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  Handbook of Texas Online: LAMAR COUNTY
Lamar County (B-20) is in North Texas on the Oklahoma border.
Lamar County was well situated to play a significant role in the transportation of goods and merchandise in North Texas.
Lamar County then supported its delegates' stand as one of the fourteen counties that voted against secession, by a vote of 663 to 553.
www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/LL/hcl1.html   (2494 words)

  
 Lamar Hunt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lamar Hunt (August 2, 1932) is one of the most influential sports promoters in the United States.
Lamar Hunt was also one of the original founding investors of Major League Soccer in 1996.
For his efforts in building the sport of soccer in the United States in the modern era, Hunt was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 1992.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lamar_Hunt   (1179 words)

  
 The Texan Republic Part I   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Lamar has been blamed for this, for the increased expenditures during his regime were occasioned by his aggressive policy toward Mexico and the Indians, coupled with what might be called his "ambitious nationalism." However, there were extenuating circumstances which should weigh in Lamar’s favor in passing judgment on him.
Characteristically, Lamar sided with the advocates of a western capital, for his larger vision of an empire stretching to the Pacific comprehended all of Texas, of course, and he expected the broad prairies of the west to be settled in the not distant future.
Lamar, who was a great admirer of Thomas Jefferson, had imbibed from him a zeal for education similar to that which had led Jefferson to regard as a greater honor the fact that he had founded the University of Virginia than that he had been president of the United States.
www.kwanah.com /txmilmus/wortham/443.htm   (8560 words)

  
 New Georgia Encyclopedia: Lamar County
Lamar County has a rolling landscape and is well drained by streams emptying into the Flint and Ocmulgee rivers.
About 2.3 percent of Lamar's residents are currently involved in agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, and mining.
Lamar County is investing in its future to provide environmental and agricultural education for its youth.
www.georgiaencyclopedia.org /nge/Article.jsp?path=/CitiesCounties/Counties&id=h-1248   (511 words)

  
 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (II)
Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (September 17,1825–January 23, 1893) was a native Georgian who graduated from Emory College (later Emory University) in 1845, and married the daughter of Augustus Baldwin Longstreet, one of the school's early presidents.
Lamar would go on to represent Mississippi in the United States Senate from 1877 to 1885 and, later, become the lone Mississippian to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States, 1888 to 1893.
Lamar had served as United States Secretary of the Interior under President Grover Cleveland from March 6, 1885 to January 10, 1888.
www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Lucius_Quintus_Cincinnatus_Lamar_(II)   (181 words)

  
 Lamar State College-Orange Institutional Research and Effectiveness
Lamar State College-Orange is an open admissions, lower-division state institution of higher education with the Texas State University System.
Lamar State College-Orange is fully committed to the concept and practice of equal opportunity for all citizens.
Lamar State College-Orange, like all public institutions of higher education in Texas, is faced with the problem of increasing demands and limited resources.
www.orange.lamar.edu /oire/InstitutionalEffectiveness/StrategicPlan03_08.htm   (3324 words)

  
 GeorgiaInfo - Carl Vinson Institute of Government
In that year's general election, Georgia voters ratified the proposed amendment on Nov. 2, 1920, which marks the date of Lamar County's creation (although a state historical marker on the courthouse grounds incorrectly cites the county's creation as the day the legislative act proposing the constitutional amendment was approved).
Lamar County was named for Georgia-born Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (1825-1893).
Lamar had served as a U.S. Representative and Senator from Mississippi, and as U.S. Secretary of Interior under Pres.
www.cviog.uga.edu /Projects/gainfo/courthouses/lamarCH.htm   (447 words)

  
 Lady Cardinal Basketball   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Lamar’s LaToya Carson posted her first career double-double, helping lift the Lady Cardinals to a 69-53 non-conference victory over Loyola-New Orleans on Saturday afternoon at the Montagne Center.
With the win, Lamar pushes its season record to 2-0 for the first time since the 1990-91 season in which the Lady Cardinals advanced to the Elite Eight round of the NCAA Tournament.
Lamar’s LaToya Carson scored a team-high 22 points and Chelsea Gugliotta added 14 as the Lady Cardinals outlasted the Houston Elite, 69-63, on Monday night in a double overtime exhibition contest at the Montagne Center.
dept.lamar.edu /athletics/WBB/WBB.htm   (567 words)

  
 New Georgia Encyclopedia: Lamar Dodd (1909-1996)
Dodd was not only the most recognized artist of his generation from the state of Georgia but also a passionate advocate for the arts and a skilled administrator.
His most visible legacy is the Lamar Dodd School of Art at the University of Georgia.
For fully two-thirds of the twentieth century, Lamar Dodd represented Georgia's visual arts community as administrator, teacher, and advocate, and as the most influential Georgia artist of his generation.
www.georgiaencyclopedia.org /nge/Article.jsp?id=h-975   (1158 words)

  
 Access Spencer County, Indiana, USA
Lamar is located on Highway 245 and is approximately 13.5 miles north of Rockport.
Lamar's businesses, while never very large or of long duration, have been those of an average Indiana small town.
Working diligently for several years, the townspeople around Lamar were successful in acquiring a city sewage system in the year 2001.
www.spencerco.org /about_towns/lamar/lamar.cfm   (205 words)

