Redstone
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Military

  • Redstone (rocket)
    Redstone (rocket)
    The PGM-11 Redstone was the first large American ballistic missile. A short-range surface-to-surface rocket, it was in active service with the U.S. Army in West Germany from June 1958 to June 1964 as part of NATO's Cold War defense of Western Europe...

    , a U.S. missile
  • USNS Redstone (T-AGM-20), (USNS Mission De Pala (AO-114)
    USNS Mission De Pala (AO-114)
    SS Mission De Pala was a Type T2-SE-A2 tanker built for the United States Maritime Commission during World War II. After the war she was acquired by the United States Navy as USS Mission De Pala . Later the tanker transferred to the Military Sea Transportation Service as USNS Mission De Pala ...

    ), a Vanguard Class Range Instrumentation Ship
  • Redstone Arsenal
    Redstone Arsenal
    Redstone Arsenal is a United States Army base and a census-designated place adjacent to Huntsville in Madison County, Alabama, United States and is part of the Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area...

    , Alabama, a U.S. Army base
  • Redstone Old Fort
    Redstone Old Fort
    Redstone Old Fort or Redstone Fort or Fort Burd on The Nemacolin Trail was the name of the French and Indian War era wooden fort built in 1759 by Pennsylvania Militia Colonel James Burd to guard the ancient Indian trail's river ford on a mound overlooking the eastern shore of the Monongahela River...

    , 18th century military post in western Pennsylvania

Places and structures

  • Redstone, Colorado
    Redstone, Colorado
    Redstone is a census-designated place in Pitkin County, Colorado, United States. The population as of the 2010 Census was 130.The U.S. Post Office at Carbondale now serves Redstone postal addresses...

  • Redstone, New Hampshire
    Redstone, New Hampshire
    Redstone is a village within the town of Conway in Carroll County, New Hampshire, United States. It is located on the road from Center Conway to North Conway at the base of Rattlesnake Mountain...

    , site of abandoned "red granite" quarry
  • Redstone Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
  • Redstone (building), in San Francisco, California
  • Brownsville, Pennsylvania
    Brownsville, Pennsylvania
    Brownsville is a borough in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States, officially founded in 1785 located 35 miles south of Pittsburgh along the Monongahela River...

    , known as "Redstone" when it was a notable 18th century frontier town
  • Redstone Creek
    Redstone Creek
    Redstone Creek is a historically important widemouthed canoe and river boat-navigable brook-sized tributary stream of the Monongahela River in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. The creek is long, running from headwaters on Chestnut Ridge north through the city of Uniontown and reaching the Monongahela...

    , a creek in Pennsylvania, United States
  • Redstone, British Columbia
    Redstone, British Columbia
    Redstone is an unincorporated settlement and First Nations community of the Tsilhqot'in people, located in the Chilcotin District of the Central Interior of British Columbia, Canada. Located at the confluence of the Chilanko and Chilcotin Rivers, it includes Redstone Flat Indian Reserve No. 1,...

    , a settlement in the Chilcotin District of British Columbia, Canada
    • Redstone Flat Indian Reserve No. 1, an Indian Reserve near Redstone, British Columbia
    • Redstone Flat Indian Reserve No. 1A, an Indian Reserve near Redstone, British Columbia
    • Redstone Cemetery Indian Reserve No. 1B, an Indian Reserve near Redstone, British Columbia
  • Presbytery of Redstone
    Presbytery of Redstone
    The Presbytery of Redstone is a Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church governing congregations in Westmoreland, Fayette, Somerset, and Cambria Counties in Western Pennsylvania. Its headquarters in located in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. It governs 80 congregations and 14,971 total congregants. It...


People

  • Sumner Redstone
    Sumner Redstone
    Sumner Murray Redstone is an American media magnate. He is the majority owner and Chairman of the Board of the National Amusements theater chain...

    , Chairman of Viacom
  • Jeff Locke
    Jeff Locke
    Jeffrey Alan Locke is a major league left-handed starting pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates. The 6'2", 180 lb. Locke was the first selection in the second round in the 2006 Atlanta Braves Draft.-Early life:...

    , professional baseball pitcher nicknamed "The Redstone Rocket"

Literature and media

  • Redstone (comics)
    Redstone (comics)
    Redstone is the name of two characters from Marvel Comics.-Various incarnations of Redstone:The first Redstone is a superhero who is a native to the alternate universe of the original Squadron Supreme...

    , a Marvel Comics super villain
  • Redstone (Watership Down), a warren in the animated television series Watership Down
  • Redstone Science Fiction
    Redstone Science Fiction
    Redstone Science Fiction is an online science fiction magazine. The first issue was published June 1, 2010 and it has maintained a regular monthly schedule since, publishing fiction by authors such as Cory Doctorow, Mary Robinette Kowal, Ken MacLeod, Cat Rambo, Hannu Rajaniemi, Vylar Kaftan, Lavie...

    , an online science fiction magazine.

Companies

  • Redstone American Grill
    Redstone American Grill
    Redstone American Grill is a restaurant chain with locations in several the U.S. states. The company is positioned between upscale restaurants and more casual chains such as T.G.I. Fridays...

    , an upscale casual dining restaurant
  • Redstone Federal Credit Union
    Redstone Federal Credit Union
    Redstone Federal Credit Union is a federally chartered credit union based in Huntsville, Alabama. RFCU is Alabama’s largest credit union and is regulated and insured through the National Credit Union Administration RFCU serves more than 320,000 members through 20 branches across North Alabama and...

    , credit union serving the Huntsville, Alabama and Redstone Arsenal community
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