Mary Gordon may refer to Mary Gordon writer , American author Mary Gordon actress , Scottish actress of the 1920s 1950s who appeared in nearly 300 films Mary Gordon child advocate , Canadian social entrepreneur, author, and child advocate Mary Gordon Watson , British equestrian hndis Gordon, Mary de Mary Gordon eo Mary Gordon ... more details
, as the Kern River Gold Rush began, Major Aneas Gordon would begin operating a ferry at the crossing ... As a river crossing, Gordon s Ferry sat empty for many years. However, oil was discovered in the Kern River Oil Field in 1899 the first oil discovery in Kern County . The oilfield was just north of Gordon ...Infobox Historic Site name Gordon s Ferry image caption locmapin Bakersfield lat degrees 35 lat minutes 25 lat seconds 32 lat direction N long degrees 118 long minutes 58 long seconds 4 long direction W location Bakersfield, California area Northeast Bakersfield built Ferry 1853 , br Bridge 1901 governing body City of Bakersfield designation1 California designation1 offname Gordon s Ferry on the Kern River designation1 date startdate 1937 01 17 designation1 number 137 Gordon s Ferry is both a geographical location and a historic site in Bakersfield, California Bakersfield , California . It is located where China Grade Loop crosses the Kern River and meets with Alfred Harrell Highway in Northeast Bakersfield . It is named after a ferry that used to cross the river near the existing bridge. It was one of the only eastern crossings, until 1877, when the Jewett Avenue bridge was constructed further west. ref name PANORAMA VISTA PRESERVE http panoramavista.org history.html History . Panorama Vista Preserve. Accessed 04 11 2011. ref It is a California Historical Landmark 137. ref http www.parks.ca.gov ... establish a station at that location one of six in Kern County which was called the Kern River Station. ref name PANORAMA VISTA PRESERVE ref http www.bakersfieldlife.com node 1508 Gordon s Ferry . Bakersfield ... Overland Route . Kern River Station would continue to be used by other stagecoach companies until ..., California Bakersfield , which is south of the river. As a result, in 1901 a wooden bridge ... Gordon s 20Ferry 201852 1937.pdf Historic Bakersfield and Kern County, California, Gordon s Ferry And Other Crossings Of The Kern River, 1852 1937. By Gilbert Gia, Copyright Gilbert Gia, 2010, Bakersfield ... more details
Gordon is the name of some places in the U.S. state of Wisconsin Gordon, Ashland County, Wisconsin Gordon, Douglas County, Wisconsin Gordon CDP , Wisconsin geodis ... more details
Gordon Sullivan may refer to Gordon R. Sullivan born 1937 , U.S. general Gordon J. Sullivan , Canadian politician, 28th Canadian Parliament Hndis name Sullivan, Gordon ... more details
Gordon Brand may refer to Gordon Brand, Jnr born 1958 , Scottish golfer Gordon J. Brand born 1955 , English golfer hndis Brand, Gordon ... more details
Cameron Gordon may refer to Cameron Gordon mathematician , professor of mathematics at the University of Texas, Austin Cam Gordon , Green Party councillor for Minneapolis, Minnesota hndis Gordon, Cameron ... more details
Samuel Gordon may refer to Samuel Y. Gordon , lieutenant governor of Minnesota Samuel Gordon New York , US representative from New York hndis name Gordon, Samuel ... more details
Albert Gordon may refer to Albert Hamilton Gordon 1901 2009 , head of investment bank Kidder, Peabody & Co. Albert L. Gordon 1915 2009 , attorney and gay rights activist hndis Gordon, Albert ... more details
Gordon Giles may refer to Gordon Giles clergyman , vicar of St Mary Magdalene s Church, Enfield, Middlesex Gordon Muir Giles , professor of occupational therapy hndis Giles, Gordon ... more details
Henry Gordon may refer to People Henry Gordon preacher 1816 1898 , American C. Henry Gordon 1883 1940 , American actor Harry Gordon 1893 1957 , British performer Henry C. Gordon 1925 1996 , American astronaut Henry Gordon given name See also intitle hndis Gordon, Henry ... more details
Ann Gordon may refer to Ann D. Gordon , American history research professor Anne Gordon , cricketer Annerley Gordon, also known as Ann Lee singer , a British Electropop Eurodance singer Anna Adams Gordon , temperance movement leader See also Gordon surname hndis Gordon, Ann ... more details
Walter Gordon may refer to Jamaa Fanaka , African American filmmaker born Walter Gordon in 1942 . He is sometimes credited as either Walt Gordon or Walter Gordon. Walter A. Gordon , African American political figure and American football player for University of California, Berkeley Walter L. Gordon , Canadian politician and cabinet minister Walter S. Gordon , American World War II veteran Walter Gordon physicist , physicist active in the 1920s hndis Gordon, Walter de Walter Gordon ... more details
Adam Gordon may refer to Lord Adam Gordon British Army officer 1726 1801 , Scottish soldier and politician Adam Gordon Canadian politician 1831 1876 , Canadian politician Lord Adam Gordon 1909 1984 , British royal courtier Adam Lindsay Gordon , Australian poet, jockey and politician See also Adam de Gordon disambiguation Gordon Adam , engineer Gordon Adam rowing hndis Gordon, Adam DEFAULTSORT Gordon, Adam ... more details
