Chester's original "downtown" was a stop which was an intersection of the Richmond and Petersburg Railroad, running north to south, and the Clover Hill Railroad, which became the Brighthope Railway, then the Farmville and Powhatan Railroad.In 1900, when the Richmond and Petersburg merged with the Atlantic Coast Line, that new railroad intersected the same east …

Chester is a city in Hancock County, West Virginia, United States, along the Ohio River.Chester is the northernmost incorporated city in West Virginia. The population was 2,585 at the 2010 census.It is part of the Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH Metropolitan Statistical Area.. Chester is home to the World's Largest Teapot

Chester is a city in and the county seat of Randolph County, Illinois, United States, on a bluff above the Mississippi River. The population was 6,814 at the 2020 census. It lies 61 miles (98 km) south of St. Louis, Missouri History Founding. Samuel Smith is said to be the town's ...

The English place-name Chester, and the suffixes-chester, -caster and -cester (old -ceaster), are commonly indications that the place is the site of a Roman castrum, meaning a military camp or fort (cf. Welsh caer), but it can also apply to the site of a pre-historic fort. Names ending in -cester are nearly always reduced to -ster when spoken, the exception being "Cirencester", which is ...

Chester Yorton (1940 – November 21, 2020) also known as Chet Yorton, was an American bodybuilder who became known as "The Father of Natural Bodybuilding" for his advocacy of steroid-free bodybuilding. He defeated Arnold Schwarzenegger at the 1966 NABBA Mr. Universe (amateur) held in London Early life ...

Darren Jeffrey Chester (born 13 September 1967) is an Australian politician. He has been a member of the House of Representatives for Gippsland in Victoria, representing the Nationals since 2008. Chester had served as the Minister for Veterans' Affairs and the Minister for Defence Personnel between March 2018 and July 2021 in the Turnbull and Morrison Governments.

The Chester Beatty Biblical Papyri or simply the Chester Beatty Papyri are a group of early papyrus manuscripts of biblical texts.: 113 The manuscripts are in Greek and are of Christian origin. There are eleven manuscripts in the group, seven consisting of portions of Old Testament books, three consisting of portions of the New Testament (Gregory-Aland no. ???? 45, ???? 46, and ???? 47), …

Daniel Chester French (Exeter, 20 de abril de 1850 - Stockbridge, 7 de octubre 1931) fue un escultor de los Estados Unidos.. Era hijo de Enrique Flagg French, un abogado y funcionario del gobierno. Su decisión de convertirse en un escultor fue influenciado por May Alcott, hermana de la escritora Louisa May Alcott.Estudió un año en el Instituto de Tecnología de Massachusetts y …

USS Chester (CL/CA-27), a Northampton-class cruiser, was the second ship of the United States Navy named after the city of Chester, Pennsylvania Contents 1 Construction and commissioning

Places. Western, Nebraska, a village in the US; Western, New York, a town in the US; Western Creek, Tasmania, a locality in Australia; Western Junction, Tasmania, a locality in Australia; Western world, countries that identify with shared "Western" culture; Arts and entertainment Films. Western, a French road movie directed by Manuel Poirier; Western, a German-Austrian film