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	Simeon North - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Simeon North (1763 - 1852) was a Middletown, Connecticut gun manufacturer, who developed America's first milling machine in 1818.
		{{North is now generaIly credited with the invention of the milling machine-the first entirely new type of machine invented in America and the machine that, by re- placing filing, made interchangeable parts practical.
		In 1795, North began to produce scythes in a mill adjacent to his farm in Berlin, Conn. Four years later, he obtained a contract to make pistols and began to add a factory to the mill building.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Simeon_North (252 words)

	Simeon North Biography / Biography of Simeon North History of Invention Biography
		A native of Berlin, Connecticut, Simeon North was a successful manufacturer of scythes before he turned to gun making, eventually becoming one of the major suppliers of firearms to the United States military before the Civil War.
		In 1799, North secured his first contract with the army, who ordered 500 of his flintlock pistols; the next year the order was increased to 1500.
		After the war, North continued to create pistols that incorporated minor changes: an addition of a swivel ramrod, a safety catch slide on the hammer, and a brass foresight on the barrel.
	www.bookrags.com /biography-simeon-north-woi (309 words)

	Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole Bible [Joshua, Chapter XIX].
		Simeon's lot was drawn after Judah's, Joseph's, and Benjamin's, because Jacob had put that tribe under disgrace; yet it is put before the two younger sons of Leah and the three sons of the handmaids.
		The city of Leshem, or Liash, lay on the utmost edge of it to the north, and therefore when the Danites had made themselves masters of it, and called it Dan, the length of Canaan from north to south was reckoned from Dan to Beersheba.
		In this tribe stood Capernaum and Bethsaida, on the north end of the sea of Tiberias, in which Christ did so many mighty works; and the mountain (as is supposed) on which Christ preached, Matt.
	www.ccel.org /h/henry/mhc2/MHC06019.HTM (2121 words)

	A Description of the Division of Palestine According to the Territories of the Twelve Tribes, as Given in the Book of ...
		On the Mediterranean Sea, 10 English miles north of Caesarea, is the village Dandura (see in the tribe of Menasseh); 2½ English miles southeast of this is the village Naphata, probably the just-mentioned לנפת, the ל being a preposition.
		North of this was Dan, the territory of which extended as far as Dor (Dandura), on the shore of the sea, and formed, as it were, the wall of separation, which separated the portion of Benjamin, Ephraim, and Menasseh from the sea.
		North of Zebulun was Naphtali, in an eastern direction, whereas Asher was on the west, on the shore of the Mediterranean, towards Zidon.
	www.shechem.org /machon/schwarz/palestine/division.html (2555 words)

	San Luis Obispo Co. LCP Findings Sec. 3 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		At Old San Simeon, in the Commercial Retail designation, the height limit is raised from 18 to 25 ft. In the adjacent Recreation category, the hotel height limit is retained at 30 ft., but once again an exception to the height limit is allowed for non-habitable architectural elements such as a clock tower.
		North of the line, State Highway Route 1 is designated a State Scenic Highway, and is identified as "highly scenic" in the LCP.
		The Rural North Coast extends approximately 16 miles, from the northern border of San Luis Obispo County south to the northern edge of the San Simeon Acres at Pico Creek.
	www.coastal.ca.gov /web/slo4.html (13993 words)

	Oneida County New York Biographies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Edward North, fourth son of Reuben and Huldah (Wilcox) North, was born in Berlin, Conn., March 9, 1820, and belongs to the eighth generation from John North, one of the original proprietors and settlers of Farmington, Conn., in 1653.
		In 1844 Professor North received the degree of A.M. from the trustees of Brown University; in 1869 the degree of L. from the Regents of the University of the State of New York; and in 1887 the degree of LL.
		Since his election in 1843, Professor North has given instruction in the Greek language and literature to fifty-two successive classes, and upwards of 2,000 students, many of whom in the later classes have been sons of those who were students in the earlier classes.
	home.comcast.net /~richardson156/northe.html (871 words)

	NCHS Athletics
		Seven North Central players scored five or more points, but it was a tenacious team defense that allowed NC to post a 61-29 victory in the championship game of the 6th annual girls' Holiday Tournament at North Central.
		North Central Wrestlers Prevail at Franklin Central Super Six North Central went 5-0 at Franklin Central this past Saturday.
		North Central, behind 28 points from senior center Amber Harris, ran their record to 3 and 0 with a 53-37 win over Perry Meridian on Saturday.
	www.msdwt.k12.in.us /schools/NC/Sports/schedules/nchome1.html (2633 words)

