I'm a college grad. I've traveled extensively around the USA and spent a little time playing hockey in Switzerland and Canada. Wikipedia is pure genius.
Articles I've originated are:
- American Arithmometer - This would become the Burroughs Corporation
- George Cabell (physician) - noted physician of Patrick Henry, friend of Thomas Jefferson and builder of Point of Honor
- Teddy Carroll - One of the original board track racers for Indian motocycles
- Charles H. Jones - Commonwealth Shoes founder and developer of Chapoquoit Island, West Falmouth, Mass
- Henry Scarsbrook Langhorne - Successful Lynchburg businessman
- Charles Webster Leonard - Industrialist in Vermont textiles, mining and railroads
- George Plater Tayloe - Planter, Statesman, Philanthropist
- Readville Race Track - Famous in the early days of horse racing and "gas burners"
- James Lorin Richards - Boston financier
Articles I've contributed more than a minor edit are:
- Nancy Astor - Formerly Nancy Langhorne married Waldorf Astor
- Joseph Boyer - Owner of the machine shop of the first Burroughs adding machine
- Charles Dana Gibson - Husband of Irene Langhorne and creator of the Gibson Girl
- Hardwick and Woodbury Railroad - One of several holdings of Charles W. Leonard
- George M. Hendee - Founder of the Indian Motocycle Co., Springfield, Mass
- Chiswell Langhorne - Planter turned Industrialist in Virginia tobacco & railroads
- Langhorne House - Modest residence of young Chiswell and family in Danville, Virginia
- Lynchburg College - Update athletics to include lacrosse
- Lynchburg, Virginia - Home of many ancestors including Point of Honor
- Camp Meigs - Base of the first all black 54th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
- The Octagon House - Tayloe winter home built at the request of George Washington
- Point of Honor - Home of many accomplished family relatives
- USS Munalbro (1916) - Renamed the SS James L. Richards 1936-1954
- The Vanishing Virginian (MGM 1942) - This film, based on a 1931 memoir by Rebecca Yancey Williams and directed by the prolific Frank Borzage, explores society roles in plantations of the "Old Dominion" around Lynchburg and their socio-economic implications, as well as the movement for women’s suffrage, among other things. It is also the town's story, and various eminent Virginians cross the pages, including Carter Glass, General Jubal Early, Lady Astor's father, "Chilly" Langhorne, and others. [1] Katharine Alexander portrays an outspoken woman who moved North and got a divorce, and the TCM website indicates that she’s loosely based on Nancy Langhorne Astor. [2]
Jtlanghorne (talk) 23:34, 11 November 2013 (UTC)