* Transportation pioneer George Chorpenning.

Although the Pony Express is often credited with being the first fast mail line across the North American continent to the Pacific coast, it was preceded by the San Antonio-San Diego Mail Line, known as the " Jackass Mail " ( for the last 180 miles between Fort Yuma and San Diego accomplished on mule back instead of stagecoach ), which ran on a bi-monthly basis, 1500 miles between San Antonio, Texas and San Diego, California, from July 9, 1857 to December 1858 ; and by the Butterfield Overland Mail of George Chorpenning that predated the Pony Express by nearly three years.

In May, 1860, it succeeded to the George Chorpenning contract for mail service from Utah to California.

Almost immediately after the order of Kotaka was placed, Fernando Villaamil, second officer of the Ministry of the Navy of Spain where he was put in charge of developing the concept of a new ship designed to combat torpedo boats, placed an order for a large torpedo gunboat in November 1885, with the British builder James and George Thompson, of Clydebank, not far from where the Yarrow shipyards would move from London 20 years later.

A generation later, the Irish Anglican bishop, George Berkeley ( 1685 – 1753 ), determined that Locke's view immediately opened a door that would lead to eventual atheism.

The newly designated Mughal Subedar of the province immediately sent a letter to the British authorities at Fort St George demanding that the English at Madras acknowledge the overlordship of the Mughal Emperor.

From the eighteenth century, Spanish sources reported that immediately after the takeover of the city, Sir George Rooke, the British admiral, on his own initiative caused the British flag to be hoisted, and took possession of the Rock in name of Anne, Queen of Great Britain, whose government ratified the occupation.

King George II immediately dismissed Kondylis and appointed Professor Konstantinos Demertzis as interim Prime Minister.

Holst's ' retirement ' was immediately productive, with the First Choral Symphony to words by Keats ( a Second Choral Symphony to words by George Meredith exists only in fragments ).

He immediately took a liking to her " good character " and the British envoy reported that George Augustus " would not think of anybody else after her ".

Mawson chose to lead his own expedition, the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, to King George V Land and Adelie Land, the sector of the Antarctic continent immediately south of Australia, which at the time was almost entirely unexplored.

: Our Sovereign Lord the King chargeth and commandeth all persons, being assembled, immediately to disperse themselves, and peaceably to depart to their habitations, or to their lawful business, upon the pains contained in the act made in the first year of King George, for preventing tumults and riotous assemblies.

George Frederick Bollinger persuaded 20 other families to leave North Carolina in the fall of 1799 and settle in a region immediately west of what is now Cape Girardeau, Missouri.

Starting in 1906, the Missouri Pacific Railroad operated the George H. Walker, a rail ferry, called a " transfer boat ", from Anchorage ( immediately north of the Sunrise Community ) in West Baton Rouge Parish across the Mississippi River to Baton Rouge in East Baton Rouge Parish.

He catches the eye of talent agent George Shapiro ( Danny DeVito ), who signs Kaufman as a client and immediately lands him a network TV series, Taxi, much to the dismay of sitcom-hating Kaufman.

After the outbreak of World War II, George immediately enlisted as he saw the need to stop Hitler and the Nazi regime but he unfortunately was not faithful to Lucy during his time at war.

However, positioned immediately before the large portrait of King Charles I and his family it provides further circumstantial evidence that Lord Burlington may have received an earlier secret Garter from the Stuart Kings in exile ( in this painting King Charles I can be seen wearing the blue sash of the Garter with a " Lesser " George attached ).

George Washington immediately took notice, tasking him with the command of improving defensive works at the stronghold in West Point.

Besides, the enemy had again gained the weather gauge, the dangers of which became immediately clear as George Ayscue, seeing the two Admirals together in a vulnerable position, tried to isolate them ; with great difficulty they managed to return to their main force.

The Privy Council immediately proclaimed the Elector of Hanover King George I of England.

Lynch, and another favourite of Lemass's, Patrick Hillery, ruled themselves out of the leadership election from the very beginning, however, other candidates such as Charles Haughey, George Colley and Neil Blaney threw their hats into the ring immediately.

George was reportedly moved by the request ( it being mere months since his cousin Nicholas II of Russia had been executed by revolutionaries ) and promised " We will immediately do what is necessary.

He immediately detached Bourlamaque and three battalions to occupy and fortify the river crossing on the portage trail about two miles ( 3. 2 km ) from the northern end of Lake George, about from the fort.

