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  MITCHELL : CLAN (FAMILY) SURNAME.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
In 1708 Sir Andrew Mitchell, parliamentarian and diplomat, was born in Edinburgh.
Of the Stirlingshire family of Mitchell of Craigends, John (who died 1711), left a son Alexander who recorded arms in 1719 as 'Mitchell of Mitchell', and his son by the heiress of Livingstone of Parkhall assumed his mother's surname and followed in that inheritance.
A John Mitchell was the coach of the New Zealand All Black Rugby team for a period (ending in 2003), having been a prominent Waikato rugby player and coach of international standing.
www.kilts.co.nz /mitclan.htm   (1564 words)

  
 reviewjournal.com -- News: EXTENDED STAY: Old ways overcome new start
But Mitchell was late to Boulder Station and missed the start of the movie, so he decided to gamble until the movie let out.
Mitchell, who said he didn't have a gun, cleaned out the cash register and left, but he said he couldn't forget how scared the women looked.
Mitchell said he confronted the officer, whom he thought was an ordinary person.
www.reviewjournal.com /lvrj_home/2004/Feb-23-Mon-2004/news/23268669.html   (1177 words)

  
 Mitchell Highway - LearnThis.Info Enclyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The Mitchell Highway is a major rural highway in central and northern New South Wales, Australia.
The highway starts at Bathurst and links Orange, Molong, Wellington, Dubbo, Narromine, Nevertire, Nyngan and Bourke.
The Mitchell Highway is named after Major Thomas Mitchell, who was Surveyor-General of New South Wales in the 1820s and explored much of inland New South Wales and Victoria.
encyclopedia.learnthis.info /m/mi/mitchell_highway.html   (92 words)

  
 Walkabout - Molong
It is situated on the Mitchell Highway between Orange (38 km to the south-east) and Wellington (68 km to the north).
The walk starts at the railway station, on the eastern side of Watson St (the Mitchell Highway), opposite Bank St. The station was completed in time for the arrival of the first train in 1886.
Held in the highest regard by Mitchell he was killed on the southern outskirts of town in 1850 and interred another 2 km south in the traditional manner, with carved trees at the corners of his grave to denote that he was a man of distinction.
www.walkabout.fairfax.com.au /fairfax/locations/NSWMolong.shtml   (1327 words)

  
 Tragedy engulfs Iowa fans   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The Mitchell family was driving on U.S. Highway 34 in south central Iowa Friday night when their van went out of control after trying to pass another vehicle, the Iowa Highway Patrol said.
The driver, her husband Bob Mitchell, was reported in serious condition at a Des Moines hospital.
Mitchell, linebacker coach Bret Bielema and trainer John Streif were flown to Des Moines by a bowl sponsor's corporate jet.
www.lubbockonline.com /news/122996/tragedy.htm   (560 words)

  
 Columbia River Highway
The Highway leading toward the Pacific Ocean, is of equal attraction in its scenic environments.
The construction of this wonderful Highway, leading from Portland, Oregon to the heart of the Cascade Mountains, is a noteworthy feat of high class engineering that compares favorably with any in the world.
This was the rout that the pioneers of "Forty Nine" took that enabled them to reach the metropolis of Oregon, the surrounding towns of the Willamette Valley and to the Hudson Bay trading stations at the mouth of the Columbia River.
mryamamoto.50megs.com /columbia/columbia.htm   (1856 words)

  
 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Dubbo, New South Wales
It is located at the intersection of the Mitchell Highway, the Newell Highway and the Golden Highway.
The Golden Highway is a highway in New South Wales, Australia.
Grafton is reachable by road from Sydney and Brisbane on the Pacific Highway (Highway 1) Grafton, (population 17,110), is a small cathedral city on the northern east coast of New South Wales, Australia.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Dubbo%2C-New-South-Wales   (3709 words)

