<p>The American National Bank Building  at 226 South Palafox Street in Pensacola, Florida, United States is a historic bank. On November 17, 1978, it was added to the USA National Register of Historic Places. It was designed by New York architect J. E. R. Carpenter.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The tower was erected in 1910 at a cost of $250,000. It was the tallest building in Florida at the time of its completion, and remained the tallest in the City of Pensacola until 1974. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on 17 November 1978.</p><br>
<p>Its location on the northeast corner of Palafox and Government Streets, is also the site of the first telephone exchange in Florida with exclusive operating rights, established by Southern Bell on September 1, 1880, and serving 31 telephones.</p><br>
<p>Seville Tower is currently used as office space.</p><br>
<p>The American National Bank Building  at 1330 Main Street in Sarasota, Florida, United States is a historic bank. It was also a Hotel and Retirement Home. It was added to the USA National Register of Historic Places in 1998.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<h3>Construction and bank usage.</h3><br>
<p>The American National Bank was built on the former property of the Belle Haven Hotel known earlier as the DeSoto Hotel built in 1886. The hotel in May 1925 was put for sale at a price of $533,000 ( $7,341,328.80 in 2016) and was bought by the Adair Reality and Trust of Atlanta, Georgia. After purchasing the hotel, there were plans to tear it down and replace it with a new one. There had been rumors that it was to be replaced with an office building. In March 1926 the foundations of the building were laid and with all building materials sent in before being built and by April 1926 it was at 4 stories. On April 29, 1926 an article by The Week in Sarasota had titled a story "New Belle Haven Hotel on Bay Front Marks New Epoch in History of Sarasota and Its Commanding Position as a Resort City." The cost of the building was estimated to be at about $3,000,000 to $350,000,000 (about $40,000,000 to $47,000,000 in 2016). In late April 1926 Adair Reality got the American National Bank as a tenant. In December 1926 the building was completed and was one of the nicest buildings in the state that was built.</p><br>
<h3>Hotel usage</h3><br>
<p>Sarasota in the 1930s saw a growth in tourists coming here. In 1936 with a growth in tourism Joseph Spadaro from Boca Grande bought it and converted it into a hotel. It was described by R.L. Polk City Phone Directories as "a fireproof building built of steel and concrete, steam heat and with 2 elevators and 125 rooms". There was a room called the Aztec Room a cocktail lounge was popular with tourists and residents in the area. The hotel was sold in 1946 to Louis Swed from Tampa and Associates for $225,000 (about $2,000,000 in 2016). There were plans to redo the hotels rooms and add a coffee bar and a restaurant. In 1946 the Orange Blossom Hotel Corporation was formed and had Lewis Swed, Jack Shapiro and M. B. Sullivan as executives. In 1950 the hotel was sold to Elizabeth Fitizie and Mrs. Thomas Kewley for in excess of $300,000 (worth about $3,000,000 in 2016.) The new owners took a major part in the hotels operation and the dining room. The Hotel did have Jimmy Roosevelt and Peter Lawford as notable guests of the hotel. The hotel struggled with business during the 1950s and 1960s when new hotels were being opened in Sarasota.</p><br>
<h3>Retirement Facility</h3><br>
<p>In 1967, it was announced that the Trustees of the Sarasota Non-Profit foundation had purchased the hotel and decided to use it as a nursing home with 60 rooms. The next year, the hotel was modernized and even made it into being in the Building Magazine in the magazines Modernization Citation. In the 1980s when a large amount of its lifetime tenants didn&#39;t occupy the building it was closed.</p><br>
<p>Fort Selden was a United States Army post, occupying the area in what is now Radium Springs, New Mexico. The site was long a campground along the El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro. It was the site of a Confederate Army camp in 1861. The U. S. Army established Fort Selden in 1865 for the purpose of protecting westward settlers from Native American raids, the post fell into disrepair after the American Civil War. It was ultimately abandoned in 1891, due in large part to the decision to expand Fort Bliss and the lack of any expenditures for repair of the facility.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<h3>Paraje de Robledo</h3><br>
<p>For centuries the site of Fort Selden had been the Paraje de Robledo, a camp site along the course of the El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro. The campground or paraje was named for an old Spanish soldier on the 1598 expedition of Juan de Oñate, Pedro Robledo, who died and was buried there. It became known as La Cruz de Robledo because of the cross originally marking his grave there. Later the name was shortened to Paraje Robledo.</p><br>
<p>Paraje Robledo was the last stop along the Rio Grande before the Camino Real left the river to enter the Jornada del Muerto on the way north toward Santa Fe. By the time of the American Civil War the Mesilla Valley, around Las Cruces had developed a population base who valued the fertile land along the Rio Grande and were suffering from attacks by the Apache. Also travelers along Camino Real, that passed through the area, were uneasy about moving further north on the Jornada del Muerto for the same reason.</p><br>
<h3>Camp Robledo</h3><br>
<p>In 1861, the Confederate Army established a post, Camp Robledo, at the Paraje de Robledo to guard the approaches from the north to the Mesilla Valley of Confederate Arizona along the Rio Grande and across the Jornada del Muerto on the El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro. It was used as a base for cavalry patrols and operations against Fort Craig and other places in Union held New Mexico Territory.</p><br>
<h3>Fort Selden</h3><br>
<p>Fort Selden was located in Doña Ana County, 12 miles north of Las Cruces, New Mexico. It was established in 1865 at the Paraje de Robledo in an effort to bring peace among the varied inhabitants in the south central region of present-day New Mexico. It was named in honor of Col. Henry Raymond Selden who had served many years in New Mexico Territory before and during the American Civil War and had died of illness in Doña Ana County, and buried at Fort Union on February 2, 1865. The primary intent of the fort was to protect settlers and travelers in the Mesilla Valley from attacks by desperados and Mescalero Apache Indians. Built near the banks of the Rio Grande, the adobe fort housed units of USA Army Infantry and Cavalry.</p><br>
<p>The first troops to occupy the fort were companies of the 125th US Colored Infantry Regiment, a group of African-American enlisted soldiers from Kentucky who had been mustered into the Union Army near the close of the American Civil War. Several of the units assigned later, including the 38th Infantry Regiment, 9th US Cavalry and 10th US Cavalry, all composed of black troopers, sometimes referred to as Buffalo Soldiers. As a testament to their bravery, nine Buffalo Soldiers received the Medal of Honor while serving in New Mexico Territory.</p><br>
<p>In 1884, Captain Arthur MacArthur, Jr., 13th Infantry, was assigned as post commander. With him was his wife and two young sons, Arthur MacArthur III, age 7, and Douglas MacArthur, age 4. In his memoirs, Douglas MacArthur wrote that it was at Fort Selden that he and his brother learned to ride and shoot, even before we learned to read and write. The MacArthurs spent two years at Fort Selden before Captain MacArthur was transferred to Fort Wingate.</p><br>
<p>By late 1886, the frontier had rapidly changed. Geronimos surrender to Brigadier General Nelson A. Miles at Skeleton Canyon in Arizona ended the nations long Indian Wars.</p><br>
<p>As a result, Army commander-in-chief, Lt. General William Tecumseh Sherman, ordered a consolidation of six military posts in southern New Mexico and eastern Arizona. He favored a giant, one-square-mile installation large enough to accommodate six troops of cavalry and six companies of infantry. Sherman further ordered that the permanent post be located near the junction of the Santa Fe Railroad and the Southern Pacific Railroad in southern New Mexico. For a time, Fort Selden was the leading candidate for the site of the new post, but because the railroads had brought spectacular growth to the El Paso, Texas area, Fort Bliss, was selected.</p><br>
<p>By 1890, criminals and raiding parties were no longer considered a threat as hostilities eventually lessened and the fort was no longer needed. Like many small forts in the American Southwest, the government decommissioned the fort and it was abandoned for the last time in 1891. On 20 January 1891, Lt. James Brett, commanding a small caretaker force, filed the final post return, which reported:</p><br>
<p>"All public property from this post having been disposed of, it was abandoned on this date."</p><br>
<h2>Fort Selden Historic Site</h2><br>
<p>For decades, the ruins of Fort Selden were consumed by the ravages of rain, snow and wind. Vandals, souvenir hunters and treasure-seekers added to its demise. In 1963, the land encompassing Fort Selden was donated to the state by Harry N. Bailey, a longtime resident of the area. In 1970, the fort was listed on the National Register of Historic Places and in 1974, the fort was declared a New Mexico State Monument. It is overseen by the New Mexico Historic Sites (formerly State Monuments) Division of the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs.</p><br>
<p>The present day ruins are available for viewing via an interpretive trail. A visitor center offers exhibits on frontier and military life. Fort Selden Historic Site is located 13 mi north of Las Cruces, New Mexico, off Exit 19 of Interstate 25, near Radium Springs, New Mexico.</p><br>
<p>Possum Kingdom Lake , is a reservoir on the Brazos River located primarily in Palo Pinto County Texas. It was the first water supply reservoir constructed in the Brazos River basin. The lake has an area of approximately 17,000 acre with 310 mi of shoreline. It holds 750,000 acre.ft of water with 550,000 acre.ft available for water supply.Brazos River Authority accessed online at</p><br>
<p>http://www.brazos.org/pkHome.asp</p><br>
<p>The Lake was originally created from the Morris Sheppard Dam which was a project of the Brazos River Authority and the Works Progress Administration. Construction was begun in 1936 and completed in 1941. The dam is 2,700 ft long and 190 ft high.Brazos River Authority accessed online at</p><br>
<p>The construction is unique with buttressed arched wings on either side of the nine spillway gates rather than the usual filled concrete. It has two 11,250 kilowatt generators which were used during peak demand periods that are no longer in use. Morris Sheppard was in 1938 one of Texas’ United States Senators. The dam was named for him in honor of his efforts in obtaining funding for the project.</p><br>
<p>The lake is located where the Brazos River cuts through the Palo Pinto Hills.David R. Holland, Golf Texas, accessed online at</p><br>
<p>The canyon thus formed provided a favorable site for impoundment of the reservoir and accounts for the unusual depth of the lake and the resulting clarity of the water.</p><br>
<p>There are several stories about the origin of the name Possum Kingdom for this part of the Brazos River valley. The most accepted version attributes the name to Ike Sablosky who settled in the region in the early twentieth century. Sablosky was a businessman, a Russian Jewish immigrant who came to America at the age of 13. He arrived in Mineral Wells, Texas from Indianapolis in 1905. Sablosky was suffering from stomach trouble and believed he was dying. Mineral Wells was then nationally famous as a health spa and Sablosky offered an employee of one of the spa hotels ten cents a day for ten days to be allowed to drink all of the mineral water he wanted. The employee accepted and Sablosky claimed that within ten days his stomach problems were cured.</p><br>
<p>Sablosky then went into the fur and hide business, dealing in, among other things, possum pelts. His best suppliers of these hunted in the canyon of the Brazos and Sablosky began greeting them by saying, “Here are the boys from the Possum Kingdom.” Sablosky went on to be a prominent businessman in Dallas. Before his death he left millions of dollars to charity.</p><br>
<p>The lake is home to the famous Hells Gate, a sheer break in the cliffs around the lake. The lakes name was the title of a popular 1990s song "Possum Kingdom" by The Toadies.</p><br>
<p>The lake is home to Possum Kingdom State Park, a 1,530 acre state park governed by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department</p><br>
