Definition & Meaning | English word ALTAMONT
ALTAMONT
Definitions of ALTAMONT
- A unincorporated community in Alameda County, California.
- A city in Effingham County, Illinois.
- A city in Labette County, Kansas.
- A unincorporated community in Garrett County, Maryland.
- A village in Daviess County, Missouri.
- A village located in the town of in Guilderland, Albany County, New York.
- A unincorporated community in Avery County, North Carolina.
- A unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Ohio.
- A census-designated place and unincorporated community in Klamath County, Oregon.
- A census-designated place in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.
- A former unincorporated community in Greenville County, South Carolina.
- A town in Deuel County, South Dakota.
- A town in county seat in Grundy County, Tennessee.
- A town in Duchesne County, Utah.
- A neighbourhood in West Vancouver, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
- A unincorporated community in Manitoba, Canada.
Number of letters
8
Is palindrome
No
Examples of Using ALTAMONT in a Sentence
- They headlined the Monterey Pop Festival (1967), Woodstock (1969), Altamont Free Concert (1969), and the first Isle of Wight Festival (1968) in England.
- The county is located in Northern California's Central Valley just east of the very highly populated nine-county San Francisco Bay Area region and is separated from the Bay Area by the Diablo Range, having access to the Bay Area via the Altamont Pass.
- Some other cities in Effingham County, Illinois include Altamont, Teutopolis, Beecher City, Montrose, Dieterich, Shumway, Watson, Mason, and Edgewood.
- Altamont, the "City of Plain", was laid out in Mound Township, considered the richest and best township in Effingham County - being mostly prairies and farm ground - slightly rolling along Big Creek, Coon Creek, and Second Creek.
- Altamont Grade School, a Pre-K through 8th grade facility, acts as a feeder school to Labette County High School.
- Maryland Route 38 is the only state highway serving the town, connecting northward to Maryland Route 135 near Altamont and southward across the North Branch Potomac River to West Virginia Route 42 in Blaine.
- Also listed on the National Register of Historic Places are the Delaware and Hudson Railroad Passenger Station, Fine Arts and Flower Building Altamont Fairground, Hayes House, and Lainhart Farm Complex and Dutch Barn.
- Altamont may have been named after a locally famous trotting horse named Altamont, by a prominent local horseman, Jay Beach.
- The latter is a gorge sliced by the upper watershed of the Collins River (Altamont is part of this watershed) as the river descends from the plateau to the Highland Rim en route to its mouth at the Caney Fork in adjacent Warren County.
- At a Rolling Stones concert in Altamont, California, a fan was stabbed to death by Hells Angels, a biker gang that had been hired to provide security for the event.
- The Rolling Stones have cited Reed as a major influence on their sound, and their early set lists included Reed's songs "Ain't That Lovin' You Baby", "The Sun Is Shining" (played by the Stones at the 1969 Altamont concert), "Bright Lights, Big City", and "Shame, Shame, Shame".
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- The Marquess of Sligo, whose seat was nearby Westport House, bears the titles Baron Mount Eagle and Earl of Altamont ("high mount"), both deriving from Croagh Patrick.
- He was created Baron Mount Eagle in 1760, Viscount Westport in 1768 and Earl of Altamont in 1771, the titles of Mount Eagle and Altamont deriving from Croagh Patrick near Westport.
- Frederick Altamont Cornwallis Twistleton, fifth Earl of Ickenham, known to all as Uncle Fred, is on the loose once again (Lady Ickenham having decamped for a wedding in Trinidad), and Reginald ("Pongo") Twistleton, his long-suffering nephew, has every right to be petrified.
- Frederick Altamont Cornwallis Twistleton, 5th Earl of Ickenham, commonly known as Uncle Fred, is a fictional character who appears in comedic short stories and novels written by P.
- In May 1997, the Altamont Commuter Express Joint Powers Authority (ACE JPA) was formed by the SJRRC, Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA), and Alameda Congestion Management Agency (ACMA).
- McMinnville, Altamont, Gruetli-Laager and Beersheba Springs are among the communities located within its watershed.
- Monterey, Baxter, Sparta, Smithville, McMinnville, Altamont, Spencer and Gordonsville are among the towns that are at least partially drained by the river.
- During this period, Booth was introduced to fellow Richards confederate and Waycross native Gram Parsons of The Flying Burrito Brothers (he reviewed The Gilded Palace of Sin for Rolling Stone contemporaneously) and was present at the infamous Altamont Music Festival, where a concertgoer was killed by a member of the Hells' Angels.
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