"on the reservoir. The Dillon Marina is open and hundreds of sailboats can be seen docked or sailing. Dillon Marina hosts many weekend racing regattas and also provides sailboats for rent. The Dillon Yacht Club is based out of the Dillon Marina and also hosts many sailing events. Dillon Reservoir is stocked every year with 50,000 rainbow trout by the Colorado Division of Wildlife. Due to Dillon Reservoir’s proximity to the towns of Dillon and Frisco, the lake has many lodging, camping, and RV sites. Dillon Reservoir has a popular 18 mile paved bike path that winds around the entire"
"Dillon, Colorado The Town of Dillon is a Home Rule Municipality in Summit County, Colorado, United States. The population was 904 at the 2010 census. The original town of Dillon was built as a stage stop and trading post on the northeast side of the Snake River. The town was named for Tom Dillon, a prospector, and was incorporated in 1883. By 1892 the town had been relocated twice, both times in order to be closer to railroad lines that were extended into the area. All three of these historic townsites were situated very close to the Blue River Valley"
"capital. Bas-relief panels of lion heads and garland swags decorate the base of the column. There is also a bas-relief likeness of Judge Dillon on the column. Dillon Memorial The Dillon Memorial is a historic structure located in LeClaire Park, near downtown Davenport, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1983 and on the Davenport Register of Historic Properties in 1993. It is commonly referred to as the Dillon Fountain. The structure memorializes John Forrest Dillon who was a Davenport attorney, an Iowa Supreme Court Justice and a judge on the United"
"828,000 square mile Louisiana Purchase for 2.83 cents per acre. In 1854, the Kansas Territory was organized, then in 1861 Kansas became the 34th U.S. state. In 1857, Dickinson County was established within the Kansas Territory, which included the land for modern day Dillon. Dillon was a station on the Missouri Pacific Railroad. A post office was opened in Dillon in 1872, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1944. Dillon, Kansas Dillon is a rural unincorporated community in Dickinson County, Kansas, United States. For many millennia, the Great Plains of North America was inhabited by nomadic Native"
"1894 and is the oldest ""continuously operated"" business in Dillon County. Dillon, South Carolina Dillon is a city in Dillon County in eastern South Carolina, United States. It is the county seat and largest city of Dillon County. Dillon is located near the center of Dillon County in the Pee Dee region of northeastern South Carolina. The Little Pee Dee River, a tributary of the Pee Dee River, runs just east of the city. U.S. Routes 301 and 501 pass through the city as Second Avenue, leading northeast to Interstate 95 at South of the Border along the North Carolina"
"Dillon, South Carolina Dillon is a city in Dillon County in eastern South Carolina, United States. It is the county seat and largest city of Dillon County. Dillon is located near the center of Dillon County in the Pee Dee region of northeastern South Carolina. The Little Pee Dee River, a tributary of the Pee Dee River, runs just east of the city. U.S. Routes 301 and 501 pass through the city as Second Avenue, leading northeast to Interstate 95 at South of the Border along the North Carolina line, and southwest to Latta. Interstate 95 passes northeast of the"
"Dillon Beach, California Dillon Beach is a census-designated place (CDP) in Marin County, California, United States. Dillon Beach is located west of Tomales, at an elevation of 89 feet (27 m). The population was 283 at the 2010 census. Dillon Beach was named after the founder, George Dillon, who settled there in 1858. The area includes a public access beach, as well as a private beach resort, the only private beach in California. Dillon Beach is located near the mouth of Tomales Bay, at . The Estero de San Antonio State Marine Recreational Management Area is a marine protected area"
"Lake View, South Carolina Lake View is a town in Dillon County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 783 at the 2016 census. Lake View is located in southeastern Dillon County at (34.340706, -79.167805), southwest of the North Carolina border. It is southeast of Dillon. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all land. The town sits along South Carolina Highway 9, a primary route to Myrtle Beach. During hurricane evacuations and peak tourist season, the two-lane highway often becomes heavily congested. As of the census of 2000, there were 789"