Richard Gordon may refer to Richard Gordon English author born 1921 , English novelist, screenwriter and doctor Richard Gordon AJC , Jewish leader Richard Gordon tight end , American football player Richard F. Gordon, Jr. born 1929 , American astronaut Richard Gordon politician born 1945 , Filipino politician Richard Gordon film producer 1925 2011 , British film producer Richard Gordon broadcaster , Scottish sports broadcaster Richard Gordon Scottish author 1947 2009 , Scottish author Richard G. Gordon , geologist, winner of the Arthur L. Day Medal Richard Gordon photographer born 1945 , American photographer Richard Dick Gordon scientist , Discoverer of the Algebraic Reconstruction Technique Also Rich Gordon , American politician from California Dick Gordon American football born 1944 , American football player Dick Gordon sports writer 1911 2008 , American sports writer Dick Gordon radio journalist Public Radio Journalist hndis Gordon, Richard DEFAULTSORT Gordon, Richard nl Richard Gordon sk Richard Gordon ... more details
Max Gordon may refer to Max Gordon Village Vanguard founder , founder of the Village Vanguard jazz club Max Gordon producer , New York theatre and film producer Max S. Gordon , writer and musician hndis Gordon, Max ... more details
Gordon Shepherd may refer to Gordon Shepherd football chairman , current chairman of Barnsley F.C. Gordon M Shepherd neuroscientist , Yale University professor of neuroscience and neurobiology See also Gordon Sheppard , author, photographer and filmmaker hndis Shepherd, Gordon ... more details
Arthur Gordon may refer to Arthur Hamilton Gordon, 1st Baron Stanmore 1829 1912 , British colonial administrator Arthur Gordon politician 1896 ?? , Canadian manufacturer and politician See also Gordon Arthur disambiguation intitle hndis Gordon, Arthur ... more details
Gordon Wagner may refer to Gordon Wagner artist 1915 1987 , American artist Gordon Wagner economist fl. c. 1980 , presumably AMer. American economist hndis Wagner, Gordon pt Gordon Wagner ... more details
Annabella Gordon may refer to Annabella of Scotland , married name Annabella Gordon, daughter of James I of Scotland Annabella Brydon Gordon , mother of James Butler, 7th Marquess of Ormonde See also Anna Gordon disambiguation hndis Gordon, Annabella ... more details
Gordon Ross is the name of Gordon Ross rugby player born 1978 , British rugby union footballer Gordon Ross writer 1918 1985 , British sports writer J. Gordon Ross , Canadian member of Parliament hndis Ross, Gordon ... more details
Wayne Gordon may refer to Wayne Gordon boxer , Canadian boxer at the 1984 Summer Olympics Wayne Gordon footballer , Australian rules footballer in the VFL Wayne Gordon actor , New Zealand born actor in film and television hndis Gordon, Wayne ... more details
Gordon Hamilton may refer to Gordon Hamilton composer , Australian composer and conductor Gordon Hamilton rugby union born 1964 , retired rugby union player Gordon Hamilton badminton hndis Hamilton, Gordon ... more details
incominglinks date March 2012 Gordon Grant may refer to Gordon Grant ice hockey Gordon Grant artist 1875&ndash 1962 , American artist Gordon Burton Grant , politician in Saskatchewan, Canada hndis name Grant, Gordon ... more details
of the Kwai 1963 Miracle on the River Kwai 1965 See also Silence novel References Reflist Further reading Owen, Roger John. Death Camp on the River Kwai The Story of Ernest Gordon . Birmingham ...Ernest Gordon 31 May 1916 &ndash 16 January 2002 was the former Presbyterian dean of the chapel at Princeton University . A native of Scotland , as an officer in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders , Gordon spent three years in a Japanese POW prisoner of war POW camp during the World War II Second World War . He chronicled his experiences on the Death Railway in his book Through the Valley of the Kwai . The book served as an inspiration to the film To End All Wars which opened in 2001 in film 2001 . Wartime Service Ernest Gordon was a company commander with the 2nd Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. He fought in several battles in the Malayan Campaign and the Battle of Singapore . He was one of the last Allied soldiers to cross the causeway from Johore before it was blown up. After the capture of Singapore, he escaped to Java, and attempted to sail several thousand miles from Padang to Sri Lanka with a group of other British officers in a native fishing boat. His boat was captured ... who helped build The Bridge on the River Kwai . As history shows, the Empire of Japan Japanese were ... . ref Gordon, Ernest. Through the Valley of the Kwai . New York Harper & Row Publishers, 1962 ... at Princeton University . ref Gordon, Ernest. To End All Wars . New York HarperCollins Publishers ... news 02 q1 0121 gordon.htm Ernest Gordon, longtime dean of the chapel, dies News from PRINCETON UNIVERSITY http www.pauladams.org Stories ErnestGordon.htm Ernest Gordon at pauladams.org Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Gordon, Ernest ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 31 May 1916 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 16 January 2002 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Gordon, Ernest ... American Presbyterians Category Scottish emigrants to the United States de Ernest Gordon ... more details
Lawrence Gordon may refer to Lawrence Gordon producer born 1936 , American film executive Lawrence Gordon character , a fictional character in the Saw film series Lawrence Gordon gridiron football born 1984 , professional Canadian football defensive back Lawrence Gordon doctor , American doctor Larry Gordon 1954 1983 , American football player Larry Gordon basketball born 1987 , American professional basketball player hndis Gordon, Lawrence fr Lawrence Gordon ... more details
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