Kingsbury (surname)

Kingsbury is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

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Kingsbury (band)

Kingsbury are a prominent, Orlando-based psychedelic indie rock band on Post Records known for their melodic, dischordinant and ambient elements in their music.

History

Kingsbury was formed in 2003 in Orlando, FL when songwriter Bruce Reed recruited Mark Freeman to play bass and T.J. Burke to play drums in a new musical endeavor. Reed had written a handful of songs and recorded them onto a four-track machine. In December, 2003 the trio then recruited Nick Sanders and Riley Anderson to play guitar and keyboards respectively.

In early 2004, the band recorded their first release, a 4-song EP called This Place is Coming Down. Immediately the band started playing shows in and around Central Florida, eventually spreading out to other parts of the state of Florida. This Place is Coming Down was marked for its streamlined, yet mature songwriting and garnered positive reviews from multiple media outlets. Lost At Sea Magazine stated "This Place is Coming Down not only introduces a band with real great potential, but one that is already writing mature interesting music." Delusions of Adequacy noted that "This Place is Coming Down is a strong achievement from a talented group of musicians looking to break their way into the often tumultuous indie-rock scene."

Texas

Texas /ˈtɛksəs/ (Spanish: Texas or Tejas [ˈtexas]) is a state in the United States of America. It is the second most populous and second largest state by area in the US. Geographically located in the south central part of the country, Texas shares an international border with Mexico to the south and borders the states of New Mexico to the west, Oklahoma to the north, Arkansas to the northeast, and Louisiana to the east. Texas has an area of 268,820 square miles (696,200 km²) and a growing population of over 27.5 million residents (July 2015).

Houston is the largest city in Texas and the fourth-largest in the United States, while San Antonio is the second largest in the state and seventh largest in the United States. Dallas–Fort Worth and Greater Houston are the fourth and fifth largest United States metropolitan statistical areas, respectively. Other major cities include Austin (the state capital) and El Paso. Texas is nicknamed the Lone Star State to signify Texas as a former independent republic, and as a reminder of the state's struggle for independence from Mexico. The "Lone Star" can be found on the Texan state flag and on the Texan state seal. The origin of the state name, Texas, is from the word, "Tejas", which means 'friends' in the Caddo language.

List of minor planets: 35001–36000

The Texas (locomotive)

Western & Atlantic Railroad #49 "Texas" is a 4-4-0 "American" type steam locomotive built in 1856 for the Western & Atlantic Railroad by Danforth, Cooke & Co.. The Texas is widely known for being involved in the Great Locomotive Chase during the American Civil War as the engine that successfully pursued the General locomotive after it was stolen by Union saboteurs in an attempt to ruin the Confederate rail system. The locomotive is currently preserved at the Atlanta Cyclorama building within Grant Park in Atlanta, Georgia, and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. It will be restored and relocated to the Atlanta History Center in 2016.

Antebellum

The Texas was built in October 1856 for the Western & Atlantic Railroad by locomotive manufacturer Danforth, Cooke and Company in Paterson, New Jersey. It was subsequently shipped from Paterson to the Port of Savannah, traveled the Georgia Rail Road & Banking Company and Macon & Western Railroad, before finally being delivered to the W&A headquarters in Atlanta that same year.