  
 EPL.ca: Edmonton Writings
Mitchell covers all the drainages that the FTR cuts through, and ventures off the road to explore nearby streams that feed into these drainages.
Mitchell also describes how trout live, and the factors that determine whether the fishing is good.
Mitchell is a fly fisherman, but not a purist, so he also says when a spinning rod will work better.
www.epl.ca /EPLTheSourceArticle.cfm?article=V7-2/Trout   (519 words)

  
 Mount Mitchell North Carolina
Many of the trees on Mount Mitchell are dying from the Balsam Wooly Adelgid insect, air pollution, and acid precipitation.
Located in a 1,855-acre North Carolina State Park, Mount Mitchell (elevation 6,684 feet) is the highest point east of the Mississippi River.
Mitchell is part of the Black Mountain range, formed more than a billion years ago.
www.romanticasheville.com /mtmitchell.htm   (810 words)

  
 Walkabout - Narromine
It is 39 km west of Dubbo and 458 km north-west of Sydney, at the junction of the Mitchell and Newell Highways, 235 metres above sea-level.
Thomas Mitchell marvelled both at their ingenuity in this respect and at the seemingly endless supplies of honey available, which they frequently supplied to his party.
The Lime Grove, 5 km west of Narromine on the Mitchell Highway, is Australia's largest lime orchard.
walkabout.fairfax.com.au /fairfax/locations/NSWNarromine.shtml   (1695 words)

  
 Deep Gap in the Black Mountains
Deep Gap is on the Mount Mitchell Trail, in the heart of the Black Mountains.
Highway 197 is a turn off of Hwy 19E in Burnsville,NC.
At the other end, Mount Mitchell State Park is off of the Blue Ridge Parkway.
www.hikingthecarolinas.com /picarc4.php   (271 words)

  
 Real Property People - WNC Reale Estate
Location: Mitchell County is bordered to the north by the Appalachian Trail, to the south by the Blue Ridge Parkway and to the west by the Toe River.
Mitchell County Senior Center provides daily activities and lunch for senior citizens and also operates the county's Meals on Wheels program.
Civil and criminal district and superior court sessions are held in the county courthouse in Bakersville; magistrate's offices are located in the basement of the Spruce Pine Town Hall and the Mitchell County Courthouse.
www.realpropertypeople.com /area.htm   (1313 words)

  
 Mitchell, Oregon - Henry The Bear
Mitchell Oregon is home to two things you must see: one is the Painted Hills located just outside of town, a geological wonder of colorful hillsides; and the other is Henry the Bear, and American fl bear whose owner has been to known to get in the cage to feed and wrestle around with Henry.
Mitchell is worth stopping by, but pay attention, don't blink, you might miss it!
Mitchell is sort of one big trailer park, with even the local general store being operated out of an old trailer with a sliding glass door stuck in the side.
www.roadsideamerica.com /tips/getAttraction.php3?tip_AttractionNo==7001   (623 words)

  
 Blake Mitchell's historic photographs of Oyster Pond Jeddore on Highway 7
This picture just north of the #7 Highway and East Jeddore Road was taken looking west, at the turn of the century.
The highway going across the water was the old #7 Highway of which is hoped to be part of the proposed Oyster Pond Walk.
With Highway7.com, our primary aim is to serve, inform and reflect the rural communities on the Atlantic Coast of Nova Scotia, as well as to acquaint new residents, visitors, tourists, and investors with the special beauty and enormous potential of our region.
www.highway7.com /t_history/history_0007_blake_mitchell-jeddore.html   (363 words)

  
 Review of Mitchell's Bar-B-Q, Wilson, NC
At a fairly consistent medium chop with enough slightly larger pieces thrown in for a better chew factor, the meat is both thoroughly cooked yet oh-so succulent and moist, not dry at all, and the smoky flavor of the fourteen to sixteen hours of slow cooking over open coals enhances rather than overwhelms the meat.
Mitchell’s has been and is right now the truly "best of the best", and no further superlatives can or need by applied to it.
To find Mitchell’s the first time, the easiest way is to take US Highway 264 to Wilson and then take US 301 North Exit, going north into town.
www.hkentcraig.com /BBQ37.html   (592 words)

