Prior to 1908, several semi-pro and amateur teams dominated the Akron football scene.

Prior to joining the major leagues, Willis played the 1897 season at the University of Delaware, and later coached the 1907 team and parts of the 1908 team.

Prior to that, three New Zealanders won medals competing for Australasian teams in 1908 and 1912.

Prior to 1908 they were the principal component of Santa Rita National Forest, which was combined with other small forest tracts to form Coronado.

Prior to the 1908 season, West Adelaide never finished higher than fifth on the premiership ladder.

Prior to the Carolina League years, the Twins played in the Virginia-North Carolina League in 1905, the Carolina Baseball Association from 1908 to 1917 and the Piedmont League from 1920 to 1933 and again from 1937 to 1942.

Prior to this show, there had been no major review of the British glass scene since the 1993 Crafts Council touring exhibition ‘ The Glass Show ’ ( a retrospective of 30 years of studio art glass-see Andrew Brewerton essay in 2004 catalogue ).

Prior to 2002, bowl game statistics were not included in players ' career totals and the games were mostly considered to be exhibition games involving a payout to participating teams, which had to meet strict eligibility requirements.

Prior to the 1917-18 NHL season, an exhibition game was played on 15 December, between the Montreal Maroons and the Montreal Wanderers.

Prior to the exhibition, the museum commissioned infrared, ultraviolet and chemical analysis of eight works each by Van Gogh, Cézanne, and the Gachets for comparison.

Prior to the event, the Expo 2008 host committee estimated that the expo event could generate 135 million euros in receipts for admission to the exhibition centre.

Prior to opening day the alumni teams of both clubs played each other in an exhibition game in front of a crowd of 30, 000 where all stadium functions were thoroughly tested.

Prior to the start of the 1922 – 23 season, the Tigers faced the Stanley Cup champion Toronto St. Patricks in two exhibition games.

Prior to the start of the regular season a series of exhibition games, dubbed " Anyang Cup 2008 " was held in Anyang.

Prior to that he was a top rally driver in the US, and became the first works backed driver from a car manufacturer with GM in 2004 after narrowly losing to Ken Nomura in the US D1 Grand Prix exhibition event in.

Prior to its 2006 TV broadcast in Australia Sacha Molitorisz of The Age Newspaper reviewed the film saying ‘ This fresh documentary explores Melbourne's flourishing graffiti subculture .’ Other notable screenings include the 17 August 2008 event of documentaries programmed in the ' Street Art ' exhibition at the Tate Modern in London.

Prior to the tunnel being built, the LIRR's western terminus was Atlantic Street at Clinton Street.

Prior to this time, the western hills of Allegheny County consisted largely of rolling farms and small residential developments.

Prior to the invention of the steamboat, western settlers had no choice but to walk home through the wilderness to reach home.

Prior to fall 2006, Williams Elementary School, Marsh Middle School, and W. T. White High School served western Highland Park.

Prior to about 1800, the crest of the Appalachian Mountains was seen as the western frontier.

Prior to 1913, the town, situated on the western bank of the Pawtuxet River, was the population and industrial center of the larger town of Warwick.

Prior to 2004, the route's last 20 miles ( 32 km ) were co-signed with U. S. Route 101 from the highways ' junction south of Seaside north to Astoria where its intersection with U. S. Route 30 was also U. S. 30's western terminus.

Prior to the 2010 election Bathurst was within the Macquarie federal electoral district which was more easterly based including the Blue Mountains area with Bathurst as the western boundary of the district.

Prior to the opening of the Yellowhead Highway, Highways 5 and 14 both ran the width of Saskatchewan-the respective eastern and western portions of these highways retain their original designations.

Prior to the creation of the Nevada Territory, the area was part of western Utah Territory and was known as Washoe, after the native Washoe people.

Prior to this demolition, the Fort had been built between 1686 and 1743 by the British East India Company with three gates ( the Apollo Gate, the Church Gate and the Bazaar Gate ), a moat, esplanade, level open spaces on its western fringe ( to control fires ) and residences.

Prior to the find Olmec-influenced statuary and architecture had been almost completely unknown for other sites in the western Morelos region, and Zazacatla's excavation represents the strongest evidence yet for some form of trade or contact between the area and the " Olmec heartland " in the Gulf Coast region, some 400 km ( 249 mi ) to the east.

