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Thomas Marshall's paternal grandfather, Riley Marshall, immigrated to Indiana in 1817 and settled on a farm in what is now Whitley County.

When the first counties were created by the Kansas legislature in 1855, the territory within the present limits of the county was attached to Riley County for all revenue and judicial purposes.

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Riley County ( standard abbreviation: RL ) is a county located in the U. S. state of Kansas.

Riley County is home to two of Kansas ' largest employers: Fort Riley and Kansas State University.

Among notable current and former residents of Riley County are former Governor John W. Carlin, General Glen Edgerton and millionaire miner Horace A. W. Tabor.

Riley County, named for Mexican-American War general Bennet Riley, was on the western edge of the 33 original counties established by the Kansas Territorial Legislature in August 1855.

For organizational purposes, Riley County initially had attached to it Geary County and all land west of Riley County, across Kansas Territory into present-day Colorado.

The first Territorial Capital of Kansas Territory was located in the boundaries of Riley County, in the former town of Pawnee.

On May 30, 1879, the " Irving, Kansas Tornado " began in Riley County.

2005 Kansas Department of Transportation | KDOT Map of Riley County (: File: Kansas official transportation map legend. png | map legend )

Located north of the junction of the Smoky Hill and Republican rivers in Geary County, Fort Riley Military Reservation covers in Geary and Riley counties.

In 1942, Robinson was drafted and assigned to a segregated Army cavalry unit in Fort Riley, Kansas.

Although a gala wedding was planned for Fort Riley, Kansas, the death of Stuart's father on September 20 caused a change of plans and the marriage on November 14 was small and limited to family witnesses.

The Who's 1971 song " Baba O ' Riley " was named in part after Meher Baba, and on his first solo album, Who Came First, Townshend recorded the Jim Reeves song " There's A Heartache Following Me ," saying that it was Meher Baba's favorite song.

Marc Riley was formerly a member of British Manchester band The Fall and later The Creepers before embarking on a radio presentation career alongside Mark Radcliffe.

Baptist pastor William Bell Riley, the founder and president of the World Christian Fundamentals Association, was instrumental in calling lawyer and three-time Democratic presidential nominee, former United States Secretary of State, and lifelong Presbyterian William Jennings Bryan to act as that organization's counsel.

Denver tight end Riley Odoms was his main target, with 37 receptions for 429 yards.

Cincinnati's defense was also led by defensive backs Louis Breeden and Ken Riley, and Linebackers Bo Harris, Jim LeClair, and Reggie Williams, who intercepted four passes and recovered three fumbles.

Thomas Riley Marshall ( March 14, 1854 – June 1, 1925 ) was an American Democratic politician who served as the 28th Vice President of the United States ( 1913 – 1921 ) under Woodrow Wilson.

In 1980, Maurice Riley produced the first attempt at a comprehensive history of the viola in his History of the Viola, which was followed with a second volume in 1991.

The album was written and recorded by Colin Newman, Graham Lewis, and Robert Grey ( no guests involved ), but speaking to Marc Riley on the day of the release, Newman introduced as " a new boy " guitarist Matt Simms ( from It Hugs Back ) who's been with the band since April 2010 as a touring member.

The independent and distinct approaches of Robert Riley and Troels Jørgensen in the mid-to-late 1970s showed that such examples were less atypical than previously believed ; in particular their work showed that the figure eight knot complement was hyperbolic.

Patton was made the Army's youngest-ever " Master of the Sword " at the Mounted Service School at Fort Riley, Kansas.

Edgar Froese's guitar style was inspired by Jimi Hendrix, while Chris Franke contributed the more avant garde elements of Karlheinz Stockhausen and Terry Riley.

She was considered for the role of Billie Jo Bradley, on CBS's sitcom, Petticoat Junction but Ransohoff believed that she lacked confidence and the role was given to Jeannine Riley.

IMSA GTP continued for a few more years but was replaced by a series for World Sports Cars – relatively simple open-top prototypes – which gave rise to cars such as the Ferrari 333SP and the Riley & Scott Mk 3, supported by GTs.