	Simeon North -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		A charismatic politician, Benigno Simeon Aquino, Jr., became mayor of Concepcion, Philippines, in 1955.
		English translator Thomas North's Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romanes, published in 1579, has been described as one of the earliest masterpieces of English prose.
		The third largest of the continents, North America extends from Alaska, the Queen Elizabeth Islands, and Greenland to Panama's eastern border with Colombia in South America.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9056165 (726 words)

	Orleans. 1890. History of Barnstable County, Massachusetts
		Simeon Doane, son of Samuel and Martha, was born in 1708 and married Apphia Higgins in 1730.
		Simeon Kingman, Esquire, grandfather of Captain Kingman, and the first of the name who settled on the Cape, was the eldest son of Matthew Kingman, and was born in that part of old Bridgewater, now Brockton, May 27, 1756.
		The children of Simeon Kingman and wife, Rebecca, were: Rebecca, born in Bridgewater March 24, 1780, died August 10, 1786; Freeman, born in Bridgewater September 4, 1781, drowned January 14, 1793; Polly, born in Plymouth, August 14, 1783, married Rev. Martin Alden, of Yarmouth, October 29, 1810; Patty, born in Bridgewater.
	capecodhistory.us /Deyo/Orleans-Deyo.htm (16687 words)

	Descendants of Thomas Barger
		Notes for SIMEON BARGER: Information from Joel Barger - SIMEON BARGER, son of John and Mary (unknown) Barger and grandson of Thomas and Elizabeth Weldon Barger, was born on 06 October 1726, in Maiden Creek Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
		SIMEON II4 BARGER (SIMEON3, JOHN2, THOMAS1) was born January 26, 1778 in Berks County, Pennsylvania, and died October 23, 1860 in Hickory, Lincoln County, North Carolina.
		Notes for SIMEON BARGER, son of Simeon and Sarah Jane Fisher Barger, was born 26 January 1778, in Berks County, Pennsylvania.
	www.genealogy-quest.net /barger.htm (931 words)

	Simeon North
		NORTH, Simeon, educator, born in Berlin, Connecticut, 7 September, 1802; died in Clinton, New York, 12 February, 1884.
		President North was an accurate and profound scholar, with a genius for imparting information, and great suavity of disposition, he became president of Hamilton when its affairs were in a gloomy condition, and brought them into prosperity, His later life was passed in retirement.
		See " Memorial of President North " (Utica, New York, 1884).--His nephew, Edward, educator, born in Berlin, Connecticut, 9 March, 1820, was graduated at Hamilton college in 1841, since 1843 has been professor of Greek language and literature in that institution.
	www.famousamericans.net /simeonnorth (471 words)

	Historic Pistol Creek (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Steeped in the early history of Connecticut and the United States, Pistol Creek Golf Club is located on the very grounds where American pioneer and inventor Simeon North revolutionized the production of firearms in the United States, producing thousands of handguns for the government during the War of 1812.
		North produced metal scythes in the mill, but four years later he won a contract to make pistols and by 1813, he signed a contract to produce 20,000 pistols.
		North is also credited along with Eli Whitney with inventing the milling machine, the first entirely new machine to be produced in America.
	www.pistolcreekgolfclub.com /page/167-4837.htm (279 words)

	Creative Loafing Atlanta \| ARTS \| DRAWING HOPE
		To his friends, Simeon's artwork was an interesting hobby, but they expected him to leave his pencil behind when they went out looking for trouble.
		Simeon was one of those few who found it hard to stay away, even though the skill being studied that year was woodworking and furniture-making, not drawing.
		Another break came when Simeon was encouraged by his alternative school advisor to draw a portrait of outgoing state Juvenile Justice Commissioner Eugene Walker.
	www.atlanta.creativeloafing.com /2001-05-23/arts_feature.html (1075 words)

