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  Point Pleasant Beach NJ Amethyst Beach Motel Information
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 "Manufactured History": Re-Fighting the Battle of Point Pleasant   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The old veteran of Point Pleasant survived this for twenty-one years on crutches; but he could not obtain a pension or land warrant from the National Government, because his services had been mustered and wound received in a Colonial War, and not in connection with the Revolution.
Point Pleasant was virtually ignored by the media and tourists during the nation's Bicentennial celebration.
Establishing Point Pleasant as the first battle of the American Revolution means the difference between millions of dollars from the federal government or a continued small allotment from the state.
www.wvculture.org /history/journal_wvh/wvh56-5.html   (3736 words)

  
 Point Pleasant   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. -- Point Pleasant defeated Sissonville, 2-1, in a shootout Tuesday in the Region IV, Section 2 boys' high school soccer playoffs.
Host Point Pleasant needed 30 minutes of overtime and a penalty-kick shootout to down Sissonville 2-1 in the Region 4 Section 1 boys soccer tournament.
Point Pleasant is the name of several places in the United States of America:
www.wikiverse.org /point-pleasant   (166 words)

  
 Point Pleasant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Point Pleasant is the name of several places:
Point Pleasant is also the name of a television show.
If an article link referred you here, you might want to go back and fix it to point directly to the intended page.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Point_Pleasant   (83 words)

  
 Point Pleasant, West Virginia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Point Pleasant: Originally chartered in 1794 and incorporated 1833.
Named after Camp Point Pleasant, established there by General Andrew Lewis at the time of his famous battle with the Indians in 1774.
Built on the site of the bloodiest battle ever fought between the Indians and white settlers: the Battle of Point Pleasant, October 10, 1774, the chief event of Dunmore's War, a forerunner of the American Revolution.
wvweb.com /cities/point_pleasant   (83 words)

  
 The devil is in the details of 'Point Pleasant'
Also, "Point Pleasant" is the child of Marti Noxon, the writer-producer who was Joss Whedon's right-hand woman on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Angel." She knows a little something about conflicted blond girls.
Also, after tonight's premiere, "Point Pleasant" settles into the post-"O. C." time slot on Fox, which is just another reminder that the dead zone of non- NBC programming on Thursdays is eroding faster than, say, a vampire in the afternoon heat of Sunnydale.
It should be noted right up front that from a purely programming angle, "Point Pleasant" is a wonderful fit with "The O.C." It's a teen soap with grown-up pretensions whose characters display nary a hesitation to doff their undergarments in the presence of other like-minded, 2 percent-body-fat teenagers.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/01/19/DDG43ARN2Q1.DTL   (885 words)

  
 Point Pleasant Battlefield   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Located in the southern end of the town of Point Pleasant, Battle Monument State Park commemorates the Battle of the Revolution fought between Colonial troops and Indians, on October 10, 1774.
Point Pleasant is less than an hour from Charleston, Huntington, and Parkersburg, WV.
Point Pleasant Battle Monument State Park is open year-round, and the museum is open from May through October.
www.sar.org /ohssar/point_pleasant_battlefield.htm   (404 words)

  
 Point Pleasant New Jersey, day trip
Point Pleasant Beach, located on the Jersey Shore, has a long history as a seaside resort.
The biggest draw in Point Pleasant Beach is Jenkinson's Boardwalk, where you can enjoy their beautiful beach, sample the rides at the amusement park, see marine life at the aquarium, try your luck at the game booths, listen to live music and entertainment and much, much more.
The Point Pleasant station is at Arnold Avenue and Route 35.
www.escapemaker.com /nj/ptpleasant/ptpleasant.html   (1073 words)

  
 East End: Point Pleasant Resort - Deals and Reviews - Been there twice - TripAdvisor
Point Pleasant Resort as the name implies, is not a resort by American standards.
Point Plesant is a the only property of it's type in the area.
These rooms at point pleasant were very large, and the balcony could have held 25 people.
www.tripadvisor.com /ShowUserReviews-g147407-d151050-r2422845-Point_Pleasant_Resort-East_End_St_Thomas_U_S_Virgin_Islands.html   (1441 words)

  
 Point Pleasant Beach, NJ
The Point Pleasant Area attracts thousands of visitors each year with its unique blend of seaside recreation and relaxation.
From bed and breakfast inns to elegant hotels, the Point Pleasant area offers visitors a chance to enjoy their stay in comfort and style.
Those who wish to have a pleasant weekend, or simply enjoy a longer stay in quaint comfort, can find a number of Victorian bed and breakfast inns, where the traditional values of service and hospitality have never gone out of style.
www.virtualnjshore.com /pointpl.html   (595 words)

