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Colcord Public Schools
Colcord may refer to: People with the surname *Charles Francis Colcord (1859–1934), American businessman and pioneer of the Old West * Gerard Colcord (1900–1984), American architect * Harry Colcord (1833–1906), American stuntman manager and artist * Joanna Carver Colcord (1882–1960), American seafarer, social worker and writer *Lincoln Colcord (1883–1947), American journalist and author *Mabel Colcord (1873–1952), American actress *Ray Colcord (1949–2016), American film and television composer *Roswell K. Colcord (1839–1939), Governor of Nevada * Shirlene Colcord (1965–2019), New Zealand quintuplet Places * Colcord, Oklahoma * Colcord, West Virginia Other uses * Colcord Hotel Colcord Hotel is a luxury boutique hotel located in downtown Oklahoma City, in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The building was finished in 1909 and has been considered Oklahoma City's first skyscraper. It is tall and has 14 floors. Originally an ..., a historic boutique hotel in Oklahoma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Francis Colcord
Charles Francis Colcord (August 18, 1859 – December 10, 1934) was a cattle rancher, U.S. Marshal, Chief of Police, businessman, and pioneer of the Old West. The community of Colcord, Oklahoma is named for him. Colcord's life spanned the American Civil War, the taming of the west, the cattle drives, the Land Runs, the Wright brothers' flight, World War I, Wiley Post, Will Rogers and Charles Lindbergh, the Roaring Twenties, the Great Depression, and the transition of Oklahoma City from a frontier prairie to a booming metropolis with skyscrapers, oil fields and airplanes. On December 30, 1934, a resolution adopted by the Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce stated, "Affluence came to him but left unspoiled his native gentleness and simplicity. Always he was modest, humble, democratic, generous, just and kind. He remembered the less fortunate friends of his early days." Early years Charles Colcord was born near Cane Ridge, Paris, Bourbon County, KentuckyWilson, Linda D"Colcord ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerard Colcord
Gerard Colcord (1900–1984) was an American architect. He designed over 300 residences and 100 residential remodels in California. Biography Early life He was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on November 1, 1900. He was educated in the United States and Europe, and moved to Los Angeles, California, in 1924. Career He designed private residences in Beverly Hills, California, and in Bel Air, Los Angeles.Gerard Colcord's 20th century homes still beloved in these modern times '''' In 1930, he designed the Trippet House in |
Harry Colcord
Harry M. Colcord was the manager of the distinguished stuntman Charles Blondin, most famous for being possibly the first person to go across the Niagara Falls by piggyback on another person, in this case Blondin, on August 17, 1859. He was from Chicago (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name .... References Niagara Falls Tightrope walkers Year of death missing Year of birth missing 19th-century circus performers {{US-entertainer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joanna Carver Colcord
Joanna Carver Colcord (March 18, 1882 – April 8, 1960) was pioneering social worker, and author. Born at sea, she was also notable for publishing texts on the language, work songs, and sea shanties of American seamen during the early 20th century. Early life Both of Colcord's parents, Jane French (Sweetser) and Captain Lincoln Alden Colcord, came from Maine families with generations-long traditions of life on and around the sea. Lincoln Alden Colcord delivered his daughter Joanna on board his sailing ship, the ''Charlotte A. Littlefield'', in the southwest Pacific near New Caledonia. The ship left Newcastle, New South Wales and was sailing to Yokohama, Japan. Aside from time spent on shore at Penobscot Bay or in Searsport, Maine, Joanna and her younger brother, Lincoln Ross Colcord, spent most of their childhood at sea. Education and early career Jane Colcord tutored her children at sea, and Joanna's high school education was by correspondence course. She also became adept at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lincoln Colcord
Lincoln Ross Colcord (August 14, 1883 – November 16, 1947) was an American journalist and author of short fiction. He wrote for a number of American newspapers and magazines beginning in 1908, and throughout the Woodrow Wilson presidency (1913–1921). Early life Both of Colcord's parents, Jane French (Sweetser) and Captain Lincoln Alden Colcord, came from Maine families with generations-long traditions of life on and around the sea. Lincoln Colcord delivered his son Lincoln aboard the commercial sailing ship, the ''Charlotte A. Littlefield'', during a storm while navigating around Cape Horn. Aside from time spent on shore at Penobscot Bay or in Searsport, Maine, Lincoln and his older sister, Joanna Carver Colcord, spent most of their childhood at sea aboard the various sailing vessels captained by their father, visiting ports as far away as Hong Kong as part of the merchant trade. Education and writing career Jane Colcord tutored her children at sea, and Lincoln's early ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mabel Colcord
Mabel Colcord was an American actress who was born in San Francisco on August 13, 1873. She acted in over 30 films throughout her career, and is best known for her roles in Little Women, David Copperfield, and The Great O'Malley. Active mostly in the 1930s, she mostly played minor or uncredited roles as older women such as aunts, cooks, maids and neighbors. Colcord died on June 6, 1952, in Los Angeles at the age of 78. Partial filmography * ''Little Women'' (1933) as Hannah * ''Sadie McKee'' (1934) as Brennan's Cook (uncredited) * ''David Copperfield'' (1935) as Mary Ann * '' Vanessa: Her Love Story'' (1935) as Meinie, Judith's Maid (uncredited) * ''No More Ladies'' (1935) as Marcia's Cook (uncredited) * ''The Irish in Us'' (1935) as Mrs. Adams, O'Hara's Neighbor (uncredited) * ''Diamond Jim'' (1935) as Brady's Aunt (uncredited) * ''Shipmates Forever'' (1935) as Cowboy's Mother (uncredited) * ''Miss Pacific Fleet'' (1935) as Kewpie's Landlady (uncredited) * ''Lady of Secrets'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Colcord