<p>The Possum Kingdom Lake area suffered major wildfires in 2011 during a severe drought, first in April with 160 homes destroyed and again in August–September with 39 homes and 9 recreational vehicles lost. The cause of the second 2011 fire was an electrical spark on the 101 Ranch The first week of August 2012 brought more wildfires to the PK vicinity (between the dam & Graford) which were possibly ignited by lightning strikes amid the extremely drought-ridden countryside. Texas Governor Perry authorized the Texas military forces to assist in battling them. Several Chinook helicopters were assigned to the Palo Pinto county efforts. The fires were brought under control over a period of days & nights.</p><br>
<p>The lake was originally at the level of the cliffs resort which caused the massive c shaped ridges in the side walls of the shore.</p><br>
<p>Lake Charlotte is a lake and a rural and cottage community on the Eastern Shore of the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada. The community is located on the junction of Trunk 7 and Clam Harbour Beach Road, 58.23 kilometers from Downtown Halifax.</p><br>
<p>Lake Charlotte, for which the community is named, is a relatively deep lake by Nova Scotian standards. Reaching a maximum depth of 48 meters in the deepest point, and with many areas of the north half featuring depths in excess of 20 meters, it is deeper than Kejimkujik Lake, Nova Scotias largest natural lake, and Lake Ainslie, Nova Scotias second largest lake. The lake is popular with recreational boaters, as well, during the summer months.</p><br>
<h2>Communications</h2><br>
<p>The postal Code is B0J 1Y0.</p><br>
<p>The Telephone exchange is 902 845 -Aliant</p><br>
<h2>Demographics</h2><br>
<p>Total Population - 821</p><br>
<p>Total Dwellings - 389</p><br>
<p>Total Businesses - 15</p><br>
<p>Total Land Area - 108.259 km²</p><br>
<h2>Attractions</h2><br>
<p>There is a 750 hectare provincial park reserve at Lake Charlotte that offers backcountry hiking and camping, carry-in and boat launch potential and winter recreation. It was acquired by the Province of Nova Scotia in the mid-1970s as part of its commitment to establish an Eastern Shore Seaside Park System.</p><br>
<p>There is also a in Lake Charlotte.</p><br>
<p>Wayland Wood is an ancient woodland near to Watton in Norfolk, England. Although the name has been claimed as a corruption of &#39;Wailing Wood&#39;, Wayland is the name of an historic Norfolk hundred, within the area of which the wood stands.</p><br>
<h2>Habitat</h2><br>
<p>The wood covers an area of 84 acres (34 hectares) and is located 1 km south of the town of Watton, Norfolk on the A1075 road to Thetford. It is a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest and features oak, ash, hazel and bird cherry trees, and is also the home to a golden pheasant population. The wood is also the only known location in Norfolk where the yellow star-of-Bethlehem grows.</p><br>
<h2>Babes in the Wood</h2><br>
<p>Wayland Wood is also the setting of the centuries-old tale of Babes in the Wood, a brother and sister who were abandoned to die in the woodland. The legend tells that these two children were left in the care of their uncle at Griston Hall on the edge of the woods, following the death of their parents. On reaching maturity they were to inherit their father&#39;s fortune, but should they pass before this time the wealth would go directly to the uncle. The uncle abandons the two children to stake his claim to the wealth. Their ghosts supposedly haunt the forest.</p><br>
<p>In 1879, the tree that the babes had reputedly been left under was struck by lightning. The strength of the legend had grown to such an extent that people visited the area for souvenirs.</p><br>
<p>The Murray Theater is a theater located in Murray, a suburb of Salt Lake City, Utah. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and is one of the area&#39;s best examples of the Art Moderne style in theater architecture.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The Murray Theater was built in 1938 by Tony Duvall, who built the Gem and New Iris theaters in Murray, and Joseph L. Lawrence, who built the Villa and Southeast in Salt Lake and the Academy in Provo. It opened on 28 October 1938.</p><br>
<p>The theater operated as both a first-run and second-run venue for motion pictures, and has been extensively renovated and redesigned during its history. The theater currently hosts cultural events, private parties, and functions as the primary venue for the professional wrestling promotion Intermountain Wrestling Revolution.</p><br>
<p>Chittar River and its five tributaries and numerous other contributing streams originate in the Courtallam hills of Tirunelveli District in the state of Tamil Nadu in southern India. Together with its tributaries and streams, the Chittar River serves as an important source of irrigation for the region and is a major tributary of the Tambaraparani River along with the Manimuthar River.</p><br>
<h2>Tributaries</h2><br>
<p>The Chittar has several tributaries which include the Aintharuviar (joining near Gajamajorpuram), the Gundar which joins near Tenkasi, the Hanumanathi joining near Veerakeralampudur and the Aluthakanniar which merges in the village of Kadapagothi.</p><br>
<h2>Irrigation</h2><br>
<p>The Chittar runs for about 80 km before it meets with its first tributary which has an anicut and irrigates about 293 hectare of land. One of its next tributaries has a reservoir provided by an anicut, feeding about 142 hectare. The next tributary has seven anicuts and a reservoir and irrigates about 465 hectare of land altogether. This pattern continues as each tributary and other contributing rivers has anicuts and reservoirs that provide irrigation for the adjacent land.</p><br>
<p>The Chittar River itself has 17 anicuts irrigating about 8,903 hectare of land. It eventually joins with Thamirabarani river.</p><br>
<p>The S. H. Kress and Co. Building is a historic 1929 building in Tampa, Florida, United States. It was part of the S. H. Kress & Co. "five and dime" department store chain. On April 7, 1983, it was added to the USA National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<p>Located at 811 N. Franklin Street, the building has a second fronting on Florida Avenue and is in the Renaissance Revival architectural style. G.E. McKay was the four story building&#39;s architect, and it includes masonry, suspended bronze marquee, extensive use of terra-cotta ornamentation (on both its facades). It was "one of the last major commercial structures built in Tampa before the Great Depression".</p><br>
<p>The Kress store was located between a Woolworth and former J.J. Newberry. The buildings have been empty for more than a decade and redevelopment plans have stalled in the face of economic downturn. Plans by the Doran Jason Group to demolish two of the buildings and replace them with a "massive" condo development were held off in 2006. The Kress building would have been used as a lobby with office and retail space. The Newberry store was founded in 1911 and "is noted for its architecture", while lunch-counter sit-ins were held by civil rights activists at the Woolworth store in the 1960s.</p><br>
<p>In 2011, a fundraiser at the Kress building was cancelled due to the dispute over redevelopment plans. The building is to be used for social gatherings during the 2012 Republican Convention.</p><br>
<p>The S. H. Kress and Co. Building at 1442 Main Street in Sarasota, Florida, United States is a historic building. It was part of the S. H. Kress & Co. "five and dime" department store chain. On March 22, 1984, it was added to the USA National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<h2>National Register listing</h2><br>
<p>Kress, S.H., Building</p><br>
<p>(added 1984 - Building - #84003839)</p><br>
<p>1442 Main St., Sarasota</p><br>
<p>Historic Significance: Architecture/Engineering</p><br>
<p>Architect, builder, or engineer: Miller, G.A.</p><br>
<p>Architectural Style: Art Deco</p><br>
<p>Area of Significance: Architecture</p><br>
<p>Period of Significance: 1925-1949</p><br>
<p>Owner: Private</p><br>
<p>Historic Function: Commerce/Trade</p><br>
<p>Historic Sub-function: Specialty Store</p><br>
<p>Current Function: Commerce/Trade</p><br>
<p>The S. H. Kress and Co. Building at 140 South Beach Street in Daytona Beach, Florida, United States is a historic building. It was part of the S. H. Kress & Co. "five and dime" department store chain. On July 7, 1983, it was added to the USA National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<p>AME of Volusia, an investment firm owned by Albert M. Esposito, purchased the four-story building in 2007 from Mac Smith, an Ormond Beach Realtor who had owned it for 14 years. It was subdivided into 17,000 square feet of office space in the early 1980s. Among the larger tenants are the Zgraph web design firm, Image Makers advertising agency, Belliker Art Gallery, Daytona Beach Symphony Society and the Alzheimers Association of Volusia-Flagler, according to a Daytona Beach News-Journal article on March 12, 2007.</p><br>
<p>Hales Bar Dam was a hydroelectric dam once located on the Tennessee River in Marion County, Tennessee, United States. The Chattanooga and Tennessee River Power Company began building the dam in 1905 and completed it in 1913, making Hales Bar one of the first major multipurpose dams and one of the first major dams to be built across a navigable channel in the United States.</p><br>
<p>In 1939, the Tennessee Valley Authority assumed control of Hales Bar Dam after purchasing TEPCOs assets. TVA spent two decades trying to fix a leakage problem that had plagued Hales Bar since its construction, but after continued leakage, and after it was determined that expanding the dams navigation lock would be too expensive, TVA decided to replace the dam by building Nickajack Dam 6 mi downstream in 1968.</p><br>
<h2>Location and capacity</h2><br>
<p>Hales Bar Dam was located along the Tennessee River at just over 431 mi above the rivers mouth, near the southwest end of the Tennessee River Gorge. The dams reservoir extended up the river through the gorge all the way to Chattanooga, and had 162 mi of shoreline. Before the construction of Hales Bar, this was a particularly unpredictable and dangerous section of the river, with numerous navigation obstacles. Downstream from the dam site, the river begins to steady as it enters the hills and flatlands near Guntersville.</p><br>
<p>Hales Bar Dam was 113 ft high and 2,315 ft long, and its spillway had a combined discharge capacity of 224,000 cuft/s. After improvements by TVA in 1949, the dam had a generating capacity of 99,700 kilowatts. The dam&#39;s lock, which went into operation on November 1, 1913, was 60 ft by 260 ft, and its 41 ft lift was the highest in the world at that time.</p><br>
<h2>Construction</h2><br>
<p>Along with Muscle Shoals and the Elk River Shoals further downstream, the Tennessee River Gorge had long been one of the major impediments to river navigation in the upper Tennessee Valley. While various 19th-century canal projects had minor success in extending navigation across the shoals, the Tennessee River Gorge remained largely untamed. In 1898, several Chattanooga business interests formed the Tennessee River Improvement Association to lobby for efforts to extend year-round navigation to Chattanooga, and around 1900, Major Dan C. Kingman of the USA Army Corps of Engineers drafted a design for a dam that would flood the Tennessee River Gorge and remove the swift current and various hazards that had long prevented large-scale navigation through this stretch of the river. In 1904, Kingmans friend, Josephus Conn Guild, offered to build the dam with private funding in exchange for the rights to the dams hydroelectric power. Congress passed the enabling legislation on April 27, 1904, and with funding from Chattanooga entrepreneur Charles E. James and New York financier Anthony Brady, Guild formed the Chattanooga and Tennessee River Power Company to oversee the project.</p><br>
<p>The dams initial contractor, William J. Oliver and Company, began work on the dam in October 1905. Two self-contained communities, Guild (now Haletown) and Ladds, were built to house the thousands of construction workers needed to build the dam. The dam was originally slated for completion in 1909, but numerous difficulties brought about primarily by the soft bedrock upon which the dam was built continuously stalled construction, and by 1910, only the lock and powerhouse had been completed. Engineers finally began to make progress after employing the use of pressure grouting and concrete caissons&mdash; the first use of either in a major dam construction project&mdash; and Hales Bar Dam was finished on November 11, 1913. Leaks began to appear almost immediately after completion, however. In 1919, engineers attempted to minimize the leakage by pumping hot asphalt into the dams foundation. This was temporarily successful, but by 1931, a study showed the dam was leaking at a rate of 1,000 cuft/s.</p><br>
<h2>TVA operations</h2><br>