  
 Zap2it - TV news - 'Buffy' Vet Lands at 'Point Pleasant'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
"Point Pleasant," however, is set to premiere after "American Idol" on Wednesday, Jan. 19, then airs Thursdays after "The O.C.," starting Jan. 20.
Boyd has come to the seaside New Jersey town of Point Pleasant to insinuate himself into the life of teenage Christina (Elizabeth Harnois).
The daughter of the Devil and a mortal woman, Christina washed up on the shores of Point Pleasant, which has become the battleground for her soul and those of its inhabitants.
tv.zap2it.com /tveditorial/tve_main/1,1002,271|92423|1|,00.html   (366 words)

  
 Battle of Point Pleasant   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Point Pleasant is truly a national shrine to which new hundreds, nay thousands, are annually coming.
There is sufficient evidence of the intention of Lord Dunmore to destroy the army of General Lewis at Point Pleasant.
All advised historians not biased by personal environment or jealous of their own heritage are rapidly giving credit where credit is due the battle of Point Pleasant, first battle of the American Revolution.
www.pointpleasantwv.org /Parks&Campgrounds/StateParks/BattleMonument/BattleStory.htm   (2699 words)

  
 Point Pleasant Deaths   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
An unusual "death flap" occurred during the last week of August in Point Pleasant, West Virginia (population 4,637), best known as the "hometown" of the mysterious entity called Mothman.
The bridge's collapse was foretold by Mothman, and the strange events in Point Pleasant during that time became the subject of the 2002 film, The Mothman Prophecies.
The fourth death in Point Pleasant was reportedly a suicide.
www.ufocasebook.com /pointpleasantdeaths.html   (370 words)

  
 Point Pleasant, PA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
In later years, river villages like Point Pleasant developed with inns and taverns to service the rough lot of rafters and canalmen who transported materials on the Delaware River and Canal.
The first grist mill in Point Pleasant was built in 1748, which ground grain for the soldiers during the Revolutionary War.
Point Pleasant was also a way station for the Doylestown-Frenchtown-NewYork stage.
www.newhopepa.com /PointPleasant/pp_default.htm   (75 words)

  
 MOTHMAN!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
John Keel arrived in Point Pleasant in December 1966 and immediately began collecting reports of Mothman sightings and even UFO reports from before the creature was seen.
John Keel believes that Point Pleasant was a “window” area, a place that was marked by long periods of strange sightings, monster reports and the coming and going of unusual persons.
Others have pointed to another supernatural link to the strange happenings, blaming the events on the legendary Cornstalk Curse that was placed on Point Pleasant in the 1770's.
www.prairieghosts.com /moth.html   (2741 words)

  
 Point Pleasant, W. Va --  Britannica Student Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
On October 10, 1774, the Battle of Point Pleasant was fought.
Settled in 1834, it was surveyed in 1837 and named for its commanding elevation and pleasant shade trees.
A plank road was built from Burlington to Mount Pleasant in the early 1850s, followed a...
www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9333409   (861 words)

  
 The Virtual Wall® - Clifford McKennan, PFC, Army, Point Pleasant NJ, 20Mar66 06E026
I did not know Cliff but he was the first casualty from Point Pleasant in Vietnam.
I was from Tom's River and later settled in Point Pleasant.
He is buried at Whitelawn Cemetery in Point Pleasant Beach, NJ.
www.virtualwall.org /dm/MckennanCA01a.htm   (209 words)

  
 OHS - Places - Grant Birthplace   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Ulysses S. Grant was born 27 April 1822 in picturesque Point Pleasant near the mouth of Big Indian Creek at the Ohio River.
At one time the birthplace made an extensive tour of the United States on a railroad flatcar and was also temporarily displayed on the Ohio State fairgrounds.
Grant Birthplace is in Point Pleasant, in Clermont County, just off of U.S. Route 52 about five miles east of New Richmond.
www.ohiohistory.org /places/grantbir   (122 words)

  
 Point Pleasant News
Posted by the Asbury Park Press on 10/15/05 Troopers from the State Police Marine Services Bureau in Point Pleasant were kept busy during the storm yesterday chasing down boats that tore away from their...
Three months after being named the superintendent of the Point Pleasant Beach School District, Raymond D. Ellis has resigned the position, saying he is happiest while in the high school.
POINT PLEASANT BEACH - As Maria Taunov stood before one of the borough's electronic parking kiosks, she didn't know what to do.
www.topix.net /city/point-pleasant-nj   (1213 words)

  
 National City Guide | Point Pleasant City Guide   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Point Pleasant City Guide is standards-compliant CSS and XHTML.
It is our pleasure to provide residents of Point Pleasant with city guide related news and information.
We appreciate our members in Point Pleasant helping us to make this network one of the fastest growing city guides in the nation.
www.nationalcityguide.net /new-jersey/point-pleasant/index.html   (86 words)

  
 JS Online: The 'Point' is not always pleasant
Point Pleasant, N.J., is one of those safe, serene, slightly smug seaside towns that's just begging for something evil to wash up on its shores.
When she decides to stay in town and search for the long-lost mother who, conveniently enough, was born there, lives begin to change.
The name "Point Pleasant," you'll have figured out before the first commercial break, is more than slightly ironic.
www.jsonline.com /enter/tvradio/jan05/293018.asp   (808 words)