  
 Lamar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lamar is the name of some places in the United States of America:
Lamar was also the name of a person, possibly the eponym for these places:
Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (I), the father of Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (II) and a Georgia jurist
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lamar   (137 words)

  
 Lamar State College - Port Arthur   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Lamar State College - Port Arthur strives to provide computer users with access to technology in such a way as to provide an equitable sharing of limited resources, and reserves the right to allocate and restrict access to computing resources for the benefit and protection of the College.
Lamar State College -Port Arthur telephone facilities are intended to support the academic mission and the administrative functions of the College.
In addition, any user found in violation may also be subject to further disciplinary action by the College, including termination of employment or suspension from school, as well as legal action under state and federal laws, and legal action by the owners and licensors of proprietary software for violation of copyright laws and license agreements.
www.pa.lamar.edu /gen/ir_use_policy.html   (3572 words)

  
 A Few Great Things About Our Little Town
Lamar also has a beautiful 55 acre park with a huge playground, 7 shelter houses, 8 baseball diamonds and lighted tennis and basketball courts.You will also find a 1 mile walking trail with fitness stops every 1/4 mile.
Lamar’s Betty Kuhn gathered a select group of individuals at City Hall and explained her intentions - to save the Plaza Theatre.
Lamar has a free Fair every August It is billed as the largest free fair in Missouri.
www.lamarmo.com /lamarinfo.htm   (1380 words)

  
 LAMAR UNIVERSITY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Lamar University reserves the right to modify degree requirements and teaching certificate requirements in keeping with legislative acts and rules established by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and the State Board for Educator Certification.
Lamar University recognizes the importance of internationalized education in enlarging the student's perspective, contributing to the character of the institution, and enhancing career possibilities.
Lamar offers other foreign travel programs, and those interested are urged to contact the Office of Public Services and Continuing Education (409-880-2294).
hal.lamar.edu /~efl_dept   (1026 words)

  
 MWP: L.Q.C. Lamar (1825-1893)
Lamar was appointed ambassador to Russia by C.S.A. President Jefferson Davis, but he was never received by the Russian government since the Confederacy’s sovereignty was never recognized abroad.
Lamar returned to Mississippi after the war, where he resumed his law practice and position on the university faculty, directing the law department until 1870, the year Mississippi was readmitted to the Union.
Lamar’s political fortunes continued to rise, as the Mississippi legislature sent him to the U.S. Senate in 1877.
www.olemiss.edu /depts/english/ms-writers/dir/lamar_l_q_c   (525 words)

  
 Lamar University Baseball   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Lamar advanced to the NCAA Regional at Houston hosted by Rice University, which was the Cardinals’ third straight NCAA Regional appearance.
Lamar (39-14) was able to return the favor in knocking the Bobcats out of the SLC Tournament.
Lamar, who was shutout for the first time this season, finishes the regular season with a 37-14 overall record.
dept.lamar.edu /athletics/Baseball/baseball.htm   (2524 words)

  
 Lamar Vikings Football - www.LamarVikings.com
Lamar (3-6, 3-3) will miss the playoffs for the first time since 2001, and only the second time in 19 seasons.
Lamar's Cravens Field is ranked as the 2nd toughest place to play in Dallas-area high school football, thanks to an incredible winning percentage.
Carter didn't allow Lamar to score until most of the defensive starters were watching from the sideline midway through the fourth quarter.
www.lamarvikings.com   (872 words)

  
 Handbook of Texas Online: LAMAR, TX
Lamar, at the north end of the Copano Bay causeway on State Highway 35 and Farm Road 13 ten miles north of Rockport and forty miles north of Corpus Christi, was the first coastal town in Refugio County.
In 1839 Byrne and his associates made application to President Lamar to move the customhouse from Aransas City to Lamar, claiming that the number of inhabitants at Lamar was more than double that of Aransas City.
Lamar is a birder's paradise, with hundreds of species, including many shore birds.
www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/LL/hll12.html   (544 words)

  
 Lamar Hunt: biography and encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Southern methodist university, often known by its acronym of smu, is a private university in university park, texas, usa....
The trophy presented to each year's AFC[For more facts and a topic of this subject, click this link] Champions is named the Lamar Hunt Trophy in his honor.
Lamar Hunt is an avid soccer Football (soccer) quick summary:
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/l/la/lamar_hunt.htm   (1882 words)

  
 Lamar University Basketball   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
PLANO – Lamar, under the direction of second-year coach Billy Tubbs, has been picked to finish sixth in the Southland Conference men’s basketball preseason coaches poll while Northwestern State was tabbed the team to beat in the race for the 2004-05 championship, announced the league office on Tuesday.
Lamar signs Matthew Barrow, Jr., of Southern Lab (La.) HS – Matthew Barrow, Jr., who helped Southern Lab High School in Baton Rouge, La. win back-to-back state championships, signed a national letter of intent on Thursday to continue his education and play men’s basketball at Lamar University, announced coach Billy Tubbs.
Lamar inks Daniel "Skip" Thomas of Austin Lyndon B. Johnson HS – Daniel “Skip” Thomas of Lyndon B. Johnson High School in Austin has signed a national letter-of-intent to continue his education and play men’s basketball at Lamar University on Tuesday, announced coach Billy Tubbs.
dept.lamar.edu /athletics/MBB/MBB.htm   (2090 words)

