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Pigmy Chicken

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This request for creation has been reviewed. The reviewer comments appear below the article text. If you want to make changes and try again, copy and paste your article into a new submission and make your changes there. The pigmy chicken is a rare but very real animal. They livew on the coast of Moni Lixa on an island close to New Zealand. males tend to be darker in color and have more colors than the female. Males are red and black with some yellow around their eyes. Females are smaller and are gray with a few brown spots. They eat bugs such as worms and flies. They have been around for hundreds of years but no one ever talks about them because few people have seen them. Media:http://www.thecountrypark.com/ Sources George Carpenter, a specialest in bird biology who works for the Birds of Prey Center in Idaho. 70.193.214.204 (talk) 00:31, 7 May 2008 (UTC) Declined. Your article appears to be a joke. Wikipedia only contains factual entries, so your comedic efforts cannot be rewarded here. Redfarmer (talk) 01:10, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
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Sunnyvale Cool Cities

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Josh McDougal

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This request for creation has been reviewed. The reviewer comments appear below the article text. If you want to make changes and try again, copy and paste your article into a new submission and make your changes there. McDougal (Peru, N.Y.), now a 12-time All-American, becomes Liberty’s second NCAA Division I national champion. Liberty assistant cross country/track & field coach Heather (Sagan) Zealand won the mile race at the 2002 NCAA Division I National Indoor Track & Field Championships. McDougal’s time also eclipsed his own Liberty and Big South Conference records for the 10K distance. Height: 6-0 Previous School: Home school Hometown: Peru, N.Y. Flames Feature: The Josh McDougal Story Flames Feature: The Golden Charm 2007 Cross Country (Sr.) Won all five of his races, including the first NCAA national title of his career … became Liberty’s second NCAA Division I national champion on Nov. 19, clocking a 29:22.4 to hold off Oregon’s Galen Rupp … the All-America honor was his 12th … named USTFCCCA’s NCAA Division I Men’s Athlete of the Year … became the 10th man in NCAA cross country history to win four-consecutive conference titles … broke the Pre-Nationals 8K course record (22:56.4) on his way to his third-straight meet victory … finished his Liberty career having won 23-of-27 cross country races. 2007 (Jr.) Captured five All-America awards (cross country, two indoor track, two outdoor track) … repeated as the Big South Howard Bagwell Male Student-Athlete of the Year … Big South Men’s Track & Field Athlete of the Year … 10-time Big South Male Athlete of the Week … won six Big South event titles (cross country, two indoor track, three outdoor track) and four IC4A individual crowns (indoor track, three outdoor track) … placed 27th at the NCAA national cross country meet … took third at the NCAA indoor meet in the 3K and was eighth in the 5K … finished third in the NCAA outdoor 10K and fourth in the 5K … ran the fastest indoor 5K in the world, 13:37.32, to win the IC4A title … became the fifth-fastest collegiate 5K performer of all-time with his 13:20.43 clocking at the Mt. SAC Relays … broke the prestigious 4:00 mile, running a 3:57.46 on his home track … became the first athlete in the 131-year history of the IC4A Championships to win the 1,500, 5K and 10K at the same meet. 2006 (So.) Became the first Liberty athlete to win NCAA Division I All-America honors in cross country, indoor track and outdoor track in the same academic year … earned a total of four All-America distinctions … Big South Howard Bagwell Male Student-Athlete of the Year … Big South Men’s Track & Field Athlete of the Year … USATF Men’s Cross Country Runner of the Year … placed fourth at the national cross country meet … finished fourth at the NCAA indoor meet in the 5K and was fifth in the 3K … took ninth in the 5K at the outdoor national championships … broke Meb Keflezighi’s cross country course record at Stanford … Penn Relays 5K champion … IC4A 10K titlist. 2005 (Fr.) Won two All-America recognitions as a freshman, placing 13th in cross country and taking fifth at the indoor 3,000 meters … became the first Big South freshman to win the conference cross country meet … broke Alan Webb’s cross country course record at Winthrop … placed fourth at the USATF Cross Country Championships, earning a spot at the World Championships … claimed the IC4A indoor 3K crown. Prep Home schooled … placed fourth at the Foot Locker National Cross Country Championships as a senior … represented the U.S. at the World Junior Cross Country Championships … ran 2004’s fastest indoor two-mile time by a high schooler (8:50.40) … ran the fifth-fastest all-time high school indoor 3,000 meters … finished 12th in the Junior World Championship 5K … three-time high school All-American. Personal Son of Rob and Lisa McDougal brother of Liberty distance standout Jordan McDougal kinesiology major birthday is June 1. Personal Bests: Mile – 3:57.46, 5,000 – 13:20.43 Interview with National Champion Declined. This suggestion doesn't sufficiently explain the importance or significance of the subject. See the speedy deletion criteria A7 and/or guidelines on biographies. Please provide more information on why the person or group is worthy of inclusion in an encyclopedia, and cite reliable, published third-party sources, so that the information in the article is verifiable. Thank you. KTC (talk) 09:58, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
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Henry Laboranti (Coach and Arena Football Scout)

