otheruses2 Piedmont Image NelsonCountyPiedmont.wmg.jpg right thumb 400px The James River Virginia James River winds its way among Piedmont hills in central Virginia . Most of the hills in the Piedmont region are smaller than these. Image piedmontmap.png right frame Piedmont plateau region shaded The Piedmont is a plateau region located in the eastern UnitedStates between the Atlantic Coastal Plain ... topics Physical geography topics Category Regions of the UnitedStates Category Regions of North Carolina .... The Piedmont province is a Physiographic regions of the world physiographic province of the larger Appalachian Mountains Appalachian division. The province consists of the Piedmont Upland and Piedmont ..., the Piedmont is mostly bounded by the Blue Ridge Mountains , the easternmost range of the main Appalachians. Physiographically, the Piedmont is considered a province of the larger Appalachian ... physio.xml accessdate 2007 12 06 ref The width of the Piedmont varies, being quite narrow above the Delaware River but nearly 300 miles 475 km wide in North Carolina . The Piedmont s area is approximately convert 80,000 sqmi km2 . ref name gazetteer cite web title Piedmont publisher The Columbia ... 2005 03 10 ref The name Piedmont comes from the French language French term for the same physical ... the foot of the mountains . The region is named after the Italy Italian region of Piedmont , the lowlands which abut the Alps . Geology The surface relief of the Piedmont is characterized by relatively ... intermingled with one another. Essentially, the Piedmont is the remnant of several ancient Mountain ... of Pangaea . The last major event in the history of the Piedmont was the break up of Pangaea, when ... of Mesozoic basins is almost entirely located within the Piedmont region. Soils and farming Piedmont ... Piedmont region of North Carolina and Virginia , tobacco is the main crop, while in the north ... cite web title Piedmont publisher The Columbia Gazetteer of North America, 2000. url http www.bartleby.com ... more details
NOTOC wiktionarypar piedmontPiedmont is a region of northwestern Italy, but may also refer to Regions PiedmontUnitedStates , eastern region Colorado Piedmont , Colorado region Cities UnitedStatesPiedmont, Alabama Piedmont, California Piedmont, Missouri Piedmont, Oklahoma Piedmont, South Carolina Piedmont, South Dakota Piedmont, Virginia Piedmont, Washington Piedmont, West Virginia Piedmont, Wyoming Piedmont, Arizona Canada Piedmont, Nova Scotia Piedmont, Quebec Colleges Piedmont College , a private liberal arts school in Demorest, Georgia Piedmont Community College , a two year college in Person and Caswell counties in North Carolina Piedmont Technical College , a two year college in the Lakelands region of South Carolina Central Piedmont Community College , a community college in Charlotte, North Carolina Piedmont Virginia Community College , a two year college in Albemarle County, Virginia Piedmont Baptist College , a Bible college and seminary in Winston Salem, North Carolina South Piedmont Community College , a community college in Anson and Union counties in North Carolina People Matt Piedmont , American writer Other Ice piedmont , a geographic feature Piedmont 1917 automobile , a car made by the Piedmont Motor Car Company of Lynchburg, Virginia Piedmont Airlines , a regional airline operating under the name US Airways Express Piedmont Airlines 1948 1989 , an airline that was merged into US Air Piedmont blues or Piedmont fingerstyle , a style of blues guitar playing Piedmont League , defunct minor league baseball organization Piedmont train Piedmont train , an Amtrak passenger train in North Carolina Kingdom of Piedmont Sardinia , the name given to the possessions of the House of Savoy in 1723 Piedmont Triad , a region centered around three cities in North Carolina Piedmont Crescent , a geographical phenomenon of urban areas arranged in a crescent shape in North Carolina Piedmont Park , a major city park in Atlanta, Georgia Piedmont Road in Milpitas, California ... more details
Piedmont Records is a record label set up in the early 1960s by Richard K. Spottswood Dick Spottswood . Piedmont Records issued among others the first recordings after their rediscovery of Mississippi John Hurt and Robert Wilkins . See also List of record labels External links http www.wirz.de music piedmont.htm Illustrated Piedmont Records discography Category Defunct record labels of the UnitedStates Category Blues record labels nl Piedmont Records ... more details
Unreferenced date March 2007 The Piedmont bioregion comprises the piedmont areas of North Carolina , South Carolina and northern Georgia U.S. state Georgia as defined by the principals of bioregionalism . Natural history Erosion of the piedmont plateau created iron oxide rich clay soils. Three general landforms exist. Flat ridges, Hillsides and, Floodplains. Each landform has its own Ecology. Local Currencies Empty section date July 2010 See also cascadia Bioregionalism Katuah bioregion coord missing Georgia U.S. state coord missing North Carolina coord missing South Carolina Category Ecoregions of the UnitedStates DEFAULTSORT Piedmont Bioregion US geo stub ... more details
