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Vashon College
__NOTOC__ Vashon may refer to: Places * Vashon Island, an island in Puget Sound. *Vashon Municipal Airport on Vashon Island. * Vashon High School, a high school in St. Louis, Missouri * Vashon, Washington, the community on Vashon Island. * Vashon-Maury Island Community Council, representatives of Vashon and Maury Islands to the King County Council, Washington. People Given name *Vashone Adams (born 1973), American football player *Vashon Eagleson, American football coach *Vashon Neufville (born 1999), English footballer *Vashon James Wheeler (1898–1944), British airman during World War II Surname * George Boyer Vashon (1824–1878), American scholar, poet and abolitionist * James Vashon (1742–1827), British naval officer and namesake of Vashon Island * Mary Frances Vashon (1818–1854), American journalist and abolitionist * Susan Paul Vashon (1838–1912), American educator, abolitionist, and clubwoman Other * Vashon, a commercial vessel acquired by the U.S. Navy duri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vashon Island
Vashon is a census-designated place (CDP) in King County, Washington, United States. It covers an island alternately called Vashon Island or Vashon–Maury Island, the largest island in Puget Sound south of Admiralty Inlet. The population was 10,624 at the 2010 census and the size is . The island is connected to West Seattle and the Kitsap Peninsula to the north and Tacoma to the south via the Washington State Ferries system, as well as to Downtown Seattle via the King County Water Taxi. The island has resisted the construction of a fixed bridge to preserve its relative isolation and rural character. Vashon Island is also known for its annual strawberry festival, former sheepdog trials, and agriculture. History Vashon Island sits in the midpoint of southern Puget Sound, between Seattle and Tacoma, Washington. In the nearby Pacific Ocean, roughly west of Vashon Island, lies the tectonic boundary known as the Cascadia Subduction Zone, and as such, Vashon Island is one of many ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Boyer Vashon
George Boyer Vashon (July 25, 1824 – October 5, 1878) was an African American scholar, poet, lawyer, and abolitionist. Biography George Boyer Vashon was born in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, the third child and only son of an abolitionist, John Bethune Vashon (or John Bathan Vashon). In 1840, at age 16, he enrolled in Oberlin Collegiate Institute (later Oberlin College), and in 1844 he became its first African-American graduate, and the valedictorian of his class. Vashon was the first practicing African-American lawyer in New York State, but was denied the right to practice in Pennsylvania because of his "race", first in 1847 and again in 1868. According to Judge Thomas Mellon, "The teachings of history and physiology clearly establish the fact that social equality and connection between the races in the domestic relations can only be productive of evil—shortening life and weakening the physical and mental condition, as a general rule." He proposed that there be a separate territ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pleistocene
The Pleistocene ( , often referred to as the ''Ice age'') is the geological Epoch (geology), epoch that lasted from about 2,580,000 to 11,700 years ago, spanning the Earth's most recent period of repeated glaciations. Before a change was finally confirmed in 2009 by the International Union of Geological Sciences, the cutoff of the Pleistocene and the preceding Pliocene was regarded as being 1.806 million years Before Present (BP). Publications from earlier years may use either definition of the period. The end of the Pleistocene corresponds with the end of the last glacial period and also with the end of the Paleolithic age used in archaeology. The name is a combination of Ancient Greek grc, label=none, πλεῖστος, pleīstos, most and grc, label=none, καινός, kainós (latinized as ), 'new'. At the end of the preceding Pliocene, the previously isolated North and South American continents were joined by the Isthmus of Panama, causing Great American Interchang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vashon Glaciation
The Vashon Glaciation, Vashon Stadial or Vashon Stade is a local term for the most recent period of very cold climate in which during its peak, glaciers covered the entire Salish Sea as well as present day Seattle, Tacoma, Olympia and other surrounding areas in the western part of present-day Washington (state) of the United States of America. This occurred during a cold period around the world known as the last glacial period. This was the most recent cold period of the Quaternary glaciation, the time period in which the arctic ice sheets have existed. The Quaternary Glaciation is part of the Late Cenozoic Ice Age, which began 33.9 million years ago and is ongoing. It is the time period in which the Antarctic ice cap has existed. The Vashon Glaciation lasted from about 19,000 – 16,000 BP (Before Present – present defined as January 1, 1950 for this scale). The Cordilleran Ice Sheet was an ice sheet that covered present-day southern Alaska and parts of western Canada. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Cockatoo (AMc-8)
USS ''Cockatoo'' was a coastal minesweeper, built in 1936 as ''Vashon'' by the Seattle Construction and Dry Dock Company, Seattle, Washington, which was acquired by the United States Navy on 23 October 1940 and commissioned as USS ''Cockatoo'' (AMc-8), on 25 April 1941. ''Cockatoo'' was placed in service on 25 April 1941 and operated in the 14th Naval District from Pearl Harbor where she was undamaged during the attack on Pearl Harbor throughout World War II. She was transferred to the Maritime Commission The United States Maritime Commission (MARCOM) was an independent executive agency of the U.S. federal government that was created by the Merchant Marine Act of 1936, which was passed by Congress on June 29, 1936, and was abolished on May 24, 195 ... for disposal on 23 September 1946. References * External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cockatoo (AMc-8) Merchant ships of the United States Ships built in Seattle 1936 ships Ships present during the attack on Pearl Harbor M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susan Paul Vashon
