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Panama Canal Zone

Index Panama Canal Zone

The Panama Canal Zone (Zona del Canal de Panamá) was an unincorporated territory of the United States from 1903 to 1979, centered on the Panama Canal and surrounded by the Republic of Panama. [1]

123 relations: Albrook Air Force Station, Alfred Thayer Mahan, American Radio Relay League, Ancón, Panama, Ancon Hill, Andrew Jackson, Arco Iris, Panama, Arizona, Álvaro de Saavedra Cerón, Balboa Heights, Panama, Balboa, Panama, Barbados, Benjamin Alden Bidlack, Bogotá, Bridge of the Americas, California Gold Rush, Canal Zone Police, Cape Horn, Cardenas, Panama, Chagres River, Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, Coco Solo, Colón, Panama, Colombia, Colombian peso, Commissary, Cristóbal, Colón, Curundú, David McCullough, Diablo, Panama, Downes v. Bidwell, DX Century Club, Earl Bell, Ecuador, Edward A. Murphy Jr., Enclave and exclave, English language, Enrique Adolfo Jiménez Airport, Erie Canal, Federal Communications Commission, Fort Amador, Fort Clayton, Fort Davis, Panama, Fort De Lesseps, Fort Gulick, Fort Kobbe, Fort Randolph (Panama), Fort Sherman, Frederick Wiseman, Galeta Island (Panama), ..., Gamboa, Panama, Gatún, Gatun Lake, Gorgas Hospital, Gran Colombia, Hay–Bunau-Varilla Treaty, Howard Air Force Base, Insular Cases, Isthmian Canal Commission, Isthmus of Panama, Jamaica, Jim Crow laws, John Frank Stevens, John Hay, John McCain, Kenneth and Mamie Clark, Klea Scott, List of former United States military installations in Panama, List of Governors of the Panama Canal Zone, Madden Dam, Mallarino–Bidlack Treaty, Martyrs' Day (Panama), Metropolitan Natural Park, Naturalization Act of 1795, Nicaragua Canal, Non-voting members of the United States House of Representatives, Panama, Panama Canal, Panama Canal Railway, Panama City, Panamanian balboa, Panamanian Spanish, Paraíso, Panamá Province, Philippe Bunau-Varilla, Postage stamps and postal history of the Canal Zone, Presidency of Ulysses S. Grant, Provinces of Panama, PSA Panama International Terminal, Rail transport in Panama, Red Tank, Panama, Republican Party (United States), Richard Prince, Robert J. Tracewell, Rod Carew, Sage Steele, Senate of Colombia, Separation of Panama from Colombia, Simón Bolívar, Spanish Empire, Spanish–American War, Stuart Rossiter, The Del Rubio Triplets, The New York Times, The Path Between the Seas, Theodore Roosevelt, Thomas H. Jordan, Time (magazine), Torrijos–Carter Treaties, Unincorporated territories of the United States, United States, United States Army Corps of Engineers, United States Code, United States District Court for the Canal Zone, United States Marine Corps, United States presidential election, 2008, United States Secretary of the Army, United States Secretary of War, United States Senate, United States Southern Command, Vasco Núñez de Balboa, Venezuela, Woodrow Wilson, Zonian. Expand index (73 more) »

Albrook Air Force Station

Albrook Air Force Station is a former United States Air Force facility in Panama.

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Alfred Thayer Mahan

Alfred Thayer Mahan (September 27, 1840 – December 1, 1914) was a United States naval officer and historian, whom John Keegan called "the most important American strategist of the nineteenth century." His book The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660–1783 (1890) won immediate recognition, especially in Europe, and with its successor, The Influence of Sea Power Upon the French Revolution and Empire, 1793–1812 (1892), made him world-famous and perhaps the most influential American author of the nineteenth century.

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American Radio Relay League

The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) is the largest membership association of amateur radio enthusiasts in the USA.

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Ancón, Panama

Ancón is a corregimiento in Panamá District, Panamá Province, Panama with a population of 29,761 as of 2010.

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Ancon Hill

Ancon Hill is a 654-foot hill that overlooks Panama City, Panama, adjacent to the township of Ancón.

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Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767 – June 8, 1845) was an American soldier and statesman who served as the seventh President of the United States from 1829 to 1837.

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Arco Iris, Panama

Rainbow City, now known as the sector Arco Iris, in the corregimiento Cristóbal, is a section of the city of Colón in the Republic of Panama.

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Arizona

Arizona (Hoozdo Hahoodzo; Alĭ ṣonak) is a U.S. state in the southwestern region of the United States.