	Chapter XXXII History of the Town of Shoreham
		Seth, John, and Simeon North, with their families, had come to Shoreham just previous to his death, and John North settled on the old farm of Abijah, where he died at an early day.
		Simeon North soon after went to Ticonderoga, but returned here and finally went to Orwell, where his death took place.
		After the death of Abijah North his son Nathaniel went to live with Isaac Flagg; married Sall Bateman, and lived with her father, Thomas Bateman, whose house stood about on the site of the Congregational parsonage, which was erected by Colonel Nathaniel North in 1818.
	www.middlebury.edu /academics/lis/lib/guides_and_tutorials/guides_to_collections/collection_guide-vermont/internet_resources/history_addison_county/chap32_hac.htm (8503 words)

	Weapons Info-Dragoon Weapons
		Two flintlock pistols issued to the dragoons and carried in a saddle holster were the S. North Model 1819 army flintlock pistol and the Johnson Model 1836 army flintlock pistol.
		Beginning in 1840, Simeon North delivered Model 1840 carbines, which are characterized by an improved opening device (either an elbow lever or fishtail lever), and a 21-inch barrel with a conventional rod, which was used for cleaning the bore.
		In 1843 North brought out the most common of the Hall models, the Model 1843 side-lever carbine, still with the 21-inch barrel and rod.
	www.nps.gov /fosc/weapons_info1.htm (1047 words)

	Grave Stone Inscriptions from Guilford, CT prior to 1800
		Simeon Chittenden was a son of Josiah and a great-grandson of.
		Simeon B. Chittenden (A. Yale University, 1871) of Brooklyn, a Representative in Congress from 1874 to 1881.}
		Simeon Leete was a son of No. 224, and fell in the skirmish described in note 198.
	www.dcyale.com /guilfordstones/stones.html (4208 words)

	Leo the Philosopher
		Byzantium's enemy to the north was Simeon, the Bulgar ruler.
		Simeon was educated in Constantinople, learned to speak and write greek and was able to read Aristoteles and Demosthenis from prototype.
		Leo was incapable to face the enemies of the state, because his main interest was literature and poetry and not the proper organization of Byzantine army.
	fstav.tripod.com /emperors/leo6.html (532 words)

	Books on Military History at Joslin Hall -Bookcase Two [M-Z]
		Simeon North was a very important, and largely-forgotten, early arms manufacturer.
		Prior to North and his work with John Hall's famous rifle, parts of firearms made at one factory had a tendency not to be interchangeable with those made at another.
		A self-effacing man who was evidently never deeply involved in Armory scandals and graft, North was largely forgotten until his descendants scoured state and federal records to try to reconstruct his story.
	www.joslinhall.com /mil2.htm (1737 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Connecticut
		Connecticut is bordered on the south by Long Island Sound, on the west by New York State, on the north by Massachusetts, and on the east by Rhode Island.
		The glaciers carved valleys in Connecticut running north to south; as a result, many more roadways in the state run north to south than do east to west, mimicking the previous use of the many north-south rivers as transportation.
		The Interstate highways in the state are I-95 (the Connecticut Turnpike) running southwest to northeast along the coast, I-84 running southwest to northeast in the center of the state, I-91 running north to south in the center of the state, and I-395 running north to south near the eastern border of the state.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Connecticut (2883 words)

	The Herald - News - 09/25/2003 - Milling machine comes home
		Gurske said the government bought dozens of the North pistols and rifles to fight with during the Civil War at a cost of about $1.50 each.
		The machine donated to the society is a replica of the machine named by North as the Parkhurst.
		Gurske said the original machine was known to have been in the North Pistol Facility in Berlin in 1825, but the historical path the machine took from there is unknown.
	www.zwire.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=10219585&BRD=1641&PAG=461&dept_id=10112&rfi=6 (291 words)

	TEXAS RANGER DISPATCH Magazine
		Therefore, I have selected the Simeon North Model 1816 Army, a veteran of the Black Hawk, Seminole, and Mexican Wars, to serve as a worthy example.
		The photographed Simeon North, Model 1816 (top of page), is a.54 caliber, 9 1/16” round-barrel smoothbore with a brass, knife-blade, front sight set on the forestrap of the spring-fastened barrel band.
		The barrel and iron mountings are acid browned, and the overall length of the 3 lb.-2 oz.
	www.texasranger.org /dispatch/12/Pages/SimeonNorth.htm (1117 words)

