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Indian Head (Beaverhead County, Montana)
Indian Head can refer to: Coins *Indian Head cent, U.S. one cent coin (1859–1909) *Indian Head eagle, U.S. $10 gold piece issued between 1907 and 1933 *Indian Head gold pieces, U.S. coins issued between 1908 and 1929 *Indian Head nickel, U.S. five cent coin (1913–1938) Communities Canada *Indian Head, Saskatchewan, a town in Canada **Indian Head-Milestone, the local provincial electoral district **Rural Municipality of Indian Head No. 156, Saskatchewan, the surrounding rural municipality United States ''Listed alphabetically by state'' *Indian Head Park, Illinois, a village in Cook County *Indian Head, Maryland, a town in Charles County *Indian Head, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community in Fayette County Geographical features United States *Indian Head Mountain (New York), one of the Catskill Mountains in Greene County, New York *Indian Head Peak, in the Glacier Peak Wilderness in the U.S. state of Washington *Indian Head Pond (Massachusetts), in Hanson, Massachusetts *I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Badlands Guardian
The Badlands Guardian is a geomorphological feature located near Medicine Hat in the southeast corner of Alberta, Canada. The feature was discovered in 2005 by Lynn Hickox through use of Google Earth. Description Viewed from the air, the feature has been said to resemble a human head wearing a full Indigenous type of headdress, facing directly westward. Additional human-made structures have been said to resemble a pair of earphones worn by the figure.Sydney Morning Herald Article by Stephen Hutcheon: "Gran's canyon is a net sensation" November 13, 2006 The apparent earphones are a road (Township Road 123A) and an , whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian Head Naval Surface Warfare Center
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head Division (NSWC IHD)—also known as Naval Support Facility Indian Head—is a United States naval military installation in Charles County, Maryland, that is a NAVSEA Warfare Center (WFC) enterprise dedicated to energetics (i.e., explosives, propellants, pyrotechnics, reactive materials, and their application in propulsion systems and ordnance). NSWC IHD began as the Naval Proving Ground, Indian Head during World War I. As a United States Department of Defense (DoD) Energetics Center, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head Division, is a critical component of the NAVSEA Warfare Center (WFC) enterprise. One of the WFC's nine divisions, Indian Head’s mission is to research, develop, test, evaluate, and produce energetics (i.e., explosives, propellants, pyrotechnics, reactive materials, related chemicals and fuels and their application in propulsion systems and ordnance) and energetic systems for U.S. fighting forces. As the larges ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian Head Highway
Maryland Route 210 (MD 210) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known as Indian Head Highway, the highway runs from Potomac Avenue in Indian Head north to the District of Columbia boundary in Forest Heights, where the highway continues into Washington, D.C. as South Capitol Street. MD 210 is a four- to six-lane divided highway that connects Washington, D.C. with the suburban communities of Oxon Hill, Fort Washington, and Accokeek in southwestern Prince George's County, and Bryans Road and Indian Head in northwestern Charles County. The highway also provides access to Fort Washington Park and Indian Head Naval Surface Warfare Center and, in conjunction with MD 228, connects Waldorf with Interstate 95 (I-95)/I-495 and I-295. Indian Head Highway was constructed by the U.S. federal government as a military access highway in the mid-1940s to connect Washington with the Indian Head Naval Proving Ground and Fort Washington. The previous highway between Washington, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian Head Ginger
''Costus spicatus'', also known as spiked spiralflag ginger or Indian head ginger, is a species of herbaceous plant in the Costaceae family (also sometimes placed in Zingiberaceae). Distribution ''Costus spicatus'' is native to the Caribbean (including Dominica, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Martinique, and Puerto Rico). Description ''Costus spicatus'' leaves grow to a length of approximately and a width of approximately . It produces a short red cone, from which red-orange flowers emerge one at a time. In botanical literature, '' Costus woodsonii'' has often been misidentified as ''Costus spicatus''. Cultivation ''Costus spicatus'' will grow in full sun if it is kept moist. It reaches a maximum height of about . Ecology ''Costus spicatus'' can develop a symbiotic partnership with certain species of ants (often only a single species of ant will be compatible). The ants are provided with a food source (nectar in ''C. spicatus'' flowers) as well as a place to construct a nest. In tu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wayne Corporation
The Wayne Corporation was an American manufacturer of buses and other vehicles under the "Wayne" marque. The corporate headquarters were in Richmond, Indiana, in Wayne County, Indiana. During the middle 20th century, Wayne served as a leading producer of school buses in North America. Among innovations introduced by the company were the first application of cutaway van chassis for a school bus and an improvement in structural integrity in bus body construction, involving the use of continuous longitudinal panels to reduce body joints; the design change happened before federal standards required stronger body structures in school buses. After 1980, Wayne faced difficulty competing in a market with overcapacity. Declaring bankruptcy, the company discontinued operations in 1992 and its assets were liquidated. Later in 1992, the Wayne brand was reorganized as Wayne Wheeled Vehicles, doing business through 1995. Overview Wayne is a name in school transportation that predates the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chief Wahoo
Chief Wahoo is a logo that was used by the Cleveland Indians, a Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise based in Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio, from 1951 to 2018. As part of the larger Native American mascot controversy, the logo drew criticism from Native Americans, social scientists, and religious and educational groups, but was popular among fans of the team. During the 2010s, it was gradually replaced by a block "C", which became the primary logo in 2013. Chief Wahoo was officially retired following the 2018 Major League Baseball season, 2018 season, with it also barred from future National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum plaques and merchandise sold outside of Ohio. History In 1932, the front page of the Cleveland ''Plain Dealer'' featured a cartoon by Fred George Reinert that used a caricatured Native American character with a definite resemblance to the later Chief Wahoo as a stand-in for the Cleveland Indians winning an important victory. The character came to be called "T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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