<p>The Kreuzberg is one of the Rhön Mountains in southern Germany. With about 928 m high it is the highest elevation of the Bavarian part of the Rhön, in the province of Lower Franconia. The Kreuzberg — also referred to as the "sacred mountain of the Franconians" — is near the town of Bischofsheim an der Rhön in the district Rhön-Grabfeld.</p><br>
<h2>Tourism</h2><br>
<p>The Kreuzberg draws a large number of tourists. People visit the Kreuzberg particularly for hiking and or to go skiing in the winter. To that end there are three ski lifts on the northern side of the mountain. In addition, there is also a luge track on the Kreuzberg.</p><br>
<p>Kreuzberg Monastery (Kloster Kreuzberg), which is situated just below the summit of the mountain, is one of the main attractions as well. There are frequent pilgrimages to the monastery church. The monastery is also famous for its beer, which was brewed on site by the monks until about 1992. Today the beer is brewed by laypersons under the supervision of the monks. Three different beers (Dunkel, Pilsner and Hefe-Weizen) are produced year-round and a fourth (Weihnachts-Bock) is available during the Christmas season. Approximately 8,500 hectoliters of beer are brewed each year at the monastery. The current Braumeister ("brew master") is Ulrich Klebl.</p><br>
<h2>Broadcasting</h2><br>
<p>There is a facility for FM Radio and TV broadcasting (the Kreuzberg transmitter) situated at 928 m AMSL on the Kreuzberg. A 156 m high guyed mast transmission tower was established in 1951 and used until 1985. It has since been replaced by a 208 m high guyed mast.</p><br>
<p>Shipman Knotts is a fell in the English Lake District in Cumbria, England. It reaches a height of 587 m  and is situated in one of the quieter areas of the national park, two kilometres  north-east of Kentmere village. Although not one of the best-known Lake District fells and strictly speaking it is just the southern shoulder of Kentmere Pike it earned a separate chapter in Alfred Wainwright’s Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells due to “Its characteristic roughness…rocky outcrops are everywhere on its steep slopes”.</p><br>
<h2>Topography</h2><br>
<p>The ridge from Shipman Knotts to Kentmere Pike climbs due north as far as the cairned top of Goat Scar (2,053 feet / 626 metres), before turning north-west to complete its journey. A wall follows the ridge although in places it zigzags abruptly off the watershed. The eastern face above Longsleddale is steeper and includes Rough Crags and Goat Scar itself. The western face is rough but, after the initial climb out of Kentmere, has shallower gradients. There are small areas of mixed woodland on both sides.</p><br>
<p>South of Shipman Knotts, across the unnamed walkers’ pass from Kentmere to Longsleddale, is a broad upland area between the two valleys. This continues for five miles (eight kilometres) to the confluence of the Sprint and Kent at Burnseside. There are a number of lower hills within this area, including Hollow Moor (1,397 feet / 426 metres) (described under "Green Quarter Fell" in Wainwright&#39;s The Outlying Fells of Lakeland) and Brunt Knott (1,400 feet / 427 metres) (described under "Potter Fell" in the same book). This ridge is also decorated by an unusual number of tarns for the south-eastern Lake District, the principal waterbodies being Skeggles Water, Gurnal Dubs and Potter Tarn.</p><br>
<h2>Summit</h2><br>
<p>The summit consists of three rocky hummocks on the east side of the wall. The middle one is considered the highest point and gives a good view of Longsleddale, although much of the view is restricted by nearby fells of a higher elevation.</p><br>
<h2>Ascents</h2><br>
<p>The ascent from Kentmere village takes the track which goes up west towards the valley of Longsleddale, crossing the ridge to the south of Shipman Knotts. The climb continues until the highest point of the pass is reached at a height of 350 metres (1,150 ft). A dry-stone wall is then followed northerly from the summit of the pass to reach the top of the fell.</p><br>
<p>Shipman Knotts is also climbed regularly as part of the ascent of Harter Fell from the south and as part of the Kentmere horseshoe, a 19-kilometre (12-mile) walk with 1,100 metres (3,600 feet) of ascent that starts and finishes in the village of Kentmere and takes in the better-known fells of Kentmere Pike, Harter Fell, Mardale Ill Bell, Thornthwaite Crag, Froswick, Ill Bell and Yoke.</p><br>
<p>The Williams Free Library is a public building in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. It was the first public library in the United States to have open stacks. While the building is no longer used as a library, its Richardsonian Romanesque design remains one of the city&#39;s architectural gems.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<h3>Founding</h3><br>
<p>The library was founded in 1884 as the Beaver Dam Free City Library and was housed in a room in City Hall. In April 1890, John J. Williams, a wealthy local businessman, offered the library&#39;s board of directors $25,000 to construct a new building if, in exchange, the city would pay for the land. The Common Council agreed on April 15, 1890 to purchase a lot belonging to W.H. and T.D. Lawrence at Park Avenue and Spring Street, as well as an adjacent lot owned by Joseph Wagner on Park, for $12,200.</p><br>
<h3>Construction</h3><br>
<p>Plans were completed by Walter Holbrook of Edward Townsend Mix & Co. of Milwaukee, Wisconsin in May 1890. The librarys design was inspired by Henry Hobson Richardson. Construction began in July, with lot preparations completed by August. On August 26, Mayor E. Elwell declared a half-holiday for the cornerstone laying ceremony, which was executed by the local Masons. Collection of the required sandstone and limestone slowed construction, but work was completed in July 1891, with the buildings dedication held on July 15, 1891. Thousands were in attendance, as it was held in conjunction with Beaver Dam&#39;s semi-centennial celebration.</p><br>
<p>The doors of the library opened on September 1, 1891, with Mary J. Doolittle as its inaugural librarian. Its initial holdings were made up of 4,500 volumes.</p><br>
<h3>Expansion</h3><br>
<p>As the collection and city grew, the library outgrew the Williams building. The city built a new library incorporating the Williams Free Library, and opened the new Beaver Dam Community Library on North Spring Street in March 1984.</p><br>
<h2>Dodge County Historical Society and Museum</h2><br>
<p>The historic structure that formerly housed the library holdings is now rented for $1 per year to the Dodge County Historical Society and houses its museum.</p><br>
<p>Williams Free Library front.jpgFront view</p><br>
<p>Williams Free Library back.jpgRear view</p><br>
<p>Williams Free Library tower.jpgTower</p><br>
<p>Williams Free Library.jpgVintage postcard</p><br>
<p>Studentski Grad or colloquially Studenjak  is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in Belgrade&#39;s municipality of Novi Beograd. Studentski Grad, as its name points out  is actually the campus of the University of Belgrade. It is the largest dormitory in Belgrade, originally constructed to accommodate nearly 5,000 students.</p><br>
<h2>Location</h2><br>
<p>Studentski Grad is located in Novi Beograd&#39;s Block 34 (and some smaller parts of Block 4), bounded by the neighborhoods of Bežanijska Kosa on the west and Fontana on the east. The area is encircled by the streets of Tošin Bunar and Narodnih heroja, Zoran Djindjić Boulevard and the Belgrade-Zagreb highway (or the Boulevard of Arsenije Čarnojević).</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>First public announcement of the construction was published on 7 January 1947 and the building began on 5 April 1949. It was projected originally for 4,500 beds. Only a year later, students already settled the Block III. Block II followed in 1952 and in 1955 Blocks I and IV were finished, completing the project.</p><br>
<p>A massive and long reconstruction was conducted 1985-1997 after which Studentski Grad gained its present appearance.</p><br>
<h2>Administration</h2><br>
<p>Area covered today by the local community of Studentski Grad was previously divided in three: Veljko Vlahović (pop. 162 in 1981 and 4,706 in 1991), Radnih Brigada (pop. 4,793 in 1981 and 4,281 in 1991) and Carina (formerly Viktor Bubanj; pop. 7,465 in 1981, 8,387 in 1991 and 8,091 in 2002). In the 1990s, Veljko Vlahović and Radnih Brigada merged into the local community of Studentski Grad (pop. 8,491 in 2002) and by the 2011 census, Carina was merged into Studentski Grad, too. The population in 2011 was 10,605.</p><br>
<h2>Characteristics</h2><br>
<p>Studentski grad includes not only students rooms and restaurant, but also two libraries with 50,000 books, gallery space, post office, cinema and theater building, spaces for conferences and podium discussions, an open stage for summer concerts and happenings and one orthodox chapel dedicate to John Chrysostom.</p><br>
<p>Studentski Grad is divided in four blocks (I, II, III and IV) and each block is further divided in two sub-blocks or wings, F and G. F wings have buildings seven storeys high, while G wings comprise buildings with six storeys. Altogether, Studentski Grad accommodates 4,406 students.</p><br>
<p>Ford Green Hall is a Grade II* listed farmhouse and historic house museum in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. The oldest parts of the house date from the late 16th century, with one wing being either added or greatly repaired at some point in the early 18th century. In its grounds, there also stands an 18th-century dovecote which shares the listed building status of the main farmhouse.</p><br>
<p>The house stands on land adjacent to the B5051 minor road in the east of Smallthorne. Originally, it stood in 36 acre of farmland, but this has been gradually encroached upon over the years so that now it is surrounded by comparatively small grounds. Beyond its grounds there is now housing and a nature reserve.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The hall is thought to have been built in 1624 for Hugh Ford, a local yeoman farmer, remaining in the Ford family for some 200 years. A brickwork extension was added to the property sometime in the 17th century, most likely replacing or renovating a previous structure.</p><br>
<p>The Fords had left the area by the 19th century, and after a series of tenants, it was split into three separate dwellings. During this period, the distinctive timber framing was covered in white stucco. The property was purchased by Stoke-on-Trent City Council in 1946 and, following restoration, opened as a museum in 1952.</p><br>
<h3>Today</h3><br>
<p>Ford Green Hall is now operated as a museum and has been furnished as a 17th-century yeoman farmer&#39;s house. The museum includes a number of original textiles, ceramics and pieces of furniture, as well as some reproductions. There is an onsite café and the hall also holds a licence for weddings.</p><br>
<p>Following budget cut backs by Stoke-on-Trent City Council in 2011, the museum was faced with closure. However, in early 2014, a deal was finalised to pass the management over to Ford Green Hall Ltd, a charitable organisation led by local volunteers.</p><br>
<p>The whole of the museum&#39;s collection is "Designated Outstanding" by the Arts Council England, recognising it as of world class importance.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<h3>Exterior</h3><br>
<p>The house a mixture of 16th century timber framing and 18th century brickwork. The right-hand wing, built in the early 16th century, features black and white timber framing decorated with lozenge panels and balustrading. This older wing contains both two and three light mullioned windows and a two-storey gabled porch. On a beam above the inner door of the porch is the inscription ""Ralph Sutton, Carpenter".</p><br>
<p>The left-hand wing is built of brick and was likely constructed sometime in the early 18th century. This wing was either constructed as replacement for an earlier structure or as a major overhaul of an already existing building. A rainwater head possibly dates this section of the building to 1734.</p><br>
<h3>Interior</h3><br>
<p>The interior doors of the house has moulded gothic, or ogival, archways, decorated with fleur-de-lys detailing. The staircase is believed to either be original to the house or an early 17th-century replacement and features decorative balusters and newel posts with acorn-shaped caps.</p><br>
<h3>Dovecote</h3><br>
<p>The hall features an early 18th-century brickwork dovecote. The dovecote is attached to the house by a small, brick wall and is circular in shape with a low, conical roof. The English Heritage listing includes the attached dovecote as part of the buildings grade II* status.</p><br>
<p>The Bell Ranch is a historic ranch in Tucumcari, New Mexico, United States of America.</p><br>
<h2>Location</h2><br>
<p>Lying along La Cinta Creek near the Canadian River, the ranch is bordered by Conchas Lake in San Miguel County, New Mexico about 30 miles (97 km) from Tucumcari, New Mexico. The land originally totaled 656,000 acres (2,655 km²) of rolling grasslands bordered by red rimrocked canyons and flat-topped mountains called mesas. It now spans 300,000 acre of land.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The Native Americans, Comanche, Kiowa and Apache, hunted the buffalo and ground their corn in well-placed grinding holes where they could scan the horizon for friend and foe. Pictographs carved in the red cliffs indicate the native Americans may well have been living there a long time before the 16th century.</p><br>
<p>The ranch originated from a Mexican land grant held by Don Pablo Montoya in 1824, only three years after Mexico had gained independence from Spain. In 1875, it was named after the bell-shaped mountain on its land by then-owner Wilson Waddingham. Upon acquisition of New Mexico Territory, the USA Cavalry established a temporary post at the Bell Ranch Headquarters for a time, using a part of the manager&#39;s house as a "map room" and post office while surveying the surrounding area. Charles Goodnight of the Goodnight Cattle trail utilized one of the prominent mesas of the ranch, Gavilan, to navigate on the way to Colorado with his cattle herds.</p><br>
<h3>Early ranch operations</h3><br>
<p>The ensuing century brought a some pioneering individuals. One person, British-born John H. Culley, came as a young man to learn about ranching in northeastern New Mexico. He served as assistant manager in the late 19th century. Educated at Oxford, he recorded the ranch life in his book Cattle, Horses and Men. He wrote "It is -for I know it- a world where the summers are long and hot and if in winter a flurry of snow comes, it is gone by noon; where things grow readily in the loose red soil and the rim rocks are vermilion. A world where few pines are to seen, but the hill and mesa sides are covered with juniper and the flats with mesquite, and the sunflowers grow higher than a man on horseback in the bottoms."</p><br>
<p>Later, Albert K. Mitchell served as manager. His list of accomplishments included President of the American Hereford Cattle Breeders Association, an elected member of the New Mexico State House of Representatives, President of the New Mexico Cattle Growers Association and a founder of the American Quarter Horse Association. Mitchell, busy with all these responsibilities, used a small plane to commute to all his activities. He built a hangar and runway at the Bell which stands today. He was one of the first to use airplane flight to commute for agricultural pursuits.</p><br>
<p>In the 1930s, the ranch was acquired by Guy Waggoner, who built the 10,300-square-foot hacienda on the ranch. His two children sold the ranch after his death.</p><br>
<p>In 1947, the ranch went through a significant re-division with the Bell Ranch headquarters, the name, and brand being retained with approximately 130,000 acres (526 km²) near the center of the Montoya grant and five other portions sectioned off. This was purchased by Harriet Keeney of Connecticut and her family.</p><br>
<h3>Present day</h3><br>
<p>In more modern times, the Bell Ranch has been known for the quality of beef cattle produced and the pioneering concepts that went into those herds. The concepts of "beef production testing" were laid down at the Bell under the guidance of longtime manager George F. Ellis (manager 1946 to 1970). Over time, the purebred Hereford stock were measured and selected to improve desirable inherited traits. The proven performance advances were significant and groundbreaking. Ellis would be honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Beef Cattle Industry and honors from a host of other established organizations for his work.</p><br>
