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	Hotel Miramar San Juan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Part of the charm that attracts tourists and residents to the San Juans is that each island seems to have a character of its own, both in terms of geography and of the lifestyle of the people who live there.
		The other side of the San Juans, the western slope of the continental divide, is drained by tributaries of the San Juan, Dolores and Gunnison rivers which all flow into the Colorado River.
		See also: El Caney In New York City, 'San Juan Hill' at the turn of the 20th century was an enclave of rough tenements in the West 60s, scene of pitched battles between the largely fl residents and platoons of 20th Precinct police; the neighborhood was later razed to make room for Lincoln Center.
	www.wwwtln.com /finance/95/hotel-miramar-san-juan.html (1767 words)

	Cuba - Reportajes - San Juan Hill: Under the Shadows of the Tree of Peace
		Memories from that period are reflected today at the San Juan Hill Historic and Military Park, on top of the hills that close the access from the east to Santiago de Cuba, the island's second most important city.
		The scenario of the final battle in the so-called Spanish-Cuban-American War on July 1, 103 years ago, the San Juan Hill is also a reminder of the humiliation that represented the refusal of the U.S. troops to allow the Cuban independent forces to enter the city.
		The San Juan Hill also shows some sculptures, one of which represents a U.S. soldier wearing the uniform and carrying the weapons of that epoch, while another shows the Cubans combatants with their classic uniform of "mambi" (the name given to the members of the Cuban Liberation Army).
	www.dtcuba.com /eng/re_lomasanjuan.asp (526 words)

	Cuba: San Juan Hill: A Place Full of History
		Memories from that period are reflected today at the San Juan Hill Historic-Military Park, on top of the hills that close the access from the east to Santiago de Cuba.
		The scenario of the final battle in the so-called Spanish-Cuban-American War more than a century ago, the San Juan Hill is also a reminder of the humiliation that represented the US troops' refusal to allow the Cuban independent forces to enter the city.
		The San Juan Hill also holds some sculptures, one of which represents a US soldier wearing his uniform and carrying the weapons of the epoch, while another portrays the Cubans combatants with their classic uniform of "mambí" (the name given to the members of the Cuban Liberation Army).
	www.dtcuba.com /eng/buscar_reportajes.asp?cod=49 (614 words)

	North San Juan
		Kientz named the hill San Juan, due to its resemblance to one he had seen while serving in the Mexican War under General Winfield Scott, atop which stood an old prison named San Juan de Ulloa.
		The rich placers in the area were responsible for the initial growth of San Juan, but these deposits were nothing compared to those of the ancient river channel which ran through the ridge.
		North San Juan’s decline from boomtown to quietown began with the end of hydraulic mining in 1884.
	malakoff.com /goldcountry/northsan.htm (430 words)

	San Juan Hill
		Theodore Roosevelt was colonel of the Rough Riders (1st United States Volunteer Infantry) at the time of the Battles of Kettle and San Juan Hills.
		The guerillas had been shooting at us from the edges of the jungle and from their perches in the leafy trees, and as they used smokeless powder, it was almost impossible to see them, though a few of my men had from time to time responded.
		The Spaniards who had been holding the trenches and the line of hills, had fallen back upon their supports and we were under a very heavy fire both from rifles and great guns.
	www.spanamwar.com /Sanjuantr.htm (3595 words)

	Teddy's Wild Ride - Fast Play Rules for San Juan Hill
		The Rough Riders and Buffalo Soldiers were sent to capture Kettle Hill while the infantry headed for San Juan Hill.
		Kettle Hill proved to be a tough nut to crack, and even the timely arrival of the Gatling Guns wasn't enough to dislodge the Spanish.
		Kettle Hill was overrun, and Americans swarmed through the barbed wire to fight the Spanish in their trenches atop San Juan Hill.
	www.juniorgeneral.org /sanjuan/sanjuan.html (887 words)