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Álvaro de Saavedra Cerón

Álvaro de Saavedra (d. 1529) was one of the Spanish explorers in the Pacific Ocean.

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Balboa Heights, Panama

Balboa Heights was more or less part of the Panama Canal township of Balboa, existing on the edge of it towards Ancón, with some of it on the lower slopes of Ancon Hill.

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Balboa, Panama

Balboa is a district of Panama City, located at the Pacific entrance to the Panama Canal.

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Barbados

Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the Caribbean region of North America.

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Benjamin Alden Bidlack

Benjamin Alden Bidlack (September 8, 1804 – February 6, 1849) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

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Bogotá

Bogotá, officially Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviated Bogotá, D.C., and formerly known as Santafé de Bogotá between 1991 and 2000, is the capital and largest city of Colombia, administered as the Capital District, although often thought of as part of Cundinamarca.

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Bridge of the Americas

The Bridge of the Americas (Puente de las Américas; originally known as the Thatcher Ferry Bridge) is a road bridge in Panama, which spans the Pacific entrance to the Panama Canal.

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California Gold Rush

The California Gold Rush (1848–1855) began on January 24, 1848, when gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California.

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Canal Zone Police

The Canal Zone Police was a Panamanian-based American overseas police force that consisted of more than 400 officers and was responsible for the security of Canal Zone property, as well as general policing duties, using a wide range of transportation, including boats, horses, motorcycles and patrol cars.

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Cape Horn

Cape Horn (Cabo de Hornos) is the southernmost headland of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago of southern Chile, and is located on the small Hornos Island.

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Cardenas, Panama

Cardenas was a township in the old Panama Canal Zone.

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Chagres River

The Chagres River, in central Panama, is the largest river in the Panama Canal's watershed.

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Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

Charles V (Carlos; Karl; Carlo; Karel; Carolus; 24 February 1500 – 21 September 1558) was ruler of both the Holy Roman Empire from 1519 and the Spanish Empire (as Charles I of Spain) from 1516, as well as of the lands of the former Duchy of Burgundy from 1506.

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Coco Solo

Coco Solo was a United States Navy submarine base and naval air station, active from 1918 to the 1960s.

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Colón, Panama

Colón is a Panamanian city and sea port beside the Caribbean Sea, lying near the Atlantic entrance to the Panama Canal.

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Colombia

Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a sovereign state largely situated in the northwest of South America, with territories in Central America.

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Colombian peso

The peso is the currency of Colombia.

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Commissary

A commissary is a government official charged with oversight or an ecclesiastical official who exercises in special circumstances the jurisdiction of a bishop.

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Cristóbal, Colón

Cristóbal is a port town and county in Colón District, Colón Province, Panama with a population of 49,422 as of 2010.

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Curundú

Curundú is a corregimiento within Panama City, in Panamá District, Panamá Province, Panama with a population of 16,361 as of 2010.

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David McCullough

David Gaub McCullough (born July 7, 1933) is an American author, narrator, historian, and lecturer.

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Diablo, Panama

Diablo was one of many residential townships in the Panama Canal Zone.

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Downes v. Bidwell

Downes v. Bidwell,, was a case in which the US Supreme Court decided whether US territories were subject to the provisions and protections of the US Constitution.

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DX Century Club

The DX Century Club, or DXCC, is an amateur radio operating award earned by making contacts with licensed amateur operators in at least 100 "countries" (i.e. geographic locations listed in the rules for the award) around the world, many of which are physically distant from the claimant (i.e.DX).

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Earl Bell

Earl Holmes Bell (born August 25, 1955) is a retired American pole vaulter.

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Ecuador

Ecuador (Ikwadur), officially the Republic of Ecuador (República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Ikwadur Ripuwlika), is a representative democratic republic in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west.

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Edward A. Murphy Jr.

Edward Aloysius Murphy Jr. (January 11, 1918 – July 17, 1990) was an American aerospace engineer who worked on safety-critical systems.

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Enclave and exclave

An enclave is a territory, or a part of a territory, that is entirely surrounded by the territory of one other state.

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English language

English is a West Germanic language that was first spoken in early medieval England and is now a global lingua franca.

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Enrique Adolfo Jiménez Airport

Enrique Adolfo Jiménez Airport (Aeropuerto Enrique Adolfo Jiménez) is an international airport located in Colón, Panama, offering scheduled airline flights to Panama City, and to other destinations.

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Erie Canal

The Erie Canal is a canal in New York, United States that is part of the east–west, cross-state route of the New York State Canal System (formerly known as the New York State Barge Canal).

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Federal Communications Commission

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent agency of the United States government created by statute (and) to regulate interstate communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable.