<p>In 1970, ownership of the largest single chunk—so large it has its own Zip Code, 88441—was acquired by William N. Lane II of Chicago, chairman and CEO of publicly traded General Binding Corp., a maker of office supplies and equipment. Further purchases of the original grant land have fleshed out the holding to its present size of 290,100 acre. After Lane died in a 1978 car accident on the ranch, it was owned by his five children through a trust. His son Jeff died in a plane accident on the ranch in 2007. In 2010, the ranch was acquired by Silver Spur Ranches, a ranching company owned by John Malone.</p><br>
<p>The Bell Ranch stands at 290,100 acre of the original 656,000 acre of a century and a half ago. The white faced red Hereford cattle of Ellis&#39; tenure are gone. The present day herds feature of a cross consisting of the original Hereford, Red Angus, Gelbvieh, Brahman to create the "Red Bell" herd. The ranch is home to a private airport known as the Waggoner Airport.</p><br>
<h2>Art and literature</h2><br>
<p>Over the centuries, the Bell Ranch has attracted many notable artists and writers with its beauty and unique qualities. Canadian artist Robert Lougheed visited the ranch numerous times taking inspiration from the horses, people and places to create a body of work recognized by the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum. In the 1940s, famed photographer Harvey Caplin took images in black and white. Some of these have been used by the Stetson Hat Company for promotion since that time as the quintessential western iconography.</p><br>
<p>In 1975, a film called Cowboy Heaven was filmed by David Ellis about the true western cowboy featuring the ranch and the then current cowboys of the Bell. The American Quarter Horse Journal has published well illustrated articles about the ranch on several occasions as had the Western Horseman magazine.</p><br>
<p>George Ellis wrote about his experiences in the book, The Bell Ranch As I Knew It, covering the Bell operations during his tenure. The book itself won the &#39;74 Wrangler Award for Best Western Book of the Year from the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum. He wrote "The Bell is a good ranch - one of the best in the Southwest. Cattle people and college people from all over the world came to visit there." He lists countries represented by these frequent visitors from an impressive five continents. He concludes "The demands and privileges of the Bell touched all our lives - and left them richer."</p><br>
<p>Fais Island is a raised coral island in the eastern Caroline Islands in the Pacific Ocean, and forms a legislative district in Yap State in the Federated States of Micronesia. Fais Island is located approximately 87 km east of Ulithi and 251 km northeast of Yap and is the closest land to Challenger Deep, about 180 miles away.</p><br>
<p>The population of Fais Island was 215 in 2000.</p><br>
<h2>Geography</h2><br>
<p>Fais Island is an oblong, oval-shaped raised coralline mass with a maximum elevation of 18 m, surrounded by a narrow lagoon and fringing reef except for its northeast and southwest extremities. It has a total land area of 2.6 km&sup2;.</p><br>
<h2>Legend</h2><br>
<p>Friedrich Ratzel in The History of Mankind related in 1896 that the Polynesian legend of the fishing up of the land from the depths of the sea took the following form in Yap: Motigtig went out fishing with his two elder brothers Morangrang and Motal. First, he hooked up crops of all sorts, and taro; then the island of Fais. His hook was stolen and kept by the chief in Gachpar in order to control the people; and since, if it were destroyed, Fais also would disappear, the inhabitants of that island were in constant subjection to the menaces of the Yap chiefs in Gagil.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>First recorded sighting of Fais Island was by the Spanish expedition of Ruy López de Villalobos on 23 January 1543. Quite surprisingly for the Spaniards, the local people came out in canoes making the sign of the cross and saying "Buenos días, matelotes!" in perfect sixteenth century Spanish ("Good day, sailors!"), this being an evidence that one of the previous Spanish expeditions had been in the area. Fais was therefore charted as Matelotes. Having known about this story, António Galvão governor of Ternate at the time, in his Tratado dos Descubrimientos of 1563 says that this was because he had sent one Francisco de Castro as commander of a ship on a proselytizing mission to the islands discovered in the area of Fais by the Portuguese Diego da Rocha (Ulithi in 1526). However, while this could be a natural explanation of the incident, it doesnt explain why, according to Villalobos records the local people greeted them in "perfect" Spanish and not in Portuguese. The original account of this story is included in the report that the Augustinian Fray Jerónimo de Santisteban, travelling with the Villalobos&#39; expedition, wrote for the Viceroy of New Spain, while in Kochi during the voyage home.</p><br>
<p>French naval captain Louis Tromelin visited the island during a journey through the Pacific 1828-29</p><br>
<p>As with all of the Caroline Islands, Fais was sold by Spain to the Empire of Germany in 1899. The island came under the control of the Empire of Japan after World War I, and was subsequently administered under the South Pacific Mandate. Allied forces occupied Fais Island from January 1, 1945 and built an airstrip.</p><br>
<p>Following World War II, the island came under the control of the United States of America and was administered as part of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands from 1947, and became part of the Federated States of Micronesia from 1979.</p><br>
<p>The Col. Monroe M. Shipe House is a historic two-story home in the Hyde Park historic district in Austin, Texas, United States. The building was completed by Monroe Shipe, founder of Hyde Park, in 1892. It uses an eclectic combination of styles, including a Stick style form, Queen Anne decorations, and a flat concrete roof.</p><br>
<p>Shipe platted the entire neighborhood of Hyde Park, and designated the few blocks near his home to be a subdivision he called "Shadowlawn."</p><br>
<p>During renovation, it was discovered that the lumber in the home came from the grandstands of the State Fair of Texas which was once held nearby.</p><br>
<p>The home is located at 3816 Avenue G. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 29, 1983.</p><br>
<p>Elmwood Cemetery in Detroit is one of Michigans most important historic cemeteries. Located at 1200 Elmwood Street in Detroits Eastside Historic Cemetery District, Elmwood is the oldest continuously operating, non-denominational cemetery in Michigan.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The cemetery was dedicated October 8, 1846 as a rural cemetery and incorporated as a non-profit corporation by Special Act 62 of the Michigan Legislature on March 5, 1849. The first burial occurred three weeks prior to the dedication on September 10, 1846. Founded by some of early Detroit’s leading residents, Elmwood originally covered 42 acre. Over time, it expanded to encompass 86 acre and is the final resting-place of many notable Detroiters as well as ordinary citizens. In 1850, however, the cemetery became slightly smaller when Temple Beth El purchased one-half acre to establish what is now Michigan&#39;s oldest Jewish Cemetery. The State of Michigan designated it as a State Historic Site in 1975.</p><br>
<p>Elmwood was the first fully integrated cemetery in the Midwest. A short distance from downtown Detroit, Elmwood continues to serve residents of all ethnic backgrounds and religious beliefs.</p><br>
<p>Elmwood’s park-like grounds containing a gently-flowing stream and low hills were designed in 1890 by landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted. They are based on the design of Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts.</p><br>
<p>The Gothic Revival chapel on the grounds was constructed in 1856. It underwent renovation in 1961 and was destroyed by fire in 1976. With a public outpouring of support, the building was restored and continues to play an important role.</p><br>
<p>In 1874, the State of Michigan purchased a section to inter Civil War veterans and in 1876, the Firemen&#39;s Lot was dedicated with a monument that depicts firefighting equipment and the fire hall that once stood at the corner of the present Renaissance Center on Randolph and Jefferson Avenue. The Civil War section holds 205 graves today.</p><br>
<p>The Gothic Revival gatehouse was added in 1876 and in 2003 its portal was closed and filled with a reception room designed to harmonize with the historic architecture. The gate was closed because it was unable to accommodate larger vehicles which needed access to the grounds.</p><br>
<p>The cemetery makes an appearance in the film Detroit 9000 as the scene of a shootout.</p><br>
<h2>Some prominent burials</h2><br>
<p>Russell A. Alger (1836-1907), Michigan governor (1885-1887), USA Senator, and USA Secretary of War</p><br>
<p>William Edmond Armitage (1830-1873), second Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Wisconsin (1870-1873)</p><br>
<p>John Biddle (1792-1859), delegate to USA Congress from Michigan Territory, Mayor of Detroit (1827-1828)</p><br>
<p>Henry Billings Brown (1836-1913), Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (1890-1906)</p><br>
<p>Lewis Cass (1782-1866), Michigan Territorial Governor (1813-1831), USA Senator, USA Secretary of War, USA Secretary of State</p><br>
<p>Zachariah Chandler (1813-1879), USA Senator from Michigan, USA Secretary of the Interior, Mayor of Detroit (1851-1852)</p><br>
<p>Philip St. George Cooke (1809-1895), USA Civil War General</p><br>
<p>Donald M. Dickinson (1846-1917), USA Postmaster General (1888-1889)</p><br>
<p>Elon Farnsworth (1799-1847), Attorney General from 1843 to 1845 and Chancellor of Michigan</p><br>
<p>Douglass Houghton (1809-1845), geologist and Mayor of Detroit (1842)</p><br>
<p>Bela Hubbard (1814-1896), geologist, surveyor</p><br>
<p>Jonathan Kearsley (1786-1859), two-time Mayor of Detroit (1826, 1829) and veteran of the War of 1812</p><br>
<p>Charles Larned (?-1834), Attorney General of Michigan Territory and veteran of the War of 1812</p><br>
<p>Lucius Lyon (1800-1851), USA Senator from 1837 to 1839 and first Congressman from Michigan&#39;s Second District</p><br>
<p>Margaret Mather (1859-1898), Victorian actress</p><br>
<p>James McMillan (1838-1902), USA senator from 1889 to 1902</p><br>
<p>Charles Merrill (1792–1872), American entrepreneur and lumber tycoon</p><br>
<p>Truman H. Newberry (1864-1945), businessman, USA Senator from Michigan (1919-1922), Secretary of the Navy</p><br>
<p>John Norvell (1789-1850), USA Senator (1837-1841), War of 1812 veteran and newspaper editor</p><br>
<p>Thomas W. Palmer (1830-1913), USA Senator (1883-1889)</p><br>
<p>Zina Pitcher (1797-1872), physician and two-time Mayor of Detroit (1840–41, 1843)</p><br>
<p>Andrew Porter (1820-1872), USA Army general in the Civil War</p><br>
<p>Jerome H. Remick (1867-1931), music publisher</p><br>
<p>Solomon Sibley (1769-1846), delegate to USA Congress from Michigan Territory, Territorial Supreme Court Justice, and first Mayor of Detroit (1806) under the first charter</p><br>
<p>Fred "Sonic" Smith (1949-1994), guitarist best known for his work with the rock band MC5</p><br>
<p>Martha Jean Steinberg (1930-2000), Radio personality</p><br>
<p>David Stuart (1816-1868), Congressman (1853-1855)</p><br>
<p>Sam Thompson (1860–1922), Outfielder and Baseball Hall of Fame member</p><br>
<p>Coleman Young (1918-1997), Mayor of Detroit (1974-1994)</p><br>
<p>Hiram Walker (1816-1899), entrepreneur; founder Hiram Walker and Sons Distillery</p><br>
<p>Eber Brock Ward (1811-1875), Detroit’s first millionaire</p><br>
<p>Alpheus S. Williams (1810-1878), American Civil War general and USA Representative from Michigan.</p><br>
<p>John R. Williams (1782-1854), first and sixth Mayor of Detroit under the second charter (1824–25, 1830) and namesake of John R Street</p><br>
<p>Thomas R. Williams (1815-1862), American Civil War general killed at the Battle of Baton Rouge</p><br>
<p>Little Church of the West is a wedding chapel on the Las Vegas Strip in Las Vegas, Nevada that is listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places. Built of California redwood, it was intended to be a replica of a typical pioneer town church. It is the oldest building on the Strip.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The Little Church of the West opened its doors in 1942 on what would become The Strip. The chapel was originally built as part of the Hotel Last Frontier complex on the Las Vegas Strip. The chapel was moved from the north side of the hotel to the south side in 1954. In 1979, to make way for the Fashion Show Mall, the chapel was moved onto the grounds of the Hacienda. In 1996, when the Hacienda was closed and demolished, the chapel moved again to its current location on the east side of the strip south of the Mandalay Bay.</p><br>
<p>The church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 14, 1992.</p><br>
<p>In 2012, the Little Church of the West celebrated its 70th anniversary and remains the oldest chapel on the Las Vegas Strip.</p><br>
<h3>Film history</h3><br>
<p>Elvis Presley and Ann-Margret recited their vows in the movie Viva Las Vegas, filmed at the Little Church of the West.</p><br>
<h2>Notable weddings</h2><br>
<p>Betty Grable and Harry James (July 5, 1943)</p><br>
<p>Andy Russell and Della Norell (October 23, 1945)</p><br>
<p>Deanna Durbin and Felix Jackson (1945)</p><br>
<p>Zsa Zsa Gabor and George Sanders (April 2, 1949)</p><br>
<p>Dinah Washington and Dick Lane (July 2, 1963)</p><br>
<p>Judy Garland and Mark Herron (November 14, 1965)</p><br>
<p>David Cassidy and Kay Lenz (April 3, 1977)</p><br>
<p>Robert Siil and Donna Heinstra (August 28, 1982)</p><br>
<p>Bob Geldof and Paula Yates (1986)</p><br>
<p>Dudley Moore and Brogan Lane (1988)</p><br>
<p>Redd Foxx and Ka Ha Cho (July 1991)</p><br>
<p>Richard Gere and Cindy Crawford (December 12, 1991)</p><br>
<p>Noel Gallagher and Meg Matthews (June 1997)</p><br>
<p>Billy Bob Thornton and Angelina Jolie (May 5, 2000)</p><br>
<p>Billie Piper and Chris Evans (2001)</p><br>
<p>Jodie Sweetin and Cody Herpin (July 14, 2007)</p><br>
<p>Mickey Rooney</p><br>
<p>Robert Goulet</p><br>
<p>Buck Owens</p><br>
<p>David Sanborn</p><br>
<p>Telly Savalas</p><br>
<p>Heather Thomas</p><br>
<p>Mel Tormé</p><br>
<p>Margaret Whiting</p><br>
<p>Lars Ulrich</p><br>
<p>Ian Astbury</p><br>
<p>The Boulder Dam Hotel, also known as the Boulder City Inn, is a hotel located in Boulder City, Nevada that is listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places. It was designed in the Colonial Revival style by architect Henry Smith. The hotel was built to accommodate official visitors and tourists during the building of Boulder Dam, now Hoover Dam.</p><br>
<p>The restored hotel is still operating with 22 rooms available.</p><br>
<h2>Boulder City/Hoover Dam Museum</h2><br>
<p>The Boulder City/Hoover Dam Museum is located in the hotel. Operated by the Boulder City Museum and Historical Association, the museum features exhibits about the Boulder Canyon Project, the building of Boulder Dam, and the history of culture of Boulder City.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The hotel was built for W.F. Grey, who saw the opportunity for a hotel in the "government town" of Boulder City. The hotel was completed in 1933. P.S. Webb built the hotel and purchased it from Grey in 1935 as part of his tourist agency. Webb advertised heavily, turning the hotel into a destination resort. Webb sold the property during World War II, as the tourist business had declined precipitously.</p><br>
<p>Originally built in a U-shaped configuration, wings were added in 1935 to make it H-shaped. The two-story building is built of concrete block. The north elevation, the entry, is fronted by a two-story porch with square columns.</p><br>
<p>The hotel has seen a number of celebrity visitors, including Boris Karloff, Shirley Temple and then-Crown Prince Olav and Princess Martha of Norway. The hotel was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 13, 1982.</p><br>
