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  2. Chris-Craft Boats - Wikipedia

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    Chris Smith built his first wooden boat in 1874 at the age of 13. [1] Years later, he built a duck hunting boat. His friends liked the way he built them, and they asked him to build them one. This was technically the start of the boat company. He soon began to build more boats and joined his brother Hank in 1881 to begin producing boats full-time.

  3. Century Boat Company - Wikipedia

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    The Century Boat Company was founded in 1926 at 333 W Beecher Street in Milwaukee, Wisconsin by two brothers, James and William Welch, who excelled in building wooden plank hulls for speed. The company was moved to Manistee, Michigan in 1928. In 1930, its Century Hurricane model held the world speedboat record of 50.93 miles per hour (81.96 km/h).

  4. Andrew Jackson and the slave trade in the United States

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    Another sale documented by the Correspondent was the sale of Malinda and Candis on December 28, 1811. [49] The Correspondent stated that the sale record was entirely in Jackson's handwriting (except for the signatures of the witnesses) and "could be viewed at the office of the Democratic Press at any time between the hours 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. daily."

  5. List of schooners - Wikipedia

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    Fictional schooners. Dragon, in Iain Lawrence's The Smugglers and The Buccaneers, The High Seas Trilogy. Ebba, Ker Karraje's pirate schooner in Jules Verne 's Facing the Flag. Ghost, seal-hunting schooner in Jack London 's The Sea-Wolf. Hispaniola, a schooner in Robert Louis Stevenson 's Treasure Island.

  6. Chris-Craft Corporation - Wikipedia

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    Chris-Craft Corporation is at least the fourth iteration of the boat building company. The original company, Chris-Craft Boats, was founded in the late 19th century by Christopher Columbus Smith (1861–1939) in Michigan. It became famous for its mahogany -hulled powerboats from the 1920s through the 1950s.

  7. Sam Houston National Forest - Wikipedia

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    The Sam Houston National Forest, one of four National Forests in Texas, is located 50 miles north of Houston. The forest is administered together with the other three United States National Forests and two National Grasslands located entirely in Texas, from common offices in Lufkin, Texas. The units include Angelina, Davy Crockett, Sabine, and ...

  8. Elissa (ship) - Wikipedia

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    Elissa (ship) Elissa. (ship) 10 ft 6 in (3.20 m) . /  29.30944°N 94.79361°W  / 29.30944; -94.79361. The tall ship Elissa is a three- masted barque. She is based in Galveston, Texas, and is one of the oldest ships sailing today. Launched in 1877, she is now a museum ship at the Texas Seaport Museum. She was designated a National Historic ...

  9. Farley Boats - Wikipedia

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    The Farley Boats were known for a high chine that did not touch the water until well aft of the bow and a hatch in front of the windshield that opened. The Farley Boats were also designed with low cabins that allowed fishing in every direction. Originally, Farley Boats were built with -inch-thick (16 mm) planks of top-grade cypress.

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