<p>The passage of the TVA Act in 1933 created the Tennessee Valley Authority and gave it control of flood control and improvement initiatives in the Tennessee Valley. By this time, Chattanooga and Tennessee River Power had merged with several other companies to form the Tennessee Electric Power Company, or TEPCO. The new company was eventually headed by Guild&#39;s son, Jo Conn Guild, who was a fierce opponent of TVA. With the help of attorney Wendell Willkie, TEPCO challenged the constitutionality of the TVA Act in federal court. In 1939, however, the USA Supreme Court handed down its decision in Tennessee Electric Power Company v. TVA in which they upheld the TVA Act, and a few months later, TEPCO was forced to sell most of its assets, including Hales Bar Dam, to TVA for $78 million.</p><br>
<p>After gaining control of Hales Bar Dam in 1939, TVA carried out extensive repair work on the dams foundation that by 1943 had succeeded in halting the dams leakage. In 1949, TVA increased the dams generating capacity and equipped the spillway with radial gates that helped extend the Hales Bar Reservoirs navigation channel all the way to the base of Chickamauga Dam. In the late 1950s, however, boils began to appear in the water below Hales Bar Dam, and an investigation showed the dam was again leaking, this time at an alarming 2,000 cuft/s. Dye tests carried out in 1960 suggested that many of the leakage channels had interconnected, increasing the possibility of a future dam failure.</p><br>
<p>In the 1960s, TVA began expanding the size of its dam locks to accommodate the increase in river traffic the Tennessee Valley had experienced since the end of World War II. A study in 1963 suggested that expanding the size of the Hales Bar lock would be extremely expensive, and considering the continued expenses involved with leak repair, TVA decided that would be more practical to replace the dam altogether. Nickajack Dam was authorized in January 1963 and construction was completed December 14, 1967. Operations were halted at Hales Bar Dam the following day, and by September 1968, Hales Bar Dam had been dismantled to the extent that it no longer threatened navigation on the new Nickajack Lake. Two of Hales Bars generators and parts of Hales Bars switchyard were installed at Nickajack.</p><br>
<p>Loch Laggan is a freshwater loch situated approximately 6.5 mi to the west of Dalwhinnie in the Scottish Highlands. The loch has an irregular shape, runs nearly northeast to southwest and is approximately 7 mi in length. It has an average depth of 68 ft and is 174 ft at its deepest. The eastern end of the loch features the largest freshwater beach in Britain. Since 1934 Loch Laggan has been a reservoir, retained behind the Laggan Dam, forming part of the Lochaber hydro-electric scheme. At the northeast end of the loch is the hamlet of Kinloch Laggan.</p><br>
<p>The loch was surveyed on 2 and 3 of June 1902 by Sir John Murray, T.R.N. Johnston, James Parsons and James Murray and was later charted as part of the Bathymetrical Survey of Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland 1897-1909.</p><br>
<p>The A86 road from Spean Bridge to Kingussie follows the loch&#39;s north shore.</p><br>
<p>The loch featured in the popular BBC series Monarch of the Glen as Loch Bogle.</p><br>
<h2>Popular culture</h2><br>
<p>Loch Laggan (mostly its castle) is featured in the Temeraire series of novels, being used as a base to raise dragons, because of geothermal heat sources.</p><br>
<p>St. Mark&#39;s Episcopal Church, located at 102 North 9th Street in Haines City, Florida is an historic Carpenter Gothic church.</p><br>
<p>On March 17, 1994, it was added to the USA National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<h2>National Register</h2><br>
<p>St. Mark&#39;s Episcopal Church</p><br>
<p>(added 1994 - Building - #94000159)</p><br>
<p>102 N. 9th St., Haines City</p><br>
<p>Historic Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering</p><br>
<p>Architect, builder, or engineer: Unknown</p><br>
<p>Architectural Style: Late Gothic Revival</p><br>
<p>Area of Significance: Exploration/Settlement, Architecture</p><br>
<p>Period of Significance: 1875-1899, 1900–1924, 1925–1949</p><br>
<p>Owner: Private</p><br>
<p>Historic Function: Religion</p><br>
<p>Historic Sub-function: Religious Structure</p><br>
<p>Current Function: Religion</p><br>
<p>Current Sub-function: Religious Structure</p><br>
<p>The Carnegie Library at FAMU is a historic building on the campus of Florida A&M University in Tallahassee, Florida. It was one of many public and college libraries donated by Andrew Carnegie which were named Carnegie Library after him. It is the oldest brick building on the campus. Carnegies library was built at what is today FAMU because the city of Tallahassee refused it, since under Carnegies rules it would have had to have served black patrons.</p><br>
<p>The site of the library is that of the mansion of Florida Governor William Pope Duval, which burned in 1905.</p><br>
<p>It was designed by noted architect William Augustus Edwards and was built in 1908. On November 17, 1978, it was added to the USA National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<h2>Carrie Meek-James N. Eaton, Sr. Southeastern Regional Black Archives Research Center and Museum</h2><br>
<p>In 1976, the Southeastern Regional Black Archives Research Center and Museum was founded and occupied the library at Florida A&M. The archives expanded to the nearby Union Bank building in 1996 and a new building in 2006. The museum&#39;s exhibits focus on African American history in Florida, including the contributions of the African-American church, educational and social life at Florida A&M University, important figures in politics, science, medicine, and inventors, military experience and more.</p><br>
<p>In 2007, the archives was officially named in honor of veteran Florida legislator, retired USA Congresswoman and FAMU graduate Carrie P. Meek, who appropriated funds through Congress for the expansion of the facility, and Dr. James N. Eaton, D.H.L., Professor of History/Founder and first Director.</p><br>
<p>The Bradenton Carnegie Library is a Carnegie library in Bradenton, Florida. It was founded in 1918, served as Bradenton&#39;s main library for 60 years, and now houses the Manatee County Historical Records Library. In April, 1987, it was added to the USA National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Steel magnate and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie provided funding for more than 3,000 Carnegie libraries in the United States, Canada, and Europe. The Bradenton Carnegie Library, in Bradenton, Florida, was one of ten Florida Carnegie libraries to receive grants from the Carnegie Corporation of New York between 1901 and 1917, six of which still stand.</p><br>
<p>The library was built in the Classical Revival style to Carnegie Library Plans #205. Carnegie Libraries were normally constructed with basements, however due to being in Florida this was not able to occur, so the library is two stories tall to fulfill requirements. The original Bradenton Carnegie library opened in 1918 and served as Bradenton&#39;s main library for 60 years.</p><br>
<p>Although its address is 1405 Fourth Avenue, West, the library actually faces onto 14th Street, West. The original 14th Street facade has been obscured by an addition that did not follow the style of the original building.</p><br>
<p>On April 9, 1987, it was added to the USA National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<p>Today, it is the Historical Records Library operated by the office of the Manatee County Clerk of the Circuit Court, and houses governmental records, marriage licenses, maps, yearbooks, voter registration books, and military discharge books among many other items, that date back to 1856. The library also houses the Herb Loomis Manatee County Postcard Collection and the Steve Belack Crosley collection. Its staff provide assistance to researchers and those seeking to learn about the county&#39;s history.</p><br>
<p>The Three Hummock Island, part of the Hunter Island Group, is a 70 km&sup2; granite island, located in the Bass Strait near King Island, lying off the north-west coast of Tasmania, Australia.</p><br>
<p>The island is named after its three most prominent hills, North, Middle and South Hummock, the latter being the highest with an elevation of 237 m above mean sea level. Part of the island is a nature reserve, with the rest a pastoral lease where farming took place from the mid-1800s to at least the mid-1970s. The focus of human settlement on the island is the homestead at Chimney Corner at the westernmost point. There is an automated lighthouse at Cape Rochon in the north-east, as well as roads, three airstrips, fencing and a wharf. Seasonal muttonbirding occurs in March and April.</p><br>
<h2>Flora and fauna</h2><br>
<p>Much of the island is composed of dense scrub dominated by Leptospermum scoparium, Melaleuca ericifolia and Banksia marginata, while 25% of the area is covered by Eucalyptus nitida woodland.</p><br>
<p>The island forms part of the Hunter Island Group Important Bird Area. Breeding seabirds and shorebirds include little penguin, short-tailed shearwater, Pacific gull, pied oystercatcher, sooty oystercatcher and hooded plover. Mammals include the introduced eastern grey kangaroo, feral cat and house mouse. Feral sheep were recorded in a 1999 survey. Tiger snakes are also present.</p><br>
<h2>European settlement</h2><br>
<h3>Nichols family</h3><br>
<p>Bill and Amelia ("Ma") Nichols leased Three Hummock Island from 1933 till 1950, and grazed cattle and sheep. They were also involved in fishing and muttonbirding. Over the years they owned several ships including Lady Jean, Lady Flinders, and Jean Nichols which were used to carry cargo and passengers to and from the Bass Strait islands and to Melbourne and Launceston. They built up a small community of workers on the island, including some of their relations. One of these workers was Peggy Puckett, from Stanley. Her story is told in A Walk Along the Shore in which she describes life on the island with the Nichols family during the six years she lived with them from 1937 to 1943. Mrs Nichols named Pegs Paddock after her, mentioned in both A Walk Along the Shore and Eleanor Allistons Escape to An Island.</p><br>
<p>The Nicols family left the island in 1950 and the Alliston family arrived in 1951.</p><br>
<h3>Alliston family</h3><br>
<p>Author Eleanor Alliston wrote Escape to an Island and Island Affair about the life of her family on Three Hummock Island. The two books tell the story of how the Alliston family emigrated from England after the end of World War II to start a new life alone on the island in the hope of providing a better and different childhood for their children. The books have much between the lines left to readers&#39; imaginations. The second book ends in 1984, the island having a population of two—the author and her husband; their four children, who were brought up on the island, having left it, married with families and having a total of ten grandchildren.</p><br>
<p>In the 1990s one of the Alliston children, Rob, returned to the island to run a tourist venture. The Alliston family sold the lease in 2006. The island now operates as an eco-tourism resort with accommodation for up 18 people managed by John and Beverley O’Brien.</p><br>
<p>The book Island Affair contains mention of Giuseppe Garibaldi&#39;s visit to the island in 1852 while in exile from Italy as a captain of the trading vessel Carmen.</p><br>
<p>The Hunter Island, the main island of the Hunter Island Group, is a 7,330 hectare island, located in Bass Strait, that lies between King Island and north-west Tasmania, Australia.</p><br>
<p>The island is located near Three Hummock Island, several kilometres off the north-west coast of Tasmania. The island is run as a cattle property and there is a homestead on the island. A privately owned barge is used for transport to Smithton on the north coast of Tasmania. The island is approximately 25 km long, and 6.5 km wide at its widest point.</p><br>
<p>The East India Ship Phatisalam was wrecked on the island in 1821.</p><br>
<h2>Hunter Island Group</h2><br>
<p>The Hunter Island Group includes:</p><br>
<p>Hunter Island</p><br>
<p>Albatross Island</p><br>
<p>Bears Island</p><br>
<p>Bird Island</p><br>
<p>Black Pyramid Rock</p><br>
<p>Dugay Islet</p><br>
<p>Edwards Islet</p><br>
<p>Nares Rocks</p><br>
<p>Penguin Islet</p><br>
<p>South Black Rock</p><br>
<p>Steep Island</p><br>
<p>Stack Island</p><br>
<p>Three Hummock Island</p><br>
<h2>Birds</h2><br>
<p>The island forms part of the Hunter Island Group Important Bird Area because it lies on the migration route of the critically endangered orange-bellied parrot between south-west Tasmania and mainland south-eastern Australia.</p><br>
<p>Biševo  is an island in the Adriatic Sea in Croatia. It is situated in the middle of the Dalmatian archipelago, five kilometers southwest of the Island of Vis. Its area is 5.8 km</p><br>
<p>and it has a population of 15 (as of 2011). It is composed of limestone; the highest point is Straženica, 239 m high. The main industries are viticulture and fishing.</p><br>
<p>A Benedictine monastery was founded on Biševo in 1050 by Ivan Grlić from Split, but it was deserted two centuries later because of the danger of pirates. The church of Saint Sylvester is preserved near the ruins of the monastery.</p><br>
<h2>Blue Cave</h2><br>