<p>The Boulder Dam Hotel Association purchased the hotel in 1993 and spent over $2 million to restore it. During the restoration, the number of rooms was reduced from 83 to allow for more public spaces.</p><br>
<p>Major renovations were completed in the early 2000s allowing the hotel to reopen.</p><br>
<p>Cow Green Reservoir, is a water reservoir 2 mi long built between 1967 and 1971 to supply the industries of Teesside in England.</p><br>
<p>The reservoir acts as a river regulation reservoir releasing water into the River Tees during dry conditions so that it can be abstracted further downstream. These regulated flows allow six further reservoir levels to be maintained and these in turn provide water for industry and domestic use.</p><br>
<p>Environmentally, this part of Upper Teesdale is of national importance and the plan to construct this reservoir had been strongly opposed by local conservationists. Their main concern was the protection of the rich flora and fauna of the district and especially rare alpine plants like the unique Teesdale violet. In the end, about a tenth of this plants habitat was destroyed by the completion of the reservoir. The remaining area was designated the Moor House-Upper Teesdale National Nature Reserve in 1969, from what was previously two separate nature reserves and is Englands largest terrestrial such reserve.</p><br>
<p>The reservoir lies within the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and European Geopark. The North Pennines was designated as an AONB in 1988 and became Britain&#39;s first European Geopark in 2004.</p><br>
<p>A short distance downstream from the dam is Cauldron Snout waterfall.</p><br>
<p>Cow Green Reservoir is also the largest reserve of wild brown trout in the North East.</p><br>
<p>Mount de Chantal Visitation Academy was a private Catholic all-girls school in the city of Wheeling in the USA state of West Virginia.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>It was founded in 1848 as the Wheeling Female Academy in downtown Wheeling and in 1865 moved to its final location and assumed its permanent name. While grades five through twelve were all female, Mount de Chantal&#39;s Montessori and Elementary schools were co-ed. They were members of the Ohio Valley Athletic Conference.</p><br>
<p>The school building was built in 1864-1865. The original structure was composed of three major parts connected by two recessed wings. The building was constructed of brick, on a limestone foundation, with a slate covered gable roof. A two-storied brick porch, added about 1910, extended the entire width. The Fine Arts addition was built in 1906, the "laundry building" in 1908, and living quarters for the Sisters in 1972.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. No plans have been announced for the site, although the grounds are currently being used as practice fields for the local Catholic High Schools.</p><br>
<h2>Notable Alumnae</h2><br>
<p>Carrie Watson Fleming, First lady of West Virginia, 1890–1893</p><br>
<p>Edna Hall Scott Kump, First lady of West Virginia, 1933–1937</p><br>
<p>Judith Herndon, West Virginia state senator</p><br>
<p>Dr. Kelly Lindert</p><br>
<p>Shepherd Hall  is a historic house listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the city of Wheeling in the USA state of West Virginia. It is located in the Elm Grove area of Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia.</p><br>
<h2>History of Shepherd Hall</h2><br>
<p>Shepherd Hall (later known as Stone Mansion and now Monument Place) was built in 1798 by Moses Shepherd (November 11, 1763 &ndash; April 29, 1832). He and his wife, Lydia (née Boggs) Shepherd (February 26, 1766 &ndash; September 29, 1867), resided there on the grounds of their plantation.</p><br>
<p>Moses Shepherd and his family migrated from Mecklenburg, Frederick County (later Berkeley County), Virginia (now Shepherdstown, Jefferson County, West Virginia) to the District of West Augusta, Virginia (later Ohio County, Virginia and now Ohio County, West Virginia) about 1771 and settled on the banks of Wheeling Creek, a tributary of the Ohio River, near the Forks of Wheeling Creek where Big Wheeling Creek collects Little Wheeling Creek. Moses Shepherds father built Fort Shepherd upon this land and operated a large plantation and grist mill. The fort was burned to the ground by Native Americans. Moses Shepherd inherited this land upon his fathers death in 1795 and continued to operate the plantation. Shepherd Hall was built on the site of the former Fort Shepherd.</p><br>
<p>Moses Shepherd was the son of David Shepherd and Rachel (née Teague) Shepherd. He met Lydia Boggs during the last siege of Fort Henry on the Ohio River, the fort that defended the early settlers of the Wheeling area against Native American attacks, in September 1782. The Shepherd and Boggs families were both taking refuge inside the fort during the siege. Moses Shepherd and Lydia Boggs married about 1783, but they had no children together during the course of their almost fifty years of marriage.</p><br>
<p>Lydia Boggs was the daughter of John Boggs and Jane (née Irwin) Boggs. The Boggs Family migrated from Back Creek Valley, Frederick County (later Berkeley County), Virginia (now West Virginia), and John Boggs staked his claim to an area of land lying along a creek (which is a tributary of the Ohio River) just south of Wheeling in 1774 where he settled with his family. The creek and the land surrounding it became known as Boggs Run, and a portion of Boggs Run near the mouth of the creek is now part of Benwood, West Virginia in Marshall County.</p><br>
<p>Moses and Lydia Shepherd moved into Shepherd Hall upon its completion in 1798 and became very wealthy through the operation of their plantation and grist mill and the construction of bridges over Wheeling Creek built by Moses Shepherd. Most notably is the Elm Grove Stone Arch Bridge, which was built by Moses Shepherd over Little Wheeling Creek in 1817 and is still in use today. Every year, Moses and Lydia Shepherd traveled to Washington, D.C. and met many famous politicians and presidents of their time. Several presidents, such as Andrew Jackson and James K. Polk, famous politicians, such as Henry Clay, and other prominent citizens called on the Shepherds at Shepherd Hall when passing through the Wheeling area. The Marquis de Lafayette (1757 &ndash; 1834) is said to have visited the mansion as well in 1825 while visiting Wheeling. One of the politicians that the Shepherds established a good friendship with was Henry Clay (1777 &ndash; 1852), who represented the state of Kentucky in both the Senate and House of Representatives and was eventually elected to Speaker of the House. With Clay&#39;s help, they were very influential in diverting the National Road to pass through Wheeling in Ohio County rather than Wellsburg in Brooke County in 1818. In fact, the National Road passes right by Shepherd Hall (Monument Place).</p><br>
<p>Moses Shepherd died at Shepherd Hall of cholera on April 29, 1832 at the age of 68 during a cholera epidemic plaguing Wheeling after a devastating flood. Lydia Boggs Shepherd, now a wealthy widow, remarried to widower Daniel Cruger (December 22, 1780 &ndash; July 12, 1843), one year later on July 16, 1833 in Ohio County, Virginia (now West Virginia). Daniel Cruger, fourteen years her junior, was a United States Congressman from Steuben County, New York, and they had met in Washington, D.C. during her many trips there with her first husband, Moses Shepherd. Lydia Boggs Shepherd Cruger changed the name of the mansion from Shepherd Hall to Stone Mansion during the ten years of her marriage to Daniel Cruger. Daniel Cruger died suddenly of apoplexy on July 12, 1843 at the age of 62 during a bank meeting in Wheeling.</p><br>
<p>Lydia Boggs Shepherd Cruger lived the last twenty-four years of her life in solitude in the mansion (a few of her slaves remained on the plantation to care for her), occasionally receiving visitors and relatives eager to hear first hand accounts of Wheeling&#39;s history. In 1849 when she was 83 years old, she caused a heated controversy when she swore out an affidavit discrediting Betty Zane as the heroine of the gunpowder exploit during the 1782 siege of Fort Henry sixty-seven years after the event in which she was one of the last surviving eyewitnesses. She had resided in Shepherd Hall from the time the mansion was built in 1798 until she died there at the age of 101 on September 29, 1867.</p><br>
<p>After Lydia Boggs Shepherd Cruger died in 1867, the vast Shepherd plantation was sold off into lots, thus becoming the area known as Elm Grove in Wheeling, West Virginia. Shepherd Hall was purchased in 1870 by Alonzo Loring (1820 &ndash; 1898) and his wife, Mary Caldwell (née Chapline) Patterson Loring (1830 &ndash; 1887). Mary Chapline Patterson Loring was first married to James Patterson (died 1854) in 1848. They had four children together - Andrew H. Patterson, Samuel C. Patterson, James Patterson and Isabella "Lilla Belle" Patterson Howell. Mary remarried to Alonzo Loring in 1861. They had two children together - Mary Potter "Minnie" Loring (died 1892) and Lucy Seville Loring Milton (1864 &ndash; 1926). Lucy Seville Loring married Charles Johnson Milton in 1891. Ownership of the mansion eventually passed to Lucy Loring Milton. She made structural additions to the mansion in 1907 and changed its name from Shepherd Hall to Monument Place. The Osiris Shrine Temple purchased Monument Place after the 1926 death of Lucy Loring Milton and retain ownership to the present day.</p><br>
<p>Monument Place derives its name from a monument that Lydia and Moses Shepherd had erected on their property near the National Road in 1820 dedicated to Henry Clay for his support in bringing the National Road to Wheeling. The monument no longer stands.</p><br>
<p>As the neighborhood of Elm Grove in Wheeling developed, the street that passes directly in front of Shepherd Hall (Monument Place) was given the name Cruger Street, but Cruger was misspelled Kruger. The misspelled version of the surname was never corrected, and the street retains the name of Kruger Street to the present day.</p><br>
<h2>Stone Church Cemetery</h2><br>
<p>Moses Shepherd, Lydia Boggs Shepherd Cruger and Daniel Cruger are all buried in Stone Church Cemetery in Elm Grove, Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia, which is situated on a nearby hill overlooking Shepherd Hall (Monument Place). The cemetery was once part of the Shepherd plantation, and the land for the cemetery was given to the congregation of the Stone Presbyterian Church in 1795 by David Shepherd, the father of Moses Shepherd, who is also buried in the cemetery along with his wife and the mother of Moses Shepherd, Rachel Teague Shepherd. Several members of the Chapline, Patterson, Loring and Milton families, such as Lucy Loring Milton, her husband Charles Milton and her parents Alonzo Loring and Mary Chapline Patterson Loring, are also buried in Stone Church Cemetery.</p><br>
<p>The Elm Grove Stone Arch Bridge, also known as the Monument Place Bridge, is the oldest extant bridge, built in 1817, in the USA state of West Virginia. The bridge carries USA Route 40 over Little Wheeling Creek in Elm Grove. The bridge was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 21, 1981.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Colonel Moses Shepherd (1763–1832), son of David Shepherd and Rachel (née Teague) Shepherd and first husband of Lydia (née Boggs) Shepherd Cruger (1766–1867), moved to Wheeling with his parents and siblings from Shepherdstown, West Virginia about 1771 and built his prominent home, Shepherd Hall, in 1798. Shepherd rose to prominence in the area and befriended House Speaker Henry Clay, a friendship credited with the National Road running through Wheeling as well as Shepherd being awarded contracts to construct all bridges along the National Road in Ohio County</p><br>
<p>The construction on the bridge began in 1817 and was completed later the same year. The bridge saw remodeling in 1931 and reinforced in 1953. The bridge is still in use today, still carrying traffic along Route 40.</p><br>
<h2>Appearance</h2><br>
<p>The Elm Grove Stone Arch Bridge is a 3 span stone arched bridge. The bridge is constructed with solid uncoarsed limestone blocks. The bridge reaches 208 feet in length over the Little Wheeling Creek below. The middle arch spans 38 feet with two arches to either side spanning 25 feet. The arches are shaped in an ellipse pattern rather than the popular semicircular pattern for aesthetic reasons giving the bridge a "humpback" appearance.</p><br>
<p>Original buttresses were removed in 1931 to make room for sidewalks on either side of the driving lanes. In 1953 the bridge was sprayed with gunite to reinforce and strengthen the bridge. The road has been paved with asphalt several times but has not destroyed the natural integrity in which it was designed and built in 1817.</p><br>
<p>The Alcantara  is a river in Sicily, southern Italy. It has its source on the south side of Monti Nebrodi and its mouth in the Ionian Sea at Capo Schiso in Giardini-Naxos. The river is 52 km long.</p><br>
<p>The name Alcantara is of Arabic origin (القنطرة al-Qanṭarah, the Arch) and refers to a bridge from Roman times found by the Arabs. Thucydides called it Akesines Potamos while its Latin names were "Assinus" or "Assinos" and "Onobala". Cantera was another hydronym adopted by Normans.</p><br>
<h2>Course</h2><br>
<p>The Alcantara has its source at an elevation of 1,250 m in the municipality of Floresta. On its way to the sea, past the north of Mount Etna, it flows through the municipalities of Randazzo, Mojo Alcantara, Francavilla di Sicilia, Motta Camastra, Castiglione di Sicilia, Graniti, Gaggi, Calatabiano, Taormina and Giardini-Naxos.</p><br>
<p>Several thousand years ago, the river bed was blocked by a lava flow from Mount Etna. As the lava was cooled much more quickly by the water than it would have done otherwise, it crystallised in the form of columns. Over the next millennia, the river naturally eroded a channel through these columns, resulting an impressive gorges and ravines such as the "Gole dell&#39;Alcantara" next to Francavilla di Sicilia where Peloritani mountains end.</p><br>
<h2>Park</h2><br>
<p>The Alcantara river park (Parco fluviale dell&#39;Alcantara) was established in 2001 for the protection of the river, and to encourage its use as a relaxation area and tourist destination. The columns and surroundings can be seen in the film Tale of Tales.</p><br>
<h2>Tributaries</h2><br>
<p>Flascio</p><br>
<p>San Paolo</p><br>
<p>Favoscuro</p><br>
<p>Fondachello</p><br>
<p>Roccella</p><br>
<p>Petrolo</p><br>
<p>Angram Reservoir is the first of three reservoirs on the River Nidd in Upper Nidderdale, North Yorkshire, England, the others being Scar House Reservoir and finally the compensation reservoir Gouthwaite Reservoir. It is located at OS map reference. Between them they attract around 150,000 visitors a year.</p><br>
<p>The reservoir takes its name from Angram, a settlement in the township of Stonebeck Up, submerged when the reservoir was completed in 1919.</p><br>
<p>Little Whernside (604 m) to the north and Great Whernside(704 m) to the west of the Reservoir are close by.</p><br>
<p>The River Nidd flows for approximately 3 km from the flanks of Great Whernside before joining the reservoir.</p><br>
<p>The reservoir was built to supply water to the Bradford area of West Yorkshire. The water is transferred to Chellow Heights via the Nidd Aqueduct using gravity only and no pumping.</p><br>
<p>Two bypass channels on each side of the reservoir were used to bypass the reservoir and maintain the level of the River Nidd. Once Scar House Reservoir was constructed, these become obsolete, but control machinery can still be seen on the Nidd and Stone beck inlets.</p><br>
<h2>Facilities</h2><br>
<p>There is a shelter near the dam, but no other facilities. Near the dam of Scar House Reservoir, 2 km from the dam of Angram Reservoir, there is a car park, picnic areas and toilets.</p><br>
<p>There is a footpath across the dam and around the reservoir. Fishing is not permitted at the reservoir.</p><br>
