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The Buccaneer, formally known as The Buccaneer Beach & Golf Resort, is a luxury historic hotel and beach resort about 3 miles (4.8 km) northeast of Christiansted, on the island of Saint Croix, U. S. Virgin Islands, beyond Altona Lagoon. [1] Set in 240 acres with an 18-hole golf course and three private beaches, it was opened by the Armstrong ...
This is a list of newspapers in the United States Virgin Islands. Daily and nondaily newspapers (currently published) St. Croix Avis – Christiansted, St. Croix; St. John Tradewinds – St. John; The Virgin Islands Daily News – Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas; The Herald – Christiansted, St. Croix; External links
Point Udall (U.S. Virgin Islands) / 17.75583°N 64.56694°W / 17.75583; -64.56694. Point Udall is at the east end of St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands. It is the easternmost point (by travel, not longitude) of the United States including insular areas. It was named in 1969 for Stewart Udall, United States Secretary of the Interior ...
Population. (2020) [citation needed] • Total. 1,866. ZIP code (s) 00820–00824. Christiansted is the largest town on Saint Croix, one of the main islands composing the United States Virgin Islands, a territory of the United States of America. The town is named after King Christian VI of Denmark.
D. Hamilton Jackson (1884–1946), journalist, labor leader, attorney, judge. J. Raymond Jones (1899–1991), political leader, humanitarian. William Leidesdorff (1810–1848), entrepreneur. Juan Francisco Luis (1940–2011), 24th Governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands. Antonio López de Santa Anna (1794–1876), President of Mexico.
A coalition consisting of the Chambers of Commerce in the St Croix and St Thomas districts, the USVI Hotel and Tourism Association and American Resort Development Association issued a joint statement on February 14, 2017 asking Governor Kenneth Mapp to withdraw the sin tax bill. The group believes that the additional tax would be a "crushing ...
The Virgin Islands's territorial legislature is the 15-member Legislature of the Virgin Islands. The body is unicameral and comprises seven senators from the district of Saint Croix, seven senators from the district of Saint Thomas and Saint John, and one senator at-large (who must be a resident of Saint John). They are elected for a two-year ...
The following is a list of governors of the United States Virgin Islands. For governors of the territory that is now the U.S. Virgin Islands prior to United States administration (while it was ruled by Denmark as the Danish West Indies ), see List of governors of the Danish West Indies .