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Edward Crockett Pulaski (February 9, 1866 – February 2, 1931) was a U.S. Forest Service ranger based in Wallace, Idaho. [2] Pulaski traveled west and worked as a miner, railroad worker, and ranch foreman before joining the forest service in 1908. [ 3 ]
After the fire in the surrounding forest died down, Pulaski and his crew followed Placer Creek to safety in Wallace. [2] [3] [5] [7] In just two days, the Great Fire of 1910 consumed 3,000,000 acres (1,200,000 ha) of forest. The six men lost in or near Pulaski's tunnel were among 78 firefighters killed by the fire.
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Pulaski (tool), a firefighting hand tool combining an ax and a mattock; Pulaski, a 1987 BBC TV series "Pulaski", a 1987 instrumental song by The Shadows and theme from the BBC TV series "Pulaski", a 2011 song by Drive-By Truckers from Go-Go Boots; Pulaski Yankees, were a minor-league American baseball team based in Pulaski, Virginia
Liang published Phan's 1905 work Việt Nam vong quốc sử (History of the Loss of Vietnam) and intended to distribute it in China and abroad, but also to smuggle it into Vietnam. Phan wanted to rally people to support the cause for Vietnamese independence; the work is regarded as one of the most important books in the history of Vietnam's ...
Chữ Nôm (𡨸喃, IPA: [t͡ɕɨ˦ˀ˥ nom˧˧]) [5] is a logographic writing system formerly used to write the Vietnamese language.It uses Chinese characters to represent Sino-Vietnamese vocabulary and some native Vietnamese words, with other words represented by new characters created using a variety of methods, including phono-semantic compounds. [6]
Chu Văn An (born Chu An, 25 August 1292 – c. 1370) was a Confucian, teacher, physician, and high-ranking mandarin of the Trần dynasty in Đại Việt. [1] His courtesy name was Linh Triệt (靈徹), while his art name was Tiều Ẩn (樵隱). He was later given the posthumous name Văn Trinh.
Mạc Đĩnh Chi statue. Mạc Đĩnh Chi (莫 挺 之; 1272–1346) was a renowned Vietnamese Confucian scholar who was the highest-scoring graduate in the palace examinations at the age of only twenty-four.