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Pine Ridge (Christian Mission)
Pine Ridge may refer to: *Pine Ridge (region), of northwestern Nebraska and southwestern South Dakota *Pine Ridge Indian Reservation of southwestern South Dakota *Pine Ridge Campaign of the United States Army *Pine Ridge, Alabama *Pine Ridge, former name of Pineridge, California *Pine Ridge, Citrus County, Florida *Pine Ridge, Collier County, Florida *Pine Ridge, Indiana *Pine Ridge, Kentucky * Pine Ridge, Michigan *Pine Ridge, Mississippi * Pine Ridge, Nebraska, the U.S. Census Bureau's name for the community more commonly called Whiteclay *Pine Ridge, Dawes County, Nebraska *Pine Ridge, Surry County, North Carolina *Pine Ridge, Oklahoma *Pine Ridge, South Carolina, in Lexington County *Pine Ridge, Darlington County, South Carolina *Pine Ridge, South Dakota *Pine Ridge at Crestwood, New Jersey * Pine Island Ridge, Florida *Pine Ridge Secondary School, in Pickering, Ontario, Canada *Pine Ridge (Lum and Abner) Pine Ridge, Arkansas, was the fictional setting for the radio program '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pine Ridge (region)
The Pine Ridge is an escarpment between the Niobrara River and the White River in far northwestern Nebraska (a small section extends into South Dakota). The high tableland between the rivers has been eroded into a region of forested buttes, ridges and canyons. Ecology The plant and animal life in the Pine Ridge is atypical for Nebraska; the ecology is very similar to the Black Hills, to the north. The dominant tree in the Pine Ridge is the ponderosa pine; deciduous trees (such as cottonwoods) are also present in canyon bottoms. The Pine Ridge is one of two regions in Nebraska that support bighorn sheep; elk, river otters, mule deer, and wild turkeys are also common. History The Pine Ridge region was the setting of the closing chapters of the Indian Wars. The region was home to several bands of Lakota; several skirmishes between the Lakota and the U.S. Army took place in the 1860s and 1870s. Crazy Horse was killed at Fort Robinson in 1877. In 1879, Dull Knife led the Che ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whiteclay, Nebraska
Whiteclay (Lakota language, Lakota: ''Makȟásaŋ''; "whiteish or yellowish clay") is an Unincorporated area, unincorporated community and census-designated place in Sheridan County, Nebraska, Sheridan County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 10 at the United States Census, 2010, 2010 census. A significant part of Whiteclay's economy was based on alcohol sales to residents of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, located north across the border in South Dakota, where alcohol consumption and possession is prohibited. According to the Nebraska Liquor Control Commission, beer sales at Whiteclay's four liquor stores totalled 4.9 million cans in 2010 (~13,000 cans per day) for gross sales of $3 million. The four beer merchants paid federal and state excise taxes (included in liquor's sale price) of $413,932 that year. In 2017 the four liquor stores lost their licenses, and the town has ceased to be the main supplier of alcohol to the reservation. History The border town of Whit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pine Island Ridge, Florida
Pine Island Ridge was a census-designated place (CDP) in Broward County, Florida, United States. The population was 5,199 at the 2000 census. Formerly a part of unincorporated Broward County, Pine Island Ridge was annexed into the town of Davie, Florida on 15 September 2006, and is now a neighborhood of that town. The natural area was once the site of hunting camps of the Tequesta Native American tribe, as well as a refuge for the Seminole during the Second Seminole War (1835-1842). Broward County purchased Pine Island Ridge in 1989 as part of the $75 million Environmentally Sensitive Lands Bond Issue. Geography Pine Island Ridge is located at (26.094927, -80.273884). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of . of it is land and is water (1.27%). Pine Island Ridge contains the highest natural point in Broward County—29 feet above sea level. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 5,199 people, 2,882 households, and 1,504 families ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pine Ridge At Crestwood, New Jersey
Pine Ridge at Crestwood is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located within Manchester Township, in Ocean County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. . Accessed January 11, 2013.New Jersey: 2010 - Population and Housing Unit Counts - 2010 Census of Population and Housing (CPH-2-32) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pine Ridge, South Dakota
Pine Ridge (Lakota: ''wazíbló'') is a census-designated place (CDP) and the most populous community in Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 3,138 at the 2020 census. It is the tribal headquarters of the Oglala Sioux Tribe on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. History The community was named for the pine trees on the ridge surrounding the town site. An early variant name was Pine Ridge Agency. The Pine Ridge reservation was the location of a violent shootout between FBI and activist Native Americans in 1975. FBI agents Jack Coler and Ronald Williams were killed in the initial firefight, while activist native Joe Stuntz was later shot by a police sniper. Native/Activist Leonard Peltier was later convicted of the murder of the agents and sentenced to life in prison, but there has been debate around his innocence. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 3.2 square miles (8.2 km2), of which 3.1&n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pine Ridge, Darlington County, South Carolina
