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The Knox College mascot is the Prairie Fire, a name it adopted in 1993 due to sensitivity about its previous nickname, the Old Siwash. The word Siwash is a corruption of the French term "sauvage." This was a derogatory term used by European traders to refer to the indigenous people, with the French explorers experiencing Native American warfare ...
Adolph Putnam "Ziggy" Hamblin (1896 – August 17, 1966) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach. A native of Galesburg, Illinois, Hamblin attended Knox College in that city. He received 16 varsity letters at Knox, competing in football, basketball, baseball, and track. [1]
Knox College: Galesburg, Illinois: 1994 Prairie Fire Mascot is the Fox Plainsmen Nebraska Wesleyan University: Lincoln, Nebraska: 2000 Prairie Wolves Red Raiders Colgate University: Hamilton (village), New York: 2001 Raiders: Red Raiders Southern Oregon University: Ashland, Oregon: 1980 Raiders/Red Tailed Hawk [32] Red Men/Lady Reds Carthage ...
The Galesburg High School girls basketball team is currently the No. 3-ranked team in the state. Here's how they've gotten there so far. Chemistry, strong coaching lead to stellar start for ...
Old Main is the oldest building on the campus of Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois. Completed in 1857, it is a distinctive Gothic Tudor design of Swedish architect Charles Ulricson. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1961 as one of the few surviving sites to host one of the famous 1858 Lincoln–Douglas debates. The building ...
Knox College is honoring members of the college community who gave their lives serving in the nation's armed forces with a new high-tech memorial. '99 Lives Gold Star Memorial': Knox College ...
Galesburg is a city in Knox County, Illinois, United States.The city is 45 miles (72 km) northwest of Peoria.At the 2010 census, its population was 32,195. [4] It is the county seat of Knox County [5] and the principal city of the Galesburg Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Knox and Warren counties.
Karter Knox (11) of RWE drives to the basket during an Overtime Elite playoff game on March 1 at OTE Arena in Atlanta. Knox is one of six players committed to Kentucky in the 2024 recruiting class.