	Buffalo Soldiers at San Juan Hill
		San Juan Heights had two high spots along its north-south axis, one called San Juan Hill and the other later named Kettle Hill by the troops.
		Roosevelt, of whom it was said that he never attended a wedding without wishing he was the bride or a funeral without wishing he was the corpse, was the unquestioned star of San Juan and by extension of the entire Cuban campaign.
		Cavalry up that hill along with his own regiment’s standard, reflected the shared nature of the operation, with fl and white regulars and Rough Riders fighting side by side and with one group sometimes indistinguishable from the others.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/documents/spanam/bssjh/Shbrt-BSSJH.htm (1951 words)

	'6th_hist.html' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		It was one of the first six regiments organized and as such was a prestigious 'Old Army' unit, It was commanded by Zachary Taylor in the Seminole War and in the Mexican war it lead the assault on the fortress of Chapultepec.
		While crossing San Juan Creek and rapidly advancing through the jungle, the eight companies became thoroughly intermixed and H Co. headed to the right becoming detached.
		The slope of the hill was safe from Spanish fire and the men of three regiments struggled up it without formation all of them heading for the block house at the top.
	www.saw1898.com /6th_hist.htm (1871 words)

	The Bull Pulpit BY STEPHEN BENZ STEPHEN BENZ is an English professor at Barry University.
		Troopers of the Ninth and Tenth cavalries were in the forefront of the assault on Kettle and San Juan Hills.
		The tree-shrouded grounds of the Villa San Juan covered the north side of the hill: An older main building with a lobby and a ballroom, a newer complex housing guest rooms, a restaurant and a pool.
		Called Kettle Hill, it was this knoll that Roosevelt and the Rough Riders attacked in an action ancillary to the main charge up San Juan.
	www.fiu.edu /~fcf/rooseveltsbull.html (5428 words)

	AllRefer.com - San Juan Hill, Cuba (Cuban Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		sAn hwAn] Pronunciation Key, Oriente prov., E Cuba, near the city of Santiago de Cuba.
		It was the scene (July, 1898) of a battle in the Spanish-American War, in which Theodore Roosevelt and the Rough Riders took part.
		More articles from AllRefer Reference on San Juan Hill
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/S/SnJnH.html (154 words)

	Pentagram Main Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The earlier ceremony was dedicated to the buffalo soldiers who fought beside Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders at San Juan and Kettle hills and El Caney, Cuba.
		It was a frontal attack on San Juan Heights -- an attack those in charge thought would take about two hours to complete.
		According to a No Greater Love release, the Battle of San Juan Hill was an unusual battle -- one the troops proclaimed as the whole Spanish-American War.
	www.dcmilitary.com /army/pentagram/archives/july10/pt_d71098.html (443 words)

	cuba heritage .com - The Battle of San Juan Hill, part 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The divisions of the general Wheeler and Kent begin deployment troops, supported by the Brigade Summer, that attempt to cross the San Juan river to wrap the defensive positions.
		Their shots silenced the American fire for a time, in spite of the fact that they were blinded by the sun and the American cannons were hidden among the vegetation of the forest.
		The American cavalry crosses the San Juan River to attempt to join forces with the Lawton division, which were supposed already to be advancing after taking El Caney; But 6.500 men by Lawton were following suit as compared to that position by 549 Spanish.
	www.cubaheritage.com /articles.asp?cID=1&sID=9&ssID=6&artID=171 (657 words)

	The Rough Riders Storm San Juan Hill, 1898
		As though in consolation, the notoriety from the charge up San Juan Hill was instrumental in propelling him to the governorship of New York in 1899.
		They drove the yellow silk flags of the cavalry and the Stars and Stripes of their country into the soft earth of the trenches, and then sank down and looked back at the road they had climbed and swung their hats in the air.
		The victory at San Juan Hill gave the Americans control of the heights overlooking the Spanish stronghold of Santiago and doomed the Spanish to defeat in Cuba.
	www.eyewitnesstohistory.com /roughriders.htm (1032 words)

	NARA - Prologue - Prologue: Selected Articles
		Almost immediately afterward the hill was covered by the troops, both Rough Riders and the colored troops of the Ninth, and some of the men of the First.
		The troops on Kettle Hill under the orders of Sumner and the inspiration of Theodore Roosevelt started down the west slope of the hill and up the northern extension of San Juan Hill.
		The July 1 assault on the San Juan Heights drove the Spaniards from the high ground surrounding the city of Santiago.
	www.archives.gov /publications/prologue/1998/spring/roosevelt-and-medal-of-honor-3.html?template=print (2275 words)