of the UnitedStates The Piedmont extends north from mid eastern Alabama to extreme southern New York . Almost ninety percent of the Piedmont lies south below the Mason Dixon Line before permeating ... the Piedmont Mountains in the Southeastern UnitedStates Southeast occur less frequently in a larger area and are more prominent. Once the Piedmont enters Pennsylvania it comes into contact with a total of four physiographic provinces as the Piedmont itself begins to terminate. Here, the regional ...File SauratownMtn1.JPG right thumb 300px The Sauratown Mountains , one of the larger Piedmont mountains ranges. Located in North Carolina The Piedmont Mountains are outlying mountains, sometimes called low mountains , that typically occur in the western piedmont near the Blue Ridge Mountains Blue Ridge . Most of the features within the Piedmont physiographic region of North America lie either on the eastern border where the plateau plunges onto the Coastal Plain at the Fall Line , in the broad valleys of the river systems, or on the western border where Piedmont Mountains likely occur. Occasionally, due to diverse rock formations, folds and outcroppings, these mountains can rise at various locations across the Piedmont like the Uwharrie Mountain Range in North Carolina or the Pine Mountain Range in Georgia U.S. state Georgia . Most of these mountains, or hills, are what is left of ancient .... The Piedmont is part of the greater Appalachian Mountain Range and is also referred to as the Appalachian Plateau . The French definition of piedmont in itself translates as foothill however, a Piedmont Mountain may be that of greater significance or prominent elevation . ref http www.virginiaplaces.org ..., much of the vegetation common to the Piedmont may be sited here as well and lead to hybridization ... Trail leaves the Blue Ridge, climbs onto the Ridge and Valley very near Piedmont Mountains and enters the New England region. Piedmont Mountains Georgia Kennesaw Mountain Sweat Mountain Sawnee ... more details
Category Piedmont, California Category 1907 establishments in the UnitedStates Category Populated ... divisions of the UnitedStates State subdivision name1 flag California subdivision type2 List of counties ... square mile of any city in the UnitedStates . Many of these millionaires built mansions that still ... fault line that runs through the East Bay region. According to the UnitedStates Census Bureau ... 1990 10602 2000 10952 2010 10667 2010 The 2010 UnitedStates Census ref USCensus 2010CA ref reported ... UnitedStates Census other races , and 554 5.2 from two or more races. Hispanic U.S. Census Hispanic ...advert date November 2010 Infobox settlement official name City of Piedmont settlement type City image ... areas Piedmont Highlighted.svg mapsize 250px map caption Location in Alameda County, California ... ID blank1 info 1659383 footnotes website http www.ci.piedmont.ca.us Piedmont is a small, affluent city in Alameda County, California Alameda County , California , UnitedStates . It is surrounded by the city of Oakland, California Oakland . The population was 10,667 at the 2010 UnitedStates Census 2010 census . Piedmont was incorporated in 1907 and was developed significantly in the 1920s and 1930s. Background Image Piedmont CA street.JPG thumb 180px left El Cerrito Ave., one of Piedmont s tree lined streets Piedmont is a small, primarily residential community. Piedmont is almost entirely zoning zoned for single family dwelling residential use. Piedmont has minimal commerce compared with statistically ... on Highland Avenue and a small number of businesses are found on Grand Avenue near Piedmont s southwest border with Oakland. Located in the East Bay hills, Piedmont is surrounded on all sides by the city of Oakland. Piedmont provides its own fire and police services but does not have its own public library or federal post office these services are shared with Oakland. Property taxes on Piedmont real estate are not shared with Oakland. The city is served by two local weekly newspapers Piedmont ... more details
Piedmont Hospital is a major hospital at 2002 Peachtree Road at Collier Road in the Buckhead Atlanta Buckhead area of Atlanta, Georgia . History Washington Street location Piedmont was established in 1905 as the Piedmont Sanitarium, the successor to Amster s private sanitorium, in the former mansion of Charles Thomas Swift of S.S.S. Pharmaceuticals S.S.S. Tonic . The mansion was located at the northwest corner of Capitol and Crumley streets in the then affluent Washington Rawson neighborhood. The name was changed to Piedmont Hospital and eventually the hospital took up an entire square block. The Washington Rawson neighborhood was razed in the early 1960s to make way for Atlanta Fulton County Stadium and its parking lots now the site is part of the large Turner Field parking lot. Present location The current location of the hospital was once the Deerland Park estate, which the hospital bought ... www.buckhead.net medical Medical , Buckhead.net ref Piedmont Hospital was mentioned by Newt Gingrich ... that both Piedmont Hospital and PeaceHealth of Eugene, Oregon had the two best digital healthcare information systems in the UnitedStates. Three other hospitals in and near metro Atlanta were affiliate d with and are owned by Piedmont Healthcare . The 35 bed Mountainside Medical Center, renamed Piedmont Mountainside Hospital in June 2004, is located along Georgia 515 near Jasper, Georgia . The 100 bed Fayette Community Hospital opened in Fayetteville, Georgia in September 1997, and became Piedmont Fayette Hospital in November 2004. Piedmont agreed to buy 143 bed Newnan Hospital in Newnan, Georgia in January 2006, and finalized the deal in May 2006, making it Piedmont Newnan Hospital . External links http www.piedmonthospital.org Piedmont Hospital Atlanta http www.piedmontmountainsidehospital.org Piedmont Mountainside Hospital http www.fayettehospital.org Piedmont Fayette Hospital http www.piedmontnewnan.org Piedmont Newnan Hospital References Reflist coord 33.80733 84.39354 region ... more details