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This request for creation has been reviewed. The reviewer comments appear below the article text. If you want to make changes and try again, copy and paste your article into a new submission and make your changes there. Henry M. Laboranti is one of the youngest officialy registered football coaches in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. His coaching began in 2006 as one of the Freshmen Football coaches for West Scranton High School. With Henry Laboranti on the coaching staff, the Invaders were finally able to go back to their winning way. They had won their first two games however they lost the next four. With the season looking like a complete loss, Henry and the other coaching staff refused to give up. With his guidance, the West Scranton Invaders won all of the remaining games of the season. Henry Laboranti is also one of the most recognized Arena Football Scouts in the area. He works locally with players from an Arena Football 2 team known as the Wilkes Barre Scranton Pioneers. Henry was only 19 years old when he first began scouting. Henry Laboranti attends college at The Pennsylvania State University. His current major is Secondary Education, Social Studies, with a minor degree in American History. Sources www.wnep.com www.af2.com wbsarenafan@yahoo.com - Head of Scouting Email Address West Scranton Invaders Patschamps0204 (talk) 02:00, 7 May 2008 (UTC) Declined. This suggestion doesn't sufficiently explain the importance or significance of the subject. See the speedy deletion criteria A7 and/or guidelines on biographies. Please provide more information on why the person or group is worthy of inclusion in an encyclopedia, and cite reliable, published third-party sources, so that the information in the article is verifiable. Thank you. KTC (talk) 09:58, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
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What I Did Last Summer

What I Did Last Summer is a play by the American playwright, A.R. Gurney.

The play is about a fourteen-year-old boy named Charlie Higgins whose father is off fighting the Japanese in World War II and who is living on lake Eerie for the summer. His best friend is a wisecracking Canadian named Ted, who bemoans the fact that since he is experiencing puberty, parents no longer trust their kids around him. He is also friends with Bonnie, a pretty girl, who thinks that is a crucial summer for her and her life will change. He has an older sister who is named Elsie, who is always a pain, partly because she is sad that her father is away. His mother, Grace, is very protective and wants Charlie to work for her this summer. But Charlie rebels and goes to work for Anna Trumbull, also known as "the Pig Woman", a supposedly crazy, eccentric art teacher, who used to teach Grace. His mother, mad that he spends so much time with Anna, clashes with Charlie, who comes to resent his rich social class. It finally ends with Charlie going to temporarily live with Anna, and Anna and Grace fighting then later, making up for what transpired between them in the past. In the end, Charlie must stop working for Anna, because she is indirectly the cause for an accident he has. She gives him back his stuff and they leave on amicable terms. In a side plot, even though the last summer, Charlie, Bonnie and Ted were friends, but this summer Charlie and Ted start fighting for Bonnie. Bonnie invites Ted sailing and later, he asks her on a date to the Cyclone, a roller coaster. Slightly uncomfortable, Bonnie asks Charlie to tag along which ends with Ted and Charlie fighting and Charlie leaving madly. Later on, Bonnie tries to cheer Charlie up by kissing him which contents both of them, and then Ted coming in, telling them that the Japanese have given up in the war, unaware of anything that has happened. The play ends with Charlie apparently staring a relationship with Bonnie after the kiss, Anna saying farewell to Charlie, Ted returning to Canada for good and Grace saddened that Anna will no longer be in their lives.

