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	Mike Fink
		Mike Fink, called "king of the keelboaters", (1770(?) - 1823) was a semi-legendary brawler and river-boatman who exemplified the tough and hard-drinking men who ran barges up and down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers.
		Fink was supposed to have worn a red feather in his cap to signal his defeat of every strong man up and down the river.
		Mike Fink, as a figure of American folklore, seems neglected today compared to other folk heroes who were his rough contemporaries; he is perhaps one of the least likeable characters in American or any other nation's folklore.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/mi/Mike_Fink.html (447 words)

	Mike Fink - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mike Fink, called "king of the keelboaters", was a semi-legendary brawler and river-boatman who exemplified the tough and hard-drinking men who ran keelboats up and down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers.
		The historical Mike Fink was allegedly born around 1770/1780 in Fort Pitt, near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
		Other repeating episodes in Fink's legends include a tale where he shoots the scalp lock from the head of an Indian, and a story in which he shoots the protruding heel from the foot of an African-American slave with surgical precision.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mike_Fink (1023 words)

	Crockett Almanac
		The celebrated Mike Fink, the great admiral of flat-boatmen on the Western rivers, the William Tell of marksmen on land, and the most daring of all wild-forest adventurers, was the Prince of moose-catchers.
		Fink's gun and pistols being wet, were of course incapable of being discharged; yet he up with the butt of his rifle, which, at the second blow, was shivered to pieces by the heavy horns and head of the animal.
		Fink next contrived to secure the fore paws Of the wolf within the powerful gripe of his two hands-and by a quick and most herculean effort, he flung him from the side of the boat, into the water.
	xroads.virginia.edu /~HYPER/DETOC/sw/fink4.html (1037 words)

	Crockett Almanac
		The story of Mike Fink, including a death, has been beautifully told by the late Morgan Neville, of Cincinnati, a gentleman of the highest literary taste, as well as of the most amiable and polished manners.
		Mike, with many generous qualities, was always a reckless dare-devil; but, at this time, advancing in years and decayed in influence, above all become a victim of whisky, he was morose and desperate in the extreme.
		Fink approached; he was careworn, sick, and wasted; there was no anger in his bearing, but he carried his rifle, (had he ever gone without W) and the gunsmith was not a coolly brave man; moreover, his life had been threatened.
	xroads.virginia.edu /~HYPER/DETOC/sw/fink1.html (1462 words)

	Fink, Mike - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		FINK, MIKE [Fink, Mike] 1770?-1823?, American border hero, whose exploits have been so elaborated in legend that the actual facts of his life are difficult to discover.
		He was born probably at the frontier post of Pittsburgh, took part in the wars against the Native Americans of the Ohio region, and subsequently became a keelboatman on the flatboats of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers.
		LeapFrog Enterprises, Inc. Announces the Appointment of Mike Wood to Chief Vision and Creative Officer; Tom Kalinske Moves from Chairman to CEO; Jerry Perez Joins as President; Director Steve Fink Appointed Chairman.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-fink-mik.html (324 words)

	history @ sf
		Fink became a folk hero and his adventures during the four month trip from Pittsburgh to New Orleans became legendary.
		Legend has it that Fink never lost a shooting contest with his rifle, "Bang-all." Davy Crockett is said to have challenged Fink to a shooting match once, but the two men proved evenly matched at driving nails, snuffing out candles, and shooting flies from a cow's horn.
		Fink became so enraged that when his turn came, he shot his friend through the forehead.
	www.southfayette.org /common/history/sfhistory/communities.htm (1459 words)

	Mike Fink's Grave (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Mike Fink and an unknown Indian are buried along Milo Road, and a visit to the small cemetery is worth a trip to see where these two men killed each other.
		“Mike Fink and an unknown Indian were both buried in a grave in a low gap between the waters of West Fork and Beech Fork in Calhoun county in 1780
		It was on this stream that Mike Fink, Adam O'Brien and another man were watching a deer lick when they were suddenly attacked by four or five Indians.
	www.calhounchronicle.com /encountercalhoun/mikefink.htm (500 words)