mapsize 250px map caption Location of Piedmont, Oklahoma image map1 mapsize1 map caption1 Location subdivision type List of countries Country subdivision name UnitedStates subdivision type1 Political divisions of the UnitedStates State subdivision name1 Oklahoma subdivision type2 List of counties ... land sq mi 43.8 area water sq mi 0.1 Population population as of UnitedStates Census, 2000 2000 population ... area Oklahoma City Metropolitan Area . The population was 3,650 at the UnitedStates Census, 2000 2000 census . Piedmont is a Home Rule City served by a Council Manager Government . Geography Piedmont is located at coord 35 40 15 N 97 45 7 W type city 35.670849, 97.751903 GR 1 . According to the UnitedStates Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 43.9 square miles 113.8 ... , 0.05 Pacific Islander U.S. Census Pacific Islander , 0.85 from Race UnitedStates Census other ...Infobox settlement official name City of Piedmont settlement type City nickname mayor Valerie Thomerson ... footnotes Piedmont is a city in Canadian County, Oklahoma Canadian and Kingfisher County, Oklahoma ... of those age 65 or over. History The city of Piedmont was founded on land claimed during the Land Run of 1889 Unassigned Land Run of April 22, 1889 . Piedmont remained a small but stable rural community ... Expressway OK State Highway 3 resulted in population growth of 124 . Education The Piedmont school system is known for its surprising and often disputed level of excellence in education. Piedmont s school ... Wildcats . Piedmont High School won the Class C girls basketball State Championship in 1967. The Pride of Piedmont Marching Band has won Class Championships at the Oklahoma Bandmasters Association ... of Piedmont Winter Guard won a MAPAA State Championship during the 2006 season with their show ... a program entitled Time After Time. In 2010, the Pride of Piedmont Middle School Winter Guard won the state championship in their class, performing a show entitled 99 Red Balloons . The Piedmont ... more details
1972 ref Geography The Piedmont blues was named after the PiedmontUnitedStatesPiedmont plateau region, on the East Coast of the UnitedStates from about Richmond, Virginia to Atlanta, Georgia . Piedmont ...Citation style date August 2008 Infobox music genre name Piedmont blues color white bgcolor 0000E1 stylistic origins Blues , ragtime and piano blues cultural origins 1920s, East Coast of the UnitedStates ... Georgia U.S. state Georgia , South Carolina , North Carolina , Virginia other topics List of Piedmont blues musicians Piedmont blues also known as East Coast blues refers primarily to a guitar style, the Piedmont fingerstyle , which is characterized by a fingerpicking approach in which a regular, alternating ... ref The Piedmont style is differentiated from other styles, particularly the Mississippi Delta blues ... East Coast Piedmont Blues UNC Asheville ref Origins File Blind Willie McTell LOC.jpg thumb 300px Blind Willie McTell doing a recording for John Lomax in an Atlanta hotel room, 1940. The basis of the Piedmont ... as well as earlier banjo playing, string band , and ragtime . What was particular to the Piedmont ... American popular music, Piedmont blues fell out of favor on a national basis after World War II . By the late 1950s Piedmont blues was being performed at US folk music revivals and festivals initially by established Piedmont blues artists such as Josh White , Rev. Gary Davis , and Brownie McGhee ... years. ref name Music ref Bruce Bastin Truckin My Blues Away East Coast Piedmont Styles in Nothing ... Maker label Tim Duffy collected recordings by the aging community of Piedmont blues players, younger ... have carried on the Piedmont tradition, often having studied under some of the old Piedmont masters. ref name Music The Piedmont style of guitar playing has also influenced other popular musicians ... in Greene County, Georgia , 1941. Buddy Moss is playing guitar other men unidentified. Main List of Piedmont ... B. Lowry . 2006 Piedmont Blues in The Routledge Encyclopedia of the Blues , ed. Edward Komera ... more details
Piedmont is located at coord 33 55 34 N 85 36 47 W display inline GR 1 According to the UnitedStates Census Bureau , the city has a total area of convert 9.8 sqmi km2 . Culture School Sports The Piedmont City School athletic teams are known as the Bulldogs. Piedmont High School is a member of the Alabama ... subdivision type2 List of counties in Alabama Counties subdivision name UnitedStates subdivision ... . The population was 5,120 at the 2000 UnitedStates Census 2000 census . It is included in the Anniston ... density of 255.8 per square mile 98.8 km . The racial makeup of the city was 88.77 Race UnitedStates Census White , 9.38 Race UnitedStates Census Black or Race UnitedStates Census African American , 0.10 Race UnitedStates Census Native American , 0.08 Race UnitedStates Census Asian , 0.02 Race UnitedStates Census Pacific Islander , 0.43 from Race UnitedStates Census other races , and 1.23 from two or more races. Race UnitedStates Census Hispanic or Race UnitedStates Census Latino of any ...Refimprove date August 2011 Infobox settlement official name Piedmont settlement type City image skyline ... info 0160373 footnotes website http www.piedmontcity.org City of PiedmontPiedmont is a city in Calhoun ... The area now known as Piedmont is a community that began in the early 1840 s, located at the crossroads ... land in present day Piedmont. Major Dailey named the area Cross Plains, and an official post office was named Cross Plains, Alabama on September 22, 1851. In Reconstruction Era of the UnitedStates Reconstruction era Alabama, an incident at Cross Plains affected race relations and the future ... ref On July 30, 1888, the Postal Department renamed the office Piedmont, which means Foot ... on Palm Sunday 1994, killing twenty people at Goshen United Methodist Church, destroying two other ..., Wrestling, Golf, Volleyball, and Track.They also have a band,Piedmont blue knights marching band ... led Piedmont to a 35 28 overtime win over the Cordova Blue Devils in the AHSAA 3A State Championship ... more details