Almost immediately he and Kondylis disagreed over the terms of a general amnesty the King wanted to declare, and George appointed an interim Prime Minister, Professor Konstantinos Demertzis.

George Washington immediately offered Stark a command in the Continental Army.

Albert “ Abbie ” Brunies and his younger brother and trombonist George Brunies were initially hesitant but suggested the idea to friend, trumpet player Paul Mares, who immediately lunged for the opportunity.

The behaviour of both groups immediately became controversial ( one major critic was King George V ) for their brutality and violence, not just towards IRA suspects and prisoners but towards Irish people in general.

Administrator Webb realized that in order to keep Apollo costs under control, he had to develop greater project management skills in his organization, so he recruited Dr. George E. Mueller for a high management job.

Towards the end of 1776 George Washington realized the need for a mounted branch of the military.

* The song is performed on an episode of the US sitcom Newhart, leading the dim-witted character of George Utley ( Tom Poston ) to say, " I never realized what that song was really about!

It was bitter for him to witness the royal elevation of the German princes Augustus II the Strong ( 1697 ), Frederick I of Prussia ( 1701 ) and George I of Hanover ( 1714 ) while his own political dreams could not be realized.

The George Burns Show lasted only one season ( 1958 – 59 ); Burns realized that viewers kept expecting Gracie to enter the scene at any time.

These albums would mark Francis ' transition from the youth-oriented Rock ' n ' Roll music to adult contemporary music, which George Franconero, Sr. had realized to be necessary if his daughter wanted to pursue a successful longtime career in music.

After following several leads which came to nothing, his goal was realized when George Withers, who owned a rubber plantation on the Mazaruni River, offered him the use of a large house on his property for this purpose.

His father once banned him from the society, but he later realized his mistake and let George rejoin.

George realized that the lioness was protecting her cubs which were later found nearby.

Since Vail shared a one-eighth interest in Morse's telegraph patents with his brother George, Vail realized far less financial gain from his work on the telegraph than Morse and others.

George Washington realized this would happen and wisely made his Mount Vernon floors out of yellow pine which is much harder ( Ling, 2003 ).

George came along, as part of the plan he and Marty had made where George would find Marty " parking " with Lorraine, but soon realized that the pretend rescue was now a real one.

George Lucas also realized the potential gains from computer animation, and in 1979, he created a new department of Lucasfilm which had the same goals as CGL, but ensured that movie industry professionals had a hand in the production.

This led to a review of the concept by Shaker Zahra and Gerry George and a reformulation of the definition that expanded greatly the concept and further defined it as being made of 2 different absorptive capacities: potential absorptive capacity and realized absorptive capacity.

George R. Stewart, author of U. S. 40: Cross Section of the United States of America, initially considered US 6, but realized that " Route 6 runs uncertainly from nowhere to nowhere, scarcely to be followed from one end to the other, except by some devoted eccentric ".

Though the original film's producer, George Pal, conceived of a TV series from the same film sometime in the seventies, it was not until the late eighties that a series was finally realized, this time by television producer Greg Strangis.

In 1948, the Swiss engineer George de Mestral was cleaning his dog of burrs picked up on a walk when he realized how the hooks of the burrs clung to the fur.

In August 1781, Continental Army Major General George Washington realized there was an opportunity to strike at the British army of Lieutenant General Charles, Earl Cornwallis, in Virginia.

:" Going Upriver director George Butler ( best known for his highly acclaimed films Pumping Iron, featuring Arnold Schwarzenegger and The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition ) first realized Kerry ’ s importance to his generation and began documenting his journey in photographs in 1969, covering Kerry's leadership of the Vietnam Veterans Against the War ( VVAW ), his early political campaigns, as well as intimate moments of his personal life.

In Character Building: Inside Life as a House, a bonus feature on the DVD release of the film, director Irwin Winkler confesses he never realized the rekindling love between George and Robin was a key aspect of the script until he saw the emotion displayed by Kevin Kline and Kristin Scott Thomas in their scenes together.

When his opponent for the Democratic nomination, George Clark, realized that Hogg would likely win the nomination, Clark's supporters left the Democratic convention and went to a new location.

Mikhail Gorbachev was in New York on his first day of visits with Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush at the time of the earthquake, and once the scale of the disaster was realized, a quick departure was made back to Armenia, with the Kremlin formally asking for American help.

Talmadge had the state political machinery built by his father, Eugene, firmly behind him, and despite his seniority and leadership in the Senate ( he served as president pro tempore in 1955 and 1956 ), George realized he was not likely to withstand the Talmadge challenge and declined to run for reelection.