Susan Paul Smith Vashon (September 19, 1838 - November 27, 1912) was an American educator, abolitionist and clubwoman. Vashon was active in helping soldier and refugees during the Civil War. She was part of the Underground Railroad. She was also a teacher and a principal. Vashon helped promote and establish several women's clubs in Missouri. Biography Vashon was born in Boston on September 19, 1838. Vashon's father, Elijah W. Smith, was a well-known composer and cornet player. She was raised by her maternal grandmother after her mother died early in her life. Her grandfather was Thomas Paul, and other members of her family were active as abolitionists. Vashon was educated at Miss O'Mears Seminary in Somerville, Massachusetts, where she was the only black student. After graduating as valedictorian, she taught school for a short time in Pittsburgh, where she lived with her father. The principal of the school where she taught was George Boyer Vashon, whom she later married on Fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Frances Vashon
Mary Frances Vashon (1818 – September 1854) also known as Mary Frances Colder, and by her pen name Fanny Homewood, was an African-American journalist and an abolitionist in the 19th century. She is one of the earliest African-American female journalists. Biography She was born in 1818 in Virginia, to parents Anne (née Smith) and John Bathan Vashon. In 1822, they moved to Carlisle, Pennsylvania, where her father opened a saloon and livery stable and her brother, George Boyer Vashon, would be born two years later, in 1824. In 1829, her father moved the family to Pittsburgh, where he became a successful barber. This success led him to become a wealthy landowner and allowed him to open Pittsburgh's first bathhouse which he used as a stop on Pittsburgh's Underground Railroad. Her father, at that point the wealthiest black man in Pittsburgh, spared no expense on her education. Because Pittsburgh did not provide public education for black children at the time, her father began a sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Vashon
Admiral James Vashon (9 August 1742 – 20 October 1827)Memorial plaque in St. Laurence Churchyard, Ludlow. Find a Grave memorial I160048028/ref> was a British officer of the Royal Navy. He saw service during the Seven Years' War, the American War of Independence and the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. He was first captain of HMS ''Dreadnought'', between 1801 and 1802. Previously, he had commanded ''Alert'' (1781), ''Europa'' (1786), and ''Formidable''. Washington's Vashon Island was named after him by the explorer George Vancouver, who had been Vashon's subordinate in ''Europa''. Vashon rose to the rank of Admiral of the White. He is reported to have been stationed for many years in the West Indies. Family and early life James Vashon was born on 9 August 1742 in the village of Eye, near Leominster, Herefordshire. He was the son of the Vicar of Eye, the Reverend James Volant Vashon. The family was descended from Peter Vashon, a Huguenot apothecary c. 1636, who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vashon James Wheeler
Wing Commander Vashon James "PK" Wheeler, (16 September 1898 – 23 March 1944) was a British Army and Royal Air Force officer who served as an infantry officer in both the First World War and the North Russia intervention, and then as a fighter and bomber pilot in the Second World War. Early life Vashon James Wheeler was born in September 1898 near Ludlow, Shropshire. His father, James Volant Wheeler, a landowner and barrister, named his son Vashon after his great grandfather Admiral Sir James Vashon. His mother was Sybil Grace Wheeler (née Tyrrwhit). Vashon received his early education from a private school in Bournemouth before moving on to the prestigious Eton College. During his time at Eton, the young Wheeler enrolled in the school Officer Training Corps unit and received his first taste of military life. He evidently enjoyed the military way as following the annual OTC summer camp of 1915, Wheeler went missing and was eventually tracked down by his father and housema ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vashon Municipal Airport
Vashon Municipal Airport is a municipal airport on Vashon Island in King County, Washington, United States. The airport is one of the few public airports in Washington State with only a grass runway. Facilities and aircraft Vashon Municipal Airport covers an area of at an elevation of above mean sea level. It has one runway and one helipad, both with turf surfaces: 17/35 is and H1 is . The airport contains a sculpture commemorating a 1968 UFO sighting. For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2022, the airport had 2,000 aircraft operations, an average of 38 per week: all general aviation. At that time there were 28 aircraft based at this airport: all single-engine. Commercial air service Vashon Island Air provides FAA Part 135 Air Charter Service on the island. See also * List of airports in Washington References External links Aerial photo as of 10 July 1990from USGS ''The National Map'' * {{Airports in Washington Airports in King County, Washington Airpor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vashon Neufville
Vashon Linden Dita Neufville (born 18 July 1999) is an English professional footballer who last played as a left back for Walton Casuals. Club career West Ham United Neufville joined West Ham United at U14 level from Chelsea, signing his first professional contract at the club in July 2016. On 4 January 2019, Neufville moved on loan to Newport County. He made his professional debut for Newport on 6 January 2019, in an FA Cup Third Round 2–1 win against Leicester City. Following two appearances for Newport, his loan period was terminated early on 3 April 2019. He was released by West Ham at the end of the 2018–19 season. Atlético Ottawa Neufville signed with Canadian Premier League side Atlético Ottawa on 24 March 2020. He made his debut on 15 August against York9 York United Football Club (formerly known as York9 FC) is a Canadian professional soccer club based in Toronto, Ontario. The club competes in the Canadian Premier League and plays its home games at Yo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vashon Eagleson
Vashon Eagleson was an American football coach. He served as the second head football coach at the North Carolina College for Negroes—now known as North Carolina Central University—in Durham, North Carolina and he held that position for four seasons, from 1923 to 1926. His coaching record at North Carolina Central was 4–12–1. There is no record of the first football coach at the school, but there is a record of the first football game. In 1922, the year before Eagleson started, North Carolina Central played one football game against Saint Paul's College, Virginia Saint Paul's College was a private historically black college in Lawrenceville, Virginia. Saint Paul's College opened its doors on September 24, 1888, originally training students as teachers and for agricultural and industrial jobs. By the lat ... and lost by a score of 25–0. References Year of birth missing Year of death missing North Carolina Central Eagles football coaches {{1920s-colleg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