of the UnitedStates Capitol U.S. Capitol and fighter jets were scrambled from Joint Base Andrews ... Air transportation in the UnitedStates List of companies of the UnitedStates List of airlines of the UnitedStates List of airports in the UnitedStates Transportation in the UnitedStates References ... US Airways Express Airlines of the UnitedStates US Airways Group US Airways Express Carriers Category Regional airlines of the UnitedStates Category Regional Airline Association members Category ...about the airline founded as Henson Airlines in 1962, but currently called Piedmont Airlines the airline founded as Piedmont Airlines in 1948 Piedmont Airlines 1948 1989 Infobox Airline airline Piedmont Airlines logo Piedmont Airlines.png logo size 150px fleet size 44 destinations 47 IATA US ICAO PDT callsign PIEDMONT parent US Airways Group US Airways Group, Inc. founded 1962 headquarters Salisbury ... Alliance website http www.piedmont airlines.com www.piedmont airlines.com Piedmont Airlines, Inc ... Career Opportunities . Piedmont Airlines . Retrieved on May 20, 2009. 5443 Airport Terminal Rd ... about.shtml About Piedmont . Piedmont Airlines . Retrieved on May 20, 2009. ref it conducts ... airlines.com history.shtml title Piedmont History accessdate 2007 06 28 ref Its main base is Wicomico ... Dash 7 turboprops. ref name PDT In 1983 Piedmont Aviation bought Henson and re branded the airline as Henson, The Piedmont Regional Airline. Under Piedmont s control the airline expanded rapidly, particularly in Florida . Both were purchased by the USAir Group in 1987 with Piedmont absorbed two ... facility in Jacksonville, FL Jacksonville . ref name PDT The Piedmont name was resurrected in 1993, when USAir now US Airways renamed Henson to Piedmont Airlines , to protect the Piedmont brand name, which ... Airways, and Piedmont was likewise re branded as a US Airways Express carrier. US Airways merged Allegheny Airlines into Piedmont in 2004. The airline has 6,150 employees at November 2007 , and operates ... more details
Image OHMap doton Piedmont.png right Location of Piedmont, Ohio Piedmont is an unincorporated area unincorporated community in western Moorefield Township, Harrison County, Ohio Moorefield Township , Harrison County, Ohio Harrison County , Ohio , UnitedStates . ref cite book title Ohio Atlas & Gazetteer year 1991 publisher DeLorme location Yarmouth, Me. isbn 0 89933 233 1 pages p. 62 ref Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office , with the ZIP code of 43983. ref http www.zipinfo.com cgi local zipsrch.exe?cnty cnty&zip 43983 Zip Code Lookup ref References references HarrisonOH geo stub Harrison County, Ohio coord 40 11 18 N 81 11 47 W type city region US OH source GNIS enwiki display title Category Unincorporated communities in Ohio Category Populated places in Harrison County, Ohio vo Piedmont Ohio ... more details
Infobox settlement official name Piedmont, Missouri settlement type City nickname motto Images image skyline Piedmont Missouri.jpg imagesize 250px image caption Streetside in Piedmont image flag image seal Maps image map Wayne County Missouri Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Piedmont Highlighted.svg mapsize 250px map caption Location of Piedmont, Missouri image map1 mapsize1 map caption1 Location subdivision type List of countries Country subdivision name UnitedStates subdivision type1 Political divisions of the UnitedStates State subdivision name1 Missouri subdivision type2 List of counties ... land sq mi 2.1 area water sq mi 0.0 Population population as of UnitedStates Census Bureau 2007 ... is located at Coord 37 9 0 N 90 41 45 W type city GR 1 . According to the UnitedStates Census Bureau ... Native American , 0.35 Asian U.S. Census Asian , 0.20 from Race UnitedStates Census other races ... UnitedStates American , 11.6 Germans German , 11.3 Irish people Irish , 8.6 English people English ... and is currently represented in the UnitedStates House of Representatives U.S. House of Representatives ... www.cityofpiedmont.com City of Piedmont s Website footnotes Piedmont is a fourth class city located in northwestern Wayne County, Missouri Wayne County in Southeast Missouri in the UnitedStates . According to the UnitedStates Census, 2000 2000 U.S. Census , the city s population was 1,992 a 2007 estimate, however, showed the population to be 1,913. A part of the Ozarks Foothills Region, Piedmont is located on the convergence of State Highways 34 and 49. Piedmont, transliterated as foot of the mountain ... approximately two miles north of the town. History The history of what would become known as Piedmont .... Piedmont actually began as a homestead where James and William Daniel, two brothers born and raised ... of Piedmont, bringing many supplies and workers and creating a demand for local timber. Another major event in the history of Piedmont was the official opening of the Clearwater Lake Dam on Memorial ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2007 The Colorado Piedmont is the geology geologic term for an area along the base of