It is interesting to note that cars and driving plays an important part of the play. For Charlie, driving represents freedom, and continually ask his mother if he could drive the car. Angered by this and the fact that he is swearing, Grace kicks Charlie out of the car, making him walk home, but relents and lets him back in. Charlie is slightly jealous of Ted, who drives, but who is terrible at it. Finally, Anna, who believes that cars are useless object, let's Charlie fix up and drive her old car, which results with Charlie and Bonnie having a car accident, but thankfully, neither of them is injured. During most of the play, Elsie is deathly afraid of driving a car, even though she has her license, because her father is not around to give her the confidence to drive. At the end of the play, she agrees to drive to the hospital to see Charlie because Grace is in shock.

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Sylvie (1853) by Gerard de Nerval

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This request for creation has been reviewed. The reviewer comments appear below the article text. If you want to make changes and try again, copy and paste your article into a new submission and make your changes there. The unknown narrator exists as Sylvie’s sweetheart but she is a simple country maid. He is easily distracted by his life as a student in Paris and by the various women who cross his path. He meets Adrienne at a country fête and, though she ends up in a convent, he is constantly haunted by the idea that he might see her at any holy sight or festival. Sylvie occupied her time as a lacemaker for the people of the village and the surrounding area but eventually becomes a glovemaker for the aristocracy because there is no money in lace. The narrator hints that this change in profession has also led to prostitution when she “thanks to her skill…was no longer a peasant girl.” He realizes she has fallen out of love with him, thus he returns to the city while Sylvie marries his foster brother, the village baker. The narrator courts a Parisian actress, Aurélie, by letters while he travels through Germany. They declare their love to each other in these letters but once together in person, the coupling ends. The novel closes with the narrator returning to Loissy and visiting with Sylvie and her children, when she informs him that Adrienne, who still haunts his dreams, died several years past. Sources http://books.google.com/books?id=5iNKAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Sylvie de Nerval, Gerard. Sylvie. 128.208.44.84 (talk) 04:40, 7 May 2008 (UTC) Declined. This suggestion doesn't sufficiently explain the importance or significance of the subject. See the speedy deletion criteria (A7) and/or guidelines on notability. Please provide more information on why the subject is worthy of inclusion in an encyclopedia. Thank you. KTC (talk) 09:57, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
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Justin Westre

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This request for creation has been reviewed. The reviewer comments appear below the article text. If you want to make changes and try again, copy and paste your article into a new submission and make your changes there. Justin Westre is a professional high school baseball player at Lake Forest Academy. Noteable accomplishments: One good burn in his LFA career. Also he is involved in an epic battle with the "Double Dragon". He has been slapped numerous times and made his team run W's, nearly killing them. Sources http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Forest_Academy 74.93.94.125 (talk) 04:49, 7 May 2008 (UTC) Declined. This suggestion doesn't sufficiently explain the importance or significance of the subject. See the speedy deletion criteria A7 and/or guidelines on biographies. Please provide more information on why the person or group is worthy of inclusion in an encyclopedia, and cite reliable, published third-party sources, so that the information in the article is verifiable. Thank you. KTC (talk) 09:57, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
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Jugeswar

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This request for creation has been reviewed. The reviewer comments appear below the article text. If you want to make changes and try again, copy and paste your article into a new submission and make your changes there. The Jugeswar is an endangered species that hails from the mean streets of Neveda, IA and currently can be seen in the amazing city of Ames. The Jugeswar feeds off of left-overs and Coors Original. If approached, a great deal of caution shall be taken, including not aggravating it by performing any sort of ceremonial rain dances. The Jugeswar would be considered one of America's "We Must Save Endangered Species of the World" except that nobody care whether or not they live or not. Oh yea, and Jugeswars like to suck balls Sources 209.234.74.58 (talk) 06:28, 7 May 2008 (UTC) Declined. Your article appears to be a joke. Wikipedia only contains factual entries, so your comedic efforts cannot be rewarded here. KTC (talk) 09:57, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
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杨献珍