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Fort Amador

Fort Amador (Fuerte Amador) and Fort Grant were former United States Army bases built to protect the Pacific (southern) end of the Panama Canal at Panama Bay.

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Fort Clayton

Fort Clayton was a United States Army base in the former Panama Canal Zone, later part of the Republic of Panama.

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Fort Davis, Panama

Fort William D. Davis is a former U.S. Army fort near Gatun, Panama.

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Fort De Lesseps

Fort De Lesseps was a small U.S. Army Coast Artillery Corps fort located at the northern tip of Colón, Panama.

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Fort Gulick

Fort Gulick was a United States Army base in the former Panama Canal Zone located on the Atlantic side of the Panama Canal near Fort Davis, on Gatun Lake.

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Fort Kobbe

Fort Kobbe was an Army fort renamed from Fort Bruja in 1932, at the time located adjacent to Howard Air Force Base in the Panama Canal Zone.

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Fort Randolph (Panama)

Fort Randolph (Panama) was a Coast Artillery Corps fort built to defend the northern end of the Panama canal in conjunction with Fort Sherman.

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Fort Sherman

Fort Sherman is a former United States Army base in Panama, located on Toro Point at the Caribbean (northern) end of the Panama Canal, on the western bank of the Canal directly opposite Colón (which is on the eastern bank).

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Frederick Wiseman

Frederick Wiseman (born January 1, 1930) is an American filmmaker, documentarian, and theatre director.

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Galeta Island (Panama)

Galeta Island is an island located on the Atlantic side of the Republic of Panama just east of the city of Colón, Panama.

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Gamboa, Panama

Gamboa is a small town in the Republic of Panama.

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Gatún

Gatun (Spanish: Gatún) is a small town on the Atlantic Side of the Panama Canal, located south of the city of Colón at the point in which Gatun Lake meets the channel to the Caribbean Sea.

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Gatun Lake

Gatun Lake (Lago Gatún) is a large artificial lake to the south of Colón, Panama.

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Gorgas Hospital

Gorgas Hospital was a U.S. Army hospital in Panama City, Panama, named for Army Surgeon General William C. Gorgas (1854–1920).

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Gran Colombia

Gran Colombia ("Great Colombia") is a name used today for the state that encompassed much of northern South America and part of southern Central America from 1819 to 1831.

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Hay–Bunau-Varilla Treaty

The Hay–Bunau-Varilla Treaty (Tratado Hay-Bunau Varilla) was a treaty signed on November 18, 1903, by the United States and Panama, which established the Panama Canal Zone and the subsequent construction of the Panama Canal.

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Howard Air Force Base

Howard Air Force Base,, is a former United States Air Force base located in Panama.

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Insular Cases

The Insular Cases are a series of opinions by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1901, about the status of U.S. territories acquired in the Spanish–American War.

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Isthmian Canal Commission

The Isthmian Canal Commission (often known as the ICC) was an American administration commission set up to oversee the construction of the Panama Canal in the early years of American involvement.

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Isthmus of Panama

The Isthmus of Panama (Istmo de Panamá), also historically known as the Isthmus of Darien (Istmo de Darién), is the narrow strip of land that lies between the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean, linking North and South America.

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Jamaica

Jamaica is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea.

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Jim Crow laws

Jim Crow laws were state and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States.

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John Frank Stevens

Stevens was born in rural Maine, near West Gardiner to John Stevens, a tanner and farmer, and Harriet Leslie French.

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John Hay

John Milton Hay (October 8, 1838July 1, 1905) was an American statesman and official whose career in government stretched over almost half a century.

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John McCain

John Sidney McCain III (born August 29, 1936) is an American politician serving as the senior United States Senator from Arizona, a seat he was first elected to in 1986.

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Kenneth and Mamie Clark

Kenneth Bancroft Clark (July 14, 1914 – May 1, 2005) and Mamie Phipps Clark (April 18, 1917 – August 11, 1983) were African-American psychologists who as a married team conducted important research among children and were active in the Civil Rights Movement.

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Klea Scott

Klea Scott (born December 25, 1968) is an American-born Panamanian-Canadian actress, known for her roles on television.

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List of former United States military installations in Panama

This is a list of United States military installations in Panama, all of which fall within the former Canal zone.

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List of Governors of the Panama Canal Zone

The following is a list of Governors of the Panama Canal Zone while it was under U.S. control.

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Madden Dam

The Madden Dam, completed in 1935, impounds the Chagres River in Panama to form Lake Alajuela, a reservoir that is an essential part of the Panama Canal watershed.