the foothills of the Front Range in north central Colorado in the UnitedStates . The region consists of a broad hilly valley, just under 5000 ft 1500 m in elevation, stretching north and northeast from Denver in the valley of the South Platte River , as well as along the Arkansas River valley southward from Colorado Springs, Colorado Colorado Springs . The region includes much of the populated and cultivated area of Colorado. The name Colorado Piedmont also refers to the physiographic section of the Great Plains Great Plains province . Description The Colorado Piedmont elevation is lower than the foothills, but is also slightly lower elevation than the Great Plains High Plains to the east. According to current geologic theory, the Piedmont was formed approximately 28 million years, during the broad bowing of the North American Plate that lifted the continent between present day Kansas and Utah to its present elevation of approximately 5000 ft 1500 m . This uplift resulted ... along the mountains to join the Cache la Poudre River . In some areas of the Piedmont, a loose ... in the mountains, when streams descending onto the Piedmont became overburdened with sediment. The drop off from the Plains to the Piedmont is noticeable to motorists driving southward from Cheyenne ... the Upper Cretaceous sandstone of the Plains to the lower shale of the Piedmont. The transition from High Plains to Piedmont is likewise accompanied by a change in agriculture, from pasture lands on the Plains to cultivated fields in the Piedmont. In the 19th century, Piedmont region was inhabited ... of the economy. The use of irrigation in the Piedmont starting in the 1860s led to widespread ... of the irrigation water in the Piedmont comes from shallow wells that tap the layers of Pleistocene ... Category Valleys of Colorado pt Colorado Piedmont ... more details
U.S. state Washington , UnitedStates . It is located on Lake Crescent in the northwestern corner ...Refimprove article date March 2007 Infobox settlement name Piedmont official name settlement type Unincorporated area Unincorporated community nickname motto Images image skyline imagesize image caption image flag image seal Maps pushpin map USA Washington pushpin label position the position of the pushpin label left, right, top, bottom, none pushpin map caption Location within the state of Washington pushpin mapsize image map map caption Location within Clallam county image map1 mapsize1 map caption1 Location subdivision type List of sovereign states Country subdivision name UnitedStates subdivision type1 Political divisions of the UnitedStates State subdivision name1 Washington U.S. state Washington subdivision type2 List of counties in Washington County subdivision name2 Clallam County, Washington Clallam government footnotes government type leader title Mayor leader name leader title1 leader name1 established title established date Area unit pref Imperial area footnotes area magnitude area total km2 area land km2 area water km2 Population population as of UnitedStates Census, 2000 2000 population footnotes population total population density km2 auto General information timezone Pacific Time Zone Pacific PST utc offset 8 timezone DST PDT utc offset DST 7 elevation footnotes ... info blank1 name Geographic Names Information System GNIS feature ID blank1 info Piedmont is a small ... Angeles , Piedmont has become an important recreational area. Settler John Smith arrived at the Piedmont area around 1883. William Dawson named Piedmont in 1893 for its location at the foot of a mountain ... ref References reflist External links http www.craigmagnuson.com piedmont.htm Piedmont, Clallam ... state Category Populated places in Clallam County, Washington ClallamWA geo stub es Piedmont Washington vo Piedmont Washington ... more details
http www.ghosttowns.com states az piedmont.html Piedmont at GhostTowns.com Yavapai County, Arizona ...one source date September 2010 Infobox Settlement name Piedmont, Arizona settlement type Ghost town official name image skyline imagesize image caption image map mapsize pushpin map Arizona pushpin label position right map caption Location in the state of Arizona pushpin mapsize map caption image map1 mapsize1 map caption1 coordinates region US AZ subdivision type Countries of the World Country subdivision type1 Political divisions of the UnitedStates State subdivision type2 List of counties in Arizona County subdivision name UnitedStates subdivision name1 Arizona subdivision name2 Yavapai County, Arizona Yavapai established title established date extinct title extinct date founder named for government type leader title leader name area magnitude area total km2 area total sq mi area land km2 area land sq mi area water km2 area water sq mi elevation footnotes ref name usgs gnis 24560 Piedmont ref elevation ft 3340 elevation m 1018 population as of population footnotes population total population metro population density km2 population density sq mi timezone Mountain Standard Time Zone MST no Daylight saving time DST utc offset 7 latd 34 latm 14 lats 20 latNS N longd 112 longm 51 longs 52 longEW W coordinates display inline,title website timezone DST utc offset DST postal code type postal code area code GNIS id blank name blank info blank1 name blank1 info footnotes Piedmont is a ghost town in Yavapai County, Arizona Yavapai County , Arizona , UnitedStates . It was located between ... , The Andromeda Strain , is partially set in Piedmont, Arizona, the entire population of which is killed by an extraterrestrial virus. However, it is unlikely that Crichton s Piedmont is related to the real Piedmont in any way, as the book places the town south of Las Vegas, east of San Bernardino ... geo stub US ghost town stub fr Piedmont Arizona ... more details