	The "Wargames IMSAI"
		Mike told me that the screenplay writer Lawrence Lasker stipulated that an IMSAI 8080 be used as the visual prop for the central character's computer.
		Mike came in because the producer didn't like the fact that a studio executive had hired me and that I had gotten along so well with the director at the time.
		I'm sure that mike had many guys working for him, but Steve grumette pulled the cable under the floor of the stage at MGM and I made the arrangements with MGM labor relations because there was no union position for the job at the time.
	www.imsai.net /movies/wargames.htm (6354 words)

	Davy Crockett and the River Pirates (1956) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Mike tries all kinds of devious and underhanded ways to win, but in the end Davy manages to beat him.
		Mike is contrite, and he and Davy become friends.
		Mike's crew is played by veteran Hollywood actors; Kenneth Tobey plays Mike's right hand man, and believe me, if you've seen Ken as the staunch commander in the original "The Thing", you won't recognize him in this.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0049125 (475 words)

	Mike Fink (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Mike Fink was a real person, but time has distorted how he really was.
		The tall tale says that when Mike Fink was two days old, he got tired of living indoors, so he went and joined a team of acrobatic frogs.
		Mike fought with him for a job, and Fink was beat.
	www.thepoint.net /~stbar/related/Fink.htm (223 words)

	Mike Normal
		We met with Mike Gribble, a nice guy who was the host of the film show and a close relative of the computer character (now officially christened Mike Normal).
		The original data for Mike N. was a laserscan of Mike Gribble's head, and there was a definite resemblance.
		Mike and I worked out a semi-improv bit where human Mike would stand onstage and describe how he got laser-scanned while computer Mike acted out the story from a video screen overhead.
	www.trudang.com /critter/dwmike.html (688 words)

	Mike Fink - Drums and Picolo Flute
		Mike Fink played for The Opskamatrists from October 2003 to December 2004 and helped add to the creative splendor that is The Opskamatrists.
		Unfortunately, however, Mike chose to transfer to a different school in another state and thus had to leave the band.
		His hopes are now to pursue a Ph.D in Clinical Psychology and to go on dabbling in music creation wherever his path might take him.
	www.theopskamatrists.com /mike.html (91 words)

	Mike Fink lesson plan, reading guide, teaching activities for James Cloyd Bowman's book [Mike Fink] - The Literature ...
		From the moment he signed on as a mate on Captain Billy's "Half Moon," Mike Fink proved his exceptional bravery, strength, and intelligence.
		Mike soon became Captain, a respected and fearless leader.
		When Captain Mike realized that civilization -- in the form of the newly-invented steamboat and other river craft that crowded the Mississippi -- was here to stay, he and his loyal crew headed west, to the wilderness, where they could exercise their talents and test their wills.
	www.literatureplace.com /bookfolios/bookfolio.asp?BookfolioID=102 (239 words)

	Mike Fink; an American anti-hero - - MSNBC.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Though he has developed a mythology to rival that of Paul Bunyan, Fink was not a figment of anyone’s imagination.
		He was the most famous of the keelboatmen who plied the Mississippi and other rivers for two decades until they and their watercraft were displaced by steamboats as the preferred means of moving goods in the early 1800s.
		Fink apparently drifted west after the demise of the keelboats and, by one unconfirmed account, died during a drunken altercation with a trapper friend.
	msnbc.msn.com /id/5581029 (323 words)

	Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind Crockett Bests Mike Fink: A Tall Tale from Tennessee Folklore
		Well, Mike Fink, that tough old Mississippi roarer, snag-lifter, and flatboat skuller, took a dislike to Davy Crockett's boasting about his wife (maybe on account of his wife weren't half so tough), and he tried seven ways to Sunday to scare her good and proper.
		Mike Fink leapt out of the brush and started a growling and a howling and roaring so loud he about scared himself out of his wits.
		So now Mike Fink was left standing in front of Miz Crockett with a half-bald head and the remains of an alligator skin clutched around him.
	www.americanfolklore.net /folktales/tn4.html (717 words)

