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  • Five yr ago a man and his father - in-law were quail hunting near our family farm in Effingham KS.

    You Always Hurt the Gun You Love 2008

  • The crash happened just south of Effingham, which is about 30 miles from EIU's campus in Charleston.

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  • True Story: Just north of Topeka, there is a town called "Effingham".

    GERVAIS MOVIE ADDS LOUIS CK, JONAH HILL 2008

  • This officer was in command of the "Effingham," one of the vessels which had been trapped in the

    The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 (of 2) Willis J. Abbot 1898

  • After this adventure, Barry and his followers made their way through the woods back to Whitehall, where his ship the "Effingham" was lying at anchor.

    The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 (of 2) Willis J. Abbot 1898

  • The newly built "Effingham" being ready, Captain Barry surrendered, on

    The Story of Commodore John Barry 1876

  • Two attempts to raise the "Effingham" failed for want of men and material, whereupon Mr. Hopkinson said he would raise her himself -- "an insult I overlooked, having the getting up of the ship much at heart,"

    The Story of Commodore John Barry 1876

  • By the destruction of the "Effingham" in the upper Delaware he was without a command other than the temporary one in which he was operating.

    The Story of Commodore John Barry 1876

  • Delaware where the "Effingham," "Washington" and other Continental vessels had been sunk, near Bordentown, by order of General Washington, in April by his orders, also, the Pennsylvania Navy Board, directed that the galleys, shallops and brigs be dismantled and sunk, shot buried and stores lodged throughout New Jersey.

    The Story of Commodore John Barry 1876

  • Captain Barry was appointed to the command of one being built at Philadelphia -- the "Effingham" being assigned him in October.

    The Story of Commodore John Barry 1876

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