Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Breaks Interstate Park is located about 5 miles (8 km) east of Elkhorn City, Kentucky. The park covers 4,500 acres (1,800 ha). The park's main feature, Breaks Canyon, is five miles long and ranges from 830 to 1,600 feet (250 to 490 m) deep. The canyon was formed by the Russell Fork river through millions of years of erosion. [9]
On July 8, 1980, a 19-year-old man was killed when his car jumped the track and his head struck a rock. Action Park claimed him as an employee, as a customer death would have to be reported to the state. However, while he had previously worked at the ski resort that would later become Action Park, he was never employed at Action Park itself. [1]
Breaks is located very close to the Kentucky border and is east of Breaks Interstate Park. Breaks gets its name in reference to the "break" in Pine Mountain, a mountain range that spans along the Kentucky-Virginia border and ends near the community of Breaks. [2] It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 144. [3]
Ernest Miller Hemingway (/ ˈ h ɛ m ɪ ŋ w eɪ / HEM-ing-way; July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was an American novelist, short-story writer and journalist. Known for an economical, understated style that influenced later 20th-century writers, he has been romanticized for his adventurous lifestyle and outspoken, blunt public image.
Subsequently, the other five surviving members of the Texas Seven were brought to trial, convicted, and sentenced to death. Rodriguez announced that he wished to forgo further appeal beyond the mandatory death-penalty appeal to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. A court-ordered psychiatric evaluation in January 2007 concluded that he was ...
Kevin Joseph Aloysius Connors (April 10, 1921 – November 10, 1992) was an American actor and professional basketball and baseball player. He is one of only 13 athletes in the history of American professional sports to have played in both Major League Baseball (Brooklyn Dodgers 1949, Chicago Cubs, 1951) and the National Basketball Association (Boston Celtics 1946–48).
After the crash, Märtin said "Park wasn't my co-driver, I was his pilot." [citation needed] Park's death was the first top-level rallying fatality since Rodger Freeth in the 1993 Rally Australia, and brought renewed attention to safety issues in the motorsport world. On 20 June 2006, a memorial for Park was unveiled in Tallinn, Estonia.
Stephen Brian Park (born August 23, 1967) [1] is an American former professional stock car racing driver. He won races in NASCAR's two top Northeast touring series (Modified and K&N East) and all three national divisions (Truck, Busch, Cup Series). Park was born in East Northport, New York as the youngest of four sons.