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* Before Washington's crossing of the Delaware River at the Battle of Trenton in 1776, " Victory " was the password and " Or Death " was the response
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Before 1960, the Greater King of Prussia area was known for little more than being the place of Washington's winter respite in 1777-8 ( see Valley Forge National Historical Park ).
Before Washington's survey, however, the immediate land around the village had been taken by people on the grounds of the Tomahawk Claim.
Before construction of the Lake Washington Ship Canal in 1916, Lake Washington's outlet was the Black River, which joined the Duwamish River and emptied into Elliott Bay.
Before Lagoon purchased the Jet Star 2, it was one of the attractions at the Spokane Washington's Expo ' 74.
Before joining The Scowcroft Group, Mr. Nealer advised multinational clients on investment issues, project finance, and trade law / policy as a principal in the consulting affiliate of Washington's largest law firm, and as vice president for corporate affairs with a leading government strategies practice.
Before and crossing
Before and during the Civil War, the Ohio River was called the " River Jordan " by slaves crossing it to escape to freedom in the North via the Underground Railroad.
Before bridges were built, the main means of crossing the river was by ferry.
Before the creation of Llandaff Cathedral it became established as a Christian place of worship in the 6th century AD, probably because of its location as the first firm ground north of the point where the river Taff met the Bristol Channel, and because of its pre-Christian location as a river crossing on an east west trade route.
Before then, traffic officers were appointed by the crossing operator.
Before this, the lowest road crossing of the River Tamar was Gunnislake New Bridge at the village of Gunnislake.
Before the building of the bridge the crossing was made by a road raised above the bed of the river, which only allowed the river to be crossed in summer.
Before entering the city, the Pan-American Highway crosses over the Panama Canal on the Centennial Bridge, which replaced the Bridge of the Americas as the major canal crossing in 2004.
Before the opening of the Dartford Tunnel in 1963, the Blackwall Tunnel was the easternmost Thames crossing for vehicles, excluding ferries.
Before crossing to Asia, Alexander wanted to safeguard his northern borders and, in the spring of 335 BC, he advanced into Thrace to deal with the revolt, which was led by the Illyrians and Triballi.
Before the self-introduction of wolves to the island ( crossing winter ice from Ontario ), coyotes were the primary predators for a time.
Before the railroads offered an easier crossing in 1869, perhaps half a million emigrants would trek through South Pass.
Before the Dumbarton and San Mateo-Hayward Bridges were built across the San Francisco Bay in the 1920s, San Francisco was bottled up at the north end of a long peninsula, with driving south on El Camino Real towards San Jose as the only reasonable alternative to the ferries for crossing the bay.
Before physically crossing I-90, it features a partial interchange with John Glenn Boulevard, and turns southeast.
Before crossing over into the waiting arms of Western agents, Karla stops and lights a new Camel.
Before the Warsaw Uprising the broadcasts vowed for an armed uprising to be started in Warsaw in order to ease the crossing of the Vistula river by the Red Army.
" Before inundation, the stretch of the Tennessee River between Benton and Humphreys counties was relatively low, making it a popular crossing point.
Before that there was already a small Vleeshal on the crossing of the Spekstraat and the Warmoesstraat, but around 1600 it had become too small, and the meat had to be sold outside.
Before the city of Rochelle built the park, railfans typically parked just short of an interchange siding connecting the two railroads in the northern quadrant of the crossing.
Before 1869, crossing the Brazos River was a time-consuming and sometimes dangerous ordeal.
Before then the only road crossing between the two places was at the much more historic Caversham Bridge site some half mile upstream.
Before he could take up this position he drowned with three of his children after the upsetting of a boat while crossing the river Limmat.
Before the Harlem River was rerouted, the bridge in the area was named Kings Bridge, crossing the river on the border between Marble Hill and the Bronx.
Before rail privatisation, a ticket office was provided here, on the ' up ' side, in the signal cabin adjacent to the level crossing gates at the eastern end of the station.
Before crossing Preston, the creek encounters its first major highway as it crosses under State Highway 121 east of Hillcrest Road.
Before and Delaware
Before its coastline was first explored by Europeans in the 16th century, Delaware was inhabited by several groups of Native Americans, including the Lenape in the north and Nanticoke in the south.
Before Delaware was settled by European colonists, the area was home to the Eastern Algonquian tribes known as the Unami Lenape or Delaware throughout the Delaware valley, and the Nanticoke along the rivers leading into the Chesapeake Bay.
Before Europeans arrived, the Philadelphia area was home to the Lenape ( Delaware ) Indians in the village of Shackamaxon.
Before the area where Ardsley is now located was settled by Europeans, it was inhabited by the Wickquasgeck Indians, a band of the Wappingers, related to the Lenape ( Delaware ) tribes which dominated lower New York state and New Jersey.
Before Europeans settled the land that is now part of Schuylkill Haven, the area was occupied by the Lenape people, who were known as the Delaware Indians by the English ).
Before the advent of the railroads, the canal allowed shippers to cut many miles off the route from the Pennsylvania coal fields, down the Delaware, around Cape May, and up along the ( occasionally treacherous ) Atlantic Ocean coast to New York City.
Before then, the area was inhabited by the Lenape ( Delaware ) Indians.
Before Philadelphia was founded, the area was inhabited by the Lenape ( Delaware ) Indians.
Before moving to Rochester, he was a Fellow at the University of Berlin ( 1937 – 38 ), an instructor at Emory University ( 1938 – 41 ), assistant professor at the University of Delaware ( 1941 – 46 ), and associate professor at Lehigh University ( 1946 – 48 ), eventually becoming professor ( 1948 – 49 ).
Before Pennsylvania was settled by Europeans, the area was home to the Delaware ( also known as Lenni Lenape ), Susquehannock, Iroquois, Erie, Shawnee and other Native American tribes.
Before 1914 United States Senators were chosen by the Delaware General Assembly and before 1935 all Congressional terms began March 4.
Before it became Middlesex Centre by combining the Townships of Delaware, Lobo, and London in 1998, Coldstream was included in Lobo Township and was situated in the centre of Lobo.
Before it opened, the Delaware and Cobb's Gap and Lackawanna and Western were consolidated by the Lackawanna Steel Company into one company, the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, on March 11, 1853.
Before going to Ohio Wesleyan, Huddleston served in the faculty of the University of Delaware for 24 years, ultimately as the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.
Before consolidation with the city, what is now the Northeast consisted of the townships of Byberry, Delaware, Lower Dublin, Moreland, and Oxford, ( largely rural areas ); and the boroughs of Bridesburg, Frankford, and White Hall, which were more urbanized.
* Before Pennsylvania was Pennsylvania, the Delaware Valley was New Sweden ( Jim Thorpe PA Today.
Before the Act of Consolidation, 1854, Holmesburg had been a part of Delaware Township of Philadelphia County.
Before the Act of Consolidation, 1854, Torresdale had been part of Delaware Township of Philadelphia County, and before 1853, part of Lower Dublin Township of the same county.
Before Steve Milton, the record was held by John Bain of Delaware.
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