<p>Rutland Island , also sometimes known as Inishmacadurn, is an island in County Donegal, Ireland, and an electoral and census reporting district covering it, surrounding islands and part of the mainland. The island itself has no permanent inhabitants, but the district, which includes Burtonport and its environs, had 1,428 residents in 2006. The island lies between Burtonport and the inhabited Arranmore Island, and is not officially served by ferry.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The island was previously populated, with a planned settlement having been established by William Burton Conyngham from 1784, including a street of residences and business premises, with the area&#39;s post office, school house and a fish landing and processing facility being built in this village. While fish catches declined heavily shortly after construction, with services closing or leaving, the island remained inhabited into the 1960s.</p><br>
<p>Mains electricity reached the island in 1957, due to it being a crucial stepping stone for the Arranmore supply, but piped water has never been provided for its remaining housing stock, which consists entirely of holiday homes.</p><br>
<p>A documentary was filmed about the history of the island and its influence on Irish history during the summer of 2007.</p><br>
<p>Rutland Island has become a popular holiday destination with a number of holiday homes been built in the first decade of the 2000s.</p><br>
<h3>Demographics</h3><br>
<p>The table below reports data on Rutland&#39;s population taken from Discover the Islands of Ireland (Alex Ritsema, Collins Press, 1999) and the Census of Ireland. Census data in Ireland before 1841 are not considered complete and/or reliable.</p><br>
<h2>Fauna</h2><br>
<p>Badgers have been recorded from this Island.There is evidence that their diet is poor.</p><br>
<p>The Island is also home to some very tame foxes.</p><br>
<h2>Flora</h2><br>
<p>The following algae have been reported from Rutland South Channel: Gracilaria gracilis (Stackhouse) Steentoft, L.M. Irvine et Farnham; Rhodymenia holmesii Ardissone; Polysiphonia fucoides (Hudson) Greville; Polysiphonia nigra (Hudson) Batters; Sphondylothamnion multifidum (Hudson) Nägeli; Heterosiphonia plumosa (J. Ellis) Batters.</p><br>
<p>Hovgården is an archaeological site on the Lake Mälaren island of Adelsö in Ekerö Municipality in central-eastern Sweden. During the Viking Age, the centre of the prospering Mälaren Valley was the settlement Birka, founded in the mid-8th century and abandoned in the late 10th century and located on the island Björkö just south of Adelsö. Hovgården is believed to have been the site from which kings and chieftains ruled the area. Hovgården, together with Birka became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1993.</p><br>
<p>Hovgården is located on the flat country north-west of the Romanesque Adelsö Church, characterised by a narrow rift valley stretching north to forest-laden moraines. These historical meadows lands were cultivated in the 19th century and have hardly been altered since, as several well-preserved 18th century farmyards bear witness to.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The oldest archaeological remains on Adelsö, found north of Hovgården, are grave fields and burial mounds from the Bronze Age (c. 1800-500 BCE). Apparently this culture survived into the Iron Age (500-800 CE) as graves from the early part of this period have been found at several locations in the area. At Hovgården some 124 graves have been found; the oldest from late Roman Iron Age (1-400 CE) and the youngest from the beginning of the Middle Ages (c. 1050-1520), indicating the area has been settled uninterruptedly throughout this period.</p><br>
<p>Just north of the parish church are five large burial mounds of which three are called Kungshögar. In Swedish, Kung meaning King and högar, from the Old Norse word haugr, meaning mound or barrow. Hovgården apparently was the location for a royal estate Kungsgård as early as the Viking Age (c. 800-1050 CE). An excavation of one of these royal mounds in 1917 revealed the remains of a wealthy man who lived around 900 CE. He was burned lying in a boat, dressed in expensive clothing but without weapons, accompanied by horses, cows, and dogs.</p><br>
<p>Birka, the oldest town in Sweden, was an international trade post. It has been assumed the royal settlement at Hovgården was established as the king&#39;s mean of controlling Birka. However, while Birka was abandoned in the mid-10th century, the royal estate was apparently not as the runestone U 11 from around 1070 which claims to have been carved for the king was erected next to the royal mounds. It was part of Uppsala öd, a network of royal estates supporting the Kings of Sweden.</p><br>
<p>Furthermore, King Magnus Barnlock had the old castle replaced by a palace built in brick, Alsnö hus, in the 1270s. In the palace, the king established the Swedish nobility through the Ordinance of Alsnö (Alsnö stadga) in 1279. However, the palace was destroyed before the end of that century, and as it was left to decay Hovgården lost in importance.</p><br>
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<p>The Frank M. and Annie G. Covert House is a historic home in the Hyde Park Historic District in Austin, Texas, United States. It is also a part of the Shadow Lawn Historic District, a subdivision within the Hyde Park neighborhood established by Hyde Park founder Monroe Shipe.</p><br>
<p>The building was completed near the turn of the 20th century by local real estate broker and auto dealer Frank Covert. Like other homes in the neighborhood, it includes an eclectic combination of styles, including a Queen Anne form and Romanesque and Classical Revival details. The house features irregular massing, a two-story wraparound veranda and masonry construction, unusual in Hyde Park.</p><br>
<p>According to information compiled by Peter Flagg Maxson, architectural historian, the Covert House had many owners in the 20th century. Under the Sassman ownership (1917–1945) it was rented out to, among others, Robert Winslow and the House of the Holy Infancy, a home for unwed mothers.</p><br>
<p>In the 1970s the Covert House was acquired by several families, who tried group living there. After a period of some neglect, the property was acquired by Dr. John and Ann Horan, who beautifully restored it. It has since been sold on to another person.</p><br>
<p>The house is located at 3912 Avenue G, across from the Page-Gilbert House. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.</p><br>
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<p>King Johns Hunting Lodge is a wool-merchants house built in Axbridge, a town in the English county of Somerset. It is a jettied timber-frame building of three storeys, occupying a corner plot on the town square. The building has served a variety of purposes with shops on the ground floor and workshops and living quarters on the first and second floors. At one time The Kings Head Inn occupied part of the building and a sculpture of a kings head, which acted as a sign for the pub is preserved within, and a replica is attached to the outside. The lodge was bequeathed to the National Trust in 1971, and repairs were undertaken to reverse significant deterioration to the building.</p><br>
<p>The house is leased by the National Trust to Axbridge and District Museum Trust, who operate it as a local museum which includes exhibits relating to local geology and history from the Neolithic to World War II. It is a Grade II* listed building.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>In 1340 the site of the present building was occupied by a building belonging to John Oldeway. It contained shops and was called "the stockhouse". The current building, which was constructed around 1460, was occupied by shops on the ground floor, living areas and workshops on the first floor, and storage and sleeping areas on the second floor.</p><br>
<p>The house is the finest of a number of timber-frame houses in the High Street and The Square. The three-storey building is jettied on two adjacent sides and has three gables on the longer side. On the first and second floors curved brackets can be seen which support the floor above. The structure is based around a single wooden post, known as a king post, at the front corner of the building, which supports the floor boards and the horizontal dragon beams that carry the projection of the upper floors at each level.</p><br>
<p>In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the building housed a succession of shops and underwent various changes which contributed to its physical decline. A Miss Ripley bought the building in 1930, and used it to store her collection of antiques until 1968, allowing the public to see her collection once a year. She bequeathed it to the National Trust in 1971, who undertook the works necessary to make it fit for visitors and saved it from probable destruction.</p><br>
<p>In overhauling the structure of the premises, the National Trust restored its medieval character by recreating on the ground floor the appearance of arcaded stalls opening onto the street, and the sixteenth-century decoration of the upstairs windows, although this caused a dilemma as it required the removal of fine 18th-century windows.</p><br>
<p>The origin of the name is unclear as it was not built until long after the reign of King John, who died in 1216. Its present name first appeared in a 1915 publication, The Heart of Mendip by Francis Knight, when it was being run as a saddlers shop. The royal part of the name may have come from the fact that there was a carved kings head on the building, from a time when The King&#39;s Head Inn occupied part of the premises, but whether this represented King John or another king is not known. The head was attached to one corner of the exterior, but is now inside the building, and a replica placed on the outside.</p><br>
<h2>Museum</h2><br>
<p>The property is owned by the National Trust and run as a local history museum by Axbridge and District Museum Trust with support from Somerset County Museums Service and Axbridge Archaeological and Local History Society. Until 2011 funding was received from Sedgemoor District Council, but this was withdrawn and an entry charge introduced to help pay for the running costs.</p><br>
<p>The museum aims to illustrate the history, geology and community of Axbridge and the surrounding area (the area of the old Axbridge Rural District, which included many neighbouring villages such as Cheddar, Wedmore, Mark and Winscombe). There is a core of long-term and permanent exhibits, reviewed regularly for possible changes, updates, and revised displays and information, and there is a programme of temporary exhibitions to reflect many aspects of local life and heritage.</p><br>
<p>Each room has a specific theme, which includes aspects of local history such as life during World War II, and aspects of law and order. Another exhibition shows local geology and archaeological finds from local caves. The exhibits include a fine flint flake which has been identified from the Neolithic occupation of Ebbor Gorge. The museum also displays paintings of local scenes and objects including a clock made by John Bilbie of the Bilbie family, who lived in Axbridge, and a merchants&#39; table known as a "nail", similar to those outside The Exchange in Bristol which were made with a flat top and raised edges to prevent coins from tumbling onto the pavement.</p><br>
<p>The Smith–Marcuse–Lowry House is an historic home in the Hyde Park Historic District in Austin, Texas. It is also a part of the Shadow Lawn Historic District, a subdivision within the Hyde Park neighborhood established by Hyde Park founder Monroe Shipe.</p><br>
<p>The house&#39;s original footprint was square, with two stories. It had a cedar shingle roof upon its completion. At the time of its construction, it was built with all the modern conveniences for its time period. The house was wired for electric light, featured a gas fireplace-in-the-round for heating, transoms and double hung windows for circulation and had a water collection and retention system. Texas Victorian homes have much less ornate scrollwork than traditional Victorian homes, yet the work is still interesting. The porch railings and decorative elements of the Marcuse–Lowry home have been retained or reproduced in their original form.</p><br>
<p>The house is located at 3913 Avenue C. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.</p><br>
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<p>The Keeler Tavern is an 18th-century historical building at 132 Main Street in the center of Ridgefield, Connecticut, United States. The property served as summer home to architect Cass Gilbert, who purchased it in 1907 and designed additions to the building as well as a garden.</p><br>
<p>It is also significant for the part it played in the Ridgefield action when British forces passed through, in 1777. The site was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982 and is operated as the Keeler Tavern Museum. It is also included in the Ridgefield Center Historic District, NRHP-listed in 1984.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<h3>18th century</h3><br>
<p>Around the year 1713, Benjamin Hoyt built the initial structure of the tavern as a home for himself and his family. More than 50 years later, in 1769, the property was purchased by Hoyt&#39;s grandson, Timothy Keeler, from his uncle David. Timothy Keeler and his wife Ester converted the building into an inn in 1772, just prior to the beginning of the American Revolutionary War.</p><br>
<p>The original sign of the inn featured a portrait of King George III of the United Kingdom, which was subsequently painted over with a depiction of a horseman as Timothy Keeler sided with the American revolutionaries. During the Battle of Ridgefield on April 27, 1777, British forces fired on the tavern, because they had learned that the basement of the building was used for making musket balls. One of the British cannonballs lodged itself into a corner post of the building where it has remained stuck ever since.</p><br>
<h3>19th century</h3><br>
<p>In addition to running the tavern, Timothy Keeler was appointed the third postmaster of Ridgefield in 1803 and operated his post office in the tavern. Among the more prominent guests of the tavern were Jérôme Bonaparte, the youngest brother of Napoleon who stayed there with his wife Elizabeth Patterson during their honeymoon.</p><br>
<p>In 1815, William Keeler inherited the tavern and post office from his father and operated the inn together with his sister Anna as the "W. Keelers Hotel" until his death in 1827. After his death, his cousin Thaddeus Keeler took over the office of postmaster keeping the post office in the Keeler tavern. When Anna Keeler married Abijah Resseguie in 1829, the hotel was renamed into the "Resseguie Hotel". Anna Keeler and Abijah Resseguie had a single child, Anna Marie, who was born in 1830. After his wifes death in 1862, Abijah Resseguie continued to operate the hotel together with Anna Marie and assisted by Phillis Dubois, a free black woman.</p><br>
<h3>20th century</h3><br>
<p>The garden is a sunken garden arranged around a reflecting pool with a cherub fountain; it is surrounded by brick walls and arches. When Gilbert&#39;s daughter Emily sold the home in 1957, local residents, who wished to preserve the property as an historical landmark, formed a society for its preservation (the Keeler Tavern Preservation Society, Inc.). The society purchased the property in 1965 and opened it as a museum in the next year.</p><br>
<h2>Location</h2><br>
<p>The street address of the Keeler Tavern is 132 Main Street, Ridgefield, CT 06877, USA, across from the fountain in Ridgefield.</p><br>
<p>Atrai River   flows in West Bengal and northern parts of Bangladesh.</p><br>
<p>In ancient times the river was called Atrei and finds a mention in the Mahabharata. It is linked with Jorapani river, Fuleswari river, and Karatoya River. It originates in Siliguri ward no 40, near baikanthapur forest West Bengal and then after flowing through Dinajpur District of Bangladesh, it enters India again. It passes through Kumarganj and Balurghat community development blocks in Dakshin Dinajpur district. The river then renters Bangladesh. It splits into two rivers&mdash;the Gabura and the Kankra in Dinajpur district. It crosses the Barind Tract and flows into Chalan Beel. The river serves as a perennial source of fishing, even though it is often the cause of flooding in many areas during monsoons.</p><br>
<p>Total length of this river is approximately 240 mi. The maximum depth of the river is 99 ft.</p><br>
<h2>Early history</h2><br>
<p>The Atrai was formerly one of the greatest rivers of north Bengal for it was the main channel by which the waters of the Teesta discharged into the Ganges. In 1787, however, the Teesta broke away from its ancient bed and cut for itself a new and capacious channel by which it found its way into the Brahmaputra. Since then the Atrai has lost its importance and has now few traces of its former greatness.</p><br>
