2,490 m) in the Sierra National Forest, in the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range, bordering the John Muir Wilderness and the Dinkey Lakes Wilderness. The high Sierra reservoir is formed by Courtright Dam in Helms Creek canyon and has a capacity of . The dam is composed of rock-fill and is 315 feet (96 m) tall, measured from the crest to the original streambed. It was completed in 1958 and is owned by Pacific Gas and Electric. In 1984 the Helms Pumped Storage Powerhouse was added to the reservoir allowing it to pump water from Wishon to Courtright. Its primary purpose is hydroelectricity production. The lake is an "off-river" (or "off-channel") storage reservoir. In addition to the small amount of conventional hydroelectricity production from the flow of Helms Creek, Courtright Reservoir serves mainly as the upper reservoir for the Helms Pumped Storage Plant. Wishon Reservo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luke Short – Jim Courtright Duel
Luke Lamar Short (January22, 1854September8, 1893) was an American Old West gunfighter, cowboy, U.S. Army scout, dispatch rider, gambler, boxing promoter, and saloon owner. He survived numerous gunfights, the most famous of which were against Charlie Storms in Tombstone, Arizona Territory and against Jim Courtright in Fort Worth, Texas. Short had business interests in three of the best-known saloons in the Old West: the Oriental in Tombstone, the Long Branch Saloon in Dodge City, and the White Elephant in Fort Worth. Early life Short was born in Polk County, Arkansas, in January 1854. He was the fifth child of Josiah Washington Short (February2, 1812February8, 1890) and his wife Hetty Brumley (February2, 1826November30, 1908). Short had nine siblings. The family soon moved to Montague County, Texas. In 1862, Luke Short witnessed first-hand his father's being ambushed and attacked by Comanches in their yard. His father was surrounded by the Indians, who wounded him with arr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