"the Dillon Reservoir on the Blue River in the Colorado River. Water is diverted from there through the Harold D. Roberts Tunnel under the Continental Divide into the South Platte River Basin. Cities that rely on more or less polluted surface water from the lower reaches of rivers have to rely on extensive and costly water purification plants. The Las Vegas Valley obtains 90% of its water from Lake Mead on the Colorado River, which has been affected by drought. To supply a portion of the future water supply, Las Vegas plans to buy water rights in the Snake Valley"
"the annual ""Montana's Biggest Weekend"" event, also known as the Jaycee Labor Day Rodeo, Concert, & Parade. Dillon experiences a semi-arid climate (Köppen ""BSk"") with cold, dry winters and hot, wetter summers. Dillon, Montana Dillon is a city in and the county seat of Beaverhead County, Montana, United States. The population was 4,134 at the 2010 census. The city was named for Union Pacific Railroad President Sidney Dillon. Dillon was founded in the Beaverhead Valley as a railroad town in 1880 by Union Pacific Railroad President Sidney Dillon. The town's location was selected by the railroad because of its proximity"
"time in 1892 when the Denver, South Park and Pacific Railroad arrived from the northeast. The town was located at the confluence of three rivers: the Blue, Tenmile Creek and the Snake to provide one station for the two railroad lines. In 1890, Dillon's population was 133, less than 20% as large as Breckenridge at the time. Prior to its third move to the present location in 1961, the town had grown to 814 residents, the largest town in Summit County, however, most of this population consisted of construction workers for the dam. The idea to dam the Blue River"
"Lawrence Dillon Lawrence Dillon (born July 3, 1959) is an American composer, and Composer in Residence at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. His music has a wide range of expression, generally within a tonal idiom notable both for its rhythmic propulsiveness and a strong lyrical element. He is noted for creating works that connect past and present in attractive and unexpected ways. Dillon was born in Summit, New Jersey. He was the youngest of eight children raised by a widowed mother. He lost 50% of his hearing in an early childhood bout with chicken pox. Intrigued"
"Dillon, Montana Dillon is a city in and the county seat of Beaverhead County, Montana, United States. The population was 4,134 at the 2010 census. The city was named for Union Pacific Railroad President Sidney Dillon. Dillon was founded in the Beaverhead Valley as a railroad town in 1880 by Union Pacific Railroad President Sidney Dillon. The town's location was selected by the railroad because of its proximity to gold mines in the area. The first ore discovered in the Dillon area was silver. Gold was first discovered at Grasshopper Creek in 1862, precipitating a flood of immigration to the"
"93 stores in the Dillon Stores Division, which includes 26 stores in Wichita, Kansas, area; 11 stores in the Omaha, Nebraska, area; nine stores in Topeka, Kansas; and 24 fuel centers. The format for most locations is the traditional combination of food, general merchandise, and .pharmacy, with an average of 49,000 square feet per store. The division offers Dillons Marketplace stores in Kansas, located in Wichita, Andover, Derby, and Hutchinson. In 1983, Dillon Companies, Inc., was acquired by The Kroger Company of Cincinnati, Ohio, creating a nationwide grocery chain. Several years later, David Dillon was named Kroger's President and COO"
"died during a Labor Day Parade on September 3, 1979. A plaque in his honor is part of the Southwest Montana Veterans Memorial park in Dillon. Dillon is located at (45.215735, -112.634055), approximately east of the Continental Divide. It lies at an elevation of . According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land. Dillon is situated on the Beaverhead River, a ""blue ribbon"" fly fishing river. In April 2010, Dillon was listed as one of ""America's Prettiest Towns"" by ""Forbes"" magazine. As of the 2010 census, there were 4,134"
"Dillon Falls Dillon Falls are rapids in the U.S. state of Oregon near Bend in the Deschutes National Forest. With a pitch of 76.5°, the falls are a significant obstacle to whitewater running and are rated Class 5. Unlike nearby Benham Falls, Dillon Falls are not widely documented because they are hard to see. Trails provide a somewhat better view of the falls. The falls were named after Leander Dillon, a nearby homesteader. He died in 1907. Dillon Falls starts off as a dramatic drop, then become a steep and violent class-5 rapids with a hazardously positioned tree in the"
"boats. Boats are limited to electric trolling motors only. Gas powered motor boats are not allowed. Visitors can rent canoes, kayaks and Jon boats on a half-day or daily basis from the park office. Little Pee Dee State Park Little Pee Dee State Park is a state park located near the town of Dillon in Dillon County, South Carolina. The park land includes a part of a Carolina Bay and the sand rim once part of the coastline is visible. Activities available at the park include picnicking, fishing in the 54-acre Lake Norton or in the Little Pee Dee River,"