  
 Walkabout - Wellington
If you continue south, instead of taking the right to the arboretum, you will soon come to a left which leads to the sport and recreation centre where there is a large swimming pool, tennis courts, football and cricket fields, sailing, canoeing and other aquatic activities, as well as accommodation, tel: (02) 6846 7403.
8 km south of Wellington, along the Mitchell Highway, is a visitor information bay and a piece of contemporary sculpture which is intended to be symbolic of Wellington and the surrounding district.
Rankin returned later with Sir Thomas Mitchell and collected a huge variety of bones from the caves which appear to have acted as a natural trap for fauna.
walkabout.fairfax.com.au /fairfax/locations/NSWWellington.shtml   (3998 words)

  
 Narromine Shire Council
From the 'barnstorming' days of the country's oldest regional aero club, through the WW2 RAAF flying training school and a top-secret British bomber squadron, to the post-war Qantas and gliding eras.
A locally-built and operational Wright Brothers Flyer replica is also housed on-site at the Narromine Aerodrome.
This Club houses memorabilia such as an anti-aircraft gun and navy submarine torpedo, which were donated to the club by visiting servicemen.
www.narromine.nsw.gov.au /?page=49   (666 words)

  
 UnionDemocrat.com - The Union Democrat Online
Mitchell said Albert Michelson Elementary School in Murphys is a logical candidate for the cash.
Mitchell likely won't know if the county has received any money until September, he said.
Because of this, Mitchell said, the county will be "conservative" on who they chose to take to the East Coast.
www.uniondemocrat.com /news/story.cfm?story_no=16386   (566 words)

  
 Media release - About Us - MyNRMA
The safety and performance of the Mitchell Highway will come under the microscope when NRMA Motoring and Services commences an audit of the highway.
During a visit to Dubbo today, NRMA President, Mr Ross Turnbull, said the Mitchell Highway audit would be part of a series of highway audits in the central west, and would determine the condition and safety of the highway as part of NRMAs campaign for safer roads.
The Mitchell Highway is a key route in the Central West, which is popular with tourists and locals commuting between Bathurst and Dubbo, Mr Turnbull said.
www.mynrma.com.au /releases2004_159.asp   (366 words)

  
 Discovering the New South Wales Central West   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Molong, nestled in the hills of the Macquarie Range, is 301 km north-west of Sydney on the Mitchell Highway between Orange (38 km to the south-east) and Wellington (68 km to the north).
He was buried here in the traditional tribal manner, with four carved trees marking the four corners of the burial ground.
To help you discover everything the NSW Central West has to offer, we complied a series of round trips by subject which let you know what there is to see, where it is, how to get there and how much time you'll need to see it all.
www.allthingsaus.com /centralwest/molong.htm   (660 words)

  
 DCITA - Mobile phones on national highways   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The Mobile Phones on Highways initiative provided $25 million to facilitate continuous mobile phone service for the maximum number of users (regardless of where they normally do business or reside) along a number of major Australian highways.
There are 9425km of designated highways covering areas within the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania and Victoria (see table below).
Vodafone completed the rollout of new infrastructure in June 2003, and is required to continue to provide the services for a period of five years, i.e.
www.dcita.gov.au /tel/mobile_telephone_services/funding_for_industry/mobile_phones_on_national_highways   (223 words)

  
 Wentworth Falls West
As part of the Great Western Highway upgrade the existing two-lane highway between Falls Road and West Street at Wentworth Falls has been widened to a four-lane divided highway.
A shared pedestrian and cycle path: along the highway’s northern side between Adele Avenue and Mitchell Street and then along the southern side between Mitchell and West streets.
As part of the Great Western Highway Upgrade program it is planned to widen the existing two-lane highway between Falls Road and West Street at Wentworth Falls to a four-lane divided highway.
www.rta.nsw.gov.au /constructionmaintenance/majorconstructionprojectsregional/greatwesternhighway/greatwesternhighwayupgradewentworthfalls.html   (220 words)