<p>It enters the district from Rajshahi flowing through the Chalan Beel and falls into the Baral near the village of Nurnagar. Formerly, it used to pursue a course to the south and east after leaving the Chalan Beel till it fell into the Jamuna; but the middle portion of this old channel has been obliterated by the Baral and the Ichhamati, which, taking off from the Padma cut across the Atrai and overwhelmed it by copious deposit of silt.</p><br>
<p>The southern portion of the river in this district can still be traced from its junction with the Ichhamati at Boalmari; it then flows through Dulai and Bera thana and falls into the Padma near Ratanganj. This river presents one of the most striking instances of riverine changes in the district of Pabna.</p><br>
<p>Shortugai  was an Indus civilization trading colony established around 2000 BC on the Oxus river near the lapis mines in northern Afghanistan. According to Sergent, "not one of the standard characteristics of the Harappan cultural complex is missing from it".</p><br>
<p>The town consists of two hills called A and B by the excavators. One of them was once the town proper, the other one the citadel. Each of them is about 2 hectares large.</p><br>
<h2>Findings</h2><br>
<p>Typical finds of the Indus Valley Civilization include one seal with a short inscription, clay models of cattle with carts and painted pottery. Pottery with Harappan design, jars, beakers, bronze objects, gold pieces, lapis lazuli beads, other types of beads, drill heads, shell bangles etc. are other findings. Square seals with animal motiff and script confirms this as a site belonging to Indus Valley Civilisation (not just having contact with IVC).</p><br>
<p>Bricks had typical Harappan measurements.</p><br>
<h2>Dryland farming</h2><br>
<p>A ploughed field with flax seeds in this site indicate dry land farming and irrigation canals dug to bring water from Kokcha (25 km distance) also indicate efforts put in agriculture.</p><br>
<h2>Trading post</h2><br>
<p>Shortugai was a trading post of Harappan times and it seems to be connected with lapis lazuli mines located in the surrounding area. It also might have connections with tin trade (found at Afghanistan) and camel trade.</p><br>
<p>The DeWint House, or De Wint House, at Tappan, New York is one of the oldest surviving structures in Rockland County, New York and is an outstanding example of Hudson Valley Colonial Dutch architecture. It was built using indigenous stone in 1700 by Daniel DeClark, a Hollander, who emigrated to America in 1676. The date is marked in glazed bricks along the façade.</p><br>
<p>In 1746, West Indies planter Patriot Johannes DeWint and his spouse Antje Dewint bought the house. His daughter, Anna Maria, and her husband, Major Fredericus Blauvelt, lived at the house.</p><br>
<p>The DeWint House became a temporary headquarters of Commander-in-Chief George Washington during the American Revolution. General George Washington was a guest in the south parlor twice in 1780 and twice in 1783. The "Washington Room" at the DeWint House is a National Masonic Historic Site.</p><br>
<p>1780 (August 8–24) Washington stayed at the Dewint House while inspecting a redoubt on the Hudson.</p><br>
<p>1780 (September 28 to October 7) Washington returned for the trial, signing the execution warrant and subsequent hanging of British spy, Major John André, captured in Tarrytown, who was involved with Benedict Arnold in the plot to surrender West Point to the enemy. Major John André was held in the old 76 House in Tappan, a tavern, which is now a restaurant. General George Washington provided meals from his table at the DeWint House to Major John André at the 76 House. A stone on André Hill Road at Gallows Hill marks the site of André&#39;s hanging.</p><br>
<p>1783 (May 4–8) – Washington and his key staff headquartered at the DeWint House while negotiating the final withdrawal of British troops from New York City with British General, Sir Guy Carleton, who twice served as Governor of the Province of Quebec, from 1768–1778. It was said to have been a friendly conference combined with an elegant dinner. Samuel Fraunces (owner of Fraunces Tavern in New York City) came up to prepare the dinner for Washington and his guest.</p><br>
<p>1783 (November 11–14) – a terrible snowstorm forced Washington to the DeWint house on his trip to visit West Point and later to New York City where he tendered his resignation.</p><br>
<p>The property was acquired by the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of New York in 1932.</p><br>
<p>The site was declared a National Historic Landmark and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1966.</p><br>
<p>The site has undergone extensive restoration and upgrading. The houses two first-floor rooms have been restored and furnished to reflect the period of Washingtons occupancy. A fully functioning replica kitchen, as General George Washington would have known it while he was a guest of the DeWints, was completed in 1996. An adjacent 19th-century carriage house contains displays of artifacts uncovered at the site during archaeological digs, as wells as items related to Washington, André and Arnold, and the Masons.</p><br>
<p>A stone mill is displayed nearby and at the rear of house stand 7-initialed headstones which came from a nearby property. It is believed these headstones marked where the slaves of that home were buried.</p><br>
<p>The DeWint House along with Stony Point Battlefield in Stony Point and Blauvelt House in New City are the only places in Rockland County designated as New York State " sites.</p><br>
<p>Today The DeWint House, (20 Livingston Avenue - Tappan, New York – 10983 - 845.359.1359), Carriage House and the surrounding grounds are open to the public without fee, 10AM – 4PM daily except for Thanksgiving and Christmas.</p><br>
<p>Anuha Island Resort is located on Anuha Island in the Florida Group in the Solomon Islands and is pronounced Anuca by the locals. The Island itself is located approximately 35 miles from Honiara, and approximately 15 minutes from Henderson airfield. The resort was burned down over a land ownership dispute in 1988. More recently, plans have existed to re-open the resort under the legal ownership and guidance of the Solomon Island Tourism Ltd group. Private security forces are included in the redevelopment plan.</p><br>
<p>Anuha Island is surrounded by a shallow lagoon, leading out to a surrounding coral reef.</p><br>
<p>Anuha Island remains a popular dive location with nearby wrecks at Guadalcanal.</p><br>
<p>, Anuha Island is under the legal ownership of Solomon Island Tourism Ltd and is moving forward with redevelopment plans.</p><br>
<h2>Resort history</h2><br>
<p>The resort was styled in timber, thatching and bamboo - Melanesian style. Accommodation was offered through exclusive private villas with ocean views, individually decorated by the locals. The central resort area comprised a reception, boutique shop, main restaurant and cocktail bar, and outdoor eating areas and pool area.</p><br>
<p>The resort was successfully developed and managed by Pacific Resorts Ltd in 1983, by Queensland based businessmen, John Donnelly and Peter Cornish. It was a major draw-card for tourism in the region. Ownership later changed hands over the course of the Resort&#39;s history. Anuha Island Resort played host to a number of well-known celebrities. Transportation to the resort was through Anuha&#39;s private airline and its own charter boat fleet. The resort generated its own electricity and water supply.</p><br>
<p>Sugar Hill is a United States historic district in the northern part of the Hamilton Heights section of the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. It is roughly bounded by West 155th Street to the north, West 145th Street to the south, Edgecombe Avenue to the east, and Amsterdam Avenue to the west. The equivalent New York City Historic Districts are:</p><br>
<p>Hamilton Heights/Sugar Hill Historic District and Extension: roughly West 145th to West 150th Street, Edgecombe Avenue to between Convent and Amsterdam Avenues</p><br>
<p>Hamilton Heights/Sugar Hill Northeast Historic District: roughly West 151st to West 155th Street, west of St. Nicholas Avenue to between Convent and Amsterdam Avenues</p><br>
<p>Hamilton Heights/Sugar Hill Northwest Historic District: roughly West 151st to West 155th Street, east of St. Nicholas Avenue to Edgecombe Avenue</p><br>
<p>The city districts were designated between 2000 and 2002,</p><br>
<h2>Parks</h2><br>
<p>Parks in the neighborhood include,, and smaller sites such as,, and William A. Harris Garden.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Sugar Hill got its name in the 1920s when the neighborhood became a popular place for wealthy African Americans to live during the Harlem Renaissance. Reflective of the "sweet life" there, Sugar Hill featured rowhouses in which lived such prominent African Americans as W. E. B. Du Bois, Thurgood Marshall, Adam Clayton Powell Jr., Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, Walter Francis White and Roy Wilkins.</p><br>
<p>Langston Hughes wrote about the relative affluence of the neighborhood in his essay "Down Under in Harlem" published in The New Republic in 1944:</p><br>
<p>If you are white and are reading this vignette, dont take it for granted that all Harlem is a slum. It isnt. There are big apartment houses up on the hill, Sugar Hill, and up by City College -- nice high-rent-houses with elevators and doormen, where Canada Lee lives, and W. C. Handy, and the George S. Schuylers, and the Walter Whites, where colored families send their babies to private kindergartens and their youngsters to Ethical Culture School.</p><br>
<p>Terry Mulligans 2012 memoir "Sugar Hill, Where the Sun Rose Over Harlem" is a chronicle of the writers experiences growing up in the 1950s and 60s in the neighborhood, where her neighbors included future United States Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, early rock n roll legend Frankie Lymon, and New York baseball great Willie Mays, among other well-known names.</p><br>
<h2>Notable buildings</h2><br>
<p>Among the many notable buildings in the Sugar Hill area are:</p><br>
<p>Nicholas C. and Agnes Benziger House, 345 Edgecombe Avenue (William Schickel, 1890–91) - has also been used as a hospital, nursery and housing for the homeless</p><br>
<p>James A. and Ruth M. Bailey House, 10 St. Nicholas Place (Samuel B. Reed, 1886–88) - A Romanesque Revival residence built for James A. Bailey of the Barnum & Bailey Circus</p><br>
<p>14 and 16 St. Nicholas Place (William Grinnell, 1883–84) - Queen Anne style detached frame houses clad in wood shingles</p><br>
<p>Fink House, 8 St. Nicholas Place (Richard S. Rosenstock, 1885) - Queen Anne style house, would later be combined with...</p><br>
<p>Baiter House, 6 St. Nicholas Place (Theodore G. Stein, 1893–94) -...and used as a sanitarium, a hospital, a hotel, and a group home</p><br>
<p>713-721 St. Nicholas Avenue (Hugh M. Reynolds, 1890–91) - Row houses in the Victorian Romanesque Revival style</p><br>
<p>718-730 St. Nicholas Avenue (Arthur Bates Jennings, 1889–90) - A Romanesque Revival row</p><br>
<p>729 and 731 St. Nicholas Avenue (Theodore Minot Clark, 1886-86) - two houses faced in Manhattan schist and shingles</p><br>
<p>757-775 St. Nicholas Avenue (Frederick P. Dinkelberg, 1894–95) - A Renaissance Revival style row which is said to be "among the finest in the district."</p><br>
<p>409 Edgecombe Avenue Apartments (Schwartz & Gross, 1916–17) - Originally the Colonial Parkway Apartments. Home to Babe Ruth as an infant, Thurgood Marshall and W. E. B. Du Bois</p><br>
<h2>In popular culture</h2><br>
<p>The Sugarhill Gang, the first rap group with a single in the Top 40, took their name from the neighborhood.</p><br>
<p>The 1994 film Sugar Hill, about drug dealers in Harlem, stars Wesley Snipes.</p><br>
<p>Sugar Hill is mentioned in the lyrics to the jazz standard "Take the A Train" by Billy Strayhorn. It is also referred to by rapper AZ&#39;s "Sugar Hill" on his album Doe or Die. Henry "Red" Allen recorded "Sugar Hill Function", written by Charlie Holmes, on February 18, 1930. There is also a song by Rex Stewart and his Fifty-Second Street Stompers &ndash; one of the four Duke Ellington small groups &ndash; called "Sugar Hill Shim-Sham", which was recorded on July 7, 1937.</p><br>
<p>Mount Gulian is a reconstructed 18th century Dutch manor house on the Hudson River in the town of Fishkill, New York, United States of America. The original house served as the</p><br>
<p>headquarters of Major General Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben during the American Revolutionary War and was the place where the Society of the Cincinnati was founded. The site is registered as a National Historic Landmark.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Archeological studies indicate intermittent Native Americans presence since 6,000 BC. The land on which the house stands was purchased from the Wappinger Native Americans by two fur traders, Francis Rombout and Gulian Verplanck on August 8, 1683. In exchange for 85,000 acres (344 square kilometers) of land, they paid about 1,250 dollars in goods. The Rombout Patent which formally granted the land to Francis Rombout and Gulian Verplanck was issued by King James II of England on October 17, 1685. After Gulian Verplanck&#39;s death, his estate was eventually divided among his heirs.</p><br>
<p>Guilian Verplanck II, a merchant from New York City, received 2,880 acres, 400 of which were on a slope overlooking the Hudson River. He named his estate Mount Gulian, in honor of his grandfather and had the first house on the site built between 1730 and 1740. The building was a small structure with an A-roof. Archaeological evidence suggests it was probably enlarged around 1767 and the characteristic gambrel roof as well as two porches were added between this year and the American Revolutionary War.</p><br>
<h3>Revolutionary War</h3><br>
<p>During this war, Gulian Verplanck&#39;s son Samuel stayed at the house, while his wife Judith Crommelin remained at the family mansion at 3 Wall Street, New York City. In early 1783 Major General Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben made Mount Gulian his headquarters. At the same time, George Washington had his headquarters in Hasbrouck House, Newburgh on the opposite side of the Hudson River.</p><br>
<p>On the morning of May 13, 1783, a group of officers of the Continental Army met at Mount Gulian to found the Society of the Cincinnati. Mount Gulian is the headquarters of the Society&#39;s New York State branch. The building was extended by in 1804 by Daniel Crommelin Verplanck, the grandson of Gulian Verplanck II, who also laid out the garden. When Marquis de Lafayette visited the house on his return to America in 1824, he stayed in the new addition.</p><br>
<h3>James Brown</h3><br>
<p>James Brown was born into slavery in Fredericktown, Maryland in 1793, and escaped via the Underground Railroad to New York City, where found work as a waiter at the Verplanck&#39;s mansion on Wall St. A story handed down in the Verplanck family relates that a dinner guest recognized Brown as an escaped slave, and notified the owner in Maryland. According to William E. Verplanck, "This made necessary the redemption of James." The master was paid off and Brown was hired by the Verplancks as a coachman in Manhattan. He learned to read and write, most likely taught by Mary Anna Verplanck, eldest daughter of Daniel C. Verplanck. Brown was employed as the master gardener at Mount Gulian from 1826 to 1864. In September 1826, he returned to Maryland and purchased his wife’s freedom with money he had saved while working up north. Around 1826 James Brown began to keep a detailed journal of everyday life, one of the very few journals of daily life as experienced by a black person anywhere in the North.</p><br>
<p>In 1849 construction of the Hudson River Railroad cut off access to the Verplanck boat and bathhouse at the end of the property at the shoreline.</p><br>
<p>In 1803, upon the death of Judith Commerlin Verplanck, the family mansion at 3 Wall Street was closed and much of its furnishings moved to Mount Gulian.</p><br>
<h2>Restoration</h2><br>
