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  • Thumbnail for Calico
    Calico (/ˈkælɪkoʊ/; in British usage since 1505) is a heavy plain-woven textile made from unbleached, and often not fully processed, cotton. It may also...
    13 KB (1,512 words) - 04:54, 5 November 2024
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    John Rackham (hanged 18 November 1720), commonly known as Calico Jack, was an English pirate captain operating in the Bahamas and in Cuba during the early...
    19 KB (2,287 words) - 15:45, 15 October 2024
  • Calico Light Weapons Inc. (CLWS) is an American privately held manufacturing company based in Elgin, Oregon, that designs, develops and manufactures semiautomatic...
    7 KB (597 words) - 07:03, 9 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Knott's Berry Farm
    Gold-Rush-era buildings with red calico fabric. Also, the Ghost Town & Calico Railroad was named because "Ghost Town" and "Calico" are two separate places. Walter...
    95 KB (9,170 words) - 03:07, 13 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Donna's Ranch
    undergone several name changes and has been previously known as The Calico Club, Donna's Calico Club, and Chardon's Club. Arnold purchased the ranch from Evelyn...
    6 KB (386 words) - 01:44, 15 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Operation Atalanta
    Operation Atalanta, formally European Union Naval Force (EU NAVFOR) Somalia, is an ongoing counter-piracy military operation at sea off the Horn of Africa...
    67 KB (5,356 words) - 19:12, 18 October 2024
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    Operation Ocean Shield was NATO's contribution to Operation Enduring Freedom – Horn of Africa (OEF-HOA), an anti-piracy initiative in the Indian Ocean...
    30 KB (2,702 words) - 20:01, 5 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for History of Knott's Berry Farm
    concrete figures sitting on benches, such as those that were modeled after Calico Saloon singer Cecelia Peterson and dancer Marilyn Schuler. Bell operated...
    72 KB (9,532 words) - 11:57, 18 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Anne Bonny
    (disappeared after 28 November 1720) was a pirate who served under John "Calico Jack" Rackham. Amongst the few recorded female pirates in history, she has...
    37 KB (4,307 words) - 05:50, 15 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Black Mafia Family
    returned to his music career. He and his younger brother Calico Jonez began the BMF tour. Calico Jonez, who had started Swishgang joined with McKnight to...
    32 KB (3,825 words) - 22:02, 6 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Capture of John "Calico Jack" Rackham
    The capture of John "Calico Jack" Rackham was a single-ship action fought between English pirate Calico Jack and British privateer Jonathan Barnet. The...
    6 KB (751 words) - 03:46, 9 November 2024
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    matériel. Dummy tanks and guns were made mainly of local materials including calico and palm-frond hurdles. Real tanks were disguised as trucks, using light...
    27 KB (3,465 words) - 21:57, 19 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Treaty of Canandaigua
    spelled in the treaty itself), also known as the Pickering Treaty and the Calico Treaty, is a treaty signed after the American Revolutionary War between...
    18 KB (1,980 words) - 05:05, 8 November 2024
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    Francisco cable car, a pan-for-gold experience, a stagecoach ride, the Calico Mine Train dark ride, the Timber Mountain Log Ride log flume ride, and a...
    14 KB (1,583 words) - 01:22, 2 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Golden Age of Piracy
    during this time, especially in high-value luxury goods such as silk and calico, which made ideal pirate booty; at the same time, no powerful navies plied...
    40 KB (5,348 words) - 00:19, 27 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Ghost Town & Calico Railroad
    The Ghost Town & Calico Railway is a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow-gauge heritage railroad and amusement park attraction within Knott's Berry Farm, an amusement...
    17 KB (1,714 words) - 19:13, 15 July 2024
  • Carolina Highway 102. A post office called Calico was established in 1882, and remained in operation until 1902. Calico was so named on account of the community...
    3 KB (102 words) - 05:05, 23 July 2023
  • Thumbnail for Waterloo Mining Railroad
    the Calico Railroad or Daggett-Calico Railroad, was a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge railroad built to carry silver ore from the mines in the Calico Mountains...
    13 KB (1,909 words) - 04:58, 25 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for List of brothels in Nevada
    along with the nearby Calico Club. It closed down in 1991 and reopened in around 2016 and the Calico Club reopened . The CALICO CLUB features exotic girls...
    68 KB (7,258 words) - 21:11, 4 October 2024
  • Thanks a Million 1935 (8th) 0 1 The Big Broadcast of 1936 1935 (8th) 0 1 The Calico Dragon 1935 (8th) 0 1 The Crusades 1935 (8th) 0 1 The Gay Deception 1935...
    510 KB (315 words) - 16:41, 19 October 2024
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