	Mike Fink (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Stories about Mike Fink first appeared in print in 1828, only five years after his death, and remained popular until the Civil War.
		In their Missouri history text, Bob ran across a brief version of the Mike Fink legend and an inspiring picture of Mike riding a tornado.
		Two books, Walter Blair's Mike Fink: King of the Mississippi Keelboatmen (New York, 1933) and Franklin J. Meine's Half Norse Half Alligator: The Growth of the Mike Fink Legend (Chicago, 1956) are especially informative.
	www.drlamay.com /mike_fink.htm (448 words)

	Street named for riverfront 'visionary' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Mayor Butch Callery described the Mike Fink “as the first building block” in the development of Covington's Ohio riverfront and much of Northern Kentucky's in the 1980s and 90s.
		Besides the Mike Fink, the restaurant and entertainment empire that Ben Bernstein founded includes One Riverboat Row Banquet and Conference Center in Newport, Bensons Catering in Covington, Chuck E Cheese restaurants in Florence and Anderson Township, 14 Howl At The Moon saloons across the country, and BB Riverboats at Covington Landing.
		Jimmy's son Brad, 23, is a cook at the Mike Fink.
	www.enquirer.com /editions/2002/09/27/loc_street_named_for.html (890 words)

	eBay - Book: Mike Fink (ISBN: 0688135773) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		A retelling of the tall tale about Mike Fink, who grew up to become "King of the Keelboatmen." Color illustrations accompany the text.
		Mike Fink by Steven Kellogg (1998) Scholastic pb
		Mike Fink by Steven Kellogg (1998)RL 2 - AGES 4-9
	product.ebay.com /Mike-Fink_ISBN_0688135773_W0QQfvcsZ1388QQsoprZ712015 (209 words)

	AOTW: Keel Boats
		Zazu: Mike Fink was the legendary "King of the River." He lived from 1770 to 1823.
		Mike claimed it wasn't a fair race because Davy didn't stay in the river, so Davy agreed to let him keep the title if Mike Fink agreed to eat his hat.
		Mike was so eager to keep his title that he didn't even put salt on it!
	www.emuck.com /aotw/keelboat.htm (1148 words)

	Mike Fink (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Mike Fink is a colorful American folk character.
		Keelboats were long flat barges, and were used to haul freight until they were replaced by steamboats.
		Fink was known for his bravery, and for ten he would "shoot the falls," a very dangerous task, to go over the Ohio river falls in a keelboat!
	www.kytales.com /ctopics/finktoon/finktoon.html (79 words)

	Marvin P. Fink Crew
		Aircraft flew on 82 combat missions and was sent to Kingman, AZ on 28 Nov 1945 for scrapping.
		Did not fly with the Fink Crew on missions 258 and 303 where substitute CoPilots were utilized.
		Flew as Bombardier on 16 Lt Fink Crew missions (258 through 282) and as Navigator the Lt Fink crew last 18 missions (284 through 311).
	www.303rdbg.com /360fink.html (509 words)

	:: El Portal del 3D y la Animación :: 3DyAnimacion.com
		In 1982, when some of our users yet had not taken their first steps, Mike Fink already was working in the special effects of popular 'War Games'.
		More recently, Mike has been working at Cinesite as Supervisor of Visual Effects at both spectacular movies directed by Bryan Singer with the X-men.
		We have had the opportunity to speak with him on his beginnings, the films in which have worked, his involvement in 'X-Men 2', the Visual Effects generated in Cinesite for this film, his projects...
	www.3dyanimacion.com /entrevistas/entrevistas.cfm?link=mfinkeng (2155 words)