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This request for creation has been reviewed. The reviewer comments appear below the article text. If you want to make changes and try again, copy and paste your article into a new submission and make your changes there. 杨献珍在1896年7月24日出生在湖北省郧县安阳镇的一个缫丝手工家庭，原名杨奎廷，在加入共产党之后改名。他6岁进入私塾，13岁考入郧县“私立两等学校”高小部，18岁考入湖北省立第八区郧山中学，因不满学校不务教政而到武昌报考新学校，但时逢袁世凯闹复辟，各校均不开学。翌年，武昌只有“武昌商业专门学校”招生，他虽对商业毫无兴趣，也只好就读于此。 毕业后，他留校任教师，直至1925年被介绍加入第一次国共合作的国民党，出任湖北省省立第十一中学校长。 1926年，他加入了共产党，公开身份为湖北第二中学训育主任，不过隔年因蒋介石发动革命政变，国共决裂，使他被列为共产嫌疑犯，被判徒刑12年，幸在1929年获保释。1931年，他被派到天津等地协助胡鄂公展开华北政治情报工作，因一些投降于国民党的党员的出卖而被判在草岚子监狱5年徒刑。出狱后，他前往山西太原担任军政训练总队第六队指导员，培养了一大批党干部在抗日战争与解放战争担负重要工作。1950年代中期是杨献珍事业上的高峰。他在1955年担任中共中央直属高级党校校长兼党委第一书记，1958年升为中央委员。 1959是他闯祸的一年，之后面对十多年的“哲学罪案”和被批斗的痛苦历程。1958年展开的大跃进掀起热潮，各地区的人民公社生产目标不断被提高至脱离现实，但当地官员为向上级好交代而不惜虚报实际生产量，各报章也大肆报道这些夸大的消息。杨看了这些报道后，深感怀疑，便亲自去调查，发现民间的确出现了严重的浮夸风。作为马克思唯物主义哲学家，他为此发表了辩证唯物主义与批判他认为是导致浮夸风的唯心主义的文章。他的这些言论被康生上报中央，诬陷说是针对中央、反对毛泽东的，所以从1959年11月到1960年7月连续被批判，也被解除中央党校校长的职务。1964年，康生掀起对他的“合二为一”的批判运动，说是反对毛泽东的“一分为二”思想。杨在1965年被调离中央党校，到中国科学院哲学社会科学学部哲学研究会所任副院长。1966年，随着“文革”的爆发，他的家被查抄，自己白天被批斗，游街示众，晚上在造反派私设的公堂受审。1967年5月，他被揪回党校关押在私设的52号楼临时监房里进行批斗，9月时被康生下令关押到北京郊区一所监狱里。1970年，因长期处于监狱恶劣的饮食和生活环境，他的胸部和颈部结核，被送入医院治疗，痊愈后又被押回监狱。他在这里坐了8年的牢，又被转到陕西潼关软禁3年。终于，在1978年，四人帮倒台的两年后，中共中央为《六十一人案》正式平反。 重获自由后，杨积极地进行哲学理论创作，著有《我的“哲学罪案”》和《杨献珍文集》等书。1992年，他在医院逝世，享年96岁。 Sources 参考资料 书： 孙春山《无悔人生：杨献珍》（山东：山东画报出版社，1997） 关山〈杨献珍传略〉，关山编《杨献珍研究资料》（湖南：湖南人民出版社，1987） 期刊： 萧岛泉《梦幻接天大跃进，冷面直言杨献珍》，《党史天地》11（2003） 萧岛泉《杨献珍和大跃进运动》，《党史文汇》9（2003） 刘明钢《为真理而斗争的杨献珍》，《文史精华》9（2002） 魏敬民《杨献珍和他的“哲学罪案”》，《党史博览》5（2003） 马仲扬《康生残酷迫害杨献珍纪实》，《炎黄春秋》9（1996） Michael Schoenhals, “Yang Xianzhen’s Critique of the Great Leap Forward”, in Modern Asian Studies 26 (July 1992), pp. 591-608 137.132.250.10 (talk) 07:02, 7 May 2008 (UTC) Declined. This is the English-language Wikipedia; we can only accept articles written in the English language. Please provide an English-language translation for your article, or visit the Wikipedia home page to find the version of Wikipedia for your desired language. Acer (talk) 08:15, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
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Stony Lake, New York

Stony Lake is a beuatiful lake neseled in the Adrondick park. This small lake was fonded by lumberjack familys in the New york area, one of the familys were the Bernhams. The lake was founded of the logging buisness, but then turned into a refuge for the familys. Tedd Burnham build most of the original camps around the lake. Later on down the years the lake turned into a resort with a beuatiful hotel which look over the lake. As time went on buisness faded and the hotel was bought out by the familys. The lake has four small islands; rock island, blueberry island, and the sister islands. The lake fish life consist of native brown troute, small mouth bass, pike, sunfish, minnows, bullhead, and perch. But after atempts to restock the lake by accident pickral were introduced. This introduction of the new fish took out the delicate balance and the native brown troute population faded. Stony lake resides in Lewis County, New York, USA. It is located 43.77444 Latitude, -75.21583 Longitude, and 1335 ft Elevation.