Louth Contemporary Music Society invited the US composer Terry Riley to perform in Drogheda in 2007, Arvo Pärt's first Irish commission and visit to the country was in Drogheda in February 2008, Michael Nyman performed in Drogheda in May 2008, John Tavener's Temenos festival was held in October 2008 and the Russian composer Alexander Knaifel was the focus of a portrait concert as part of the Drogheda Arts festival on 1 May 2009.

A pumping station named Riley was built along the pipeline.

( Robert Riley and Troels Jørgensen, working independently of each other, had earlier shown that the figure-eight knot was hyperbolic by other means.

The Saint Patrick's Battalion (), formed and led by Jon Riley, was a unit of 175 to several hundred immigrants ( accounts vary ) and expatriates of European descent who fought as part of the Mexican Army against the United States in the Mexican-American War of 1846 to 1848.

According to Riley & Riley ( 2005 ): " Best chances of seeing a tiger to come late in the dry season-April to mid June-and go out with mahouts and elephants for several days.

Caricature from 1899 showing Chicago mayor Carter Harrison, Jr., fighting against the " Allen bill ", signed by Governor John Riley Tanner that gave control of Chicago's intra-city transportation system to Yerkes

The only recurring adult members of the cast were Moosie Drier (" Riley ", 1983 – 1988 ), Sean O ' Riordan (" Flip ", 1989 – 1992 ) and Dena Burton ( 1993 ), who played managers of The P * lace.

Riley wrote the name as " Chobuta ", which means smoky water in the Choctaw language.

Dick then speaks to the man's psychologist, who complains about the terrible mental damage done to Riley by " some quack in Chicago ", referring to Newhart's previous character.

The Who performed at the Super Bowl XLIV half-time show on 7 February 2010, playing a medley of songs that included " Pinball Wizard ", " Who Are You ", " Baba O ' Riley ", " See Me Feel Me " and " Won't Get Fooled Again ".

They also performed as headliners at the 2012 London Olympic Closing Ceremony, playing special arrangements of " Baba O ' Riley ", " See Me Feel Me " and " My Generation.

In the mid-1990s the LPO even released tribute albums to rock bands like Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, and The Who with covers of the bands ' songs, including a rendition of " Kashmir ", and a version of " Baba O ' Riley ", which was featured in the movie Slackers.

The famous all-black 9th and 10th Cavalry Regiments, the soldiers of which were called " Buffalo Soldiers ", were stationed at Fort Riley at various times in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

7th Field Artillerymen fire " Old Glory ", a replica of a Field_artillery_in_the_American_Civil_War # 3-inch_rifle | Civil War field piece, at a 2012 ceremony at Ft. Riley.

" Forte apparently didn't know who Buffett was, and censured Heat coach Pat Riley because he thought Riley — who was trying to explain to him who Buffett was — was insulting him by asking if he'd ever been a " Parrothead ", the nickname for Buffett fans.

The original group released their first single in 1993, on the soundtrack to the Universal Pictures comedy CB4 ( starring Chris Rock ) titled " Baby Be Mine ", featuring Joseph Stonestreet on lead, produced by Teddy Riley, and written by Teddy Riley and Joseph Stonestreet.

Portrayed by Marc Blucas, Riley was introduced in the 1999 season four premiere episode, " The Freshman ", and Blucas was part of the series credited cast for the second part of season four and the first part of season five.

Kane says he played his audition for Riley " perhaps a little less than wholesome ", which he feels resulted in Joss Whedon later casting him as a darker character.

; Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Riley was introduced in the show's fourth season as a recurring character and became a regular in the episode " Doomed " and continued on as a regular until season five's " Into the Woods ", and appeared once afterward.

* " Time of Your Life, Part IV ", " Retreat, Part II ", " Turbulence ", " Riley: Commitment through Distance, Virtue through Sin "

One of the phrases Riley coined in the book was the " Disease of More ", stating that " success is often the first step toward disaster " and that defending champions often fail the following season because every player who returns wants more playing time, more shots per game, and more money.