  
 Lamar State College - Port Arthur Compact with Texans   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Lamar State College-Port Arthur pledges to provide quality instruction and services in a professional, honest, timely, impartial, accurate, courteous, and efficient way.
Assert that the foundations for student success include successful completion of courses and programs of study, academic performance at the university following transfer, the attainment of individual goals, acquisition of skills and demeanor necessary for employment, and the development of values and concepts that allow the student to make a meaningful contribution immediately upon employment.
Lamar State College - Port Arthur works in partnership with citizens, regional businesses, industries, schools, service sector organizations and other community organizations, to provide quality, ongoing services.
www.pa.lamar.edu /gen/compactwithtexans.html   (756 words)

  
 Lamar County Genealogical Society Home Page
By the way, he was voted out of office, as a result of such foresight which he took upon himself without approval of the citizenry concerned with tight monetary budgets and taxes.
Were it not for his forbearance and seemingly illegal act, Lamar County would indeed be without much of its written history and heritage today.
The Lamar County Genealogical Society Library is located at 1125 Bonham St. in the old Santa Fe Depot.
gen.1starnet.com /lamargen.htm   (516 words)

  
 The Democratic Party | Signup
Today, at around 10 AM, the DNC got two phone calls -- the first came from Lamar Advertising's Cincinnati office, who informed us they would not be providing a quote for buying billboard space based on the content of the "Shame on Jean Schmidt" billboard.
This rejection came more than 24 hours after the DNC had signed a contract with Lamar and 48 hours after they had accepted the artwork for the billboards you helped pay to put up.
They've stood up to silence millions of Democrats who believe that attacking veterans for political gain is disgusting, and they think they can get away with it because they own nearly every billboard in the district.
www.democrats.org /page/s/lamar   (225 words)

  
 Lamar Valley. Yellowstone National Park.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The Lamar Valley of Yellowstone Park is a primeval scene.
The Lamar is a broad mountain valley in the northeast corner of Yellowstone National Park.
The major tributary streams that run into the Lamar River in the valley of that drainage are Slough Creek and Soda Butte Creek.
www.forwolves.org /ralph/wpages/lamarv.htm   (231 words)

  
 Lamar County GeorgiaGenWeb -- Historical Markers
On March 19th, 1825, General Marquis de LaFayette, on his official visit to Georgia, spent the night at the Gachet home and the noted Frenchman was doubly welcomed as a patriot and visitor from France.
Lamar County was created by Act of State Assembly August 17, 1920.
It was named for Lucius Quintus Cincinnatis Lamar, lawyer, Colonel in the Confederate Army, U.S. Senator, Secretary of the Interior and Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
www.rootsweb.com /~galamar/historicalmarkers.html   (857 words)

  
 Mirabeau B. Lamar Bio   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Lamar also was an excellent speaker, painted with oils, and became adept at writing poetry.
Lamar's administration was criticized for his determination to eradicate the Cherokee Indians from Texas and for bringing Texas close to bankruptcy.
Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar was definitely a major figure himself in the history of Texas and the United States.
members.aol.com /eleanorcol/MBLamarBio.html   (979 words)

  
 Welcome to Lamar University
Lamar University has received a $5-million gift from Sheila and Walter Umphrey.
The gift is the largest in the university’s history, officials said.
5/13 113 gradute from Lamar University with honors
www.lamar.edu   (128 words)

  
 U.S. Senate: Senators Home > Senator Lamar Alexander
On January 22, 1991, during the Gulf War, President George H.W. Bush named Lamar Alexander to be the United States Secretary of Education.
He had been Governor of Tennessee from 1979 to 1987, helping the Volunteer State become the fastest growing state in family incomes, the first to pay good teachers more, and the third largest automobile producer in the nation.
Lamar Alexander was born July 3, 1940, in Maryville, Tennessee, the son of an elementary school principal and a kindergarten teacher.
www.senate.gov /pagelayout/senators/one_item_and_teasers/alexander.htm   (171 words)

  
 Alabama Counties: Lamar   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Lamar County was created by the Alabama legislature on 1867 Feb. 4, and was originally named Jones County after E.P. Jones, a resident of Fayette County.
On 1877 Feb. 8, the name was changed to Lamar in honor of Senator L.Q.C. Lamar of Mississippi.
Lamar County is bordered by Marion, Fayette, and Pickens counties in Alabama, and by Lowndes and Monroe counties in Mississippi.
www.archives.state.al.us /counties/lamar.html   (163 words)

  
 North Lamar Independent School District
The history of North Lamar goes back to the 68 rural school districts that once existed throughout the communities in the northern half of Lamar County.
With an enrollment of approximately 3200 students, North Lamar ISD has one high school, one middle school, and four elementaries to serve the students in the district.
It is maintained by a North Lamar Alumni.
www.northlamar.net   (108 words)

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