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The 1914 Saint John street railway strike (sometimes called the Saint John street railwaymen's strike) [219] was a strike by workers on the street railway system in the city which lasted from July 22 to 24, 1914, with rioting by Saint John inhabitants occurring on July 23 and 24. The strike was important for shattering the image of Saint John ...
The French position in Saint John was abandoned in 1755, with British forces taking over the area shortly afterwards. The area was incorporated into a city in 1785. During the 19th century Saint John saw an influx of Irish migrants, with the city becoming the third-largest city in British North America by 1851, after Montreal and Quebec.
City of St. John Alongside City and County of St. John: 1st 1867–1872 Samuel Leonard Tilley: Liberal–Conservative: 2nd 1872–1873 1873–1874 Jeremiah Smith Boies De Veber: Liberal: 3rd 1874–1878: 4th 1878–1878 Samuel Leonard Tilley: Liberal–Conservative 1878–1882: 5th 1882–1885 1885–1887 Frederick Eustace Barker: Conservative ...
The oldest, largest, and most prominent Little Saigon is centered in Orange County, California, where over 189,000 Vietnamese Americans reside. With the other five counties (listed below) that make up the bulk of the Southern California mega-region, this region constitutes the largest ethnic Vietnamese population outside of Vietnam.
Làng Văn has 6 retail stores domestically and abroad including, Paris, France, the historic Asian Garden Mall (Phước Lộc Thọ) now closed [3] in Westminster, California and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Lang Van is the only US-based Vietnamese production company to operate both in the United States and Vietnam.
In 2005, 2006, and 2007, St. John's Regional Medical Center was a recipient of the HealthGrades Cardiac Care Excellence Award. Additionally, St. John's Regional Medical Center was five-star rated for treatment of heart attack by HealthGrades.
The St. John's River was named after Loomis St. John [4] [5] and was a product of the 1862 flood. [6] In 1889, the Tulare Irrigation District was organized, and that body constructed a series of canals which diverted water from the river. From one-half to one-third of the water was lost as it coursed through the unlined canals. [7]
Saint John County (2016 population: 74,020 [1]) is located in southern New Brunswick, Canada. The city of Saint John dominates the county. Elsewhere in the county, tourism is focused around the Bay of Fundy .