Gilmore's Early Flights and the Battle Over First Flight
The article examines Lyman Gilmore of Grass Valley and Colfax who claimed a May 15, 1902 powered flight near Colfax, nine months before the Wright brothers. It notes Gilmore's 1908 Gilmore Aerodrome as a pioneering west of the Mississippi airfield, his secrecy, aviation firsts, and later life across Grass Valley Iowa Hill and Red Bluff.
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Kitty Hawk
North Carolina
Colfax
Beacon Hill
Sierra
Lyman Gilmore
Gilmore
Wright Brother
United States
Mississippi River
Cowlitz County
Washington
John Gilmore
Red Bluff
Lyman
Grass Valley
Iowa Hill
Morning Star
Grant
Blue Channel
Colfax Hometown Holiday set with crafts fair parade Santa
Colfax hosts a Friday Christmas program with a noon crafts fair, a 9pm light parade, a soup kitchen, bonfire, and Santa arrival. About 30 crafters exhibit in the gazebo, with shelter planned if rains. Santa visits at 4:30 pm, soup kitchen opens at 5 pm, bonfire at 7 pm, parade at 8 pm led by Lyman Gilmore School Band.
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Colfax
Santa Claus
Chamber of Commerce
Gazebo
Sharon Gieras
Gieras
Lee Shahin
Soroptimist International of
Sierra Vista
School Street
Paul Dougherty
Tue Taps
Lyman Gilmore
Bill Mitchell
Railroad Street
Colfax Depot
Main Street
Colfax tohold wastewater hearing on Dec. 5 at 10 a.m.
Colfax officials and two council members will meet with the California Regional Water Quality Control Board Central Valley Regional Board at 10 a.m. Friday to discuss 351000 in fees for wastewater plant violations. The hearing at 3443 Routier Rd., Sacramento, is expected to last one hour and allow public input.
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California Regional Water Quality Control Board
Central Valley Regional Board
Routier Rd
Sacramento
Water Quality Control Board
Colfax Peace Corps Volunteer Dick Johnson Returns from Afghanistan
Dick Johnson, 67, a longtime international health relief worker and former Peace Corps volunteer, returned to Colfax on November 23 for a three week R R to rest with friends and family before returning overseas mid December. His career spans Kabul 1965 67 and global health projects. he retired in 1998 but rejoined a nonprofit focused on Afghan health last year.
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Colfax
Dick Johnson
Johnson
Afghanistan
Peace Corps
Kabul
Colfax Falcons Clinch CIF Title Shot With 27-0 Win
Channel 3 sportscaster Del Rogers interviews Colfax quarterback Ben Galbraith after the Falcons blank Rio Linda 27-0 to earn a CIF Sac Joaquin Division III final bid at the University of the Pacific in Stockton Saturday.
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Colfax Falcon
Ben Galbraith
Falcons
Rio Linda
University of the Pacific
Stockton
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