"Dillon Memorial The Dillon Memorial is a historic structure located in LeClaire Park, near downtown Davenport, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1983 and on the Davenport Register of Historic Properties in 1993. It is commonly referred to as the Dillon Fountain. The structure memorializes John Forrest Dillon who was a Davenport attorney, an Iowa Supreme Court Justice and a judge on the United States Circuit Court. A bequest after his death on May 6, 1914, specified the construction and location of the fountain. The memorial anchors the south end of"
"Monument of America, Fire Island National Seashore, and Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. He is a recipient of the National Park Conservation Association's Stephen T. Mather award from the Sequoia Award for outstanding contributions to park interpretation, and the Secretary of the Interior's Award for Long-Term achievement in Diversity, and the Department of the Interior's Meritorious Service Award While at Fire Island, he also received commendations from the New York State Legislature and the Suffolk County Legislature for his accomplishments there. He is an admiral in the Nebraska Navy. Dillon is a graduate of the University of California, Davis and the"
"Little Pee Dee State Park Little Pee Dee State Park is a state park located near the town of Dillon in Dillon County, South Carolina. The park land includes a part of a Carolina Bay and the sand rim once part of the coastline is visible. Activities available at the park include picnicking, fishing in the 54-acre Lake Norton or in the Little Pee Dee River, bird watching, boating, geocaching, biking and camping. Amenities include a playground, picnic shelters, a 75-foot fishing pier on the lake and a park store. A boat ramp on the lake allows access to private"
"1859, nearly 100 miners had camped along the river. By 1880, the human population of Summit county had swelled to 5,459. In 1881, Dillon Mining Company patented a 320-acre parcel and divided it into lots to establish the trade-post town of Dillon along the northeast bank of the Snake River, which is part of what was then called Blue River Valley. The town of Dillon was incorporated in 1883, but soon relocated to the west bank of the Blue River when Denver and Rio Grand Railroad came to Blue River Valley but had bypassed Dillon. Dillon was moved a second"
"Park Dillard's location where one can see the lion statues, who preside in the store's main atrium. Lion Store The Lion Store is a defunct retailer and department store chain in the city of Toledo, Ohio, United States. The stores were bought by Mercantile Stores and were eventually sold to Dillard's. In the mid 19th century, New Englander Frederick Eaton opened up a dry goods store in Toledo. The store made $15,000 in its first year of business, prompting the store, then known as Frederick Eaton & Company to move to a larger location in downtown Toledo. Between 1859 and"
"of the Year"", by the Kansas City Press Club, for her investigation into pollution in the Lake of the Ozarks. Government officials knew levels of e. coli were high but failed to warn lake visitors because of concerns over revenue loss. Dillon graduated from the Missouri School of Journalism with an MA in journalism and political science. She was an investigative reporter for the ""Lawrence Journal World"", a daily newspaper in the Kansas City area until 2016, and is now a freelance reporter and owner for More Than A-Matter. She resides in Kansas. http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n680/a05.html Karen Dillon Karen Dillon (born 1952)"
"Dillon, Kansas Dillon is a rural unincorporated community in Dickinson County, Kansas, United States. For many millennia, the Great Plains of North America was inhabited by nomadic Native Americans. From the 16th century to 18th century, the Kingdom of France claimed ownership of large parts of North America. In 1762, after the French and Indian War, France secretly ceded New France to Spain, per the Treaty of Fontainebleau. In 1802, Spain returned most of the land to France. In 1803, most of the land for modern day Kansas was acquired by the United States from France as part of the"
"Dillon County, South Carolina Dillon County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2010 census, the county's population was 32,062. The county seat is Dillon. Founded in 1910 from a portion of Marion County, both Dillon County and the city of Dillon were named for prosperous local citizen James W. Dillon (1826-1913), an Irishman who settled there and led a campaign to bring the railroad into the community. The result of this effort was the construction of the Wilson Short Cut Railroad, which later became part of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, and"