<p>The original mansion was destroyed in a fire laid by an arsonist in 1931. After this, the ruin of the house was left unattended until 1966, when Bache Bleecker, a descendant of the Verplanck family, and his wife Connie founded the Mount Gulian Society, as a nonprofit, private organization. The goal of the society was restoration of Mount Gulian which was completed in 1975. The restoration reconstructed the house to the state it was in when it served as von Steuben&#39;s headquarters. Later additions were not included in the restoration.</p><br>
<p>Since then, the building has been accessible to the public as a museum. The interior contains artifacts related to the Verplanck family. Also on the site is an 18th-century Dutch barn, which was moved to this location from Hopewell Junction. The museum is open from April through October.</p><br>
<h2>Location</h2><br>
<p>The street address of the Mount Gulian mansion is 145 Sterling Street, Beacon, NY 12524, USA.</p><br>
<p>Morskie Oko  is the largest and fourth-deepest lake in the Tatra Mountains. It is located deep within the Tatra National Park, Poland, in the Rybi Potok  Valley, of the High Tatras mountain range at the base of the Mięguszowiecki Summits, in Lesser Poland Voivodeship.</p><br>
<h2>Lake description</h2><br>
<p>The peaks that surround the lake rise about 1,000 meters above its surface; one of them is Rysy (2,499 meters), the highest peak in the Polish Tatras.</p><br>
<p>Beside Mięguszowiecki Summits (including Mięguszowiecki Szczyt Wielki, 2,438 meters), farther away and slightly to the left, is the distinctive, slender Mnich (“Monk,” 2,068 meters).</p><br>
<p>Many Swiss Pines also grow around the lake.</p><br>
<p>In the past, Morskie Oko was called "Rybie Jezioro" ("Fish Lake") due to its natural stock of fish, which are uncommon in Tatra lakes and ponds. In the clear depths of the water, one can easily notice</p><br>
<p>trout - so called "famine" trout - that live in the lake.</p><br>
<p>The name "Morskie Oko" ("Sea Eye", "Eye of the Sea") is derived from an old legend, according to which the lake was connected to the sea via an underground passage.</p><br>
<p>The hut of the Polish Tourism and Local Lore Society (PTTK) stands on the moraine that closes the lake from the north. The hut is situated 1,405 meters above sea level and belongs to the oldest Tatra chalets. The hut is named after Stanisław Staszic, who explored the lake in 1805. It is a point of departure for hikes to Rysy and Szpiglasowa Przełęcz. Nearby is the Stare Schronisko ("Old Shelter"), originally a coachhouse. Both buildings have been granted historical status.</p><br>
<p>Morskie Oko is one of the most popular destinations in the Tatras, often receiving over 50,000 visitors during the vacation season. It is reached by foot in about two hours from the nearest road that allows motorized access. Many other tourists opt to take the journey by horse-drawn cart, a large number of which are operated by the local Górale inhabitants. In winter, a short section of the journey is in an avalanche danger zone, and the area can remain cold and rainy even in summer. In the advent of its popularity, visitors have been forbidden from swimming in the lake or feeding the trout. Oko is located in Poland.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The earliest documents in which Morskie Oko is mentioned date back to 1575. In 1637, the Polish king Władysław IV granted landowner Wladyslaw Nowobilski the right to use pastures in the area. In 1824, during Partitions of Poland, Morskie Oko became private property for the time being, when Zakopane estate, including the Dolina Rybiego Potoku, were purchased from the Austrian authorities by Emanuel Homolacs. At the end of the nineteenth century, a boundary dispute arose between Galicia and Hungary over property rights to the lake and adjoining area (the so-called "Morskie Oko dispute"). The Court of Conciliation in Graz ruled in favor of the Polish side. The decision is credited to Oswald Balzer, who represented the Galicia government.</p><br>
<p>Morskie Oko was "rediscovered" for tourism by Dr. Tytus Chałubiński in the mid nineteenth century; the first shelter was built there in 1836 but burned down in 1865. A second shelter, built in 1874, burned down in 1898. In 1902, a road from Zakopane was completed and named the Oswald Balzer Road. Since 1933 following the return of sovereignty, the lake has been owned by the Polish state.</p><br>
<p>The charm of Morskie Oko has provided inspiration to many artists, including painters (Walery Eljasz-Radzikowski, Leon Wyczółkowski, Stanisław Gałek), poets (Wincenty Pol, Adam Asnyk, Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer, Franciszek Nowicki, Jan Kasprowicz), and composers (Zygmunt Noskowski).</p><br>
<p>Stocks Reservoir is a reservoir situated at the head of the Hodder valley in the Forest of Bowland, Lancashire, England . The reservoir has a fly fishing club which is very popular in the summer months and a small cafe which is popular with walkers. The Board House is a building used for meetings by United Utilities and is located on the western shores of the reservoir, near the Hodder Water Treatment Works. Stocks Reservoir was opened on 5 July 1932 by HRH Prince George, K.G.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>It was created in 1932 by the Fylde Water Board by flooding the Dalehead valley and the surrounding farmland, including the hamlet of Stocks-in-Bowland from which the reservoir derives its name. At the peak of the construction project, over 500 men worked there and most of them lived in a temporary village called Hollins. Prince George officially opened the reservoir by unveiling a commemorative bronze plaque.</p><br>
<p>During the construction phase, the reservoir works were the site of an extensive 3 foot (914 mm) gauge industrial railway system which linked the dam works with a railhead on the Long Preston - Slaidburn road (Bowtell, 1988). Nearby stone quarries were also served by the railway. Steam traction engines hauled building material between the Tosside railhead and the water board depôt adjacent to Long Preston railway station.</p><br>
<p>The reservoir is located in the civil parish of Easington. In medieval times, the area was granted to the monks of Kirkstall Abbey near Leeds. Later, Stocks-in-Bowland, Dalehead and Easington all came under the sway of the Lordship of Bowland.</p><br>
<p>Originally a trolley car suburb in the years just before the dawn of the 20th century, the Fairmount neighborhood in Church Hill, Richmond, Virginia, is located just north of Union Hill. Much of the neighborhood was developed from the 1890s to the 1920s, and its buildings largely reflect Queen Anne, Italianate, and 1920s bungalow architecture. What is likely the oldest remaining residence, a frame house, probably dates from before 1870. A notable property in the Fairmount neighborhood is the Fairmount School. Annexed from Henrico County in 1906, Fairmount was first incorporated as an independent town on March 10, 1902 .</p><br>
<p>The boundaries are roughly east of Mosby Street, north of Carrington, west of 24th/25th Streets, and towards Fairfield Avenue. Across Fairmount Avenue, it is the bulk of the area east of the Brauers neighborhood and west of 24th.</p><br>
<p>In February 2008, the Fairmount Historic District was officially listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The City of Richmond has made available and the Virginia Department of Historic Resources has released, an.</p><br>
<p>Huari or Wari is located near Quinua, in Huamanga Province, Ayacucho Region, Peru at an altitude 2770 m above sea-level. These ruins are all that is left of Wari, the capital city of the Wari . They are an 8-day hike at the end of the Cactus trail which is a well-known destination for tourists.</p><br>
<p>This capital city covers some 16 square kilometers, and the architecture is aligned to conform to the local topography. This was a highly organized city with residential, administrative, and religious areas.</p><br>
<p>The ruins appear to be in almost the same condition as they were during the days of the powerful Wari empire, from about CE 500 to 900. There are signs that most of the buildings were coated with a layer of white plaster. More recently that were the headquarters for the Shining Path.</p><br>
<p>The Wari were a Middle Horizon civilization. This civilization spread out across the south-central Andes and coastal area of modern-day Peru. The Wari came after the Moche and before the Chimu and Inca cultures.</p><br>
<p>Other sites where Wari ruins were discovered are at Pikillaqta near Cuzco, Peru, and the recently discovered (2008) Northern Wari ruins near the city of Chiclayo.</p><br>
<p>Clegg Hall is a 17th-century hall in Littleborough, Greater Manchester. It is situated just outside Smithy Bridge, Greater Manchester.</p><br>
<p>The "Clegg" in the name of the current hall refers to the location (Little Clegg or Great Clegg) rather than the local family by the same surname – the house was built by a Theophilus Ashton in the early 17th century, and it has never been suggested that the house has been lived in by Cleggs. It appears to be on the site of an earlier Clegg Hall(s) whose occupants were Cleggs.</p><br>
<p>According to Oakleys highly romanticised version, the first known Cleggs, Bernulf (and his wife Quernilda) de Clegg were in the Domesday book, though they are more commonly said to date to King Stephens reign (1135–1154). That would seem sensible dating from the names, as they are all Anglo Saxon apart from the "de" which is a Norman addition, typical of the period before Norman Christian names became common.</p><br>
<p>Clegg Hall was designated a Grade II* listed building in 1951.</p><br>
<h2>Boggart</h2><br>
<p>Clegg Hall is reputed to be haunted. The Clegg Hall boggart (as the ghost is better known) is usually placed in the 13th century. The longest version is a fictionalized account in a book called In Olden Days written by a local vicar (Revd. Oakley) in the early years of this century. It reckoned that the master of the house went off to France to fight with Henry. While the father was away the wicked uncle killed both his nephews, throwing them over the battlements into the moat of what was presumably a fortified house. Eventually the father returned. His brother crept through a secret passage from a nearby hall (possibly Stubley Old Hall), ready to do away with the distraught father, when one of the children&#39;s voices was heard calling out "Father beware!" (or words to that effect) and the father awoke, sending his evil brother running terrified to plunge to his death. Ever since, allegedly, the phantom boy has been heard issuing warnings.</p><br>
<p>The current building was described in a 1626 survey of Rochdale as "a faire capital messuage built with free stone with all new fair houses of office there-unto belonging with gardens, fishponds and divers closes of land". It also refers to "barns, stables, courts, orchards, gardens, folds and pigeon houses".</p><br>
<p>At least two books refer to the ghost and later uses of the current building. One is Harland and Wilkinson&#39;s Lancashire Legends, originally published in 1873. This says: "After many changes of occupants it is now in part used as a country alehouse; other portions of it are inhabited by the labouring classes, who find employment in that populous manufacturing district. It is the property of the Fentons, by purchase from the late John Entwisle Esq of Foxholes." The other, Lancashire Legends by Katherine Eyre (1972), says that from 1818 to 1869 it was a public house called the Horse and Hounds, but generally known as the Black Sloven, the name of a favourite hunting mare of legendary speed which belonged to the former owner, Mr Charles Turner. He died in 1733. It says that "The Boggart Chamber" became a place to be avoided, although it is not clear if this was in the pre-1620s house or not. It is alleged that a young girl was playing hide and seek and she was found dead behind a wall and a curtain. It also says that "during the Commonwealth era, there were hints of counterfeiting activities in the vaults and cellars of Clegg Hall&quot it was common for smugglers and counterfeiters of the period to use tales of ghosts to scare off locals.</p><br>
<h2>Ruin and restoration</h2><br>
<p>Some time in the 1950s there was a fire at the hall which caused severe damage. A picture in Oakley&#39;s 1910 edition of In Olden Days shows it as a complete building. However, the text of a 1920s edition describes it as "a ruined hall", and in fact the hall was in such poor condition in the 1840s, when it was used as a public house, that it had its licence removed because of the dangerous condition and decay of the building. Sam Garside who was born in the hall in 1920 moved out in the 1945. It was left in ruins until its 20th-century restoration. A local resident remembers playing there in the 1950s, when the upper floors were still present, and a farmer used the ground floor to house his cows. Some time between the 1970s and 1999, the most impressive external feature &ndash; the portico from the front door &ndash; fell down and was removed.</p><br>
<p>In the late 1980s, following the buildings purchase by the environmental organisation Pennine Heritage, rumours of a large-scale theme park centred on the hall led to the formation of a local residents group to petition councillors for assurances their properties would not be compulsorily purchased. At one point there was a suggestion that Clegg Hall, which is near the Rochdale Canal, could be turned into a museum, but this proved too expensive.</p><br>
<p>Pennine Heritage trust protected and saved the hall from demolition until a new owner who would sympathetically rebuild and restore the hall could be found.</p><br>
<p>Clegg Hall was restored to its pre-1608 condition during the ownership of Jason Stead esq 2005 to 2011. This massive task was started in February 2005 and completed by September 2009 leaving only kitchen and bathrooms, decoration and furnishings to complete. After receiving heritage awards and having been removed from the English Heritage buildings at risk register in 2007, the hall was opened to the public for Heritage weekends raising money for a multiple sclerosis charity throughout the restoration. Due to private ownership, it is no longer open to the public but videos and photos of the restoration are available at</p><br>
<p>Sandusky Bay is a Bay on Lake Erie in northern Ohio. It was identified in 1718, and the Thomas A. Edison Memorial Bridge crosses it.</p><br>
<h2>Geography</h2><br>
<p>Sandusky Bay is one of the principal bodies of water in northern Ohio. It is situated in between Erie, Ottawa, and Sandusky counties in the USA state of Ohio and part of Lake Erie. It was identified as Lac (Lake) Sandouské on a 1718 map by Guillaume Delisle. It has also been referred to as Lake Junandat, Lake Otsandoske, Lake Sandusky, Sandoski Bay, Sandusky Bay, and Sandusky Lake. According to Francis Leroy Landacre, it is a "shallow, almost land-locked harbor averaging about twelve feet in depth, some fourteen or fifteen miles in length, with a width of something like two miles." It contains numerous marshes and serves as an entry point for several streams. Sandusky Bay runs from Muddy Creek Bay to Cedar Point, which separates Sandusky Bay from Lake Erie. The Sandusky River drains into the bay at its westernmost point.</p><br>
<p>The Thomas A. Edison Memorial Bridge carries Route 2 and Route 269 across Sandusky Bay at its Eastern end. This is the only direct highway link between Ottawa and Erie Counties. Sandusky Bay can be viewed from Marblehead Lighthouse at Marblehead Lighthouse State Park. The Sandusky Bay Water Trail was dedicated on June 2, 2007 to provide recreational opportunities along Sandusky Bay. The water of Sandusky Bay is shallow and rarely clear. According to author Tom Cross, "Sandusky Bay is known for great early spring crappie fishing."</p><br>
<h2>Current Events</h2><br>
<p>Samples of water from Sandusky Bay gathered on July 30 and 31, 2012 showed that invasive Asian carp might have gotten to Lake Erie, possibly impacting Lake Erie&#39;s $1 billion fishing industry and $10 billion tourism industry.</p><br>
<p>On June 14, 2012, Sandusky Bay lent its name to a station of the USA Customs and Border Protection agency.</p><br>
<h2>Wars and Rebellions</h2><br>
<p>War of 1812. General Harrison dragged boats across the de Lery portage from Sandusky Bay to Lake Erie.</p><br>
<p>Old French War. Colonel John Bradstreet sailed sixty long boats into Sandusky Bay and encamped on September 20, 1704.</p><br>
<p>Mackenzie Rebellion of 1837. Rebels might have traveled across the ice from Sandusky Bay to Pelee Island.</p><br>
