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Lone Star (other)
Lone Star, Lone Starr, Lone Stars or Lonestar may also refer to: Communities in the United States * Lone Star, Arizona, a populated place * Lone Star, Fresno County, California, an unincorporated community * Lone Star, Humboldt County, California, a former settlement * Lone Star, Kansas, an unincorporated community * Lone Star, Kentucky, an unincorporated community * Lone Star, Missouri, an unincorporated community * Lone Star, South Carolina, an unincorporated community * Lone Star, Texas, a city * Lone Star, Cherokee County, Texas, a ghost town * Lone Star, Kaufman County, Texas, an unincorporated community * Lone Star, Virginia, an unincorporated community Businesses Media * KZPS ("Lone Star 92.5"), a radio station serving the Dallas/Fort Worth market in Texas * Lone Star Music, a New Braunfels, Texas-based music company * Lone Star Productions, a Poverty Row producer of John Wayne western films in the 1930s, released through Monogram Pictures * Lonestar Productions, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lone Star, Arizona
Lone Star is a populated place situated in Graham County, Arizona Arizona ( ; nv, Hoozdo Hahoodzo ; ood, Alĭ ṣonak ) is a state in the Southwestern United States. It is the 6th largest and the 14th most populous of the 50 states. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix. Arizona is part of the Fou ..., United States. It has an estimated elevation of above sea level. Eight miles north of Solomonville, the community was named after the nearby mine and mountain. References {{Graham County, Arizona Populated places in Graham County, Arizona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lonestar Cell
Lonestar Cell is a telecommunications company based in Monrovia, Liberia. The company owns and operates the largest wireless telecommunications network in Liberia, with 48% of the market share in 2011. Founded in 2000 by Beirut-based Investcom, the company became a subsidiary of the South African conglomerate MTN Group MTN Group Limited, formerly M-Cell, is a South African multinational mobile telecommunications company, operating in many African and Asian countries. Its head office is in Johannesburg. , MTN recorded 280 million subscribers, making it the ... following MTN's acquisition of Investcom in 2006. Liberian businessman Benoni Urey is the Chair of Lonestar Communication Corporation and owns a significant portion of the company through his PLC Investments Group. References Telecommunications companies of Liberia Telecommunications companies established in 2000 Companies based in Monrovia {{Liberia-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lone Star (1996 Film)
''Lone Star'' is a 1996 American neo-Western mystery film written, edited, and directed by John Sayles and set in a small town in South Texas. The ensemble cast features Chris Cooper, Kris Kristofferson, Matthew McConaughey and Elizabeth Peña and deals with a sheriff's investigation into the murder of one of his predecessors. Filmed on location along the Rio Grande in southern and southwestern Texas, the film received critical acclaim, with critics regarding it as a high point of 1990s independent cinema as well as one of Sayles' best films. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Writing, and also appeared on the ballot for the AFI's 10 Top 10 in the western category. The film was a box office success, grossing $13 million against its $3–5 million budget. Plot Sam Deeds is the sheriff of Rio County in Frontera, Texas. A native of Frontera, Sam returned two years ago and was elected sheriff. Sam's late father had been the legendary Sheriff Buddy Deeds, who is beloved ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lone Star (1952 Film)
''Lone Star'' is a 1952 American Western film starring Clark Gable, Ava Gardner, Broderick Crawford, Ed Begley, and Lionel Barrymore (in his final role) as President Andrew Jackson. The film also marks the first (uncredited) screen appearance by then-13-year-old George Hamilton, playing beside Barrymore in the role of Jackson's servant. The movie is considered both a Western and a romance, set in Texas shortly before statehood. Plot Devereaux Burke (Clark Gable) gets a personal request from former President Andrew Jackson ( Lionel Barrymore) to facilitate the annexation of Texas into the United States. Opposition to annexation is gaining favor because it is mistakenly believed that Texas pioneer Sam Houston (Moroni Olsen) opposes statehood. The opposition leader is wealthy rancher Thomas Craden ( Broderick Crawford), but when Craden is ambushed by Comanches, Dev comes to his rescue. Dev and Craden travel to Austin, where they meet Martha Ronda (Ava Gardner), who runs the l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lone Star (towboat)
''Lone Star'' is a wooden hull, steam-powered stern-wheeled towboat in LeClaire, Iowa, United States. She is dry docked and on display at the Buffalo Bill Museum in LeClaire. Built in 1868, she is the oldest of three surviving steam-powered towboats, and the only one with a wooden hull. She was declared a National Historic Landmark on 20 December 1989. and Description ''Lone Star'' has a wood frame hull long, with pointed bow, flat bottom and hard chine. With the sternwheel added, the total vessel length is . She has a beam of and a hold depth of . The internal hogging truss system is typical of boats of the period. The hull is divided internally into three watertight compartments. It has a two-deck superstructure, with the main deck housing the propelling machinery and steam boilers, with coal bins forward, boilers in the center, and engines aft. An upper deck above the boilers that houses the pilot house and crew quarters. History ''Lone Star'' came off the ways at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lone Star (steamer)
The ''Lone Star'' was a steamer that was wrecked north of Red Fish Bar near Galveston, Texas Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by ..., on September 16, 1865. References Maritime incidents in September 1865 Shipwrecks in the Gulf of Mexico Shipwrecks of the Texas coast Steamships {{ship-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lone Star (SSW Train)