  
 Safer highways for travellers
There are many Australians using these highways and some of them, such as the Stuart Highway in the Northern Territory and the Silver City Highway in Western New South Wales, cover some very remote areas.
Note: Four highways have been removed from the list of eligible highways announced on 1 November 2001 based on additional advice provided by carriers since then, which indicates that the highways now have satisfactory coverage.
A highway's success in receiving funding will depend on the outcome of the tender process, including whether sites for coverage on the highway have ongoing viability.
www.dcita.gov.au /Article/0,,0_4-2_4008-4_103885,00.html   (460 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Road: Nyngan is situated 575 km from Sydney at the junction of the Mitchell and Barrier Highways.
The Mitchell Highway extends west from Sydney to Dubbo, through Nyngan to Bourke and then into Western Queensland.
The Barrier Highway is part of the main route linking Brisbane to Adelaide (and further west).
nyngan.visitnsw.com.au /scripts/runisa.dll?VISITNSWLIVE:PE_1COLUMN:249465995:pc=NYNHTGT   (150 words)

  
 Gimme an "I"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
While two lane county roads that are barely paved get romaticized, the backbone of the US highway system gets called sterile, boring, and- worst of all- unadventurous.
Ok, you never will suddenly discover the best pecan pie you ever ate in your life at a travel plaza; the best thing you can get is the Worlds Largest McDonalds on I-44.
Speaking of breaking rules, Ron Newman's guide to the violations of the numbering system details what happens when a nice set of rules has to deal with geography and generations of different planners.
www.ihoz.com /interstates.html   (630 words)

  
 Mitchell S Lodge & Cottages Hotel Finder
Standard class hotel From our 4118 elevation mitchell s lodge cottages has been a Part of highlands history for 62 years.
for three generations The mitchell family has been welcoming guests and has seen Highlands grow from a small mountain town to an exclusive resort.
From north - from the north: take highway 441 south to franklin Nc.
www.hotels-finder.net /north-carolina/highlands/mitchell-s-lodge-and-cottages.html   (342 words)

  
 NORTH MITCHELL ROAD AT HIGHWAY 5 IN EDEN PRAIRIE CLOSES AS RECONSTRUCTION OF HIGHWAY 212/5 CONTINUES   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Access to Mitchell Road from Highway 5 will be limited throughout the 2000 construction season.
Reconstruction of Highway 212/5 from Interstate 494 to Hennepin County Road 5 began in April, 1998.
Mn/DOT asks motorists to join in a safety partnership and drive with caution in work zones, allow for extra time or plan an alternate route to reach their destinations.
www.dot.state.mn.us /metro/news/00/000419hwy5.html   (164 words)

  
 Mount Mitchell   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
It's even better right now, since the Blue Ridge Parkway is closed on the other side of Mt. Mitchell, and may be closed for quite a while.
From noon to 4:00 PM is the worst time due to the number of cars.
These are the sections between main roads like Hendersonville Highway and Highway 74.
www.blueridgebicycleclub.org /mitchell.html   (296 words)

  
 Dubbo City Council :: Welcome   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Dubbo City Council has been actively involved in land development since 1966 and in that time has developed some 1,366 residential allotments along with numerous commercial and industrial allotments.
The developments have generally been in East Dubbo in the area bounded by Wheelers Lane, Myall Street, Sheraton Road and the Mitchell Highway.
This land is bounded by Wheelers Lane, Sheraton Road, Mitchell Highway and the unformed Boundary Road to the south.
www.dubbo.nsw.gov.au /public/includes/redirect.asp?id=79   (213 words)

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