06 05. Atlanta history Category History of Atlanta, Georgia Category World s Fairs in the UnitedStates ...Image 1887 piedmont expo.jpg thumb right 1887 Piedmont Exposition Main Building The Piedmont Exposition of 1887 was the first Trade fair exposition ever held in Piedmont Park in Atlanta , Georgia U.S. state Georgia . Founding of the Piedmont Exposition Company The Piedmont Exposition Company was founded in June 1887 by a group of men who met in the offices of the The Atlanta Journal Constitution Atlanta Constitution . The Company s chief purpose was to organize the Piedmont Exhibition for the purpose of exhibiting the natural resources of the Piedmont region including Georgia, North Carolina , South Carolina , Tennessee , and Alabama . ref Reed, History , Part II p.21 ref class wikitable border 1 colspan 2 Officers of the Piedmont Exhibition Company Name Office Charles Collier Charles A. Collier President Henry W. Grady Vice President Robert J. Lowry Treasurer Major W.H. Smyth Secretary Directors John Tyler Cooper G. M. Bain E. P. Chamberlin M. C. Kiser James W. English T. D. Meador John A. Fitten G. W. Adair C. D. Horn J. Kingsbury J. R. Wylie S. H. Phelan W. L. Peel W. W. Boyd T. L ... out of a convert 189 acre km2 sing on forest, an area now known as Piedmont Park , as well as the construction ... ref , ref name PiedmontApartments cite web title PIEDMONT PARK APARTMENTS year 1991 publisher City of Atlanta ... high. ref Piedmont , 1887 ref Opening The Piedmont Exposition of 1887, the first exposition ever held in Piedmont Park, opened on October 10. ref MR. RANDALL , 1887 ref The first day opened with 20,000 ... under the bidding of Charles Reynolds Secretary of the Piedmont Exposition Company Charles Reynolds , Secretary of the Piedmont Exposition Company. ref World s , 1889 ref Notes Reflist 2 References ... MR. RANDALL IN ATLANTA At the Opening of the Piedmont Exhibition. The New ... 1887 Piedmont Exposition Main Building . u The New Georgia Encyclopedia u . October 15, 1887. Accessed ... more details
Location subdivision type List of sovereign states Country subdivision name UnitedStates subdivision type1 Political divisions of the UnitedStates State subdivision name1 Wyoming subdivision type2 ... water km2 Population population as of UnitedStates Census, 2000 2000 population footnotes population ... states wy piedmont.html Ghost Towns Piedmont, Wyoming. http wyoparks.state.wy.us PKslide.htm Wyoming ...Infobox settlement name Piedmont, Wyoming official name settlement type Ghost town nickname motto Images ... System GNIS feature ID blank1 info website footnotes Piedmont is a ghost town located in Uinta County ... Pacific opened a new line that bypassed the town. Geography Piedmont is located at 41 13 4.04 North ..., but they usually point to Ft. Bridger, Wyoming, which is the nearest city. Image piedmont census.gif thumb 200px left Map of Wyoming with Piedmont highlighted History Piedmont, located southeast ..., the area was named Byrne , but due to confusion with Bryan Station was renamed Piedmont. Both ... small towns in the Torino Province, part of the Piedmont Region of northern Italy . Moses wife Anne Beus lived in Ogden, Utah , and his other wife Catherine Cardon eventually ended up living in Piedmont ... that reference both Mrs. Byrne and Piedmont are taken to be referring to Catherine Cardon. Catherine ... there was a station called Bryan west of Green River. Piedmont, a typical tent camp for the railroad ... constructed, and Piedmont became a wood and water refueling station for helper engines. Men were needed ... industry, as a commercial venture, became well established in Piedmont as well. Moses Byrne constructed charcoal kilns in Piedmont during 1877. Five in total were built, at a cost of fifteen hundred ... surviving Piedmont Charcoal Kilns were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971 ... Inventory Nomination Form Piedmont Charcoal Kilns url http pdfhost.focus.nps.gov docs NRHP Text 71000894.pdf publisher National Park Service accessdate 13 August 2010 year 1971 ref Piedmont and the Golden ... more details
Demorest & Athens, Georgia Athens state Georgia U.S. state Georgia country UnitedStates USA coor ... U.S. state Georgia , UnitedStates USA . When the college was first founded, it was established ... Mountains Appalachian region of the UnitedStates. The John C. Campbell Folk School was established ... of Piedmont College Great South Athletic Conference navbox United Church of Christ Colleges Georgia ...about Piedmont College in Demorest, Georgia other colleges known as Piedmont College Piedmont College disambiguation Infobox University name Piedmont College image name PiedmontCollegeOffLogo.jpg motto ... last Lovett first Warren Pound title History of Piedmont College publisher University of Georgia Master ... National Association of Congregational Christian Churches and United Church of Christ president Dr. James Mellichamp interim ref cite news title Piedmont College looking for new president work Access ... news title America s Best Colleges 2008 Piedmont College work U.S. News & World Report publisher U.S.News ... on ref name usnews faculty 175 ref name faculty cite news title College Closeup Piedmont College work ... 11 news education education1.txt work The Toccoa Record title Piedmont College reports record enrollment ... Piedmont College At a Glance url http collegesearch.collegeboard.com search CollegeDetail.jsp?collegeId ... Colleges Tuition Financial Aid Piedmont College 140818.aspx title Piedmont College Financial Aid and Tuition ... web url http www.piedmontlions.com index.aspx title Piedmont College publisher Piedmont Athletics Department accessdate 2008 06 17 ref color box 003300 color box 996600 Piedmont College is a private liberal ... Green College. By 1902, the college was formally renamed Piedmont College. ref name js green ... come from across the world, 10 of Piedmont s students come from the Habersham County area ref name ... title Habersham students receive Piedmont Degrees work The Northeast Georgian publisher Community Newspapers Inc. date 2008 06 24 accessdate 2008 07 04 ref through Piedmont s Neighborhood Grant ... more details
