While the first Pteranodon wing bones were collected by Marsh and Cope in the early 1870s, the first Pteranodon skull was found on May 2, 1876, along the Smoky Hill River in Wallace County ( now Logan County ), Kansas, USA, by Samuel Wendell Williston, a fossil collector working for Marsh.

Wallace served as Governor of the New Mexico Territory at the time of the Lincoln County War and worked to bring an end to the fighting.

As governor, Wallace offered amnesty to many men involved in the Lincoln County War.

Isolated from its county seat of Wallace in the Silver Valley, the southern portion of Shoshone County was annexed by Nez Perce County in 1904, then became Clearwater County in 1911.

Bunting had served as a colonel in the Confederacy during the Civil War before establishing himself in Indianapolis ; General Lew Wallace, who was on the Union side during the War and was a resident of Montgomery County, spoke at the dedication of the cornerstone in 1875.

The first court session in Rockbridge County was held at the home of Samuel Wallace on April 7, 1778.

The second non-Democrat who carried Houston County was George Wallace of the American Independent Party during the 1968 presidential election.

Before the formation of Anderson County, Tennessee, that territory was initially land of what is today called the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, which had been settled by several pioneer families including the Wallace, Gibbs, Freels, Frost and Tunnell families.

The site of the academy and old Spencerville was located less than 1, 000 yards from the current southern border of Pushmataha County, and it is entirely possible Uncle Wallace resided in Pushmataha County.

After lobbying by Col. James Curry, who represented the area in legislature at the time and a resident of what would become Jerome township, Union County was established by the Ohio legislature, and became official in 1820 with the appointment of the original commissioners: Stephen Bell, Reuben Wallace, and John Huston.

James Wallace Robinson was a native of Union County and went onto become a U. S. congressman in 1872.

Henry A. Wallace, son of Henry Cantwell Wallace, was born on October 7, 1888, at a farm near the village of Orient, Iowa, in Adair County.

In 1891, the North Dakota Legislature enacted legislation annexing Dunn County, Hettinger County, and parts of Billings, Bowman, McKenzie, Wallace, and Williams Counties into Stark.

* Wallace County ( northwest )

Wallace County is home to Mount Sunflower, the highest point in Kansas at 4, 039 feet ( 1, 231 meters ).

" Mount Sunflower ," the highest point in Kansas, is located in Wallace County

Although the Kansas Constitution was amended in 1986 to allow the sale of alcoholic liquor by the individual drink with the approval of voters, Wallace County has remained a prohibition, or " dry ", county.

Wallace County is divided into four townships.

Bates, Wallace and Müller believed that Batesian and Müllerian mimicry provided evidence for the action of natural selection, a view which is now standard amongst biologists.

Erasmus adjusted the text in many places to correspond with readings found in the Vulgate, or as quoted in the Church Fathers ; consequently, although the Textus Receptus is classified by scholars as a late Byzantine text, it differs in nearly two thousand readings from the standard form of that text-type, as represented by the " Majority Text " of Hodges and Farstad ( Wallace 1989 ).

In order to ensure that only artworks of the highest quality were bought for the Barber Institute, its founding trust deed stipulated that all purchases should be ' of that standard of quality as required by the National Gallery and the Wallace Collection '.

Bates, Wallace and Müller believed that Batesian and Müllerian mimicry provided evidence for the action of natural selection, a view which is now standard amongst biologists.

Wallace persuaded the legislature to repeal the previous act and replace it, on 4 August 1853, with one requiring a gauge of-the current standard gauge.

Before the Second World War, metal was the standard material used for surface plates, however, after the war efforts of various countries put a strain on the availability of metal, a monument and metal shop owner ( Wallace Herman ) in Dayton, Ohio started using granite in place of metal for his surface plates.

In addition to examining such seemingly technical ideas as descriptive linguistics versus prescriptive grammar, Wallace digresses to discuss the legitimacy of Ebonics as opposed to " white male " standard English.

* Burrows, Edwin G., and Mike Wallace, Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898, Oxford University Press, 1998, 1416 pages, ISBN 0-19-514049-4 ; the standard scholarly history

The instrument was standard in French mid-19th century serious operas by Meyerbeer, Halevy, and Auber, as well as English operas by Michael Balfe, Vincent Wallace, and others.

Earlier English operas by Wallace, Michael Balfe and Julius Benedict were also included in the company's repertoire ; not just standard works like The Bohemian Girl and Maritana, but less-familiar operas such as Balfe's Satanella ( 1858 ) and Wallace's Lurline ( 1860 ).

* Track 13 recorded by Andy Wallace at the Paramount Theatre ( Seattle, Washington ), Seattle, WA, October 31, 1991.

* Brownson P, Wallace WA, Anton DJ.

The crossing is described in Wallace Breem's historical novel " Eagle in the Snow.

* 1305 – Sir William Wallace is executed for high treason at Smithfield in London.

* 1305 – William Wallace, who led the Scottish resistance against England, is captured by the English near Glasgow and transported to London where he is put on trial and executed.

Wallace is poorly regarded by many Bigfoot proponents.

Gromit of Wallace and Gromit is also a beagle.

Young William Wallace witnesses the treachery of Longshanks, survives the death of his father and brother, and is taken abroad by his uncle where he is educated.

Despite his growing admiration for Wallace and his cause, Robert is dominated by his father, who wishes to secure the throne for his son by submitting to the English.

Warned of the coming invasion by Isabella, Wallace implores the Scottish nobility, who are more concerned with their own welfare, that immediate action is needed to counter the threat and to take back the country.

The Scots lose the battle, Wallace is wounded, and Hamish's father is fatally wounded and dies after the battle.

As he charges toward the departing Longshanks on horseback, Wallace is intercepted by one of the king's lancers, who turns out to be Robert the Bruce.

Following a tryst with Wallace, Isabella exacts revenge on the now terminally ill Longshanks by telling him she is pregnant with Wallace's child, intent on ending Longshank's line and ruling in his son's place.

In London, Wallace is brought before an English magistrate, tried for high treason, and condemned to public torture and beheading.

Rainforests are widely believed by laymen to contribute a significant amount of world's oxygen, although it is now accepted by scientists that rainforests contribute little net oxygen to the atmosphere and deforestation has only a minor effect on atmospheric oxygen levels .< ref > Broeker, Wallace S. ( 2006 ).

A modern revelation that resulted in some " disaffection " and " led to intense conflict in scattered areas of the RLDS Church " is contained in the Community of Christ version's Section 156, presented by Prophet-President Wallace B. Smith and added in 1984, which called for construction of the Independence Temple and the ordination of women to the priesthood, among other changes.

In a 1996 interview with Michael Silverblatt, David Foster Wallace admitted that the structure of the first draft of Infinite Jest he gave to his editor Michael Pietsch was inspired by fractals, specifically the Sierpinski triangle ( aka Sierpinski gasket ) but that the edited novel is " more like a lopsided Sierpinsky Gasket ".

Wallace continued in praise: " Only Kafka's fragments get anywhere close to where Kosiński goes in this book, which is better than everything else he ever did combined.

Kemp is also remembered alongside George Wallace and William Jennings Bryan for influencing history by changing the direction of presidential elections despite their defeats.

As an example, the Wallace tartan has a thread count given as " K4 R32 K32 Y4 " ( K is black, R is red, and Y is yellow ).

* 1972 – In Laurel, Maryland, Arthur Bremer shoots and paralyzes Alabama Governor George Wallace while he is campaigning to become President.

* The Kingdom of Lovely is an attempt by King Danny I ( Danny Wallace ) to create an internet nation based in his flat in London.