<p>On the steep shores there are many caves, the most famous being Blue Cave, which was carved in the limestone by the sea. It is located on the eastern side of the island and is one of the most important attractions of the Adriatic. It was well-known to local fishermen, who in 1884 showed it to the Austrian artist, explorer, and speleologist Eugen von Ransonnet-Villez, who published an article in the Viennese daily Neue Freie Presse declaring that its beauty surpassed even that of Capri&#39;s famed Blue Grotto. From that time on, it became a major tourist attraction.</p><br>
<p>The approach to the cave is only possible by boat. During the summer between 10 am and 1 pm, sunbeams penetrate through the submarine opening in Blue Cave and are reflected from the white bottom floor, coloring the cave blue and objects in the water silver.</p><br>
<p>For other Carnegie Libraries, see Carnegie library </p><br>
<p>The Old Tampa Free Public Library (also known as the Exceptional Children Education Center) is a historic library in the Tampa Heights neighborhood of Tampa, Florida. Located at 102 E. 7th Avenue, it was one of 10 Florida Carnegie libraries to receive grants awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1901 to 1917. It was designed by Tampa architect Fred J. James and constructed from 1915-1917. It was added to the USA National Register of Historic Places on May 16, 1991.</p><br>
<p>Steel magnate and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie provided funding for more than 3,000 Carnegie libraries in the United States, Canada, and Europe. The library was built using a $50,000 grant from Carnegie. The library&#39;s first director was Helen V. Stelle.</p><br>
<p>It was Tampa&#39;s main library until 1968. It includes a T-plan, masonry, brown and yellow brick atop a rusticated granite basement, and is topped by a barrel tile roof. The building was rehabilitated in 1999 by the City of Tampa for public offices. It has been occupied by the administrative staff of the Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library System since November 2016.</p><br>
<h2>Reasons for Closure</h2><br>
<p>Built in 1915, the Tampa Free Library originally stood as Tampas main public library. However, over the decades, the library was no longer able to adequately meet the needs of the growing population. Concerns over the small size of the library, lack of expansion, and inability to assist the growing population eventually led to a new building being constructed in downtown Tampa. The original building was constructed and designed to serve 50,000 people which was adequate at the time of its construction. However, by the early 1960s, Tampa maintained a population of 274,407 people. In addition, other old, historical libraries in Tampa were also unable to meet the needs of the public due to poor parking, small size, and cramped collections. This led to questions of whether newer, larger libraries should begin replacing the older, historical models. The Tampa Free library endeavored to cater to the population by expanding hours. In April of 1960 the Tampa Public Librarys expanded its hours, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Saturday, increasing the library&#39;s open hours from 66 to 72 hours per week. This was done with the hope that it would be more convenient for people working downtown to visit the library. However, eventually the need for space and change led to the creation of a new main library, currently titled the John F Germany Public Library on 900 N Ashley Drive. Opening on April 21, 1968, the John F. Germany Public Library still acts as the main library in the Tampa-Hillsborough County Library system.</p><br>
<p>The St. Petersburg Public Library  is a Carnegie library built in 1915 in Beaux-Arts style. It was one of 10 Florida Carnegie libraries to receive grants awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1901 to 1917. Steel magnate and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie provided funding for more than 3,000 Carnegie libraries in the United States, Canada, and Europe. The library is significant to the city&#39;s history as the first permanent home of the public library system and embodies the transformation of the city in the second decade of the twentieth century from a pioneer village to a city with viable cultural institutions.</p><br>
<p>When the city was awarded the $17,500 grant in 1913, it was the culmination of a five-year pursuit by Councilman Ralph Veillard, W.L. Straub, owner of the St. Petersburg Times, and Annie McCrae, who became the first secretary of the library. The grant was approved by the city, and the site on the banks of the city Reservoir (now Mirror Lake) was chosen on July 17, 1914.</p><br>
<p>The Mirror Lake Community Library is built in the Beaux-Arts style, with sculptural decoration along conservative modern lines, slightly overscaled details, bold sculptural supporting consoles, rich deep cornices, swags and sculptural enrichments. The Beaux- Arts style heavily influenced the architecture of the United States in the period from 1880 to 1920. The building&#39;s architect, Henry D. Whitfield worked for the Carnegie Corporation and designed this library, as well as many other Carnegie libraries in this style.</p><br>
<p>The Junior League presented the city with their first bookmobile in February 1949.</p><br>
<p>On June 13, 1986, the library was added to the USA National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<p>Mirror Lake Community Library was St. Petersburg’s only library until the current Main library was built at 3745 9th Avenue in 1964.</p><br>
<h2>Renovations</h2><br>
<p>In the 1980s, the Mirror Lake Community Library fell into a state of extreme disrepair. A faulty air conditioning system, water damage and mold plagued the building. The second floor was accessible only by a small, winding staircase; the main entrance was sealed. The city commissioned a study to determine if the building was fit to continue being used as a library.</p><br>
<p>In 1987, a plan to restore the library was approved by the City Council. A wing added in 1951 would be removed, and a new wing would be built in its place, and the 1915 building would be restored.</p><br>
<p>The restoration was delayed by the discovery of unexpected structural damage and wrangling over the city budget; on January 18, 1994 then-mayor David Fischer cut the ribbon to reopen the refurbished 1915 wing of the library. The elevator was not yet installed at this point, and handicap access was still an issue because the ground floor entrance and the 1951 wing were closed.</p><br>
<p>In 1997, the project was completed and library was expanded with an 8,000 square-foot addition designed to blend harmoniously with the historic exterior and an elevator to make all levels handicap accessible. It reopened with the added wing on May 21, 1997.</p><br>
<p>The Dickinson Memorial Library and Park is a historic site in Orange City, Florida, United States. The library is located at 148 Albertus Way. The park is located on the corner of East Graves Avenue and USA Hwy 17-92. It contains tables and park benches around a gazebo and two water fountains. It is adjacent to the library. Every Friday from 8 AM to 1 PM you can find a farmer&#39;s market located in the park, with a wide selection of fruits, vegetables, plants, baked goods and other great items. The park is also used for various City and community events including an annual summer music in the park program. On February 8, 1995, it was added to the USA National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<p>The library is now known as the Orange City Library, and is part of the Deltona Region of the Volusia County Public Library.</p><br>
<p>Once a leading hotel in downtown Richmond, Virginia, the Hotel Richmond overlooks the Thomas Jefferson designed State Capitol in Capitol Square. One of the rare gilded-age hotels built by a woman entrepreneur, the Hotel Richmond is now owned by the Commonwealth of Virginia, which uses it as its Ninth Street Office Building, currently housing the Office of the Attorney General.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The Hotel Richmond was built in 1904 by entrepreneuse Adeline Detroit Atkinson, with first phase by Harrison Albright and second by John Kevan Peebles, the latter architect of the wings of Virginias State Capitol on Capitol Square. It sits across Grace Street from St. Pauls Church, and next to St. Peter&#39;s Church. It sits on the site of the St. Clare Hotel, which was demolished for the new hotel.</p><br>
<p>Mrs. Atkinson ran the Lexington Hotel at 13th and Main Streets. Atkinson, a Lexington native, came to Richmond with her husband. On his death, she took over the business. By all accounts she was a feisty woman, making sure that hotels were taxed fairly, instead of favoring the Jefferson Hotel. If not, she threatened to locate in another city where “taxes were not so high.” At the time, the Richmond Times-Dispatch called her the “personification of energy, industry and luck. Her business hours are from sunrise to sunrise” and is “tireless as a swallow on the wing.”</p><br>
<p>Her energy got her into trouble as she bucked the city establishment. The Times-Dispatch on April 26, 1903 said that during her attempt to build the Hotel Richmond, she threatened to leave the city if she was not taxed at a more equitable rate for her Lexington as compared to the Murphy Hotel and the Jefferson Hotel. Indeed, she would not build the Hotel Richmond until she felt she was taxed at a more fair rate. She told the papers that: “I feel that I am being discriminated against because I am a woman, but if I am not wanted here, I can easily go somewhere else.” The Richmond News Leader reported April 29, 1903 that she was “fuming and fretting” because of a high license fee that was to be placed on the hotel. Her issues with the city were not all about being a woman: she also stridently defended her use of “colored” men to do some of the excavation work.</p><br>
<p>The May 9, 1903 demolition that preceded the building of the Hotel Richmond was newsworthy. A neighboring house, home of the Catholic bishop, was damaged just as the demolition of the old hotel began. Miraculously, A picture of the Christ child survived “alone and uninjured” when the demolition of the St. Clare accidentally went awry.</p><br>
<p>Further additions were made by John Kevan Peebles, architect of the wings of the State Capitol, and were done in preparation for the 1907 300th anniversary of the founding of Virginia; obviously, the two were meant to be part of a whole look for Capitol Square.</p><br>
<p>On its construction it became one of many distinguished hotels in downtown Richmond that operated in the early part of the 20th century, including the Jefferson Hotel, Hotel Rueger, Murphy&#39;s Hotel, Hotel John Marshall and William Byrd Hotel.</p><br>
<h2>Social History</h2><br>
<p>As the largest hotel immediately adjacent to Richmond&#39;s Capitol Square, the hotel had a central place in the political history of the city. For decades, it was the home to the Byrd Machine. Today, it serves as the Office of the Attorney General.</p><br>
<p>The hotels mezzanine housed WRVA, Richmonds pioneering AM 50,000 watt radio station. The hotels were the center of social life in downtown Richmond for most of their history. The Hotel Richmond’s mezzanine was the headquarters of WRVA Radio, which was known throughout the Eastern USA for its pioneering radio broadcasts. In 1940, the station began airing the famed variety show Sunshine Sue and Her Rangers, which swept the eastern USA with its country music. Other shows reflected a local twist, including Corn Cob Pipe Club and Capitol Squirrel. The shows that were born in the building were ubiquitous nationally and not just locally; for instance the Corn Cob show had hundreds of clubs in the USA and Canada.</p><br>
<p>The hotel was the center of politics. Early in its life it was festooned with a Westmoreland Davis for Governor banner, and sometime in the early 19th century, it became headquarters for the state’s Democratic party, with offices in the hotel’s historic Parlor A. From the ballroom in 1926, the first Harry Byrd took control of the state with his famed Byrd Machine. At his inauguration party on the hotel’s roof garden, he addressed the state on WRVA. In 1933, Gov. William M. Tuck set up an office in the bu, and it was there Harry Byrd took over the seat of his father. It was, according to historian Jim Latimer, the room with the best view of the State Capitol and Executive Mansion. From the room, the final five Byrd governors (Battle, Stanley, Lindsay Almond, Albertis Harrison and Mills Godwin) ran their successful campaigns, such was the room’s mystique. In the 1970s, the building was the site of the state’s tourism marketing efforts including the historic “Virginia Is For Lovers” campaign.</p><br>
<h2>Renovation</h2><br>
<p>The hotel was renovated in 2016 by the Commonwealth of Virginia, which relocated the Attorney Generals office into the refurbished hotel from the nearby Pocohantas Building. It had previously been under threat of demolition. Richmond-based Commonwealth Architects is leading plans for the entire block. In the current plan, the old Murphy Hotel will be razed for parking and office space. Some scenes for Steven Spielbergs movie Lincoln were filmed in the building.</p><br>