venues in Georgia U.S. state Category Construction projects in the UnitedStates pt Parque Piedmont ... Piedmont park worlds fair.gif thumb right Lithograph of Piedmont Park plans for the 1895 Cotton States ...Infobox park name Piedmont Park photo Midtown Atlanta skyline from Clara Meer in Piedmont Park.JPG photo width photo caption Piedmont Park Bathhouse with Midtown skyline in the background type Municipal ... W map Atlanta, Georgia map label Piedmont Park map width 175 region US GA area convert 189 acres created ... 1887 Piedmont Expo.png caption 1887 Piedmont Expo architect Joseph Forsyth Johnson John Charles Olmsted ... NRISref 2007a ref Piedmont Park is a convert 189 acre km2 sing on urban park in Atlanta, Georgia , located ... s Driving Club later renamed the Piedmont Driving Club , who wanted to establish an exclusive club and racing ground for horse enthusiasts. The Driving Club entered an agreement with the Piedmont ... to host the first of two major expositions held in the park in the late 19th century. The Piedmont ... States and International Exposition which was held in the park seven years later in 1895 ... in summer of 2009. On April 12, 2011, http clatl.com freshloaf archives 2011 04 12 mayor piedmont park ... north of the park are to be developed next, including The Northwoods, Piedmont Commons and Piedmont ... from Piedmont Park.jpg 699px center The Atlanta skyline from Piedmont Park center Opening File ... in the years before Piedmont Park. From 1860 to 1890, the population had jumped from 9,554 to 65,533 ... The area soon to be known as Piedmont Park was owned by Benjamin Walker , who purchased the convert ..., known today as the Piedmont Driving Club , who planned to form exclusive club and racing ground for horse enthusiasts . The driving club entered into an agreement with the Piedmont Exposition Company ..., grandstands, and club house were built for the track. ref name Martin The 1887 Piedmont Exposition Main Piedmont Exposition The first exposition ever held in Piedmont Park, the Piedmont Exposition ... more details
distinguish2 Amtrak Piedmont train Piedmont Service Infobox rail service box width 30em name Piedmont Limited logo logo width image Southern Piedmont Limited 1974 color.jpg image width 300px caption EMD FP7 s leading the Piedmont Limited in 1974. type Inter city rail status locale first 1899 last 1976 operator formeroperator Southern Railway U.S. Southern Railway ridership start New York, New York stops end New Orleans, Louisiana distance journeytime frequency trainnumber class access seating sleeping autorack catering observation entertainment baggage otherfacilities stock gauge el speed map owners map state The Piedmont Limited was a named passenger train operated by the Southern Railway US Southern Railway in the southern UnitedStates . For most of its life it was a New York City New York &mdash New Orleans train, operating over the same route as the more famous Crescent train Crescent Limited . The Southern Railway introduced the train in 1899 and was known as the crack train of the route until the introduction of the Crescent in 1925. ref cite web url http www.srha.net public history event list.asp?D ID 3 12 title This date in Southern Railway history publisher Southern Railway Historical Association work Southern Railway History accessdate 2011 06 19 ref ref name heraldjournal cite news title New Southern Train Will Be Put On April 26 date March 7, 1925 accessdate 2011 06 19 url http news.google.com newspapers?id 8DUsAAAAIBAJ&sjid LcoEAAAAIBAJ&pg 4839,5408562 publisher Spartanburg Herald Journal ref The Southern Railway discontinued the Piedmont Limited in 1976. ref cite book title Rails Across Dixie A History of Passenger Trains in the American South first Jim last Cox year 2010 publisher McFarland accessdate 2011 06 19 url http books.google.com books?id gY4FgCKdb7UC&pg PA208 ref Route details In its prime the Piedmont Limited operated over the following roads ref name heraldjournal Pennsylvania Railroad New York&mdash Washington, D.C. Southern Railway U.S. Southern ... more details