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Royal Gigolos

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Seth

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This request for creation has been reviewed. The reviewer comments appear below the article text. If you want to make changes and try again, copy and paste your article into a new submission and make your changes there. Articles for creation/2008-05-07 Genres Black Metal Labels Avantgarde Music Seth is a french Black Metal band. Membres Membres Black Messiah - vocals Cyriex - strings Heimoth - strings Helldryk - Bass Alsvid - drums Ex-Membres Vicomte Vampyr Arkames - vocals & lyrics(1995 - 2001) Nacht - vocals & strings (2002) Faucon Noir - Bass (1996 - 2001) Discography Apocalyptic Desires (démo - 1996) By Fire, Power Shall Be... (MCD - 1997) Les Blessures De l'Âme (CD - 1998) The Excellence (CD - 2000) War Vol. III (Split - 2000) Divine X (CD - 2002) Nastivity (CD - 2003) Era - Decay (CD - 2004) Links Site Officiel du Vicomte Vampyr Arkames http://www.myspace.com/arkames [1] Declined. This suggestion doesn't sufficiently explain the importance or significance of the subject. See the speedy deletion criteria A7 and/or guidelines on musical artists. Please provide more information on why this musical artist is worthy of inclusion in an encyclopedia. Thank you. Redfarmer (talk) 13:03, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
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Sydney Richmond Burleigh

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This request for creation has been reviewed. The reviewer comments appear below the article text. Sydney Richmond Burleigh (July 7, 1853 - February 25, 1931) was an American artist, known primarily for his watercolors but also for his oil paintings, drawings, illustrations, and building and furniture designs. He was born in Little Compton, Rhode Island, a descendent of the Pilgrim William Bradford. In 1875, he married Sarah Drew Wilkinson (1851-1952) and, with her encouragement and wealth, became a full-time artist. He studied in Paris with Jean-Paul Laurens from 1876 to 1880 and then returned to Rhode Island, where he spent most of his life. Burleigh rose to national prominence after receiving a bronze medal at the St. Louis Exposition in 1904 and an open prize from the Buffalo Society of Artists in 1913. He exhibited regularly at the Boston Art Club as well as the National Academy of Design, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and the Newport Art Museum. He also worked as an illustrator and collaborated with writer William Henry Frost on several children’s books. He was a painter in the realist style, consistent with the academic style of his teacher, Laurens. Mabel Ducasse, an art critic for the Providence Journal, wrote of Burleigh’s art that "there is a quality in his work which suggests that of the masters of the Renaissance when they chose to employ line and wash. It is character — born of perfect certainty of touch and flowing freedom of line. It is seldom achieved by modern watercolorists, who most often mistake the function of their medium, which is that of drawing rather than painting." A man of versatile creativity, Burleigh designed the Fleur-de-lys Studios in Providence in collaboration with the architect Edmund Russell Willson of Stone, Carpenter, and Willson. Built in 1885 in conjunction with the Art Workers Guild, the building was to be used for art studios, including Burleigh’s own. It is an important monument to the American Arts and Crafts Movement and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1992. It is now owned by the Providence Art Club. Another of his studios was a unique and eccentric little building known as the "Peggotty." Burleigh built it over the hull of a small sailboat that had been used as a ferry between Little Compton and Middletown, Rhode Island. It featured a thatched roof, and today it is on display at the Little Compton Historical Society. Burleigh was a leading member of the art community in Rhode Island. He was a founder of the Providence Art Club in 1880 and was the first president of the Providence Watercolor Club. He had a long association with the Rhode Island School of Design, serving on the board of directors (1887-1893), as a teacher (1897-1906), and as a trustee (1919-1931). He received an honorary degree from Brown University in 1912. His works are held in several private and public collections, including the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and the museums at Brown University, the Rhode Island School of Design, and the Rhode Island Historical Society Sources Marquis, Albert Nelson (1916). Who’s Who in New England (2nd ed.). Chicago: A.N. Marquis & Company. pp. 186–87. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help) "Biography for Sydney Burleigh". AskART. Retrieved 2008-05-05. "Fleur-de-Lys Studios". National Park Service. Retrieved 2008-05-05. Footnotes 70.17.104.240 (talk) 13:38, 7 May 2008 (UTC) Article created. Thank you for your contribution to Wikipedia! Redfarmer (talk) 14:07, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
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Isaac Ruddell