<p>The Red River Meeting House was the site of the first religious camp meeting in the United States. Held June 13–17, 1800, it marked the start of the Second Great Awakening, a major religious movement in the United States in the first part of the nineteenth century. The meeting was organized by the Presbyterian minister James McGready  in Logan County, Kentucky, and several preachers took part.</p><br>
<h2>First camp meeting</h2><br>
<p>What later became known as the Revival of 1800 began as a traditional Presbyterian sacramental occasion at the Red River Meeting House in June of the same year. As the revival spread to the congregations of McGreadys two other area congregations, several hundred people attended the meetings, held from Friday through Tuesday. McGreadys other congregations were located at Muddy River, and Gasper River. The meeting was a chance for the settlers to end their relative isolation for several days and to engage with new people.</p><br>
<p>A letter from McGready to a friend dated October 23, 1801, described the meeting.</p><br>
<p>In June, the sacrament was administered at Red River. This was the greatest time we had ever seen before. On Monday multitudes were struck down under awful conviction; the cries of the distressed filled the whole house. There you might see profane swearers, and sabbath breakers pricked to the heart, and crying out, "what shall we do to be saved?" There frolicers, and dancers crying for mercy. There you might see little children of ten, eleven and twelve years of age, praying and crying for redemption, in the blood of Jesus, in agonies of distress. During this sacrament, and until the Tuesday following, ten persons we believe, were savingly brought home to Christ.</p><br>
<p>The Presbyterian minister Barton W. Stone observed the events and wrote the following:</p><br>
<p>There, on the edge of a prairie in Logan County, Kentucky, the multitudes came together and continued a number of days and nights encamped on the ground, during which time worship was carried on in some part of the encampment. The scene was new to me and passing strange. It baffled description. Many, very many, fell down as men slain in battle, and continued for hours together in an apparently breathless and motionless state, sometimes for a few moments reviving and exhibiting symptoms of life by a deep groan or piercing shriek, or by a prayer for mercy fervently uttered. After lying there for hours they obtained deliverance. The gloomy cloud that had covered their faces seemed gradually and visibly to disappear, and hope, in smiles, brightened into joy. They would rise, shouting deliverance, and then would address the surrounding multitude in language truly eloquent and impressive. With astonishment did I hear men, women, and children declaring the wonderful works of God and the glorious mysteries of the gospel. Their appeals were solemn, heart-penetrating, bold, and free. Under such circumstances many others would fall down into the same state from which the speakers had just been delivered.</p><br>
<p>The historian Paul Conkin downplays the significance of the Red River meeting in relation to the religious revival. He says that McGready was one of several preachers at the event. The preacher wrote an account that was widely circulated, and which was instrumental in forming peoples perceptions of the events at the meeting. Conkin thinks that McGreadys account was exaggerated.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The first settlers of European descent in the area were Ambrose Maulding and his family in 1780. They established what became known as Mauldings Station or Mauldings Fort. The original church building in this area was built between 1789 and 1792 and is described by some as the first Cumberland Presbyterian Church. After the church building collapsed in 1856, the adjacent cemetery expanded onto the site of the original cabin.</p><br>
<p>A white framed church was built nearby but was torn down in 1929 due to deterioration and disuse. A log cabin believed to resemble the original style was constructed on the site in 1959. It burned due to an unknown cause on May 2, 1992. The Red River Meeting House and Cemetery Association was formed to raise funds for a replacement pioneer church, which was constructed in May 1994.</p><br>
<p>Kentucky Historical Marker 71 is erected at the intersection of USA Highway 431 and Route 663: "Three miles east is site of early pioneer church. Organized by A Society of Presbyterians, 1789. Here the Great Revival of 1800 was conducted by the Rev. James McGready. First camp meeting held here."</p><br>
<p>The adjacent cemetery contains the graves of numerous veterans of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812. The gravestone of William McPherson is engraved with the Twenty-third Psalm in Gaelic.</p><br>
<p>The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.</p><br>
<h2>Location</h2><br>
<p>The site is located three miles (5 km) east of USA Route 431 along Route 663 and the Red River in Logan County, Kentucky.</p><br>
<h2>Current use</h2><br>
<p>A primitive camp meeting and rendezvous is held annually on the grounds during the local Tobacco & Heritage Festival (second weekend in October). The Red River Meeting House and Cemetery Association holds its annual meeting on the grounds on the second Sunday in September. The site is privately owned, but it is open to the public from dawn to dusk and admittance is free. There are no interpretive signs or facilities.</p><br>
<p>The Egbert Reasoner House  is an historic house located at 3004 53rd Avenue, East in Oneco, Manatee County, Florida. It was built in 1896 for Egbert Reasoner, a horticulturalist who was inducted in the initial 1980 class of "Florida Agricultural Hall of Fame" members. Reasoner and his brother founded Royal Palm Nurseries. He is credited with introducing the pink grapefruit to Florida.</p><br>
<p>On May 4, 1995, the house was added to the USA National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<h2>Current status</h2><br>
<p>As of August 2013, the home is still in the Reasoner family, which hopes to have it relocated and saved, since the underlying land was being sold for commercial development.</p><br>
<p>As of June 6, 2014, the home was scheduled to be demolished so a new Race Trac gas station can be built on the site.</p><br>
<p>On June 30, 2015, the Reasoner house was demolished. After standing for 119 years, it was torn down in approximately one hour.</p><br>
<p>The River Brosna  is a river within the Shannon River Basin in Ireland, flowing through County Westmeath and County Offaly.</p><br>
<p>The river rises in Lough Owel north of Mullingar and is a tributary of the River Shannon. It meets the Shannon at Shannon Harbour.</p><br>
<p>The River Brosna is 49.25 miles (79 km) in length.</p><br>
<h2>Course</h2><br>
<p>The Brosna begins as a small river, flowing from Lough Owel in a south-south-westerly direction through Mullingar, into Lough Ennell. From Lough Ennell, the river Brosna flows into Kilbeggan, where it still powers the mill at Kilbeggan Distillery. The Brosna continues flowing southwest through Clara, Ballycumber and Pullough. East of Ferbane it is joined by the Silver River. From Ferbane it heads to Shannon Harbour, north of Banagher, where it joins the Shannon.</p><br>
<h2>Fishing</h2><br>
<p>The river Brosna is popular for fly fishing and has stocks of brown trout as well as some salmon and grilse. However it has, in recent years, suffered somewhat from pollution problems due to its poor assimilative capacity and the discharge of untreated sewage in the Mullingar area during storm conditions. There have also been discharges of pollutants, whether accidental or otherwise, such as one filmed at the bridge of Clonmore industrial estate in Mullingar.</p><br>
<h2>Drainage</h2><br>
<p>Works, to the cost of IR £750,000, were undertaken on the river in the late 1940s and early 1950s to improve drainage in the river’s catchment area. As part of the Arterial Drainage Scheme, designed to tackle poor drainage caused by Ireland’s relatively low-lying topography, the river was deepened and widened, leaving the river with the high banks distinctive of many of the rivers in the Irish midlands that received this treatment. More recently, in late 2008 the river was diverted from the N52 road beside Mullingar in order to accommodate a new roundabout and bridge.</p><br>
<p>Zangezur National Park  — is a national park of Azerbaijan. It was established by the decree of the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, as Ordubad National Park on an area of 12,131 hectare of Ordubad Rayon district of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic on the June 16, 2003. On 25 November 2009 it was enlarged to 42,797 hectare and renamed to Zangezur National Park. This park is located in a mountainous area. It is cold in winter and hot in summer. The temperature changes between -30 °C to -10 °C in January and 10 °C 25 °C in July. The annual precipitation is 300-800 mm. The running water comes from Gilanchay, Vanadchay, Duylunchay, Aylishchay, Ganzachay, Kotamchay, Kilitchay and Ordubadchay rivers. Rains and melting snow constitute the main part of these rivers.</p><br>
<h2>Flora</h2><br>
<p>Rare plants such as Iris elegantissima, Himantoglossum formosum, Dorema glabrum and other plants occur in Zangazur National Park. 39 species of plants which grow here are included into the Red Book of Azerbaijan.</p><br>
<h2>Fauna</h2><br>
<p>The Zangezur National Park is characterized by rich biological diversity. It has 58 species of animals (35 of vertebrates and 23 of insects). The National Park comprises such rare and endangered species as Persian leopard, the mountain sheep-moufflon, bezoar goat, white-tail sea eagle, golden eagle, and the little bustard.</p><br>
<p>Furthermore, Nakhchivan is habitat for 62 mammal species and subspecies. 32 of them such as blazilius horseshoe bat, southern horseshoe bat, porcupine, manul, bezoar goat and Caucasian muflon occur in the Zangazur National Park. Additionally, approximately 12 carnivorous animals such as leopard, wolf, jackal, fox, stripped hyena, badger, wild cat and other predators constitute the important part of the fauna of the park.</p><br>
<p>In addition to mammals, 217 bird species and subspecies such as Levant sparrowhawk, great white pelican, Dalmatian pelican, white-tailed eagle, lammergeyer, short-toed eagle, great bustard, little bustards and other birds can be found in the region. 15 of those species were added to the Red Book.</p><br>
<p>According to a 2010 USAID report (which described Azerbaijans national parks as "so-called national parks"), public access to the Ordubad National Park is all but impossible, since it requires a personal letter "obtained far in advance of projected visit, and often refused" from the Minister of Azerbaijans Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources (MENR), but this is very difficult to obtain for NGOs, international donors, or anyone outside of the government.United States Agency for International</p><br>
<p>Development, 2010.</p><br>
<p>In addition to the rich flora and fauna of the Zangazur National Park is rich with natural and historical monuments.</p><br>
<p>Shirvan National Park  — is a national park of Azerbaijan. It was established by the decree of the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, on July 5, 2003 within the territory of Salyan Rayon administrative districts. Its surface area is 54,373.5 hectare.</p><br>
<p>The Shirvan National Park was established on the base of the Shirvan State Reserve founded in 1969 and neighbouring areas. The reserve‘s activity is focused on the protection and reproduction of the Goitered Gazelle (Gazella sulgutturosa), waterfowl birds and typical plant biotypes of the Shirvan Lowland. The area is 25800 hectares, of which 3500 hectares are water reservoirs. The territory of the park used to be at the bottom of the Caspian Sea and at present it is an accumulative plain, which is 20–25 m below sea level with a slight increase in the relief westwards. In terms of climate the park lies in an area of moderate warm semi-desert and arid steppe. Summers are hot and dry and winters are cool and dry.</p><br>
<h2>Etymology</h2><br>
<p>The word Shirvan appears to be derived from Shīr (شیر). The word shir refers to the lion, which is now extinct in the Trans-Caucasus.</p><br>
<h2>Flora and fauna</h2><br>
<h3>Flora</h3><br>
<p>In the park there are several types of vegetation. The desert type is represented by Halocnemum, Halostachys and Salicornia formations developed on solonchaks. Halocnemum vegetation occupies about 40% of the territory of the park. The main species is the Halocnemum strobilaceum. The Halostachys phytocenosis has a more complicated structure and a richer species composition than halocnemum. At the tops of the hills halostachys grows and the slopes are covered by cereals and motley grass from the ephemeral group.</p><br>
<p>Salicornia vegetation has developed in a small area of the central part of the park as a result of wet salines and the high level of ground waters. As well as Salicornia europaea, there is also rankenive and tonkokhstnik.</p><br>
