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Dr. William O. Walker aka W.O. Walker (born William Otis Walker on September 19, 1896 – died October 29, 1981) was an African-American publisher, Cleveland-area politician, and editor of the Call and Post, an African-American newspaper based in Cleveland. He was the African-American to serve in an Ohio Governor's cabinet.
Joseph Albert Walker (February 20, 1921 – June 8, 1966) (Capt, USAF) was an American World War II pilot, experimental physicist, NASA test pilot, and astronaut who was the first person to fly an airplane to space.
Cleveland is located in central Blount County at 33°59'31.326" North, 86°34'33.823" West (33.992035, -86.576062). [3] The Locust Fork of the Black Warrior River flows past the northwest side of the town. The National Register-listed Swann Covered Bridge, which spans the river, lies just west of Cleveland.
A man who murdered a 17-year-old girl and refused to tell her family where her body is has died in prison where he was serving a life sentence.
This episode marked the end of his career as stunt pilot in movies. [4] During the National Air Races in Cleveland in 1932, his aircraft crashed and he died a few days later in hospital due to the injuries he suffered. The accident is documented in the film Pylon Dusters: 1932 and 1938 Air Races, an historic film about the 1932 Cleveland Race ...
The son of a Royal Air Force (RAF) fighter pilot, Peter Brett Walker was born on 29 September 1949 in the Staffordshire village of Rowley Regis. [1] He was initially educated at Pocklington School , [ 2 ] before joining Durham University to read for a General Arts degree at Hatfield College . [ 3 ]
Walker County was established on December 26, 1823, and formed from sections of Marion and Tuscaloosa counties. [1] It was named after Senator John Walker, who represented Alabama in the U.S. Senate from 1819 to 1822. [1] The county was greatly reduced in size on February 12, 1850, when its northern half became the county of Winston.
The town of Nauvoo was founded in 1888, during the construction of the Northern Alabama Railway, and was formerly a center of coal mining. [2] The town grew out of isolated agricultural settlements on the Walker County-Winston County line, which had been known unofficially as Blackwell's Crossing and Ingle Mills (or Ingle's Mill) after prominent local landowners. [3]