<p>Baral  river is one of the offshoots of the Ganges, starts its journey at Charghat Upazila of Rajshahi District of Bangladesh. The Baral flows through Natore and Pabna meets with the Gumani River at the east of Bhangura and finally meets with the Hurasagar River after joining with the Karatoya south of Shahjadpur Upazila. The river is approximately 147 km long, and 410 ft wide and 20 ft deep on average. The river receives water from the Ganges only in the monsoon season. But it maintains its flow throughout the year with local runoff water and water from Chalan Beel. Its drainage area is about 230 km&sup2;. Some important places located on the banks of the Baral are: Charghat, Baraigram, Bagatipara, Gurudaspur, Chatmohar, Bhangura and Bera upazilas of Bangladesh.</p><br>
<p>The Baral Bridge is located on this river at Bhangura Upazila.</p><br>
<h2>Early history</h2><br>
<p>The Baral also issues from the Padma at Charghat in the Rajshahi district and receives the water of the Atrai through the channel called the Gumani shortly after it enters the district of Pabna. It flows through the northern part of the Sadar subdivision, passing by the large village of Chatmohar, the headquarters of the Chatmohar subdistrict, and continue its course to south-east.</p><br>
<p>The Baral meets the Gumani (an extension of Atrai) near the village of Faridpur in Pabna District (not to be confused with the district headquarters of Faridpur District). The combined waters join the Hurasagar River, south of Shahjadpur Upazila.</p><br>
<p>Eighteenth-century geographer James Rennell referred to a former course of the Ganges north of its present channel, as follows:</p><br>
<p>"Appearances favour very strongly that the Ganges had its former bed in the tract now occupied by the lakes and morasses between Natore and Jaffiergunge, striking out of the present course by Bauleah to a junction of Burrrampooter or Megna near Fringybazar, where accumulation of two such mighty streams probably scooped out the present amazing bed of the Megna."</p><br>
<p>The places mentioned by Rennell proceeding from west to east are Rampur Boali, the headquarters of Rajshahi district, Puthia and Natore in the same district and Jaffarganj in the district of Dhaka. The place last named were shown in a map of the Mymensingh district dated 1861, as a subdistrict (thana) headquarters, about 10 kilometres (6 mi) south-east of Bera Upazila police station. It is now known as Payla Jaffarganj and is close to Elachipur opposite Goalunda. According to Rennell&#39;s theory, therefore, the probable former course of the Ganges would correspond with that of the present channel of the Baral River.</p><br>
<p>The Kyle Ranch was established by Conrad Kiel in 1875 in what is now North Las Vegas, Nevada. The ranch&#39;s name is spelled alternately as "Kiel" and "Kyle" because Conrad Kiel spelled his name and ranch both ways. The site is currently managed by the City of North Las Vegas Parks and Recreation Division as the "Kiel Ranch Historic Park." As of July 2016, the park is open to the public. The original adobe structure, one of the oldest extent buildings in Las Vegas, a wooden shed known as the "Doll House" and the Kyle Ranch Cemetery are all that remain after loss of buildings through fire and neglect.</p><br>
<p>The cemetery is currently empty with the bodies, mostly family members of the founders, housed at UNLV.</p><br>
<p>The ranch is the site of an artesian well and a small wetlands, a reminder of what drew the first settlers and travelers to the site. The spring provided water allowing the ranch to grow fruits and vegetables.</p><br>
<p>The site is marked as.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Conrad Kiel settled the land in 1875. The land surrounds a natural spring and artesian well, and Kiel established a 240-acre homestead where he grew citrus trees, apples, and vegetables.</p><br>
<p>In 1884, Archibald Stewart, an early pioneer in the area, was killed in a gunfight on the ranch. Stewart&#39;s wife Helen J. Stewart would go on to be an influential citizen of Las Vegas.</p><br>
<p>In 1900, Ed Kiel and William Kiel, then owners of the ranch, were found shot to death in an apparent murder-suicide. The bodies were exhumed in the mid-1970s, and it was determined that they had both been murdered.</p><br>
<p>Part of the ranch was sold in 1903 to William A. Clark to build the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad.</p><br>
<p>In 1911, Las Vegas banker John S. Park purchased the ranch and built a mansion known as the White House. Subsequent owners included Edwin Taylor (1924–39), whose cowboy ranch hands competed in national rodeos, and Edwin and Bette Losee (1939–58), who developed the Boulderado Guest Ranch here, a popular residence for divorce seekers during Nevadas heyday as a place to reside while waiting to get an easy divorce under Nevadas liberal laws.</p><br>
<p>A 26 acre portion of the original ranch site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. It included five contributing buildings.</p><br>
<p>By 1976, the 26 acre remaining of the ranch were purchased jointly by the City of North Las Vegas and its Bicentennial Committee as a historic project. A 1992 fire destroyed the ranch&#39;s main building.</p><br>
<p>The city sold off all but 7 acre of the land it acquired to build an industrial park. In 2006, there were concerns over water runoff from the spring and wetlands flowing into the industrial park. The cities plan to destroy more of the site to divert the water was met with opposition. The ranch site was also used as a dump by the city potentially destroying much of its value as an archaeological site. In 2010, the City of North Las Vegas committed to preserving the site.</p><br>
<p>Great Diamond Island is an island in Casco Bay, Maine. It is part of the city of Portland, Maine. As of the 2000 census, the island had a year-round population of 77. The island is not accessible from the mainland by motor vehicle and has a limited network of roads. The primary modes of transportation are golf carts and bicycles. This fact has become a selling point for the island, marketing the area as "car free" and "kid friendly." The island was used as a military base starting in the late 19th century and continuing through World War II. After the base was decommissioned, the bunkers and residences were left idle for over 30 years before being developed and sold to private citizens.</p><br>
<h2>Diamond Cove</h2><br>
<p>Diamond Cove is a ferry stop at the northeastern side of the island. The Diamond Cove properties are on the grounds of the former Fort McKinley, making use of the army barracks and officers quarters as renovated homes. The abandoned concrete coastal artillery batteries exist in the woods at the east of the island, although they are technically private property and off-limits due to safety concerns. The community is gated and, for the most part, not open to the general public, although the Diamonds Edge restaurant is open and located just off the Casco Bay ferry dock. Tours of the grounds, by reservation, are available. A limited number of homes have been built on the waterfront areas of the island; many have been featured in local magazines and newspapers. The Fort McKinley Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.</p><br>
<p>The Diamond Cove General Store, a seasonal business near the former Quartermasters Quarters, offers up groceries, candy and prepared foods from just before Memorial Day until just after Labor Day. Residents from both sides of the island rely on this fixture and it is an area where Diamond Cove residents congregate to be social. In a 2010 GQ magazine article about the coolest small cities in America, visiting the Diamond Cove General Store to get a lobster roll made their list of four must-see places in Portland.</p><br>
<h3>History</h3><br>
<p>Diamond Cove was initially an artistic retreat community, hosting visitors such as Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Harriet Beecher Stowe, and it included amenities not limited to a nine-hole golf course. At the time of the Spanish American War, the island was converted almost entirely to a military base to defend Casco Bay. Fort McKinley was constructed between 1891 and 1907 and remained in service until the end of World War II in 1945. The property at Diamond Cove remained abandoned for decades, until its renovation to the community it is today.</p><br>
<p>The CCC Shelter, also known as the Combination Shelter, is a historic park shelter located at Pokagon State Park in Jamestown Township, Steuben County, Indiana. It is a stone and wood building and was constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1935/36. Although a low, wide roof gives some protection against rain and snow, the shelter is open on its longer west and east sides. The north and south ends of the structure feature tall fireplaces built with large stones found within the park, individually hewn by the CCC workers.</p><br>
<p>The shelter is now used for various programs such as the annual Autumn Storytelling or for renting cross-country skis in the winter.</p><br>
<p>Many other buildings within Pokagon State Park were constructed by the CCC during their stay from 1934 to 1942, including the Gate House (1936), Spring Shelter (1937), and the Saddle Barn (1938), and the first incarnations of the tobaggon run.</p><br>
<p>The CCC Shelter was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.</p><br>
<p>Bare Island is an islet in south-eastern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, in eastern Australia. The islet is located about 16 km south east of the Sydney central business district, within Botany Bay, close to the bay&#39;s northern headland. Containing fortification facilities, Bare Island is listed on the State Heritage Register and is significant as an almost completely intact example of late nineteenth century coastal defence technology.</p><br>
<p>Bare Island is connected by a footbridge to the suburb of La Perouse. The heritage-listed military fort and tunnels can only be visited by guided tour. The waters around the island are popular with scuba divers.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Bare Island was part of the traditional land of the Gweagal and Kameygal Aboriginal tribes. In 1770, it was described as ‘a small bare island’ by early explorer, Lieutenant James Cook.</p><br>
<p>In 1877 it was decided that a fort was to be built on the island. Botany Bay was considered the back door into Sydney, thus making the city vulnerable to a seaborne attack. The construction of a fort on the island would reduce the odds of an attack from this entry point. Plans for the construction of a fort were drawn up by the Colonial Architects Department and tenders in 1880. Government tender for construction was awarded to John McLeod and Co, who also built the Georges Head and Middle Head fortifications. The fort was armed with two RML 9 inch 12 ton guns, two RML 80 pounder guns, a RML 10 inch 18 ton gun in an armoured casemate, and two fivebarreled 0.45 inch Nordenfelt guns.</p><br>
<p>Bare Island Fort was designed by Colonel Scratchley, the plans were prepared by Mr Morell, CE and supervised by the Colonial Architect James Barnet. Construction of Bare Island fort was completed in 1885 at a cost of A£34,000; work inside the fort began in 1889.</p><br>
<p>In 1890 a Royal Commission found that construction of the fort was faulty due to the use of inferior concrete. The whole project started to crumble before it was completed. The Royal Commission was very critical of the material used and were reluctant to refer to the material as concrete. The two clerks who were responsible for the operation, Henry Purkis and Edwin Colley, were found to be neglectful in their duties of inspecting the site. The contractor responsible was asked to repay some of the money that was paid out to him. He was also banned from any other government contracts. Barnet was eventually blamed for failing to oversee the project and to limit the amount of extra funds paid out to the contractor. This led to his resignation in disgrace from government office.</p><br>
<p>Though bristling with guns, the fort was soon made redundant by advancing technology. By 1902 Bare Island was decommissioned and ceased to exist as a military fortification, with only a handful of military personnel manning the fort. In 1912, Bare Island became a retirement home for war veterans from the Crimea, Sudan, and China campaigns. It continued to operate as a retirement home until 1963. Then the Randwick District Historical Society became caretakers of the island. In 1967 management of the site was transferred to the NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service for use as a museum and tourist attraction. The Bare Island fort has now been declared an historic site.</p><br>
<h2>Heritage listing</h2><br>
<p>On 2 April 1999 the fort was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register with the following statement of significance:</p><br>
<h2>Recreation</h2><br>
<p>Bare Island is the most popular scuba diving site in New South Wales. On a sunny summer Sunday there can be as many as 200 divers here during the day. It is a common diver training location and also very popular for snorkeling.</p><br>
<p>The reefs that stretch around the island and out to the south and west are home to some of Australia&#39;s most colourful marine animals. Things to be seen including big belly sea horses, sea dragons, pygmy pipehorses, red Indian fish and all the usual fish seen around Sydney. People have also seen seals and grey nurse sharks at times and in late winter Port Jackson sharks are very common.</p><br>
<h2>Popular culture</h2><br>
<p>Bare Island was featured in Mission: Impossible 2 and East West 101.</p><br>
<p>Bare island fort La Perouse2.jpgBare Island Fortification facing south-east.</p><br>
<p>A view of Botany Bay A1475003h.jpgA view of Botany Bay as the First Fleet entered, with Bare Island in the background. The image is from the journal of Arthur Phillip.</p><br>
<p>BareIslandfromHenryhead.JPGBare Island from Henry Head</p><br>
<p>Trolltunga  is a rock formation situated about 1,100 metres above sea level in the municipality of Odda in Hordaland county, Norway. The special cliff is jutting horizontally out from the mountain, into free air about 700 m above the north side of the lake Ringedalsvatnet.</p><br>
<p>Popularity of the hike to Trolltunga and rock formation itself has exploded in recent years. The increased popularity has turned Trolltunga into a national icon and a major tourist attraction for the region. Until 2010, less than 800 people hiked to Trolltunga each year. In 2016 more than 80,000 people hiked the 27 kilometres round-trip from Skjeggedal, making it one of Norway&#39;s most popular hikes.</p><br>
<h2>Geology of Trolltunga</h2><br>
<p>The cliff is part of the Precambrian bedrock and was formed during the Ice Age, approximately 10,000 years ago, when the edges of the glacier reached the cliff. The water from the glacier froze in the crevices of the mountain and eventually broke off large, angular blocks, which were later carried away with the glacier. Along the cliff itself, a gneiss, there continues to be deep cracks. The trail to Trolltunga also passes through the bedrock and washed slippery hillsides in the background also containing gneiss.</p><br>
<h2>Getting to Trolltunga</h2><br>
<p>Trolltunga is located 17 kilometres from city centre in Odda, Hordaland, a county in Western Norway. The city of Bergen, is about 190 kilometres from the site via main roads.</p><br>
<p>The trailhead is located by a small parking area with toilet facilities at Skjeggedal, about 7 kilometres from Riksvei 13 in Tyssedalen, near the dam at the end of Ringedalsvatnet. Parking costs 300 NOK/day (approx. 36 USD or 32 EUR).</p><br>
<p>The hike from the parking area to Trolltunga and back again is a 27 kilometre round-trip in terrain with 1,100 metres of elevation gain, and takes approximately 10–12 hours, including breaks.</p><br>
<h3>The hiking trail to Trolltunga</h3><br>
<p>Near the parking area at Skjeggedal there is a funicular called Mågelibanen (not in operation). The trail to Trolltunga begins here, on the left side of the funicular. It is marked with red T´s painted in the terrain, and signs along the route that marks the distance left to Trolltunga and to the starting point at Skjeggedal.</p><br>
