There are videos, preserved in the Smithsonian, of the bridge’s gyrations during its short lifetime (opened July 1 1940 and collapsed November 7th of that same year), as well as footage of the actual collapse which dumped the entire center span and roadway – along with several vehicles abandoned on the bridge – into the Narrows. Although a dog left in one of the cars died in the catastrophe, there were no human fatalities.
The wreckage of the fallen span still lies in situ on the bottom approximately 100 feet underneath the bridge(s) that eventually replaced it.
The Tacoma Narrows is part of Puget Sound in the U.S. state of Washington. The Narrows separates the Kitsap Peninsula from the city of Tacoma. In 1841 Charles Wilkes, during the United States Exploring Expedition, named the strait simply as ‘Narrows’. Its name was formally set as ‘The Narrows’ by Henry Kellett during the British Admiralty chart reorganization of 1847.
“sound” has an alternative meaning of “reliable” or “correct”.
One well-known Canadian lawyer, JJ Robinette, was once appearing in the Supreme Court of Canada. There was an earlier case from the Supreme Court, Howe Sound, about a factory located on Howe Sound, BC, which was dead against his position.
His opening line to the Supreme Court: "Howe Sound. How sound, my Lords, is Howe Sound?
He followed that up with a detailed, logical critique of the reasoning in Howe Sound. The SCC overruled Howe Sound and allowed his appeal.
Steve Howe is a rock guitarist, best known for his long stints with the progressive rock band Yes, as well as his role with the band Asia. Howe won the annual “Best Overall Guitarist” award from Guitar Player Magazine five years in a row (1977-1981).
Steve Howe was also the name of a Major League Baseball relief pitcher, who primarily played with the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees. Howe was extremely talented, and won the National League Rookie of the Year award in 1980, but he struggled with substance abuse throughout his career, and was suspended repeatedly due to it. Howe died in an automobile crash at age 48.
The two Steve Howes were not related to one another.
America’s first Public Enemy Number One was John Dillinger. He wounded seven law men and killed ten in the process of robbing ten banks and staging three jail breaks. Director J. Edgar Hover ordered agents to kill the gangster on sight. FBI special agents C.B. Winstead and C.O. Hurt gunned down John Dillinger on July 22, 1934.
Bob Dillinger was a third-baseman for the Chicago Whie Sox in the '40’s, when few players wore glasses on the field, and contacts were not invented. Other notable players who wore them then were Dom diMaggio, Jim Konstanty, and Earl Torgeson. The first modern bespectacled player was George Toporcer in 1921. Will White wore them while pitching the 1880’s.
The three DiMaggio brothers – Joe, Dom, and Vince – who played in Major League Baseball were all center fielders. Although Joe was the best player of the three, having a Hall of Fame career, both of his brothers were also excellent players, with long careers. Between the three of them, they had 22 All-Star Game appearances (13 for Joe, 7 for Dom, and 2 for Vince).
Dom DeLuise made a brief appearance in Blazing Saddles, a Western-themed comedy movie by his frequent collaborator Mel Brooks, as an effete on-set choreographer in a Busby Berkeleyesque dance movie.
The two most common saddle types used for horse riding are the English saddle and the Western saddle. The English saddle is used for horse sports like show jumping, dressage, and eventing. It is also used for horse showing. It has less leather and is lighter than most Western saddles. The Western saddle is used for horse activities where the rider needs more support than an English saddle. It is also used for showing, barrel racing, rodeo, and many other sports. The biggest difference is it has a horn on the front, and a higher cantle. This was used originally for tying cattle off when working, so the ranchers could brand or work with the cow. It’s now used more widely, in barrel racing it’s used for support, in roping events, it’s still used to tie cattle.
According to the Sports Planning Guide, the Cheyenne Frontier Days is the world’s largest outdoor rodeo. According to its website, the Calgary Stampede is the world’s largest outdoor rodeo. Other notable rodeos take place in Reno, Las Vegas, Denver, Oklahoma City, and Houston. The annual Pendleton Roundup, held in Pendleton, Oregon, has strong Native American participation and features an event called wild cow milking.
Frontier Town was an amusement park in the Adirondack mountains of NY with a Wild West theme. It finally closed down in 2004 due to nonpayment of taxes and is now a campground.
The two species of Meaduwlark are almosy impossible to distinguish in the field, unless you hear their voice. The western meadowlark has a rich melodic warble, much more musical than the short flat notes of the eastern species. Their ranges overlap somewhat in the northern plains.
Meadow Lemon III, who was known professionally as Meadowlark Lemon, played basketball for the Harlem Globetrotters from 1955 until 1980, and then again in 1994. Lemon was named to the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2003, and was also an actor and minister.
Two Hall of Fame baseball pitchers played for the Harlem Globetrotters before (wisely) choosing baseball for a career – Bob Gibson and Ferguson Jenkins. Only one was African-American. Jenkins was African-Canadian.
Before he joined the Globetrotters, Bob Gibson starred in both baseball and basketball for the Creighton Bluejays. He is still in the top five in Creighton basketball history in free throws made, free throw attempts, and scoring average.
The Gibson is a mixed drink made with gin and dry vermouth, and often garnished with a pickled onion. In its modern incarnation, it is considered a cousin of the ubiquitous martini, distinguished mostly by garnishing with an onion instead of an olive. The exact origin of the Gibson is unclear, with numerous popular tales and theories about its genesis. According to one theory, it was invented by Charles Dana Gibson, who created the popular Gibson Girl illustrations. Supposedly, he challenged Charley Connolly, the bartender of the Players Club in New York City, to improve upon a martini. As the story goes, Connolly simply substituted an onion for the olive and named the drink after the patron.
Charlie Conerly was a football quarterback, who played at Ole Miss in college, then with the New York Giants in the NFL from 1948 through 1961. Conerly quarterbacked the Giants to the NFL title in 1956, and won the league’s Most Valuable Player Award in 1959. After retiring from football, Conerly appeared in advertising as one of the “Marlboro Men.”