	The Battles at El Caney and San Juan Hills (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		To prevent the enemy from sending reinforcements to San Juan Hill from their garrison at El Caney to the North, General Lawton would march his infantry to capture the city, then pull back to reinforce General Sumner's cavalry on the north end of the heights.
		Pointing towards the blockhouse that dominated the heights of San Juan hill he told the commander of the 1st Infantry Division to prepare his men to take the position.
		By 11 o'clock most of the 15 regiments tasked with wresting control of the two hills had crossed the San Juan River and were prepared for the assault.
	www.homeofheros.com /wallofhonor/spanish_am/10_sanjuan.html (3188 words)

	The Crowded Hour - A Charge at San Juan Hill (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The charge at San Juan Hill was a victory that belonged not to any single soldier or commander, not to any particular regiment, not the the regular army or the volunteers, but to the entire conflagration of brave young Americans.
		Though the Colors of the United States of America were flying from the summits of San Juan and Kettle Hills by 2:00 o'clock in the afternoon, General Henry Lawton's 2nd Infantry Division was still struggling for both survival and victory at El Caney.
		Much like the earlier charge at San Juan Hill, it was an almost spontaneous eruption of brave American soldiers who had fought all day and tired of the constant rain of enemy fire from the trenches.
	www.homeofheroes.com /wallofhonor/spanish_am/11_crowdedhour.html (3102 words)

	Land of Red Sandstone Cliffs
		Joseph A. Lyman (Jody) was a martyr to the cause of law in San Juan (Albert R. Lyman 1980, 49).
		Kumen Jones was a scout that explored San Juan in 1879 because he could speak with the Indians.
		Willard George William Butt (Dick) was the Sheriff of San Juan County when it was overrun with thieves.
	www.sanjuan.k12.ut.us /sjsample/BLUFF/holeinro.htm (2304 words)

	Rough Riders: Col. Theodore Roosevelt's 1st Volunteer Cavalry - Roosevelt Almanac
		A gathering of senior officers meeting behind the Bloody Ford decides that San Juan Heights should be assaulted immediately, to avoid further needless casualties.
		Theodore Roosevelt on Kettle Hill pleads with his superiors to be allowed to continue the assault against the northern part of San Juan Heights.
		Although the main attack on San Juan Hill is pinned down in the open by the withering Spanish fire, the Rough Riders charging Kettle Hill reach the crest.
	www.theodore-roosevelt.com /trrr.html (537 words)

	The battle of San Juan Hill
		Its purpose was to capture the high hill of San Juan, not far from Santiago city.
		At the "bloody bend" of San Juan, where our raw fighting men received that deadly baptism of fire, there quickly fell Colonel Wikoff and Lieutenant-Colonels Worth and Liscum, the former killed, the last two wounded--three commanding officers down in ten minutes.
		Our men were 5,000 against 8,000 at San Juan, well placed for defence, and we numbered about as many at El Caney.
	www.publicbookshelf.com /public_html/The_Great_Republic_By_the_Master_Historians_Vol_IV/thebattle_bg.html (3078 words)

	The Assault on San Juan Hill (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		McClernand then pointed to the blockhouse on San Juan Hill and told Kent that it was his objective.
		When the lead cavalry brigade reached the San Juan River, the men waded through the knee-deep water regiment by regiment and then peeled off to the right.
		Hawkins believed his brigade could ascend the hill, storm the blockhouse and then turn the Spanish flank.
	www.thehistorynet.com /mh/blsanjuanhill (1516 words)

	Epinions.com - "BULLY" SAN JUAN HILL, SANTIAGO DE CUBA
		The Americans including the "Rough Riders" made their historic charge up Kettle and San Juan Hills ending the battle, the war, and Spain's involvement in Cuba and the Americas.
		Descending the hill, you can stop at the large ceiba tree under whose branches the peace treaty, that would forever alter the path of Cuban history, was signed.
		Here you can view the rusting wrecks of Spanish warships that were run aground and destroyed by the American fleet in the naval battle that took place on July 3, 1898 soon after that at San Juan Hill.
	www.epinions.com /content_2573443204 (509 words)