<p>For the first 1.5 kilometres, up to the Måglitopp, the trail rises about 450 metres. From here the track surfaces slightly out before it gets steep again, rising another 330 metres up from Gryteskaret to Trombåskåret. This section is the steepest part on this hike. But in recent years this section have been improved by Nepalese sherpas, making it easier to traverse.</p><br>
<p>After this 4 kilometre quite steep climb from the parking area, the next section slopes down towards Store Floren. The trail continues over Hesteflåene and the dried out river Endåno, before it gets steeper up to Endanuten and crosses the dried river to Tyssestrengene. From here the trail goes on past glacial potholes, then continues past Tysshøl, and finally approaches Trolltunga - 13,5 kilometres from the starting point at Skjeggedal.</p><br>
<h3>Alternative starting point</h3><br>
<p>In 2017 a new toll road up the steep hillside to Mågelitopp opens to the public. It allows vehicles to access the plateau at Måglitopp. Does not require 4x4. Due to limited parking the maximum capacity here is 30 cars per day. The road opens each day during the season at 7.00 AM, and closes when the first 30 cars have entered the gate. It is first-come, first-served, no reservation is possible. It costs 500 NOK. The road is also open to hikers, as an alternative to the regular starting point at Skjeggedal.</p><br>
<h2>Terrain</h2><br>
<p>The route to Trolltunga goes through high mountain terrain with creeks, steams, boulders, mud puddles, wet march and water at several spots on the hike.</p><br>
<p>From late-September to June the terrain is normally covered with ice and snow. After a hard winter it can be snow at Trolltunga even during the summer season.</p><br>
<h2>Seasons and climate</h2><br>
<p>Trolltunga is accessible for experienced hikers and guided groups from mid-June to mid-September, depending on when the snow melts in the Spring. The season for guided trips with snowshoes or skis starts in March.</p><br>
<p>Trolltunga is located in a region with a mild and humid coastal climate. During summer and autumn the weather conditions often change quickly – from blue sky to wind, rain and dense fog. Check the weather forecast and ask locals about what kind of weather to expect before you go hiking.</p><br>
<p>Due to the long distance, hikers to Trolltunga needs to start before 10:00 AM in the summer season to get home before it gets dark and cold. In September it is recommended to start 8:00 AM at latest, since it gets darker earlier in the evening.</p><br>
<h2>Degree of difficulty</h2><br>
<p>The Norwegian Trekking Association classify the hike as "challenging", requiring good endurance as well as proper hiking boots and equipment.</p><br>
<h2>Safety</h2><br>
<p>Thousands of tourists visit Trolltunga during the four summer months, a number which has greatly increased from 500 per year to 80,000 between 2009 and 2016. No safety railing has been constructed on the edge of the cliff so as not to harm the natural beauty of the cliff, although a few small metal hooks have been installed as footholds to climb down to the rock.</p><br>
<p>On 5 September 2015, a 24-year-old Australian woman fell to her death off Trolltunga. It is believed to be the first recorded death from a fall there.</p><br>
<p>There are highly spread photos of people hanging the cliff or doing a hand stand on it. Most often they are manipulated. The elite climber Magnus Midtbø suspended himself from Trolltunga wearing a safety harness, but a version where the rope was erased has been spread in media.</p><br>
<p>It should be noted that the approach to and retreat from Trolltunga is a rather demanding hike, and 10–12 hours are needed for the round trip. In later years there have been up to 40 rescue actions annually. Surprisingly not because of the dangerous cliff, but due to the demanding hike back to Tyssedal. People get lost in fog or get injured during the hike or don&#39;t have the endurance for such a demanding hike.</p><br>
<p>It is planned to build a lodge halfway between Trolltunga and Tyssedal, which will provide accommodation for hikers en route from Trolltunga.</p><br>
<h2>Surrounding landscape</h2><br>
<p>The cliff overlooks the valleys of the Hardanger region. The mountains surrounding the cliff reach heights of up to 1500 meters. Some of the hilltops have plains which are interspersed with lakes. Patches of snow are present in some areas, even in the summer months. Due to heavy use by tourists, the trail to Trolltunga quickly turns to mud after a rain in the summer.</p><br>
<p>The Hopetoun Falls is a waterfall across the Aire River that is located in The Otways region of Victoria, Australia.</p><br>
<h2>Location and features</h2><br>
<p>The falls are located approximately 5 km south of the locality of at an elevation of 314 m above sea level and range between 45 - in height. Hopetoun Falls adjacent to the Apollo Bay &ndash; Beech Forest Road about 4 km south of the Beauchamp Falls turnoff and roughly 20 km northwest of the coastal town of Apollo Bay.</p><br>
<p>Much attention has been given to preserving the natural characteristics of Hopetoun Falls while allowing ample access for visitors. The falls have a large set of well-built and maintained stairs that lead down a natural patio to a viewing platform very close to the foot of the waterfall. Hopetoun Falls plunges 30 m in a rectangular shape. Many visitors come every year to look at its natural beauty.</p><br>
<p>Eddystone is a tower-shaped rock or small island, located in the Southern Ocean, off the southern coast of Tasmania, Australia. The island is situated approximately 27 km from the South East Cape on a bearing of 149° and is contained within the Southwest National Park, part of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Site. An erosional remnant of the Tasmanian mainland with an elevation of 30 m above sea level, the island is estimated to have separated from the Tasmanian mainland at least 15,000 years ago.</p><br>
<h2>Features and location</h2><br>
<p>Eddystone is known for its inaccessibility and distinctive shape, described by Abel Tasman in 1642 as "a tall, obtuse, square tower". A painting from 1823 bears this out, and also shows its proximity to Pedra Branca, 2.2 km to the west.</p><br>
<p>Approximately 50 m off Eddystone there is a recently publicised surf break named Eddystone Rock. Surfers were shown the location by local fishermen, who have known about the break for many years.</p><br>
<p>The island has negligible plant life. Seabirds recorded as nesting there include Australasian gannets, black-faced cormorants and fairy prions. Australian and New Zealand fur seals haul-out on the lower ledges when seas are not too rough.</p><br>
<h3>Important Bird Area</h3><br>
<p>Together with the nearby Pedra Branca and Sidmouth Rock the island constitutes the 2 hectare Pedra Branca Important Bird Area (IBA), identified as such by BirdLife International because it supports over 1% of the world populations of shy albatrosses and Australasian gannets.</p><br>
<h2>Etymology</h2><br>
<p>Eddystone was named by Captain James Cook in 1777 because of its resemblance to Eddystone Lighthouse in Devon, England.</p><br>
<p>Perama  is a town and a former municipality in the Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Ioannina, of which it is a municipal unit. It lies about 4 km north of central Ioannina. The town&#39;s name means "passage" and it lies on the northern edge of lake Pamvotis . It is famous for its cave, known as the "Cave of Perama" . The cave, extending five kilometres below the ground and having been explored fully only up to one kilometre, has a remarkable arrangement of stalagmites and stalactites. An 11th-century church in the town dedicated to Saint Haralambos and reputedly built by Byzantine Emperor Alexius Comnenus is in a bad state of repair and is rarely open to the general public. The town lies on GR-6 between Igoumenitsa and Metsovo.</p><br>
<p>The municipal unit has an area of 105.725 km, the community 7.597 km. The municipal unit has a population of 4,749 inhabitants (2011). Its largest settlements are Pérama (pop. 1,841), Amfithéa (594), Perívleptos (473), Krýa (434), Agía Marína (388), and Kranoúla (310).</p><br>
<p>Hermit&#39;s Peak is a mountain in San Miguel County, in northern New Mexico, United States.</p><br>
<p>The peak is named for the Italian religious recluse Giovanni Maria de Agostini, who lived in a cave on a narrow ledge on the southeast side of the mountain about one hundred feet below the summit rim. The cave could only be reached by descending from above. The cave roof was too low to allow Agostini to stand erect. To help shut out the elements and to protect himself from the sheer drop below, Agostini built a rock wall round the mouth of the cave. Agostini lived in the cave from August, 1863 to May, 1866.</p><br>
<p>His cave became the subject of pilgrimage by some devout New Mexicans, during his life and for a number of years after his death.</p><br>
<p>The Peak is in the Santa Fe National Forest, and the trail to the peak is maintained by the Pecos/Las Vegas Ranger District. The trail to the top is approximately four miles from the El Porvenir Campground.</p><br>
<p>From El Porvenir, Hermits Peak has rocky features that seem to form a mans face looking to the sky. Left to right, one sees a forehead, eye, nose, two lips, and a chin. The rugged trail to the top of the "nose" winds through the "eye." The view from the tip of the "nose" is said to include five states. There is a rock overhang known as "Hermit&#39;s Cave" on the "nose."</p><br>
<h2>Literature</h2><br>
<p>Hermits Peak is the location for Michael McGarritys suspense novel Hermits Peak.</p><br>
<p>Twickenham Historic District was the first historic district designated in Huntsville, Alabama, USA. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 4, 1973, with a boundary increase on May 26, 2015. The name derives from an early name for the town of Huntsville, named after Twickenham, England, by LeRoy Pope. It features homes in the Federal and Greek Revival architectural styles introduced to the city by Virginia-born architect George Steele about 1818, and contains the most dense concentration of antebellum homes in Alabama. The 1819 Weeden House Museum, home of female artist and poet Maria Howard Weeden, is open to the public, as are several others in the district.</p><br>
<h2>Notable structures</h2><br>
<p>Helion Lodge#1 — 409 Lincoln Street, original building erected 1820; current building started in 1911. Home of a Masonic group that is the oldest in the state.</p><br>
<p>Lake Faak  is a lake in the Austrian state of Carinthia. With an area of approximately 2.2 km&sup2, it is the state&#39;s fifth-largest lake.</p><br>
<h2>Geography</h2><br>
<p>The lake is located southeast of Villach in the valley of the Drava river, at the northern slope of the Karawanks mountain range beneath Mt. Mittagskogel (Kepa). The settlements of Drobollach and Egg on the northern shore belong to the City of Villach. The village of Faak to the southwest, after which the lake is named, is part of the Finkenstein municipality.</p><br>
<p>Lake Faak, known for its clear turquoise water, is a popular tourist destination with a wide range of hotels and restaurants on the shore. The European Bike Week, the largest motorcycle rally in Europe, is annually held at the lake in September. Fishing, especially for whitefish (Reinanke) but also for carp, pike, wels, and zander, is quite common.</p><br>
<p>In 1855, Lake Faak inspired the local priest Franc Treiber to compose the song Nmav čez izaro ("Over the Lake"), which soon became one of the best-known Slovene folk songs, and up to today is considered the unofficial anthem of Carinthian Slovenes.</p><br>
<p>The River Lowther is a small river which flows through limestone rock in Cumbria, England. It is a tributary of the River Eamont which in turn is a tributary of the River Eden which flows into the Solway Firth near Carlisle. The Lowther begins with the confluence of the Keld Gill and the Keld Dub near the village of Keld. It flows north-west until it passes between Bampton and Bampton Grange, before turning north until it flows into the River Eamont close to Penrith.</p><br>
<p>It is the main spawning area for Eden spring salmon, but is primarily a trout fishery. The river is held back by the Wet Sleddale dam, and so flows at a fairly consistent level (between 0.33m and 1.8m for 90% of monitoring time), with the highest level ever recorded at the River Lowther (2.93m) occurring at Eamont Bridge, Beehive, on Sunday 6 December 2015.</p><br>
<p>Its name is recorded about 1175 as Lauder. It may come from Old Norse lauðr + á="foamy river", or it may come from Celtic.</p><br>
<h2>Settlements</h2><br>
<p>Keld</p><br>
<p>Rosgill</p><br>
<p>Bampton Grange</p><br>
<p>Bampton</p><br>
<p>Askham</p><br>
<p>Lowther</p><br>
<p>Eamont Bridge</p><br>
<p>Brougham</p><br>
<h2>Sights and Attractions</h2><br>
<p>Keld Chapel (National Trust), Keld</p><br>
<p>Shap Abbey, (English Heritage), near Shap</p><br>
<p>Askham Hall, Askham</p><br>
<p>Lowther Castle</p><br>
<p>Castlesteads Ruins, Yarnwath Woods</p><br>
<p>King Arthur&#39;s Round Table Henge, Eamont Bridge</p><br>
<p>Mayburgh Henge, Eamont Bridge</p><br>
<p>Brougham Hall</p><br>
<p>Brocavum Roman Camp</p><br>
<p>Brougham Castle (English Heritage)</p><br>
<h2>Tributaries</h2><br>
<p>Swindale Beck</p><br>
<p>Haweswater Beck</p><br>
<p>Gill Beck</p><br>
<p>Heltondale Beck</p><br>
<p>Short Hill Mountain is a mountain ridge of the Blue Ridge Mountains in northwest Loudoun County, Virginia.</p><br>
<h2>Geography</h2><br>
<p>Short Hill rises sharply from the Piedmont countryside of the Loudoun Valley, northwest of Purcellville, as a low-lying ridge barely over 400 ft above the surrounding area. The mountain ridge extends northeast for approximately 3 mi before descending to the Hillsboro Gap, through which the North Fork of Catoctin Creek flows and the town of Hillsboro is located. North of the gap, the ridge quickly achieves heights of greater than 600 ft above the gap, and continues for 12 mi, gradually gaining elevation, before dropping precipitously to the Potomac River.</p><br>
<p>The portion of the mountain south of Hillsboro Gap is known as Signal Mountain for the Union Army signaling station located on its 1,020 ft summit during the American Civil War. North of the Potomac, the ridge continues as South Mountain in Maryland and Pennsylvania.</p><br>
<p>Short Hill is about 4 mi east of the crest of the Blue Ridge Mountain, which forms the western border of Loudoun County, and the valley in between the mountains is known as Between the Hills and includes the villages of Loudoun Heights and Neersville. To the east of the mountain is the Catoctin Valley.</p><br>
<p>A small portion of Short Hill on its northwestern slope, along the Potomac, is owned by the National Park Service to preserve downriver views for Harpers Ferry National Historical Park. The rest of the mountain is in private hands and is by and large undeveloped. The only road crossing of the mountain is Virginia State Route 9 at Hillsboro.</p><br>
<h2>Geology</h2><br>
<p>The rocks underlying Short Hill are of the late Proterozoic and early Paleozoic eras. The formation consists primarily of metabasalt greenstone deposited during the early Catoctin Formation and interspersed with metasedimentary phyllite, schist and breccia, which were deposited later. The rocks were originally deposited contiguous with those of the Blue Ridge Mountains and uplifted together during the Grenville Orogeny. The two ridges were later separated in the late Paleozoic era by movement along the Short Hill Fault, which runs along the western edge of the mountain. During the Alleghenian Orogeny the rocks were pushed westward to their present location and uplifted once more.</p><br>
<p>Traunsee is a lake in the Salzkammergut, Austria, located at {{coord|47|52|N|13|48|E|type:waterbody_region:AT}}. Its surface is approximately 24.5 km² and its maximum depth is 191 metres. It is a popular tourist destination, and its attractions include Schloss Ort, a medieval castle.</p><br>
<p>At the North end of the lake is Gmunden, at the south end is Ebensee. The lake is surrounded by mountains, including the Traunstein, and a number of other towns and villages surround the lake, including Altmünster and Traunkirchen.</p><br>
<p>Traunsee lake is also home to a lake monster known as "Lungy". In Austrian folklore, The legends tell of a Waterhorse being ridden on the back by a Mermaid that resides in the waters. There are photos and videos online showing what appears to be a large creature swimming in the lake. The very first photograph of the creature was taken by an English tourist in July 2013.</p><br>