The ''Lone Star'' was a passenger train operated by St. Louis Southwestern Railway (Cotton Belt) between Memphis, and Dallas, with through connections via Cotton Belt parent, Southern Pacific, for San Antonio, El Paso, and ultimately Los Angeles. There were also through cars operating between Memphis, Lewisville and Shreveport. At various times during the train's operation, connecting services were also provided from Brinkley to St. Louis St. Louis () is the second-largest city in Missouri, United States. It sits near the confluence of the Mississippi and the Missouri Rivers. In 2020, the city proper had a population of 301,578, while the bi-state metropolitan area, which e .... The train was discontinued on November 1, 1952, as a part of extensive passenger train restructuring by St. Louis Southwestern. The ''Lone Star'' was replaced by trains number 107 and 108 which connected with the Cotton Belt mainline at Mount Pleasant, Texas. References * * Lone Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lone Star (Amtrak Train)
The ''Lone Star'' was an Amtrak passenger train that ran between Chicago and Houston, or Dallas via Kansas City, Wichita, Oklahoma City, and Fort Worth. The train was renamed from the ''Texas Chief'', which the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway had introduced in 1948. Amtrak discontinued the ''Lone Star'' in 1979. History The Santa Fe introduced the ''Texas Chief'' on April 3, 1948, between Chicago and Galveston, Texas via Kansas City, Wichita, Oklahoma City, Fort Worth, and Houston. It was truncated to Houston in early 1967. From 1955 until 1968, a section would cut off at Gainesville, Texas to serve Denton, Texas and Dallas. Santa Fe conveyed the ''Texas Chief'' to Amtrak at the latter's inception in 1971. Amtrak changed the train's name from ''Texas Chief'' to ''Lone Star'' on May 19, 1974, after the Santa Fe determined that Amtrak's trains no longer met its service standards and demanded that Amtrak stop using the "Chief" name. The train was popular with students o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lone Star Airlines
Lone Star Airlines was an American regional airline that operated both domestic and international flights. For much of the airline's life its headquarters were located in the Fort Worth Stockyards in Fort Worth, Texas. The airline's largest hub was located at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. The airline filed for bankruptcy in August, 1998 and was liquidated in October, 1998. History Lone Star was founded in 1984 in Stillwater, Oklahoma, as Exec Express Inc. by Phil Trenary (later President of Pinnacle Airlines), the company moved its headquarters to Fort Worth, Texas, in 1987. Exec Express Inc. operating as Exec Express Commuter Airlines later became Exec Express II Inc. and eventually operated under the d/b/a's of Lone Star Airlines and Aspen Mountain Air. In order to have both names on the same ticket stock a third d/b/a was created "Aspen Mountain Air/Lone Star Airlines" The airline became an American Airlines (AMR Corporation) and Frontier Airlines code sharing pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lone Star (1920 Automobile)
The Lone Star was a passenger vehicle in production between 1919 and 1922. It was made by the Lone Star Motor Truck and Tractor Association, San Antonio, Texas. History The Lone Star was available as the Beauty Four (Piedmont model 4-30) with a Lycoming engine or the ''Beauty Six'' (Piedmont Model 6-40) with a Continental Continental may refer to: Places * Continent, the major landmasses of Earth * Continental, Arizona, a small community in Pima County, Arizona, US * Continental, Ohio, a small town in Putnam County, US Arts and entertainment * ''Continental'' ( ... engine. Both open and closed models were offered. The cars were manufactured for Lone Star by Piedmont Motor Car Company of Lynchburg, Virginia. Advertisements listed the 4-30 model for sale at $1,545 (). Lone Star sales ended in 1922 when the Piedmont factory closed. References External links {{commons category inline, Lone Star (1920 automobile) Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of the United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International LoneStar
The International LoneStar (also stylized as International Lonestar) is a model line of conventional-cab trucks produced by Navistar International Navistar, Inc is an American holding company created in 1986 as the successor to International Harvester. Navistar operates as the owner of International-branded trucks and diesel engines. The company also produces buses under the IC Bus b ... since the 2009 model year. The flagship model line of the company, the LoneStar is marketed as its largest on-highway truck, slotted above the International LT (formerly the International ProStar). Unveiled at the 2008 Chicago Auto Show, the Lonestar is the largest road vehicle ever introduced at the event. Sharing its Next-Generation Vehicle (NGV) cab with the LT/ProStar, the Lonestar is a semitractor configured primarily for highway applications. Through special order, the model line is also offered for certain vocational applications, including heavy-duty towing or dump truck use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lone Star Toys
Lone Star Products Ltd. was the brand name used by the British company Die Cast Machine Tools Ltd (DCMT) for its toy products. DCMT was based in Welham Green, Hertfordshire, north of London. Company history Starting as early as 1939, DCMT manufactured die cast toys for children. The 'Lone Star' name was chosen because of a demand at the time for toy guns and rifles popular in the Western films in cinemas all over Britain. Eventually, the company also made tie-in toy guns licensed from the James Bond films and ''The Man From U.N.C.L.E.'' TV series. Vehicles Competition with Dinky and Corgi Interpreting the base of a Lone Star vehicle can be difficult. Some of Impy Toys read: "Lone Star Road-Master Impy Super Cars". To keep up with competitors such as Corgi and Dinky, Lone Star began producing Corgi-sized diecast toy vehicles in 1956 with its Road-Master series (later spelled without the hyphen). Castings on the earlier vehicles, though handsome, were a bit cruder than the comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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