	San Luis Obispo Co. LCPA suggested modifications part1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Randolph Hearst Memorial State Beach and San Simeon Acres, the route shall be secured by an irrevocable offer to dedicate as a public access easement; installation of the trail may be postponed until a public agency agrees to accept responsibility for construction, maintenance, and liability.
		The native oak groves north of San Simeon Point, along with the native lupines and other native groundcover plants which together stabilize the ancient dune surface westerly of Highway 1 and the San Simeon Fault Zone, shall be considered an environmentally sensitive habitat area.
		North of Cambria, there shall be no new camping or recreational vehicle facilities seaward of Highway One, other than walk-in tent sites and low impact camping sites provided in accordance with the standards of the State Park Environmental Camping program.
	www.coastal.ca.gov /web/slomods1.html (13898 words)

	Ruth Hinshaw
		Simeon was the brother of Mary Barker who married Ruth's brother Thomas, and of Nathan Barker who married Ruth's sister Milicent. The three Hinshaw siblings married three Barker siblings. In addition, Ruth's brother Jacob married Elizabeth, then Huldah, Barker (sisters), cousins of Ruth's husband Simeon Barker.
		At Holly Spring MM on 1-18-1862, Simeon and wife Ruth were granted a certificate to Center MM, Ohio.
		Simeon died Oct 21 1912, buried Providence Friends PM Cemetery, Providence Township, Randolph County, North Carolina.
	www.rawbw.com /~hinshaw/cgi-bin/id?328 (691 words)

	Wildernet - San Simeon State Park
		The park lies south of the community of San Simeon and is split by California State Highway 1.
		(San Simeon State Park is the closest camping facility to Hearst Castle.) Facilities at this park include picnic tables, restrooms, showers, boat ramp, dump station and campsites (for tents and RVs without hookups).
		Location - San Simeon State Park is located along Highway 1, between Cambria and San Simeon, north of San Luis Obispo, on the Central Coast.
	www.wildernet.com /pages/area.cfm?areaID=CASPSNSM&CU_ID=1 (467 words)

	California @ WestCoastRoads - California 1
		California 17 is the main route from Santa Cruz north to San Jose and the Bay Area.
		California 17 used to be a much longer route, continuing north as a freeway from San Jose to Oakland and San Rafael.
		Turning right (north) on Asilomar Avenue, California 68 reaches its western terminus at the intersection of Asilomar Avenue and Lighthouse Avenue in Pacific Grove, adjacent to Asilomar State Beach and the Point Pinos Lighthouse.
	www.westcoastroads.com /california/ca-001.html (3447 words)

	c. Machines and Industrial Techniques. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
		Eli Whitney (1765–1825) was credited with the introduction of interchangeable parts for manufacturing muskets.
		The work of Simeon North (1765–1852) on uniform parts was, in fact, more decisive.
		Although it had European precedents, the system of interchangeable parts became known as “the American system” because it was most fully exploited in the United States and became the foundation of the mass production characteristic of American industry at a later date.
	www.bartleby.com /67/985.html (557 words)

	Simeon in the Suburbs: Have I got ++Rowan all wrong ? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Random thoughts on the Episcopal Church, progressive Christianity, and the other, unordered, slightly strange contents of my mind from the heart of North Texas suburbia.
		Thomas has exposed the strategy of the "Network" and their ilk pretty clearly.
		Social liberal, fiscal conservative, with a dash of Dave Barry-ish libertarian thrown in.
	simeon-in-the-suburbs.blogspot.com /2005/05/have-i-got-rowan-all-wrong.html (158 words)

	Cambria californiaMUDHOLES.com
		The town of Cambria -- first known as Slabtown -- was settled in the early 1860's and was an active center for shipping, mining, and ranching.
		The motel literature represents the on-premises holes have been dug by weasels, and wild turkey are also abundant.
		There is also a quiet beach area directly across Highway One from the entrance to the Hearst Castle grounds.
	www.californiamudholes.com /Cambria.html (315 words)

	San Simeon SP
		San Simeon State Park is one of the oldest units of the California State Park System.
		San Simeon Natural Preserve consists of approximately 365 acres of vast wetlands, riparian areas, and several undisturbed native plant communities including unique mima mound topography.
		San Simeon State Park is located 35 miles north of San Luis Obispo on Highway 1, and 5 miles south of the Hearst San Simeon State Historical Monument Visitor Center.
	www.parks.ca.gov /?page_id=590 (596 words)

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