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The Washburn family is a family of politicians from the United States. Below is a list of members: ... Israel Washburn II (1755–1841), member of the Massachusetts ...
The belief is based on the legend of a black goat farmer named Oscar Washburn, who was said to have moved his family to a residence just north of the bridge. A few years later, Washburn, having become known as a dependable and honest businessman and dubbed the "Goatman" by locals, displayed a sign on Alton Bridge reading "This way to the Goatman".
Category for members of the Washburn family, a prominent American political family, originally from Maine. Pages in category "Washburn family" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total.
In 1875, the Washburn brothers completed the Wawona Road—the third road to reach Yosemite and the most enduring—providing access from the south. [5] That same year, the Washburn brothers purchased Clark's Ranch, a stage stop run by Galen Clark, and incorporated it into the Yosemite Stage and Turnpike Company.
Elihu Benjamin Washburne (September 23, 1816 – October 22, 1887) was an American politician and diplomat.A member of the Washburn family, which played a prominent role in the early formation of the United States Republican Party, he served as a congressman from Illinois before, during and after the American Civil War.
Another contributor to the American Washburn line, a younger brother of John Sr., William Washburne, the immigrant ancestor to Connecticut Colony, and later Hempstead, Long Island, did not join his brother John Washburn in Plymouth Colony. He remained in England, where he raised a large family, and finally sailed with his in-laws to New England.
Thomas Lee Kirk (December 10, 1941 − September 28, 2021) [1] was an American actor, best known for his performances in films made by Walt Disney Studios such as Old Yeller, The Shaggy Dog, Swiss Family Robinson, The Absent-Minded Professor, and The Misadventures of Merlin Jones, as well as the beach party films of the mid-1960s.
Oscar Washburn, the ghost of a black goat farmer who allegedly haunts Old Alton Bridge in Copper Canyon, Texas. He is commonly known as "the Goatman" as he is said to appear as a half-human half-goat like entity. The bridge has been nicknamed "Goatman's Bridge" by locals as a result of the legend. [9]