Ray Colcord III (December 24, 1949 – February 5, 2016) was an American film and television composer known for TV series such as ''227'', ''Silver Spoons'', ''My Two Dads'', ''Dinosaurs'', '' Big Brother'', and ''Boy Meets World''. He is a former governor of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, a past President of the Society of Composers & Lyricists, served on the board of directors of the Film Preservation Society and was a member of the National Film Preservation Board. He has received ASCAP, BMI, and Dramalogue awards. Life and career Prior to his film and television career, Colcord worked as a session musician and an A&R (Artists & Repertoire) representative for Columbia Records, was responsible for Aerosmith's signing, and co-produced their second album, ''Get Your Wings''. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roswell K
Roswell may refer to: * Roswell incident Places in the United States * Roswell, Colorado, a former settlement now part of Colorado Springs * Roswell, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta * Roswell, Idaho * Roswell, New Mexico, known for the purported 1947 UFO incident (see other uses below) * Roswell, Ohio * Roswell, South Dakota People * Roswell Beebe (1795–1856), American railroad executive; mayor of Little Rock, Arkansas * Roswell L. Colt (1779–1856), American businessman * Roswell Farnham (1827–1903), Governor of Vermont * Roswell P. Flower (1835–1899), US congressman, and Governor of New York * Roswell Gilpatric (1906–1996), American lawyer and politician * Roswell King (1765–1844) was an American businessman, planter and industrialist * Roswell Park (surgeon) (1852–1914), American physician * Roswell A. Parmenter (1821–1904), New York politician * Roswell B. Rexford, Michigan politician * Roswell S. Ripley (1823–1887), Confederate Army general * Roswell Rudd (1935â ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shirlene Colcord
This is a list of multiple births, consisting of notable higher order (4+) multiple births and pregnancies. Twins and triplets are sufficiently common to have their own separate articles. With the use of reproductive technology such as fertility drugs and in vitro fertilization (IVF) such births have become increasingly common. This list contains only multiple births which have some claim to notability, such as being the first recorded in a country, the first to survive to adulthood in a country, the heaviest, lightest or longest lived (globally), or having had substantial media coverage. Cases by number Twins (2) Triplets (3) Quadruplets (4) * The Smith quadruplets, born 1750 in Kinsale, Ireland to a fisherman's wife. * The Fisk quadruplets (born 26 August 1783), in Killingly, Connecticut, United States. Two boys (Ephraim and Joseph) and two girls (Keziah and Mary) all survived to adulthood. * Dominica, 1790: According to ''The Times'', a Dr. Giuseppe of Dominica repor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colcord, Oklahoma
Colcord is a town in southern Delaware County, Oklahoma, United States. The community lies in the northeastern part of the state in a region known as Green Country. The population was 815 at the 2010 census, a decline of 0.5 percent from the figure of 819 recorded in 2000. History Colcord's history starts decades before the establishment of the town itself, with the community of Row, Indian Territory, in the 1890s. As settlers moved to the area, the town of Row grew and businesses formed, including a bank, a school, a hotel, and others. A Post Office was established on May 20, 1905. In the 1920s, a road (later known as Oklahoma State Highway 116) was built that passed south of the then-healthy town of Row. A rural mail carrier, Charles Burbage, who owned land to the south where the new road was established, platted into blocks, lots and streets. The area grew into a community known as "Little Tulsa" to locals, until residents changed the name in September 1928 to "Colcord," ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colcord, West Virginia
Colcord is an unincorporated community in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States. Colcord is east-southeast of Whitesville. Colcord had a post office A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letters and parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post offices may offer additional serv ..., which closed on November 30, 2002. The community was named after the proprietor of the Colcord Coal Company. References Unincorporated communities in Raleigh County, West Virginia Unincorporated communities in West Virginia Coal towns in West Virginia {{RaleighCountyWV-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colcord Hotel
Colcord Hotel is a luxury boutique hotel located in downtown Oklahoma City, in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The building was finished in 1909 and has been considered Oklahoma City's first skyscraper. It is tall and has 14 floors. Originally an office tower developed by Charles Francis Colcord, Charles Colcord, the building was renovated by Coury Hospitality and reopened as a luxury hotel in 2006. Colcord Hotel is a member of Historic Hotels of America, the official program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. History Colcord built the Colcord Building, now known as the Colcord Hotel, which was the first skyscraper in Oklahoma City. It was also the first steel-reinforced concrete building in Oklahoma, because Colcord had seen the devastation to lesser buildings in San Francisco following the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and resulting fires. Originally designed with two wings, only the east wing and connecting elevator/stair segment were constructed. Architect Willi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