Prior to the split, Mishima District covers the cities of Kashiwazaki ( excluding the western part of the city ), village of Kariwa, Nagaoka ( parts of the former towns of Oguni and Koshiji ).

Prior to the completion of Corridor X in western Alabama, U. S. 43 and U. S. 278 shared a concurrency with U. S. 78 between Guin and Hamilton.

Prior to the First World War women's role in society in western countries was generally confined to the domestic sphere ( but not necessarily their own home ) and to certain types of jobs.

Prior to this advent any U. S. Mail bound for western localities was transported by ship across the Gulf of Mexico to Panama, where it was freighted across the narrow isthmus to the Pacific and put back on a ship which then departed for points in California.

Prior to the late nineteenth century, western ( specifically European ) empires studied what was said to be high culture of the Middle East, being literature, language, and philology ; however, a reciprocal program and curriculum of study did not exist in the Orient which looked at European lands.

Prior to 1995, the adjacent stations were Millswood and Hawthorn ; both of these stations were closed when the western track was converted to standard gauge ( in 1995 ).

Prior to 16 million years ago, the western Cascade Volcanic Arc stratovolcanoes erupted with periodic regularity for over 27 million years, even as they do today.

Prior to My Three Sons, Demarest appeared with veteran western film star Roscoe Ates in the 1958 episode " And the Desert Shall Blossom " of CBS's Alfred Hitchcock Presents.

Prior to 2001, the community of Orleans was spread over two municipal jurisdictions, the eastern portion being in the pre-amalgamation City of Cumberland, the western portion in the City of Gloucester.

Prior to his role in the western theater, he commanded forces under General Richard Taylor about Bayou Teche in south Louisiana.

Prior to 1904, the Bilibil people lived on an island offshore from Madang, trading clay pots along the coast from Karkar Island to western Morobe Province.

Prior to this event, Maryland had held out and refused to ratify the Articles until every state had ceded its western land claims.

Prior to the construction of the southern half, the route was signed along surface streets from the end of the freeway portion southwards until its junction with Route 9 in Saratoga, which served as its southern terminus.

Prior to the opening of Forest Glen on September 22, 1990, Silver Spring was the terminus for the eastern end of the Red Line.

Prior to 1992, the southern terminus of U. S. 89 was at Nogales, Arizona, and the highway proceeded to Flagstaff, Arizona, along what is now Interstate 19, Arizona State Route 79, U. S. Route 60, U. S. Route 93, and Arizona State Route 89.

Prior to the completion of Interstate 5 and Interstate 405 SSH-1I had its eastern terminus at U. S. Route 99 ( aka PSH-1, now SR-99 ).

Prior to 2002, this interchange was entirely part of I-210, and the eastern terminus of I-210 ended several miles south of the curve at the Kellogg Interchange at the junctions of the Chino Valley Freeway, State Route 71, the San Bernardino Freeway, I-10, and Route 57.

Prior to 1998, two segments of Lake Shore Boulevard ( from the Etobicoke – Mississauga boundary to the Humber River and from the eastern terminus of the Gardiner Expressway to Woodbine Avenue ) were designated as part of Highway 2.

Prior to SkyTrain opening for full revenue service, the station served as the western terminus of a short 1 km demonstration track during the summer of 1983.

Prior to 1962, M-30's southern terminus ended at a junction with M-46 in Merrill.

Prior to the opening of the Bricklayers Arms terminus it had approached the South Eastern Railway ( SER ), with a suggestion that they should either buy or lease the Greenwich line.

Prior to the completion of the Pretty River Parkway in Collingwood in the 1970s, Highway 26 was routed through Collingwood along Hume Street, before making a 90 degree right turn ( north ) at the intersection with Highway 24 ( Now Simcoe Road 124, Hurontario Street ) with which it was concurrent until Highway 24's terminus at First Street, where Highway 26 makes a 90 degree left turn ( west ) onto First Street, continuing on the present route.

Prior to 1992, the DE 1 / US 113 interchange served as the northern terminus for DE 1, but with the construction of the Korean War Veterans Memorial Highway, DelDOT extended the DE 1 designation north of this interchange to prevent a " gap " between the Fenwick Island – Milford section and the toll highway.

Prior to 1959 Penistone was also the terminus of local trains from Doncaster via Barnsley and the Dearne Valley.

* 1988 Prior to 1988, passengers travelling to Manchester were limited to arriving or departing at one station – the ex-L & YR terminus at Manchester Victoria.