<p>The semi-desert type of vegetation is represented by formations of sveda and ephemeral wormwood. The latter formation, which occupies 40% of the park area, has the richest species composition. Wormwood dominates, and among ephemera 20-25 species are met, including mast cereals: Poa bulbosa, Bromus, wall barley (Hordeum leporinum), etc.</p><br>
<p>Meadow-type vegetation is developed in the park on chals (humid lowerings on the relief). The herbage is two-layered and is formed of Alhagi (first layer) and Aeluropus repens (second layer). In some places Artemisia and wall barley (Hordeum leporinum) are found.</p><br>
<h3>Fauna</h3><br>
<p>The fauna is poorly studied. Among amphibians there are green toad, Hylidae and lake frog. Among reptiles there are swamp, Caspian and Mediterranean turtles, lizard, water snake (Natrix natrix) and water snake, Vipera lebetina and others. The ornitofauna is poorly studied, but according to the existing data there are bustard (Otides), Francolinus, little bustard (Otis tetrax), white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla), steppe eagle (Aquila nipalensis), peregrine (Falco peregrinus), saker falcon (Falco cherrug) and Pterocletes orientalis. In winter, there are many migratory birds on the water bodies: gray goose (Anser anser), mallard duck (Anas platyrhynchus), pintail (Anas acuta) and others.</p><br>
<p>Among rare mammals species there are Persian gazelle (Gazella sulguturossa), wild boar, wolf, jackal, jungle cat (Felis chaus), fox, badger, European hare and others. Persian gazelle, Francolinus francolinus, bustard (Otidis), little bustard (Otis tetrax), white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla), steppe eagle (Aquila nipalensis), peregrine (Falco peregrinus), saker falcon (Falco cherrug) and Mediterranean turtle are listed in Red Book. In the past, this area was within the lion&#39;s range in the Caucasus,</p><br>
<p>The main protected objects are the natural semi-desert complexes of the south-eastern Shirvan, with the world&#39;s biggest population of Persian gazelles and the water-wading ecosystem, which is a place of nesting, a migration route and wintering area for many valuable bird species (western part of the Shor-Gel Lake).</p><br>
<p>Ag-Gel National Park  — is a national park of Azerbaijan. It was established by the decree of the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, in an area in Ağcabədi Rayon and Beyləqan Rayon administrative districts on July 5, 2003 on the basis of the former "Ag-Gol State Reserve" and "Ag-Gol State Game Reserve" which it superseded, on a surface area of 17,924 hectare.</p><br>
<p>A big part of it is the Lake Ağgöl, an internationally recognized area of global importance which was declared as Important Bird Area (IBA) when it was placed in the list of Ramsar wetlands of international importance in 2001.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>Ag-Gol, situated in the Mil plain of the Kur-Araz lowlands has a semi-desert landscape and is an important overwintering and nesting place for birds. Over 140 species of birds are found in the park, including 89 species of nesting birds (partridge, spoonbill, swan, teal, bustard, etc.). Approximately 30 specimens of charadriiformes and 24 specimens of anseriformers have chosen this reserve home for themselves. Some of the bird species living here such as Francolinus, white-tailed eagle, white pelicans (Pelicanus onocrotalus) and Dalmatin pelicans (Pelicanus crispus) are added to the "Red Book".</p><br>
<p>In addition to birds, the reserve is rich with 20 fish species such as pike, erythroculter, mongolicus and carp. However, it was much richer for its fish species in the past as it was connected with the River Kura. Furthermore, there are green toad, hylidae and lake trod in the reserve. Besides, it is possible to see the Caspian and swamp turtles, common and water grass snakes in the reserve.</p><br>
<p>Moreover, 22 species of mammals such as wild boar, coypu and jungle cat (Felis chaus) occur in the reserve.</p><br>
<p>The park is designed to protect the marshy ecological system, as the nesting and wintering places of migratory and water birds. Ag-Gol has been incorporated into the list of UNESCO&#39;s convention "On internationally important marshy areas as the residing places of birds"</p><br>
<p>Hirkan National Park  — is a national park of Azerbaijan. It was established by the decree of the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, in an area in Lankaran Rayon and Astara Rayon administrative districts on February 9, 2004 on the basis of the former "Hirkan State Reserve" which it superseded, on a surface area of 29,760 hectare. It was enlarged by presidential decree on April 23, 2008 from 29,760 hectare to 40,358 hectare.</p><br>
<p>The area of Hirkan National Park is 99% covered by forests in a primarily mountainous region, and is strictly protected. It constitutes one of the largest contiguous forests in Azerbaijan, which is not interrupted by any settlement or pasture.</p><br>
<p>The Hirkan National Park protects the humid subtropical and humid temperate forests in the area of the Lenkoran Lowland and the Talysh Mountains, sheltering many endemic plant and animal species.</p><br>
<p>The ecosystem of the Hirkan National Park, belongs to the Caspian Hyrcanian (Girkan) mixed forests ecoregion, an area of lush deciduous broadleaved lowland and montane forests (subtropical and temperate rainforests) that completely cover the Talysh Mountains and partially cover the Lankaran Lowland.</p><br>
<h2>Climate</h2><br>
<p>The Hirkan National Park normally has very high humidity and precipitation throughout the year, averaging from 1,400 mm to 1,600 mm per year in the lowlands to 1,800 mm per year in the mountains. The maximum annual precipitation is the highest precipitation in Azerbaijan.</p><br>
<p>The Hirkan National Park has a humid subtropical climate in the lowlands, an oceanic climate in the middle elevations and a humid continental climate on the mountain peaks.</p><br>
<p>The variety of elevations, the abundant rainfall, and the presence of old growth forests give the park an unusual richness of biota.</p><br>
<h2>Flora and fauna</h2><br>
<h3>Flora</h3><br>
<p>This area preserves many endemic plants species, relicts of the Tertiary period which were not affected by Pliocene and Pleistocene glaciations.</p><br>
<p>The Caspian Hyrcanian (Girkan) forests account for 150 endemic species of trees and bushes out of 435 species of trees and bushes. Some endemic tree species are, the Hyrcanian box tree (Buxus hyrcana), Caucasian pear (Pyrus communis subsp. caucasica), Lenkoran acacia (Albizia julibrissin), chestnut-leaved oak (Quercus castaneifolia), Caucasian oak (Quercus macranthera), Caucasian ash (Fraxinus angustifolia subsp. oxycarpa), European ash (Fraxinus excelsior), European hornbeam (Carpinus betulus), Oriental hornbeam (Carpinus orientalis), Oriental beech (Fagus orientalis), Caucasian persimmon (Diospyros lotus), Caspian locust tree (Gleditsia caspica), Caucasian alder (Alnus subcordata), black alder (Alnus glutinosa subsp. barbata), white poplar (Populus alba) Caucasian wingnut (Pterocarya fraxinifolia), Persian ironwood (Parrotia persica), Caucasian zelkova (Zelkova carpinifolia), butcher&#39;s broom (Ruscus aculeatus), velvet maple (Acer velutinum), Cappadocian maple (Acer cappadocicum), wych elm (Ulmus glabra), Caucasian lime tree (Tilia dasystyla subsp. caucasica), wild cherry (Prunus avium), wild service tree (Sorbus torminalis), sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa), among many others.</p><br>
<p>Shrub species occurring in the area include the poet&#39;s laurel (Danae racemosa), Hyrcanian holly (Ilex hyrcana), greenbrier (Smilax excelsa), common ivy (Hedera helix), etc.</p><br>
<h3>Fauna</h3><br>
<p>There are several endemic subspecies of birds, of which the Caspian titmouse (Poecile hyrcanus) subspecies of the titmouse; the Caucasus pheasant (Phasianus colchicus colchicus) subspecies of the common pheasant of the Talysh Mountains are common.</p><br>
<p>The Caspian tiger (Panthera tigris virgata) once roamed these mountains, but is now extinct. Other large mammals here are the Persian leopard (Panthera pardus saxicolor), lynx (Lynx lynx), brown bear (Ursus arctos), wild boar (Sus scrofa), wolf (Canis lupus), golden jackal (Canis aureus), jungle cat (Felis chaus), red fox (Vulpes vulpes), roe deer (Capreolus capreolus), badger (Meles meles), otter (Lutra lutra), etc.</p><br>
<p>The Persian leopard (Panthera pardus saxicolor) subspecies of the leopard, lives in the southern regions in Azerbaijan, primarily in the Talysh Mountains, Nagorno-Karabakh and Nakhichevan. Despite occasional sightings, it was not clear whether leopards had been extinct in Azerbaijan by the late 1990s until a species was caught on camera in March, 2007 in the Hirkan National Park.</p><br>
<h2>Expansion and reforestation</h2><br>
<p>The Hirkan National Park was established in 2004 on the basis of the Hirkan State Reserve which it superseded, on a surface area of 29,760 hectare, it was enlarged in 2008 to 40,358 hectare.</p><br>
<p>The plain part of the Hirkan National Park ("Moscow Forest") lies within the Lankaran Lowland. The Moscow Forest is the only preserved part of the Caspian Hyrcanian mixed forests which covered most of the lowland, that was later cleared for agriculture.</p><br>
<p>However, there is a reforestation program of the lowland, on a designated non-forested lot which is the only non-cultivated land on the plain, in order to (partially because the Lankaran Lowland is far too valuable for its agricultural productivity for Azerbaijan, to be given up for reforestation) restore the ecology to its previous forested state. This lot will become the second forest in the lowland after the Moscow Forest and once it is reforested, it will become an additional part of the Hirkan National Park in the lowland.</p><br>
<h2>UNESCO Status Application</h2><br>
<p>For the purpose of including the Hirkan National Park and the Caspian Hyrcanian (Girkan) forests respectively into UNESCO&#39;s World Heritage Site list of cultural and natural heritage and Biosphere Reserves Programme, documents substantiated from the scientific point of view have been prepared and introduced to the UNESCO Secretariat.</p><br>
<h2>Philately</h2><br>
<p>Altyaghach National Park  — is a national park of Azerbaijan. It was established by the decree of the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, on an area of 11,035 hectare in the Khizi Rayon and Siazan Rayon administrative districts on August 31, 2004.</p><br>
<h2>Flora and fauna</h2><br>
<h3>Flora</h3><br>
<p>The area of Altyaghach is 90.5% covered by temperate deciduous broadleaved forests. The major types of trees are Persian Ironwood (Parrotia persica), Caucasian Oak (Quercus macranthera), Caucasian Ash (Fraxinus angustifolia subsp. oxycarpa), European Hornbeam (Carpinus betulus), Oriental Hornbeam (Carpinus orientalis), Oriental Beech (Fagus orientalis), Silver Birch (Betula pendula), White Birch (Betula pubescens), etc.</p><br>
<p>Shrub species occurring in the area include Various-Leaved Hawthorn (Crataegus heterophylla), Dog Rose (Rosa canina), Blackberry (Rubus fruticosus), etc.</p><br>
<h3>Fauna</h3><br>
<p>The national park is home to the rare East Caucasian tur (Capra cylindricornis), a mountain dwelling goat antelope found only in the eastern half of the Caucasus Mountains. Other large mammals found here are the lynx (Lynx lynx), brown bear (Ursus arctos), wild boar (Sus scrofa), wolf (Canis lupus), golden jackal (Canis aureus), jungle cat (Felis chaus), red fox (Vulpes vulpes), roe deer (Capreolus capreolus), badger (Meles meles), and otter (Lutra lutra), etc.</p><br>
<p>The A. C. Freeman House  is a historic house located at 311 West Retta Esplanade in Punta Gorda, Florida. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 7, 1987.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The house now includes a museum of local history operated by the Punta Gorda Historical Society, as well as offices of the town&#39;s Chamber of Commerce.</p><br>
<p>It was deemed significant for reflecting Queen Anne style architecture, asserted to be rare in South Florida, and for association with businessman and politician Augustus C. Freeman. Freeman owned a hardware store and a citrus grove, among other ventures. He served in various city government positions from 1896 to 1904, including as mayor during the later four or five years. During the 1902 mayoral campaign he was described as "Industrious, frugal and obliging... well-to-do, but probably not a millionaire".</p><br>
<p>The land was purchased by Freeman in 1903 from Albert Gilchrist, who later became Governor of the state, and there has been a local legend that the house belonged to him, but in fact it was built for Freeman.</p><br>
<p>The house was moved two blocks in 1985 before a restoration began, but the move was not deemed to have disturbed historic integrity.</p><br>
