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DENVER (KDVR) — A vigil was held Saturday night for a 15-year-old who was lynched outside of Limon on Nov. 16, 1900. Preston John Porter Jr. was a Black 15-year-old who worked as a railroad ...
Jasper Newton Preston, known by his initials, was born October 5, 1832, in Ira, New York, to Samuel Preston, a farmer, and Rebecca Preston, née Sprague.In the winter of 1834–35 the family moved to Michigan, settling first in Lenawee County before settling permanently in Oneida Charter Township in Eaton County, near Lansing, in 1837.
Preston, also known as Preston Bend, [citation needed] is an unincorporated community and census-designated place located on the Red River in Grayson County, Texas, United States. It grew in the 19th century at the intersection of several military and trade roads and was an important crossing on the Shawnee cattle trail .
1761-62: Robert Townley Parker, MP for Preston, 1837 and 1852; 1868-69: John James Myres, founder of Myres and Newton; 1873-74: John James Myres; 1802–03: Samuel Horrocks, MP for Preston, 1804 [5] 1899-1900 James Yates Foster; 1901-02: Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby, MP for Preston, 1865 and Governor General of Canada [6]
1900 photo of Preston mess kit. Preston's other lasting contribution was his 1895 invention of the Preston Mess Kit. [25] The kit included two mess pans or plates that fit together in clamshell pattern, eating utensils, and canteen. [25] It was compact and lightweight enough to be carried over the shoulder in a small leather or canvas case. [25]
Preston School and Director C.B. Riddick in 1900. The original building, known colloquially as "Preston Castle" (or simply "The Castle"), is the most significant example of Romanesque Revival architecture in the Mother Lode. [1]
The Americus, Preston and Lumpkin Railroad was reorganized as Savannah, Americus and Montgomery Railway in 1888. [1] In 1890, the line was extended from Abbeville east to Lyons . A year later, the SA&M was extended west from Louvale across the Chattahoochee River to Montgomery, Alabama , which opened on December 1, 1891. [ 2 ]
Clare was elected to the Preston town council in 1883 and became reeve of Preston in 1886 serving for two years. He assumed this position again from 1891 to 1898. [1] When Preston was incorporated as a town in 1900 he became its first mayor. He also served as warden of Waterloo County in 1895. [1]