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Moonlight, George Fairweather, 1832-1884
Goldminer, hotel publican and store-keeper. Born in Scotland in 1832, son of James Moonlight and his wife, Jane Lindsay. Sailed to America in 1848 and was on the Californian goldfields at age 16. He then moved on to Australia, prospecting on the Bendigo and Ballarat goldfields with some success, purchasing a ship to trade with Java. He arrived in Otago in 1861, with his cousin Tom Moonlight, and then moved on to the Nelson and West Coast goldfields. Moonlight explored much of the West Coast interior making numerous discoveries. He married Elizabeth Gaukrodger in 1863; they had two children Totty and Jack. He was publican of the White Hart Hotel, Richmond, Nelson, ca 1863-1868; followed by store-keeping ventures in the Maruia Valley, Murchison and Glenroy, where
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Louisiana state trooper suspended without pay after 2020 fatal crash in Monroe The Louisiana State trooper involved in the crash is Kaleb Reeves. (Source: Louisiana State Police) By Matthew Segura | April 15, 2021 at 11:44 AM CDT - Updated April 15 at 11:44 AM
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TTU School of Dance presents FrontierFest
The Texas Tech School of Theatre and Dance will present FrontierFest on Sunday, April 12 at 2:30 p.m., via Zoom.
FrontierFest is an evening of one-act play and choreographic pieces by Texas Tech students.
In lieu of a ticket, you will purchase a link to the performance hosted virtually on Zoom Webinar and viewable on a PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone or Android device. Each ticket (performance link) will give you access to the performance on one device only.
Tickets for this online performance are $3.50 and available for purchase online at ttutheatreanddance.tix.com