<p>Absheron National Park  — is a national park of Azerbaijan in the Caspian Hyrcanian mixed forests&#39; ecoregion. It was established on the 8th of February 2005, by Order 622 of the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, on an area of 783 hectare in the administrative territory of the District of Azizbeyov in the City of Baku, on the base of Absheron State Nature Preserve.</p><br>
<h2>Fauna and flora</h2><br>
<p>The Absheron State Nature Preserve was created in July 1969 in order to protect gazelles, Caspian seals and water birds that inhabit the territory. The climate of the area is semi-arid, specific to semi-desert and dry steppe. Types and phytomass of flora is poor here, plants are changed respective of water and saltiness regime of area. Sea coastal sand plants (42,6%), meadows with jigilgamish and paz grass (13,2 %), one-year saline grasses (5,2 %) etc. are spread. Ephemeras also develop well in early spring.</p><br>
<h3>List of fauna</h3><br>
<p>In dry area gazelle, jackal, fox, rabbit, badger, in Caspian waters seal and various fishes, birds such as silver gull, wheezing swan, grey and red-headed black, white-eyed black ducks, big white bittern, sandpiper, bald-coot, marsh belibagli, sea bozcha and other migrant birds have inhabited here.</p><br>
<p>The eastern point of the Asiatic lion&#39;s range in the Trans-Caucasus was Absheron Peninsula, before the end of the 10th century.</p><br>
<p>The Caspian tiger used to invade Apsheron Peninsula from the Talysh Mountains and Lankaran Lowland, before disappearing in the 20th century.</p><br>
<p>The Caucasian leopard, lynx, and striped hyena were reported in this area.</p><br>
<p>Tianzhu Mountain or Mount Tianzhu is a mountain in Anhui, China. Tianzhu Mountain is also called Mount Wan, from which the provincial abbreviation for Anhui  derives. Ancient names of the mountain include Mount Huo 霍山, Mount Heng 衡山 , and Taiyue 太岳.</p><br>
<p>The mountain is located in Qianshan County, Anqing City. Tianzhu Mountain has 45 peaks which are 1000 metres above sea level. Its highest point has an elevation of 1,760 m. There are two paths to reach the top, either from the east or from the west; Dalong will try the west path first because it is the easier one.</p><br>
<p>One of the famous sites is the Mystery Valley. It is a maze-like valley formed by the rocks falling from the mountain. The valley has 53 caves, which form a very complicated maze.</p><br>
<p>Göygöl National Park  — is a national park of Azerbaijan. It was established by the decree of the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, in an area in Goygol Rayon administrative district on April 1, 2008 on the basis of the former "Goy Gol State Reserve" that was established in 1925 and which it superseded, on a surface area of 12,755 hectare. It was enlarged from 6,739 hectare of the former state reserve to its current surface area as a national park.</p><br>
<p>The national park includes one of the most beautiful and cleanest lakes in Azerbaijan, Lake Göygöl. The reserve is intended to protect the natural ecosystem of the subalpine zones of the northern slopes of the Lesser Caucasus. During the Soviet era, it had been deprived of its reserve status, but was restored later.</p><br>
<h2>Flora and fauna</h2><br>
<h3>Flora</h3><br>
<p>The area of Göygöl is almost entirely covered by forests and has a rich flora with over 420 plant species, including 20 which are endemic to the area. The major types of trees are chestnut-leaved oak (Quercus castaneifolia), Caucasian oak (Quercus macranthera), Caucasian ash (Fraxinus angustifolia subsp. oxycarpa), European ash (Fraxinus excelsior), European hornbeam (Carpinus betulus), Oriental hornbeam (Carpinus orientalis), Oriental beech (Fagus orientalis), velvet maple (Acer velutinum), Cappadocian maple (Acer cappadocicum), Caucasian lime tree (Tilia dasystyla subsp. caucasica), etc.</p><br>
<p>Shrub species occurring in the area include the medlar (Crataegus azarolus subsp. pontica), European barberry (Berberis vulgaris), European cornel (Cornus mas), European spindle (Euonymus europaeus), blackberry (Rubus fruticosus), etc.</p><br>
<h3>Fauna</h3><br>
<p>There are several endemic subspecies of birds, of which the bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus), Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus), Eurasian eagle-owl (Bubo bubo), black woodpecker (Dryocopus martius), golden oriole (Oriolus oriolus), mistle thrush (Turdus viscivorus), stock dove (Columba oenas), Eurasian woodcock (Scolopax rusticola), woodlark (Lullula arborea), mute swan (Cygnus olor), common quail (Coturnix coturnix), Caspian titmouse (Poecile hyrcanus) subspecies of the titmouse; the Caucasus pheasant (Phasianus colchicus colchicus) subspecies of the common pheasant are common.</p><br>
<p>The Caspian tiger (Panthera tigris virgata) once roamed these mountains, but is now extinct. Other large mammals here are the lynx (Lynx lynx), brown bear (Ursus arctos), wild boar (Sus scrofa), wolf (Canis lupus), golden jackal (Canis aureus), jungle cat (Felis chaus), red fox (Vulpes vulpes), roe deer (Capreolus capreolus), badger (Meles meles), etc.</p><br>
<p>The Persian leopard (Panthera pardus saxicolor) subspecies of the leopard, lives in the southern regions in Azerbaijan, primarily in the Talysh Mountains, Nagorno-Karabakh and Nakhichevan. Despite occasional sightings, it was not clear whether leopards had been extinct in Azerbaijan by the late 1990s until a species was caught on camera in March, 2007 in the Hirkan National Park. However it is still not clear if leopards live in the Göygöl National Park.</p><br>
<h2>Filmography</h2><br>
<p>A documentary film titled “Göygöl Milli Parkı” (Goygol National Park) was shot in 2015. The film was presented in the Nizami Cinema Center in Baku. Vice-president of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation Leyla Aliyeva participated at the presentation of the film.</p><br>
<p>Spanish Fort is an unincorporated community in north central Montague County, Texas, United States at the end of Farm Road 103 one mile south of the Red River.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Native Americans long used the fertile areas near the Red River for farming and hunting. Taovoyas, flying the French flag, established a fort here around 1750 to defend against Spanish incursions in the area. In 1759, in the Battle of the Twin Villages, a Spanish army under Col. Diego Ortiz Parrilla attacked the Taovoyas&#39; fortified position, but were defeated by a force of both the Taovoyas and Comanche tribes. Anglo settlers later misnamed the area Spanish Fort after assuming that the Spanish forces had built a fortification there, rather than the Native Americans.</p><br>
<p>By 1859, Anglos began settling the area as the population of Native Americans dwindled. White settlement was encouraged across the newly formed Republic of Texas, and though Texas became a state in 1845, European settlers kept coming to Texas for farm land. By the early 1870s, a town called Burlington had been established near present-day Spanish Fort. The town was strategically located along the Chisholm Trail, and it became a popular cowboy town on the cattle drives from south and central Texas to Kansas. Nearby Red River Station, Texas, was the last stop before entering Indian Territory and virtually all cattle driven along the Chisolm Trail crossed at Red River Station. The town grew and citizens applied for a post office in 1876, but were rejected based on another Texas town of the same name. Two local men suggested the misnomer "Spanish Fort" after the ruins nearby. The new name was accepted, and the Spanish Fort post office opened in 1877.</p><br>
<p>At its peak, the town had numerous businesses and churches, a Masonic lodge, five physicians, four hotels, and several saloons. Spanish Fort became known as a very rough and tumble cowboy town, and at least 40 murders are said to have occurred during the cattle drive heyday.</p><br>
<p>Herman Joseph Justin founded the boot company which later grew into Justin Industries. Justin took orders from the drivers going north and had their custom-made boots ready in time for them to pick up on their way back through.</p><br>
<p>But Spanish Fort would suffer, as many small Texas towns did, by being bypassed by the railroad. When fencing and railroads put an end to the cattle drives, small towns not directly served by railways faltered.</p><br>
<p>The 20th century saw Spanish Fort almost completely vanish. The post office, school, and newspapers all had closed by 1970. Even the oil boom in Nocona&#39;s North Field could not save Spanish Fort, and the town has maintained a population of around 50 ever since.</p><br>
<h2>Education</h2><br>
<p>Spanish Fort is serviced by the Prairie Valley Independent School District.</p><br>
<h2>Historical record</h2><br>
<p>Spanish Fort received historic markers in 1936 and 1976 recognizing the Taovayo tribe culture and the 1759 confrontation with a Spanish expedition.</p><br>
<p>The Spanish Fort site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.</p><br>
<p>The Wells Fargo Building, originally the Fidelity-Philadelphia Trust Company Building, is a skyscraper in Center City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Designed in the Beaux-Arts style by the architectural firm Simon & Simon, the building was erected for the Fidelity-Philadelphia Trust Co. in 1928. The 29-story high-rise is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<p>The building was long regarded as premier office space, but by the 1980s, tenants were leaving for newer buildings in the West Market Street neighborhood. Extensive rehab work has since drawn new tenants. Its largest tenant has always been the Fidelity-Philadelphia Trust Company or its successor companies &mdash; today, Wells Fargo.</p><br>
<p>The 405 ft limestone and granite skyscraper features recesses that give the building an H-shape above the fifth floor. Decorations include sculpture by Piccirilli Brothers and 150,000 ft&sup2; of marble. Seven medallions, mainly depicting early American coins, decorate the street-level facade. Bas-relief figures decorate the spandrels above the building&#39;s bronze doors, which are themselves decorated by high-relief panels depicting the history of commerce and civilization.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>In the late 1920s, numerous high-rises were constructed in Center City Philadelphia. Among the businesses commissioning new high-rises was the Fidelity-Philadelphia Trust Company, the result of the 1926 merger between Fidelity Trust Company and the Philadelphia Trust Company. Before the merger, in 1925, architects Edward P. Simon and Grant M. Simon of the firm Simon and Simon were approached to design a new building. The designs were complete by the end of 1926 and in January 1927 general contractor Irwin & Leighton was engaged to build the Fidelity-Philadelphia Trust Company Building. The site of the building along Broad Street was previously the location of the Forrest Theater and the "Yellow Mansion" (also known as the Dundas Lippincott House).</p><br>
<p>Construction began in 1927 and the building was opened on June 1, 1928. In 1953, steel and concrete pen houses were built at the back of the building to house air conditioning equipment.</p><br>
<p>In July 1982, the parent company of Fidelity Bank, Fidelcor, put up for sale Fidelity Building Corp., a subsidiary which owns The Fidelity Building and the neighboring Witherspoon Building. In December of that year, Fidelcor announced that the Al-Tajir Foundation, a real estate investment company owned by Mahdi Al Tajir, had agreed to buy Fidelity Building Corp. for US$63.5 million.</p><br>
<p>During the late-1980s office building boom in the West Market Street area of Center City, businesses left the Fidelity Building for newer office space. As a result, the buildings owners filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 1992. That same year, the Fidelity Building Corporation was purchased by First Fidelity Bankcorp, a company formed in the 1988 merger of the buildings original owners and First Fidelity Corporation of Newark, New Jersey.</p><br>
<p>First Union Corporation took control of the building in 1995 when it bought Fidelity Bankcorp. Shortly after taking over, First Union spent millions of dollars renovating the facade and interiors and modernizing the mechanical systems.</p><br>
<p>During the early 2000s, the building became known as the Wachovia Building. Wachovia became the building&#39;s largest tenant after merging with First Union Corporation early in the decade. In 2006, Wachovia re-negotiated its lease, which was set to expire in 2010. After exploring other potential new office space in Center City, Wachovia made a deal to stay in the Wachovia Building along with the neighboring Witherspoon Building, the nearby One South Broad, and the Widener Building until the 2020s. The building became known as the Wells Fargo Building after Wells Fargo, which bought Wachovia in 2008, re-branded Wachovia area banks in April 2011. Wells Fargo marketed the change by having a stagecoach carrying Philadelphia mayor Michael Nutter and others ride from Philadelphia City Hall to the Wells Fargo Building.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<p>The 29-story, 405 ft Wells Fargo Building is located on the Avenue of the Arts in Center City, Philadelphia. The building faces Broad Street on the west, Walnut Street on the south, and Sansom Street on the north. To the east of the building is the 11-story Witherspoon Building, built in 1896. Owned by the same owners, the two buildings are linked together. Containing 892,000 ft&sup2, the Wells Fargo Buildings footprint measures 220 ft by 175 ft. Built in the Beaux-Arts style the buildings brick curtain wall is made of limestone ashlar on the upper and lower floors and rusticated granite on the 2nd and 3rd floors.</p><br>