	Mike Fink Keel Boats at Yesterland
		Davy Crockett may have won the race, but Mike Fink has the honor of having his name on this attraction.
		The Mike Fink Keel Boats premiered in Disneyland on December 25, 1955—the park’s first Christmas.
		In 1994, at the end of the summer, the Mike Fink Keel Boats closed for the season.
	www.yesterland.com /keelboats.html (529 words)

	AllRefer.com - Mike Fink (U.S. History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		AllRefer.com - Mike Fink (U.S. History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Mike Fink 1770?–1823?, American border hero, whose exploits have been so elaborated in legend that the actual facts of his life are difficult to discover.
		See W. Blair and F. Meine, Mike Fink (1933) and Half Horse, Half Alligator (1956).
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/F/Fink-Mik.html (243 words)

	Mike Fink Keel Boats - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mike Fink Keel Boats were small boats that navigated the Rivers of America at Disneyland and the Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World.
		Thew Mike Fink Keel Boats were based on the Disneyland shows Davy Crockett's Keel Boat Race and Davy Crockett and the River Pirates.
		The Gullywhumper returned to Disneyland's Rivers of America as a prop and is now moored on Tom Sawyer Island where passengers on the Davy Crockett Explorer Canoes, the Columbia Sailing Ship, and the Mark Twain Riverboat can see it while passing.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mike_Fink_Keel_Boats (212 words)

	Mike Fink, Steven Kellogg - HarperAcademic
		Mike Fink was king of the keelboatmen -- the strongest, rowdiest bunch of fellows ever to work on the Mississippi.
		Mike was a whole lot more than a keelboater -- yes, sir!
		He was a crack shot and the best grizzly and gator wrestler on the river.
	www.harperacademic.com /catalog/book_xml.asp?isbn=0688135773 (80 words)

	Mike Fink: A Tall Tale:Kellogg, Steven:0688070035:eCampus.com
		Mike Fink is one of America's favorite frontiersmen and larger-than-life heroes.
		A runaway at two days old, Mike grew up to be King of the Keelboatmen--the strong, rowdy men who floated cargo downriver to New Orleans and poled their heavy boats back against the current.
		But first he had to plow fields like an ox, fight a few grizzlies, and defeat Jack Carpenter in a wrestling match.
	www.ecampus.com /bk_detail.asp?isbn=0688070035 (67 words)

	Mike Fink Books, Book Price Comparison at 130 bookstores
		Mike was a whole lot more than a...
		Mike Fink, the larger-than-life hero of one of America's favorite tall tales, was the most daring and rugged frontiersman on any American river./P...
		Mike Fink,: Best of the keelboatmen, being a revealing and trustworthy account of events in the life of the renowned riverman
	www.bookfinder4u.com /search/Mike_Fink.html (659 words)

	McSweeney's Internet Tendency: Mike Fink's Performance Review.
		As an independent contractor, Mike, you had plenty of time to engage in horseplay.
		I want to see the bragging toned down, I want to see a significant reduction in eye-gouging, and I do not want to see a single report that you've held up the boat to go wrestle an alligator, or a moose, or a Swede, or anything else, on the river or off it.
		You're a good river rat, Mike, but I'm afraid I'm going to hear, one fine day, that you've gone and got yourself shot or stabbed or bear-mauled.
	www.mcsweeneys.net /2006/10/2erwin.html (1314 words)

	WDW: Mike Fink Keelboats
		The Mike Fink Keelboats attraction is currently closed, and it is unclear whether it will re-open or not.
		The Mike Fink Keelboats are named after an early American riverboat captain "Mike Fink" who piloted riverboats in the early part of the ninteenth century.
		The two boats, the "Gullywhumper" and the "Bertha Mae" dock at the small landing near the Haunted Mansion, from which point they take guests on a leisurely cruise around Tom Sawyer's Island on the Rivers of America past forest scenery, animals, and occasional events on the river banks.
	www.solarius.com /dvp/wdw/keelboats.htm (170 words)

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