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This request for creation has been reviewed. The reviewer comments appear below the article text. Isaac Ruddell Born c. 1737 Shenahdoah County, Virginia Colony Died January 1, 1812(1812-01-01) (aged 75) Nationality American Other names Isaac Ruddle Occupation(s) Militia officer and landowner Known for Early Kentucky frontiersman and pioneer; founder of Ruddell's Station in Bourbon County, Kentucky. Spouse Elizabeth Bowman (c. 1765-1809) Children 5 children Relatives George Bowman, father-in-law Isaac Bowman, brother-in-law Joseph Bowman, brother-in-law John Jacob Bowman, brother-in-law John M. Ruddell, grandson Captain Isaac Ruddell (1837-January 1812) was a 18th century American militia officer and Kentucky frontiersman founding one of the earliest settlements in Bourbon County, Kentucky. He was also a brother-in-law to Kentucky pioneers Isaac, Joseph and John Jacob Bowman. His grandson, John M. Ruddell, was a prominent Kentucky statesman and landowner. Biography Born in the Colony of Virginia, Ruddell was a captain in the Washington County militia and, in 1750 or 1765, he married Elizabeth Bowman. In 1774 or 1775, he accompanied the Bowmans to Kentucky and, while living in Boonesborough, Ruddell joined his brother-in-law John Bowman who was en route to Harrodsburg with two Virginia militia companies. Ruddell would later replace John Dunkin as one of Bowman's officers. He also served under General George Rogers Clark during the Illinois campaign, in charge of the Corn Island party and of the military stores left there. For his service, he was awarded 3,234 acres of Clark's Grant in the Indiana Territory. In 1779, he established a fortified settlement known as Ruddell's Station in Bourbon County one mile from present-day Lair Station. The fort was built on the site of Hinkston's Station which was previously abandoned several years before. Along with Martin's Station, the settlement became home to a large number of Pennsylvania German families over the next year. During the American Revolutionary War however, an Shawnee raiding party led by British officer Captain Henry Byrd left twenty settlers dead. The survivors, along with he and his wife, were force marched to Detroit where they remained prisoners until the end of the war. During the march to Detroit, Ruddell was separated from is wife and children. Shortly after arriving in Detroit, Ruddell protested to the commandant of Byrd disregarding his agreement of safe passage in exchange for their surrender. He was reunited with his wife and two daughters, however his two sons were turned over to the Shawnee who were eventually adopted by the tribe. Stephen Ruddell, 12-years-old at the time of the attack, was accepted into the family of Chief Blackfish and eventually became the adopted brother of Tecumseh. Shortly after their arrival in Detroit, Ruddell and his family were allowed to live on a nearby island where they grew corn and supplied food for their fellow prisoners. He also reportedly helped several men to escape from the camp. He and several other prisoners were allowed to return to Virginia in 1872. Soon after arriving however, Ruddell was accused by several of his fellow prisoners to collaborating with the British and was charged with treason in Frederick County but was acquitted. His friendship with the commandant is thought to have been based on Byrd's poor treatment of Ruddle's party as well as both men belonging to the Masonsic fraternity. Ruddell gave a written account of the attack which began appearing in newspapers in late-1783. Returning to Bourbon County in 1784, they built a home on a branch of the Licking River four years later. He also built a grist mill on the northside of Hinkston Bridge and, in 1795, a saw mill which was operated by his son Abram. The mills are still in existence, known today as Ruddell's Mills. He also donated land to the Stoner Mouth Church and cemetery. He died in January 1812, only three years after his wife. References Further reading Eckert, Allan W. The Frontiersmen. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1967. ISBN 0-553-25799-4 72.74.218.126 (talk) 14:13, 7 May 2008 (UTC) Article created. Thank you for your contribution to Wikipedia! ArcAngel (talk) 14:18, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
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