Pine Ridge is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Darlington County, South Carolina )''Animis opibusque parati'' ( for, , Latin, Prepared in mind and resources, links=no) , anthem = " Carolina";" South Carolina On My Mind" , Former = Province of South Carolina , seat = Columbia , LargestCity = Charleston , LargestMetro = ..., United States. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census with a population of 807. The CDP is in northwestern Darlington County, along South Carolina Highway 151, which leads southeast to Hartsville and northwest to McBee. A portion of the eastern border of the CDP follows Black Creek, a southeast-flowing tributary of the Great Pee Dee River, and the south border of the CDP follows Beaverdam Creek, an east-flowing tributary of Black Creek. The H. B. Robinson Nuclear Generating Station is just outside the northeast border of the CDP, adjacent to Lake Robinson, a reservoir built on Black Creek. Demogr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pine Ridge, South Carolina
Pine Ridge is a town in Lexington County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 2,064 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Columbia, South Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area. Geography Pine Ridge is located at (33.910857, -81.107635). According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 3.7 square miles (9.7 km2), of which 3.7 square miles (9.6 km2) is land and 0.27% is water. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 1,593 people, 606 households, and 458 families residing in the town. The population density was . There were 626 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the town was 92.78% White, 5.15% African American, 0.31% Native American, 0.88% Asian, 0.19% from other races, and 0.69% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.19% of the population. There were 606 households, out of which 37.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.7% were marr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pine Ridge, Oklahoma
Pine Ridge is an unincorporated community in Hale Township, Caddo County, Oklahoma, United States. It is located south of Fort Cobb at the junction of County Road 1380 and County Street 2550. History According to locals, the community got its name from the community of Pine Ridge, Arkansas, that was the setting of the radio show ''Lum and Abner'' which aired from 1934 to 1952. Legend says that the owner of the grocery store named it "Pine Ridge" after the radio show and over time the name was adopted as the name of the whole community. During the community's heyday in the 1940s there was a hub of activity at the main junction of the Ozark Trail and the Fort Cobb road, with a grocery store and two churches, Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church and Pine Ridge Church of Christ (founded on May 1, 1949 but later merged into the Fort Cobb Church of Christ. By the 1950 and 1960's the community went into a time of decline with the grocery store closing and eventually the closing of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pine Ridge, Surry County, North Carolina
Pine Ridge is an unincorporated community in the Stewarts Creek Township of northern Surry County, North Carolina, United States, located near the city of Mount Airy on North Carolina Highway 89 (West Pine Street). The community is located between the Little Fisher River and Stewarts Creek and has an altitude of 1,347 feet . Area attractions include Pine Ridge Classic Golf Course. Noted 19th-century humorist A humorist (American) or humourist (British spelling) is an intellectual who uses humor, or wit, in writing or public speaking, but is not an artist who seeks only to elicit laughs. Humorists are distinct from comedians, who are show business e ... Hardin E. Taliaferro was born near Pine Ridge in 1811. References Notes ...
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Pine Ridge, Dawes County, Nebraska
Pine Ridge is an unincorporated community in Dawes County, Nebraska Nebraska () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Kansas to the south; Colorado to the southwe ..., United States. History A post office was established at Pine Ridge in 1911, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1945. The community was named after Pine Ridge, a natural ridge covered with pine trees. 1925 editionis available for download aUniversity of Nebraska—Lincoln Digital Commons./ref> References Unincorporated communities in Dawes County, Nebraska Unincorporated communities in Nebraska {{DawesCountyNE-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pine Ridge, Mississippi
Pine Ridge is an unincorporated community in Adams County, Mississippi, United States. Located approximately northeast of Natchez, the settlement is older than the state of Mississippi. History A land grant was issued by the British government for Pine Ridge in 1771, in territory then known as British West Florida. Early settlers were of Scottish heritage. One of the first cotton gins in Mississippi was erected at Pine Ridge in 1798 by Thomas Wilkins. The Pine Ridge Presbyterian Church moved to Pine Ridge in 1808, and a session house was built next to the church in 1829. Church elders would conduct business at the session house, and a school was located there until 1904 when a public school was established in the area. The session house is likely the only extant structure of its kind in the state, while the church is the oldest active Presbyterian church in Mississippi. In the early 1830s, a branch of the church was formed to serve the local African-American community. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pine Ridge Indian Reservation
The Pine Ridge Indian Reservation ( lkt, Wazí Aháŋhaŋ Oyáŋke), also called Pine Ridge Agency, is an Oglala Lakota Indian reservation located entirely within the U.S. state of South Dakota. Originally included within the territory of the Great Sioux Reservation, Pine Ridge was created by the Act of March 2, 1889, 25 Stat. 888. in the southwest corner of South Dakota on the Nebraska border. Today it consists of of land area and is one of the largest reservations in the United States. The reservation encompasses the entirety of Oglala Lakota County and Bennett County, the southern half of Jackson County, and a small section of Sheridan County added by Executive Order No. 2980 of February 20, 1904. Of the 3,142 counties in the United States, these are among the poorest. Only of land are suitable for agriculture. The 2000 census population of the reservation was 15,521; but a study conducted by Colorado State University and accepted by the United States Department of Hou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