Politics of Piedmont unreferenced date June 2010 This page gathers the results of election s in politics of PiedmontPiedmont . Regional elections Last regional election Main Piedmontese regional election ... election, 2005 Italian general elections in Piedmont Last general election Main Italian general election, 2008 Piedmont The Italian general election, 2008 Italian general election of 2008 took place on 13 14 April 2008. The election was won in Piedmont by the centre right coalition between The People ... and Lega Nord 12.6 . Chamber of Deputies 2008 Italian general election in Piedmont Chamber of Deputies Senate 2008 Italian general election in Piedmont Senate List of previous general elections Italian general election, 1946 Piedmont Italian general election, 1948 Piedmont Italian general election, 1953 Piedmont Italian general election, 1958 Piedmont Italian general election, 1963 Piedmont Italian general election, 1968 Piedmont Italian general election, 1972 Piedmont Italian general election, 1976 Piedmont Italian general election, 1979 Piedmont Italian general election, 1983 Piedmont Italian general election, 1987 Piedmont Italian general election, 1992 Piedmont Italian general election, 1994 Piedmont Italian general election, 1996 Piedmont Italian general election, 2001 Piedmont Italian general election, 2006 Piedmont European Parliament elections in Piedmont Last European Parliament election Main European Parliament election, 2009 Piedmont The European Parliament election, 2009 ... was the largest party in Piedmont , ahead of the Democratic Party Italy Democratic Party 24.7 and Lega Nord 15.7 . European Parliament election, 2009 Piedmont List of previous European Parliament elections European Parliament election, 1979 Piedmont European Parliament election, 1984 Piedmont European Parliament election, 1989 Piedmont European Parliament election, 1994 Piedmont European Parliament election, 1999 Piedmont European Parliament election, 2004 Piedmont Provincial elections in Piedmont ... more details
Thomas of Piedmont may refer to Thomas I of Piedmont Thomas II of Piedmont Thomas III of Piedmont hndis Short pages monitor This long comment was added to the page to prevent it being listed on Special Shortpages. It and the accompanying monitoring template were generated via Template Longcomment. Please do not remove the monitor template without removing the comment as well. ... more details
hotels in the UnitedStates ...Infobox building name Piedmont Hotel status image Piedmont Hotel 1913.jpg image alt caption Postcard of Piedmont Hotel, 1913 map type map alt map caption altitude building type Hotel architectural style owner location address Peachtree at Luckie streets location town Atlanta, Georgia location country USA iso region coordinates display coordinates format latitude 33.756854 longitude 84.388618 latd latm lats latNS N longd longm longs longEW W coordinates groundbreaking date start date completion date opened date 1903 inauguration date renovation date 1928 9 demolition date 1963 architect Willis F. Denny The Piedmont Hotel was a hotel which took up the block between Peachtree Street Peachtree , Luckie, Forsyth and Broad streets. The hotel opened with a gala celebration on January 15, 1903. It was built on the site of the homesteads of Atlanta pioneers William Ezzard and http books.google.com books?id EUgUAAAAYAAJ&lpg PA628&ots i7p5VLRJup&pg PA628 Dr. James F. Alexander . It was Atlanta s first New York or Northern style hotel. It entertained Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson , William Jennings Bryant . It was the favorite hotel of visiting opera stars until the opening of the Georgian Terrace Hotel Georgian Terrace in Midtown Atlanta Midtown . ref http books.google.com books?id 7qpif6 Z5o4C&lpg PA439&ots ntQyN5gNMO&pg PA439 Atlanta and Environs A Chronicle of Its People and Events, 1880s 1930s , p.439 ref The architect was Willis F. Denny , who had also designed Rhodes ... store Products 79937 piedmont hotel.aspx Atlanta History Photograph Collection ... describing the Piedmont s opening, including full menu served http books.google.com books?id EUgUAAAAYAAJ&lpg PA628&ots i7p5VLRJup&pg PA473 Piedmont Hotel under construction photo References reflist Atlanta landmarks coord 33.756854 84.388618 display title name Piedmont Hotel 1903 1963 Category ... more details
Image Piedmont crescent map.png right 450px The Piedmont Crescent , also known as the Piedmont Urban Crescent , is a large, polycentric urbanized region in the U.S. state of North Carolina that forms the northern section of the rapidly developing I 85 Corridor megalopolis city type megalopolis in the southeastern UnitedStates . Residents commonly attribute the Crescent communities to the Indian Trading Path , established by indigenous peoples long before European contact. ref http www.unc.edu grdobbs dissmaps dobbs2006dissfinal.pdf Gladys Rebecca Dobbs, The Indian Trading Path and Colonial Settlement Development in the North Carolina Piedmont , PhD dissertation, 2006, University of North Carolina, p. iii, accessed 3 Apr 2010 ref Forming the shape of a crescent, the region is located in the central PiedmontUnitedStatesPiedmont area of the state and stretches northeast from metropolitan Charlotte, North Carolina Charlotte , through the Piedmont Triad cities of Greensboro, North Carolina Greensboro and Winston Salem, North Carolina Winston Salem at its center, to metropolitan Raleigh, North Carolina Raleigh Durham, North Carolina Durham and the The Triangle North Carolina Research Triangle area at its eastern edge. The region has experienced sustained population and economic growth acutely in the Charlotte and Raleigh areas since the late 19th century, a trend that has accelerated. It is notable as the fourth largest manufacturing region in the country, ref name a1 http www.charlottechamber.com ... areas, as well as the metropolitan centers of the Piedmont Triad , The Triangle North Carolina ... Airport RDU and Piedmont Triad International Airport GSO , as well as the world renowned Research ... CBSA EST2007 02 ref The Piedmont Crescent name is thought to have been coined when the North Carolina Railroad company first laid tracks through the area in 1855 56. The railway, which was named the Piedmont ... Carolina Salisbury Thomasville, North Carolina Thomasville col end See also Piedmont train Crescent ... more details
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