"Dillons Run Dillons Run is a tributary stream of the Cacapon River, belonging to the Potomac River and Chesapeake Bay watersheds. The stream is located in Hampshire County in the U.S. state of West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle. Dillons Run's source lies in a hollow along the southeastern end of Cooper Mountain (2,028 feet), south of the community of Millbrook. The stream follows Dillons Run Road (County Route 50/25) northeast through Millbrook, turning east through Millbrook Gap, joining a stream flowing from Parks Hollow. Dillons Run continues northeast, adjoining Dillons Run Road while flowing by the community of Dillons Run. After"
"Queen, McDonald's, Subway, Pita Pit, Taco John's, and Pizza Hut. Chain stores in Dillon are Safeway, Van's IGA, Ace Hardware, and Murdoch's Ranch & Home Supply. The Beaverhead County Museum is in Dillon. Public facilities in Dillon include the Dillon Public Library, Post Office, and Barrett's Park. The YMCA has a location within the city limits. Recreational activities that draw tourism to Dillon include fishing on the Beaverhead River, snowmobiling, hiking, shopping at the Patagonia outlet, four-wheeling, the annual Demolition Derby, and skiing at Maverick Mountain Ski Area. Bannack State Park is popular with tourists. Dillon is also home to"
"the name was changed to ""Page's Mill"" in 1870. The town was officially incorporated as Page's Mill in 1907, and the citizens voted to change its name to ""Lake View"" in 1916. Lake View, South Carolina Lake View is a town in Dillon County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 783 at the 2016 census. Lake View is located in southeastern Dillon County at (34.340706, -79.167805), southwest of the North Carolina border. It is southeast of Dillon. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all land. The town sits along South"
"Charles Hall Dillon Charles Hall Dillon (December 18, 1853 – September 15, 1929) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from South Dakota (1913–19). He later served on the South Dakota Supreme Court. He was born near Jasper, Indiana in 1853. He attended the public schools, and received his undergraduate degree from Indiana University in 1854, with a graduate law degree two years later from Indiana University Maurer School of Law. He started his career as an attorney in Jasper, later moving to Marion, Iowa in 1881, to Mitchell, Dakota Territory, in 1882, and to Yankton, South"
"heard from the area of calm water. http://www.waterfallswest.com/waterfall.php?id=115 Dillon Falls Dillon Falls are rapids in the U.S. state of Oregon near Bend in the Deschutes National Forest. With a pitch of 76.5°, the falls are a significant obstacle to whitewater running and are rated Class 5. Unlike nearby Benham Falls, Dillon Falls are not widely documented because they are hard to see. Trails provide a somewhat better view of the falls. The falls were named after Leander Dillon, a nearby homesteader. He died in 1907. Dillon Falls starts off as a dramatic drop, then become a steep and violent class-5"
"City Attorney for the City of Roanoke. From 2003 to 2014, she had been a shareholder at Guynn, Memmer & Dillon, PC, where she handled both trial and appellate matters in Federal and State courts. On September 18, 2014, President Obama nominated Dillon to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia, to the seat vacated by Judge Samuel Grayson Wilson, who retired on July 31, 2014. She received a hearing before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary on November 13, 2014. On December 11, 2014 her"
"Dillon station Dillon is a train station in Dillon, South Carolina, served by Amtrak, the United States' railroad passenger system. It was originally built by the Florence Railroad in 1893, but only as a freight station. Once the railroad was consolidated into the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad in 1898, the passenger station was opened in 1904. The station survived the merger of the Atlantic Coast Line and Seaboard Air Line Railroads into the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad in 1967, only to terminate passenger service in 1971. Amtrak service to Dillon began on June 15, 1976, with the introduction of the"
"a hillside was set aside for the current townsite, which is now situated on the shoreline of Dillon Reservoir. Dillon is located at (39.627659, -106.044199). According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it (35.71%) is water. Dillon Dam and its reservoir (Lake Dillon) are nearby. The continental divide is approximately east. According to the Köppen climate classification, Dillon has an alpine subarctic climate ""(Dfc)"". As of the census of 2000, there were 802 people, 369 households, and 195 families residing in the town. The"