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To mark the centennial of the wreck in 2003, a tunnel in Purdue's Ross–Ade Stadium was dedicated to the victims. The Purdue football team passes through the tunnel four times at each home football game: Before the start of the game, at the end of the first half, returning to the field after half-time, and at the end of the game.
Purdue University Airport was the very first university-owned airport in the United States. In 1930, inventor-industrialist David E. Ross (one of two people for whom Purdue's Ross–Ade Stadium is named) donated a tract of land to be used as an aeronautical education and research facility at Purdue University.
From around 1899, reindeer were used to deliver mail in Alaska for the U.S. postal service. The first route was established by Sheldon Jackson and ran from St. Michael to Kotzebue, with another managed by William Kjellmann going between Unalakleet and Nome. Distances of 30–50 miles were covered by the service, with the reindeer carrying up to ...
In their natural habitat, reindeer form large groups known as herds. In herds of ten or more reindeer, they travel, rest, and eat together. During spring, the number of members of their group ...
Reindeer appear throughout the mythology and history of Arctic peoples. As one of the most prodigious sources of food and one of the last animals to be truly domesticated in the north, the ...
Together, they form the core of the Lafayette metropolitan area, which had a population of 235,066 in 2020. Lafayette was founded in 1825 on the southeast bank of the Wabash River near where the river becomes impassable for riverboats upstream, though a French fort and trading post had existed since 1717 on the opposite bank and three miles ...
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The Christmas TV schedule for 2024 has favorites like "Rudolph The Red-nosed Reindeer' on cable TV, but "A Charlie Brown Christmas' is on Apple TV+.