Three years before, environmentalist Joe Linton, George Wolfe of LA River Expeditions, and a few others had trespassed onto the then-closed river in an attempt to prove that the waterway was navigable by kayak.

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Onstage were Tom Ball of Austin Ventures, Joe Kraus of Google Ventures, Shervin Pishevar of Menlo Ventures, James Slavet of Greylock Partners, Rich Wong of Accel Partners, and George Zachary of Charles River Ventures.

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In 1896, George Carmack discovered gold in a tributary of the Klondike River, Canada, precipitating the famous gold rush.

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It is in Manhattan, not far from the George Washington Bridge with a great view of the Hudson River.

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Recently I had a conversation with venture investor George Zachary, partner with the Boston-based Charles River Ventures (an investor in Twitter).

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Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact, which was signed into law by President George W. Bush on October 3, 2008.

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"It is feared that if today they come for our river, tomorrow they might come for our Jack Daniel's or George Dickel, " the proclamation read, referring to Tennessee whiskey.

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It is the major 3 mile long bridge connecting the west side of the Hudson River and Rockland County New York with the east side in Westchester County, 20 miles upriver from the George Washington Bridge.

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