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Mallarino–Bidlack Treaty

The Mallarino–Bidlack Treaty (also known as the Bidlack Treaty and Treaty of New Granada) was a treaty signed between New Granada (today Colombia and Panama) and the United States, on December 12, 1846.

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Martyrs' Day (Panama)

Martyrs' Day is a Panamanian Day of National Mourning which commemorates the January 9, 1964 riots over sovereignty of the Panama Canal Zone.

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Metropolitan Natural Park

Metropolitan Natural Park (Parque Natural Metropolitano) is a park in Panama City, Panama.

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Naturalization Act of 1795

The United States Naturalization Act of January 29, 1795 repealed and replaced the Naturalization Act of 1790.

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Nicaragua Canal

The Nicaraguan Canal (Canal de Nicaragua), formally the Nicaraguan Canal and Development Project (also referred to as the Nicaragua Grand Canal, or the Grand Interoceanic Canal) was a proposed shipping route through Nicaragua to connect the Caribbean Sea (and therefore the Atlantic Ocean) with the Pacific Ocean.

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Non-voting members of the United States House of Representatives

Non-voting members of the United States House of Representatives (called either delegates or resident commissioner, in the case of Puerto Rico) are representatives of their territory in the House of Representatives, but who do not have a right to vote on proposed legislation in the full House but are nevertheless able to participate in certain other House functions.

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Panama

Panama (Panamá), officially the Republic of Panama (República de Panamá), is a country in Central America, bordered by Costa Rica to the west, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south.

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Panama Canal

The Panama Canal (Canal de Panamá) is an artificial waterway in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean.

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Panama Canal Railway

The Panama Canal Railway (Ferrocarril de Panamá) is a railway line that runs parallel to the Panama Canal, linking the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean in Central America.

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Panama City

Panama City (Ciudad de Panamá) is the capital and largest city of Panama.

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Panamanian balboa

The balboa (sign: B/.; ISO 4217: PAB) is, along with the United States dollar, one of the official currencies of Panama.

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Panamanian Spanish

Panamanian Spanish is the Spanish (Castilian) language as spoken in the country of Panama.

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Paraíso, Panamá Province

Paraíso is a town in the Republic of Panama, located just north of the Panama Canal's Pedro Miguel Locks.

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Philippe Bunau-Varilla

Philippe-Jean Bunau-Varilla (1859–1940), commonly referred to as simply Philippe Bunau-Varilla and Monsignor Brun Varilla, was a French engineer and soldier.

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Postage stamps and postal history of the Canal Zone

Postage stamps and postal history of the Canal Zone is a subject that covers the postal system, postage stamps used and mail sent to and from the Panama Canal Zone from 1904 up until October 1978, after the United States relinquished its authority of the Zone in compliance with the treaty it reached with Panama.

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Presidency of Ulysses S. Grant

The presidency of Ulysses S. Grant began on March 4, 1869, when he was inaugurated as the 18th President of the United States, and ended on March 4, 1877.

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Provinces of Panama

Panama is divided into ten provinces (provincias).

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PSA Panama International Terminal

PSA Panama International Terminal is a port built by PSA International on the site of the former United States Navy Rodman Naval Base located southwest of Panama City at the entrance to the canal from the Pacific Ocean.

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Rail transport in Panama

Since 2008, the only functioning railroad in Panama has been the Panama Canal Railway, operated by the Panama Canal Railway Company, successor of Panama Railway, which provides passenger and freight service between Panama City (on the Pacific coast) and Colón (on the Atlantic coast).

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Red Tank, Panama

Red Tank was a town in the Panama Canal Zone, having been abandoned during the early 1950s, after which vegetation was allowed to overgrow the site.

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Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party, also referred to as the GOP (abbreviation for Grand Old Party), is one of the two major political parties in the United States, the other being its historic rival, the Democratic Party.

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Richard Prince

Richard Prince (born 1949) is an American painter and photographer.

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Robert J. Tracewell

Robert John Tracewell (May 7, 1852 – July 28, 1922) was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.

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Rod Carew

Rodney Cline Carew (born October 1, 1945) is a former Major League Baseball (MLB) first baseman, second baseman and coach of Panamanian descent.

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Sage Steele

Sage Marie Steele (born November 28, 1972) is an American television anchor who is the lead host of SportsCenter On The Road.

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Senate of Colombia

The Senate of the Republic of Colombia (Senado de la República de Colombia) is the upper house of the Congress of Colombia, with the lower house being the House of Representatives.

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Separation of Panama from Colombia

The separation of Panama from Colombia was formalized on 3 November 1903, with the establishment of the Republic of Panama.