  
 Point Pleasant Episode Guide - Point Pleasant Season Episodes - TV.com
While Christina struggles to control the demon inside her (and the powers that come with it), the fight for her soul has begun and the town of Point Pleasant has turned into the ultimate battleground of good vs. evil.
After Judy kicks her out of the Kramer household, Christina hops a bus out of Point Pleasant to try to escape her demons, only to find a distraught Jesse on the same bus.
They quickly learn that they can't run away from their problems as the hand of fate is behind the wheel.
www.tv.com /point-pleasant/show/24350/episode_guide.html   (1297 words)

  
 Point Pleasant Area History Site   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Prepared and maintained by Point Pleasant Beach Borough Historian Jerry Woolley to share and preserve the history of Point Pleasant and Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey.
The Historical Sites Page focuses on a particular spot in the Point Pleasant area that played a pivotal role in the history of the region.
If your looking for a capsule of what was happening a hundred years ago in the Point Pleasant area, visit the Tidbits Page.
home.att.net /~ppbhist   (657 words)

  
 Point Pleasant Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Located midway on the New Jersey coast, Point Pleasant could be used as a textbook example of a traditional fishing community existing in harmony with the surrounding tourist dependent businesses.
The Point Pleasant boats fish primarily local waters, making trips of from one to several days in duration and landing fresh, iced fish.
The very large surf clam fishery was pioneered in Point Pleasant and one of the first processing plants using steam shucking was built there.
www.fishingnj.org /portpp.htm   (177 words)

  
 Point Pleasant Battle Days   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The Battle of Point Pleasant was a conflict between the Native American Confederation under the Shawnee chieftain Keightughqua, or Cornstalk, and the colonial forces under General Andrew Lewis.
Some historians consider the Battle of Point Pleasant the first battle of the American Revolution in spite of the fact that this battle actually took place six months before the documented beginning of the war.
At her death at the (estimated) age of 120, her body was brought back to Mason County and buried in Battle Monument State Park in Point Pleasant.
www.sar.org /ohssar/PointPleasantBattleDays/point_pleasant_battle_days.htm   (463 words)

  
 St Thomas Resorts and Hotels: Point Pleasant, St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands - USVI - all suite and villa vacation ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The location and view from these villa-style suites is one of the finest in all of St. Thomas.
Point Pleasant Resort, St. Thomas, features spacious villa-style suites.
Point Pleasant Resort, St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands.
www.antillesresorts.com /2pointpleasant.htm   (324 words)

  
 Point Pleasant on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Diablo Valley College instructor Jane Smithson holds projectile points, made of obsidian, in Pleasant Hill, California, on Tuesday, September 16, 2003.
Richard Dudley has a large collection of African art among other styles of art at his home in Point Pleasant, Pennsylvania, in February 2004.
Richard Dudley shows some of his collection of African art at his home in Point Pleasant, Pennsylvania, in February 2004.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/P/PointP1le.asp   (483 words)

  
 Cast - Point Pleasant Fan Site
She did numerous tv commercials until being chosen by Disney Productions to star as Alice in the Adventures In Wonderland series in 1992.
Since then she has guest starred on several tv shows, including Charmed and Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place, co-starred in the tv movies The Warlord and My Date with the President's Daughter, and led the cast of the Fox series Point Pleasant.
Harnois notably drew on her nearly twenty years experience as a child actress in delivering her critically acclaimed portrayal of the mentally unstable Kate in Carl Jan Colpaert's Facade.
point.pleasant.free.fr /en/home.php?page=cast   (570 words)

  
 Point Pleasant Fan Site
During a school cruise, the ship sinks and Christina is rescued off shore of the New Jersey town of Point Pleasant.
She befriends her savior, a young lifeguard — with whom she shares an attraction — and ends up staying with the Kramers, a local doctor's family with whom she forms an unusual bond.
As she spends more time in Point Pleasant, Christina begins to uncover more clues about her mother, and at the same time, becomes more aware of her father's intent to keep her from that mission.
point.pleasant.free.fr /en   (329 words)

  
 Point Pleasant WV Index
Welcome to the Point Pleasant, Mason County West Virginia
We have come a long way in these ten years.
We have established a Tourism Information Center, the City of Point Pleasant has its own site, the Mason County Area Chamber of Commerce, the Point Pleasant River Museum, The Mason County Development Authority as well as many businesses have a presence on the Internet.
www.pointpleasantwv.org   (305 words)

  
 St. Thomas Resorts: Accommodations and Lodging, Point Pleasant Resort, St Thomas, US Virgin Islands
St Thomas vacation accommodations and lodging from Point Pleasant Resort
We love Point Pleasant and will definitely visit again.
Two bedroom, two bath with spacious living room, separate dining and kitchen areas, king bed, two twin beds and queen sleeper sofa in living room.
www.pointpleasantresort.com /point-pleasant-suites.htm   (274 words)

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