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1951    the winner was    Dick Kazmaier, HB from Princeton Sports & Leisure > American Football - Heisman Trophy Winners

The Princeton Cannon    is the fight song of    Princeton University Sports & Leisure > U.S. College Fight Songs

Bureau County    has the county seat    Princeton Organized out of Putnam County in 1837 -- named for Pierre de Beuro, a trader on Bureau Creek where it joins the Illinois River -- actor Richard Widmark grew up in Princeton and attended Princeton High School Geography > Illinois County Seats

Cape May (home to 6 President's Houses), Princeton University, Meadowlands Museum    are all    Tourist Attractions in New Jersey, U.S.A. Misc > Common Threads 2

USS Princeton    was the first    US Navy Screw Steam Warship The first US Navy warship with propelling machinery below the waterline. Rattler, the first British warship with screw, was also launched in 1843]. The Princeton was laid down 20 October 1842 at the Philadelphia Navy Yard under the supervision of Capt. Robert F. Stockton. Capt. Robert Stockton on Princeton, the first screw-propelled naval steamer, challenged British merchant ship Great Western to a race off New York, which Princeton won easily. History & Mythology > US Navy Ships - Firsts

Charles Wilson Peale    painted    George Washington at Princeton 1779, oil on canvas; Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia Arts & Literature > Paintings

Momouth, Trenton, Princeton, Ticonderoga    are all    Famous Battles of the American Revolutionary War Misc > Common Threads 1

The Sun Also Rises    begins    Robert Cohn Was Once Middleweight Boxing Champion of Princeton. Ernest Hemingway Arts & Literature > Literature - Opening Lines