	Jungle Rivers Big Game Fishing, History San Juan River Nicaragua, Costa Rica
		San Juan river is the only water comunication between the Nicaragua Lake (one of the bigest lake in the world) and the caribean sea...
		In the second part of 19th Century San Juan River was very active due to the famous GOLD RUSH, The river was use by the pioners to cross the Central america Isthmus...
		Vanderbilt’s route was easier in that once passengers reached San Juan del Norte, on the Caribbean coast of Nicaragua, most of the journey between the oceans was covered in small boats (bungoes) and steamers.
	www.nicaraguafishing.com /history.htm (1750 words)

	Old San Juan Red Rose (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		San Juan Island Chapter 2900 T Avenue Suite A. Minimum age requirement is 11yrs old, pre...
		Old San Juan is alive with crowds as Rose, the first of the Tall Ships, arrives to begin...
		San Juan Mountains, Colorado, rare books, old maps, old photographs, gold mining, silver mining, railroad books, Western Americana.
	www.flowersdir.net /flowers/old-san-juan-red-rose.html (544 words)

	The Barrel Organ at Mission San Juan Bautista
		The town of San Juan Bautista was bypassed by the railroad, and lost out to the neighbouring town of Hollister (known as "the earthquake capital of the world") in the competition to become county seat when San Benito county was created.
		It is still at Mission San Juan and is quite imposing, being over five feet in height, over two feet in width, and a foot and a half in depth.
		During his stay at San Juan Bautista, he wrote two important works one was a compendium of Indian phrases, and the other was an exhaustive study of the Mutsumi language which received scientific recognition in 1860.
	www.standingstones.com /sanjuan.html (8436 words)

	Spanish American War: San Juan Hill
		At the end of the trail the Spanish were dug in on the crest of San Juan Ridge and in the village of El Caney.
		In the meantime the main part of the army had become ready to attack San Juan Hill.
		They made their way out of the jungle and into a meadow where they were subjected to withering fire.
	www.multied.com /spanish/sanjuan_hill.html (220 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Surrender tree from San Juan Hill, Santiago de Cuba.
		Towards Santiago de Cuba from San Juan Hill.
		Colonel Roosevelt and his Rough Riders at the top of the hill which they captured, Battle of San Juan / by William Dinwiddie.
	www.picturesfree.org /cdcaptions/SanJuan.htm (110 words)

	The San Juan Mission
		We passed through “Little Hole”, across Sand Hill, and came to the waterfall at the point where the trail reaches the floor of the canyon.
		It crosses rolling hills and shallow canyons until it comes out on a graded dirt road that soon connects with the highway.
		One look at the road up San Juan Hill is enough to understand why it is for hiking only.
	www.4x4now.com /ppmay96.htm (2517 words)

	Battle of San Juan Hill -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Battle of San Juan Hill was the bloodiest and most famous battle of the (A war between the United STates and Spain in 1898) Spanish-American War.
		At San Juan Hill, 750 Spanish soldiers were ordered to hold the heights against an American offensive on July 1, 1898.
		For reasons still not quite clear, Spanish General Arsenio Linares failed to reinforce this position, choosing to hold nearly 10,000 Spanish reserves in the city of Santiago.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/ba/battle_of_san_juan_hill.htm (267 words)

	Teddy Roosevelt at San Juan: The Making of a President by Peggy Samuels, ISBN 0890967717 And Duel of Eagles by Peter ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Their immediate target was the central sector of the fortified San Juan Heights.
		Capturing the blockhouse on San Juan Hill was key to breaching the Spanish defenses on the heights above the city of Santiago de Cuba.
		That legend, of Teddy Roosevelt valiantly leading the Rough Riders in their charge up San Juan Hill, had a great deal to do with making Roosevelt president and has endured for nearly a century.
	exotic-plant.com /teddy.html (426 words)

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