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Simón Bolívar

Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar Palacios Ponte y Blanco (24 July 1783 – 17 December 1830), generally known as Simón Bolívar and also colloquially as El Libertador, was a Venezuelan military and political leader who played a leading role in the establishment of Venezuela, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Panama as sovereign states, independent of Spanish rule.

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Spanish Empire

The Spanish Empire (Imperio Español; Imperium Hispanicum), historically known as the Hispanic Monarchy (Monarquía Hispánica) and as the Catholic Monarchy (Monarquía Católica) was one of the largest empires in history.

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Spanish–American War

The Spanish–American War (Guerra hispano-americana or Guerra hispano-estadounidense; Digmaang Espanyol-Amerikano) was fought between the United States and Spain in 1898.

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Stuart Rossiter

Percival Stuart Bryce Rossiter (25 February 1923–1982) was a renowned British philatelist and postal historian who wrote extensively about British postal history and postage stamps of British colonies in Africa and was involved in numerous philatelic institutions.

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The Del Rubio Triplets

The Del Rubio Triplets were an American variety/musical act who rose to fame in the 1980s due mostly to their campy style of dress and their goofy interpretations of standards and songs of the era.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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The Path Between the Seas

The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870–1914 (1977) is a book by the American historian David McCullough, published by Simon & Schuster.

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Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919) was an American statesman and writer who served as the 26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909.

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Thomas H. Jordan

Thomas H. Jordan (born October 8, 1948) is an American seismologist, and former director (2002-2017) of the Southern California Earthquake Center at The University of Southern California.

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Time (magazine)

Time is an American weekly news magazine and news website published in New York City.

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Torrijos–Carter Treaties

The Torrijos–Carter Treaties (Tratados Torrijos-Carter) are two treaties signed by the United States and Panama in Washington, D.C., on September 7, 1977, which abrogated the Hay–Bunau-Varilla Treaty of 1903.

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Unincorporated territories of the United States

Under United States law, an unincorporated territory is an area controlled by the United States government which is not part of (i.e., "incorporated" in) the United States.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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United States Army Corps of Engineers

The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is a U.S. federal agency under the Department of Defense and a major Army command made up of some 37,000 civilian and military personnel, making it one of the world's largest public engineering, design, and construction management agencies.

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United States Code

The Code of Laws of the United States of America (variously abbreviated to Code of Laws of the United States, United States Code, U.S. Code, U.S.C., or USC) is the official compilation and codification of the general and permanent federal statutes of the United States.

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United States District Court for the Canal Zone

The United States District Court for the Canal Zone (in case citations, D.C.Z.) was a United States District Court that existed in Panama from 1914 to 1982.

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United States Marine Corps

The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines, is a branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for conducting amphibious operations with the United States Navy.

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United States presidential election, 2008

The United States presidential election of 2008 was the 56th quadrennial presidential election.

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United States Secretary of the Army

The Secretary of the Army (SA, SECARM or SECARMY) is a senior civilian official within the Department of Defense of the United States of America with statutory responsibility for all matters relating to the United States Army: manpower, personnel, reserve affairs, installations, environmental issues, weapons systems and equipment acquisition, communications, and financial management.

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United States Secretary of War

The Secretary of War was a member of the United States President's Cabinet, beginning with George Washington's administration.

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United States Senate

The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, which along with the United States House of Representatives—the lower chamber—comprise the legislature of the United States.

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United States Southern Command

The United States Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM), located in Doral, Florida in Greater Miami, is one of ten Unified Combatant Commands (CCMDs) in the United States Department of Defense.

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Vasco Núñez de Balboa

Vasco Núñez de Balboa (c. 1475around January 12–21, 1519) was a Spanish explorer, governor, and conquistador.

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Venezuela

Venezuela, officially denominated Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (República Bolivariana de Venezuela),Previously, the official name was Estado de Venezuela (1830–1856), República de Venezuela (1856–1864), Estados Unidos de Venezuela (1864–1953), and again República de Venezuela (1953–1999).

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Woodrow Wilson

Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856 – February 3, 1924) was an American statesman and academic who served as the 28th President of the United States from 1913 to 1921.

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Zonian

A Zonian is a person associated with the Panama Canal Zone, a political entity which existed between 1903 and the absorption of the Canal Zone into the Republic of Panama between 1980 and 2000.

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PCZ, Panama Canal Commission, Panama Canal Company, Panama canal zone, Panama's Canal Zone, Postage stamps and postal history of the Panama Canal Zone, The Panama Canal Zone.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_Canal_Zone

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