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Digges Railway Station
Digges may refer to: People * Digges (surname) * Jeremiah Digges, pen name of Josef Berger (speechwriter) (1903–1971), American journalist, author and speechwriter Places in Canada * Digges, Manitoba, an unincorporated area and railway point ** Digges station, a Via Rail station * Digges Islands, Nunavut * Digges Sound, Nunavut See also * Digges Amendment The Digges Amendment was an amendment to the Maryland Constitution proposed in 1910 to curtail the Fifteen Amendment of the United States Constitution and disenfranchise black voters in the state with the use of a property requirement. It was an in ... * Diggs (other) {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Digges (surname)
Digges is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Cole Digges (burgess) (1691-1744), colonial Virginia merchant, planter and politician * Deborah Digges (1950–2009), American poet and teacher * Dudley Digges (c. 1583–1639), 17th century British MP * Dudley Digges (actor) (1879–1947) * Dudley Digges (burgess), colonial Virginia merchant, planter and politician, father of Cole Digges * Dudley Digges (patriot) (1728-1790), attorney, planter, military officer, politician and patriot in revolutionary Virginia * Dudley Digges Jr. colonial Virginia attorney and politician * Edward Digges (1620–1674), interim Colonial Governor of Virginia, British barrister who became planter and politician, major forebear of family powerful in Virginia and Maryland colonies as father of William Digges and Cole Digges (burgess) * Leonard Digges (scientist) (1520–1559), mathematician and surveyor * Leonard Digges (writer) (1588–1635), poet and translator * Robert Digges Wimberly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josef Berger (speechwriter)
Josef Berger, or Joseph Isadore Berger (May 12, 1903 – November 11, 1971), was an American journalist, author and speechwriter. Early life Berger was born in Denver, Colorado in 1903 and graduated from the University of Missouri School of Journalism in 1924. He worked as a reporter for the ''Kansas City Star'' for a time. Career In 1924, Berger moved to New York, where he worked as a reporter and editor for ten years. In 1928, he began writing juvenile books, making his debut with ''Captain Bib,'' which was published in 1929. He published a total of twenty books, in addition to writing short stories and articles for publications such as ''Atlantic Monthly, The New Yorker, Esquire, Reader's Digest, McCall's,'' and ''The New York Times Sunday Magazine.''Guide to the Josef Berger papers 1918–1982 Unive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Digges, Manitoba
Digges is an unincorporated area and railway point in Census division 23 in Northern Manitoba, Canada. History Digges was founded with the building of the Hudson Bay Railway in the third decade of the 20th century. When the originally intended final section line route to Port Nelson was abandoned, the construction of the new route of the final section from Amery north to Churchill, which opened in 1929, led to its founding. Digges lies on the line between the settlements of Bylot to the south and Tidal to the north, about south of Churchill. Transportation Digges is the site of Digges railway station, served by the Via Rail Winnipeg–Churchill train The Winnipeg–Churchill train (formerly known as the ''Hudson Bay'' and, before that, ''Northern Spirits'') is a semiweekly passenger train operated by Via Rail between Winnipeg and Churchill, Manitoba. It is the only dry-land connection betwe .... References {{reflist Unincorporated communities in Northern Region, Man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Digges Station
Digges may refer to: People * Digges (surname) * Jeremiah Digges, pen name of Josef Berger (speechwriter) (1903–1971), American journalist, author and speechwriter Places in Canada * Digges, Manitoba, an unincorporated area and railway point ** Digges station, a Via Rail station * Digges Islands, Nunavut * Digges Sound, Nunavut See also * Digges Amendment The Digges Amendment was an amendment to the Maryland Constitution proposed in 1910 to curtail the Fifteen Amendment of the United States Constitution and disenfranchise black voters in the state with the use of a property requirement. It was an in ... * Diggs (other) {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Digges Islands
The Digges Islands (Inuit: ''Saaqqayaaq-Qikirtasiit'') are members of the Arctic Archipelago in the territory of Nunavut. The two islands, West Digges and East Digges, are located in Digges Sound, an arm of Hudson Bay, where the strong currents of the bay meet Hudson Strait. The hamlet of Ivujivik, on the Ungava Peninsula, is south of the islands. East Digges Island is closer to the northern tip of the Ungava Peninsula than West Digges. Mansel Island is to the southwest, while Nottingham Island is to the north. The islands' rocky cliffs topography is ideal for seabirds; thick-billed murre colonies are abundant. Arctic exploration In 1610, the first recorded encounter between Europeans and Nunavik Inuit occurred on Digges Islands during Henry Hudson's last expedition. Hudson named many Arctic points after patrons who financed the voyage, including Dudley Digges, the namesake of the Digges Islands. In 1611 four of Hudson's mutineers were killed here by Inuit and in 1612 Thomas Butto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Digges Sound
Digges Sound is a Canadian Arctic waterway in Qikiqtaaluk, Nunavut, Canada. The sound is located at the juncture where the Hudson Strait meets northeastern Hudson Bay close to the northern tip of the Ungava Peninsula, between Digges Islands and Cape Wolstenholme. Ivujivik, Quebec, the northernmost settlement in any Canadian province, is located on the south coast of the sound. Henry Hudson named many Arctic geographical features after patrons who financed his voyages, including Digges Sound in honor of Dudley Digges. Geography The sound's environs are approximately in size, with an elevation up to above sea level, and are characterized by rocky cliffs. Fauna Notable bird species include the black guillemot and the colonial Iceland gull, and thick-billed murre. Beluga, bearded seal, polar bear, and ringed seal frequent the area. Conservation The sound is classified as an Important Bird Area site (#NU001), an International Biological Program The International Biological P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Digges Amendment
The Digges Amendment was an amendment to the Maryland Constitution proposed in 1910 to curtail the Fifteen Amendment of the United States Constitution and disenfranchise black voters in the state with the use of a property requirement. It was an initiative by the predominately white conservative Democratic Party members in the state. The amendment was drafted by Democratic state delegate (lower house) Walter Digges and co-sponsored by state senator (upper house) William J. Frere. The proposal was passed by the Democratic-dominated Maryland General Assembly and approved by Governor Austin Lane Crothers but was not ratified by the required general election voter referendum. History After a brief period of Republican control in Maryland from 1896 to 1900, when the party was supported by many African Americans, Democrats regained control of the government on a white supremacist platform. They were responding to the rise of elected African-American Republican politicians in municipal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