<p>Horizontally the building is divided into three parts. The first two stories and a mezzanine level make up the buildings base. The next eighteen floors make up the buildings shaft and center. The distinctive features of the center are two 55 ft recesses on the east and west sides of the building. Starting above the fourth floor, the recesses give the building an H-shape. The skyscraper&#39;s top section is distinguished from the lower floors by three small setbacks.</p><br>
<p>At street level, three arched entranceways line Broad Street. The central arch is slightly larger than the others to indicate the entrance to the main banking hall. Carved into the facade above the center arch is the buildings name. Inside the arches and above the doorways are windows designed by dAscenzo Studios. Leaded panes of glass of various shades of amber are surrounded by a Renaissance-style border. Below the windows are bronze doors, each with 24 high-relief panels depicting the history of commerce and civilization. Bas-relief figures decorate each of the arches&#39; spandrels. A male figure with a hammer representing industry and a female figure with a beehive representing thrift decorate the center arch. The arch closest to Sansom Street is decorated by two figures with cornucopias to represent abundance. The arch nearer to Walnut Street is decorated by a painter and a sculptor to represent art.</p><br>
<p>Next to the two smaller archways are carved medallions, one flanking each spandrel. The medallions closest to Sansom Street represent early American coins, a Pine Tree coin from Massachusetts and Grandi Copper coin from Connecticut. The medallions closest to the Walnut Street side represent the first American coin issued by Congress and the Eye Coin from Vermont. Two medallions on the Walnut Street side depict both sides of the Lafayette Medal. Only one medallion decorates the Samson Street side, depicting another early coin from Vermont.</p><br>
<p>The Wells Fargo Buildings interiors include a 2½-story banking hall featuring six 58-ton steel girders that support the skyscrapers structure. The girders were the largest in the Eastern United States at the time of construction. Among the 150,000 ft&sup2; of marble inside the Wells Fargo Building is the cream-colored terrazzo marble used throughout the banking hall. At the rear of the hall is a marble sculpture by the Piccirilli Brothers. The statue depicts semi-nude male and female representations of day and night clasping hands under a clock to symbolize eternity.</p><br>
<p>Above the statue and framed by marble pilasters is a window that depicts scenes from Philadelphia history. In the windows tympanum is a depiction of Independence Hall. Below that are pictures showing William Penns treaty with the Indians, George Washingtons Farewell Address to Congress, the proclamation of the Declaration of Independence, the Philadelphia Convention, the drafting of the Declaration of Independence, Benjamin Franklins printing office, Betsy Ross exhibiting the United States flag, and Caesar Rodney&#39;s ride from Delaware. The border of the window contains portrait busts of notable American Revolution-era Philadelphians: John Bartram, George Clymer, Robert Morris, David Rittenhouse, Benjamin Rush, and James Wilson.</p><br>
<p>The Wells Fargo Building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 27, 1978. The skyscraper was listed because it was an excellent example of commercial Beaux-Arts architecture and because it stands "as a glossary of modern skyscraper design, synthesizing the primary features of three phases of skyscraper development reaching back to the 1880s". The building&#39;s characteristics are its tripartite system of a base, shaft, and capital, the treatment of the skyscraper as a tower, and the use of setbacks.</p><br>
<h2>Tenants</h2><br>
<p>Leasing 30 percent of the building, Wells Fargo is the skyscraper&#39;s largest tenant. The second largest tenant is law firm Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads, which occupies about 108,000 ft&sup2; on the top five and a half floors; the firm signed a 15-year lease in 1995. Other tenants include Domus Inc., which occupies 12,000 ft&sup2;. Domus Inc. moved into the Wells Fargo Building in 2000 after outgrowing its space in the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel.</p><br>
<p>Past tenants include the law firms Morgan Lewis & Bockius and Pepper Hamilton & Sheetz and offices for the Westmoreland Coal Company. The Midday Club opened in 1929 and closed in 1978.</p><br>
<h2>Museum</h2><br>
<p>The lobby holds a branch of the Wells Fargo History Museum; its exhibits include a stagecoach, telegraph equipment, historic clothing and currency.</p><br>
<h2>In popular culture</h2><br>
<p>In 1983, the Wells Fargo Building was featured in the film Trading Places, which starred Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy.</p><br>
<p>Rogers Dry Lake is an endorheic desert salt pan in the Mojave Desert of Kern County, California. The lake derives its name from the Anglicization from the Spanish name, Rodriguez Dry Lake. It is the central part of Edwards Air Force Base as its hard surface provides a natural extension to the paved runways. It was formerly known as Muroc Dry Lake.</p><br>
<h2>Geology</h2><br>
<p>During the extremely brief rainy season, it is possible for there to be standing water on the lakebed, which pools at the approximate low-point elevation of 2,300 ft for the region. The lake is adjacent to the smaller Rosamond Lake which through the Holocene, together made up one large water-body.</p><br>
<h2>Edwards Air Force Base</h2><br>
<p>Many of the notable aeronautical achievements at Edwards have taken place at Rogers Lake. It is also famous for the world&#39;s largest compass rose painted into the lake. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1985.</p><br>
<p>04/22 in addition to its paved component of 15,000 ft has an extra 9,000 ft of lakebed runway</p><br>
<p>There are seven other official runways on the Rogers lakebed:</p><br>
<p>17/35 is 7.5 mi (12.1 km) (primary runway)</p><br>
<p>05/23 is 5.2 mi (8.4 km)</p><br>
<p>06/24 is 1.4 mi (2.3 km)</p><br>
<p>07/25 is 4.0 mi (6.4 km)</p><br>
<p>09/27 is 2.0 mi (3.2 km)</p><br>
<p>30 is 2.0 mi (3.2 km) (runway 30 rolls out onto the compass rose, so its corresponding, unmarked, runway 12 is never used)</p><br>
<p>15/33 is 6.2 mi (10.0 km)</p><br>
<p>18/36 is 4.5 mi (7.2 km)</p><br>
<p>The George Adderley House  is a historic home in the City of Marathon, Florida, United States. It is located at 5550 Overseas Highway. On September 10, 1992, it was added to the USA National Register of Historic Places. The house is the oldest house in the Keys outside of Key West and the only surviving tabby house in the Keys.</p><br>
<p>Adderley was a black immigrant from the Bahamas. He came to the Key Largo, Florida in 1890 and by 1891 was a naturalized citizen of the United States. He and his wife Olivia got a $100 mortgage and bought the 32 acre property in 1901. He collected Sponges and made charcoal which he took by sailboat to Key West to sell to buy provisions he and Olivia could not make themselves.</p><br>
<p>The house was built from 1903 to 1905. The house is made of tabby, a homemade concrete like mixture of burnt shell, ashes, sand, shell and water. When the railroad came through in 1912 George negotiated a flag stop with the railway in exchange for a right away across his land. Olivia died in 1948 at age 86. George lived on the property one more year until he sold the property to the Crane family in 1949. George moved to a home for the blind in Key West where he lived until 1959 dying at the age of 88.</p><br>
<p>A small community, called Adderley Town, of 6 to 10 households developed around the Adderleys as he was an Episcopal lay preacher and held services in his home. While the Adderley House and a small outbuilding nearby are all that remain of Adderley Town, the site has been excavated and some of the tools and utensils probably used by him, his family and their community are on display in the nearby Museum of Natural History of the Florida Keys.</p><br>
<p>Located at Crane Point Museum & Nature Center, visitors may walk through the house as part of the admission fee to the non-profit nature center. Every January, Crane Point hosts a Bahamian Heritage Festival which celebrates the Bahamian heritage in the Florida Keys</p><br>
<p>The Custom House and Old Post Office is a historic site located at 281 Front Street, Key West, Florida, United States. On September 20, 1973, it was added to the USA National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<h2>Key West Museum of Art & History at the Custom House</h2><br>
<p>The Custom House currently serves as the Key West Museum of Art & History, which is one of three museums operated by the Key West Art & Historical Society. Exhibits include local history, famous personalities including Ernest Hemingway, maritime history, and works by local artists.</p><br>
<p>The building was designed by architect William Kerr, and was completed in 1891. The United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida met here from its completion until 1932, when the building was transferred to the United States Navy.</p><br>
<p>Monte Titano  is a mountain of the Apennines and the highest peak in San Marino. It stands at 739 m above sea level and is located immediately to the east of the capital, San Marino. It was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2008 under the combined title "San Marino Historic Centre and Mount Titano". Inscribed under reference no. 1245 criteria iii, the two together encompass an area of 55 ha with a buffer zone of 167 ha. It encompasses Mount Titano and the other structures such as the fortification towers, walls, gates and bastions, as well as a neo-classical basilica located on it and its slopes forming a small but unique urban conglomerate.</p><br>
<p>Straddled on the ridge of Mount Titano is the city of San Marino of the Republic of San Marino, the history of which dates from the early 4th century. According to the legend related to the Mount and its precincts a small monastery existed on top of the Mount during the 8th century. The mountainous landscape provides excellent views of its surroundings, and its isolated location ensured the needed seclusion for San Marino to survive as a Republic over the past several centuries.</p><br>
<h2>Trivia</h2><br>
<p>The mountain has three peaks; on each is one of The Three Towers of San Marino. Saint Marinus is always represented with Mount Titano in his hands.</p><br>
<h2>Geography and environment</h2><br>
<p>Monte Titano is located in central San Marino (seen in maps in rough rectangular shape), to the southeast of the City of San Marino and to the north of the village of Murata, at a distance of 10 km from the Adriatic Coast. Monte Titano looks like a rugged limestone outcrop, located only 13 kilometres (a figure of 10 km is mentioned in another reference) from the Adriatic Sea on the Apennines. Although the highest point is 739 metres above sea level, the rocky outcrop is about 200 metres in height at most. From the top of Monte Titano views of the entire nation of San Marino and further afield can be viewed scenically. The mountain gives birth to several streams, including the San Marino River, which flows down its western slope through a broad valley and flows into the Marecchia River, through Marecchia Torello and into the Adriatic Sea 23 km away and the Cando River, born in Marano, which flows into the Adriatic coast between Rimini and Riccione Ausa. The terrain has fertile soils in Emilia Romagna plain and soft rolling hills in the Marche and Montefeltro region. The mountain dips into the calm Adriatic sea.</p><br>
<p>During the Tertiary era, the area where San Marino lies was the sea. Violent earthquakes caused major upheavals in the Earth&#39;s surface. Because of these intensive earthquakes, a mass of rock situated about 80 km from the mountain, was lifted and slid slowly toward the Adriatic Sea. This mass of rock gave rise to various mountains, including Mount Titano. The vertebrate fossils found on the slopes of Mount Titano are mostly aquatic in origin, because of the fact this rock was once located underneath the sea in its current spot. Fossils of various fish, especially the fossils of shark teeth have been discovered on Monte Titano, with many dated to the Miocene period. The most important fossil discovery is that of a whale, which is now preserved in the Bologna Archaeological Museum.</p><br>
<p>The precincts of Monte Titano and the San Marino city experiences mild temperate climate; the maximum temperatures reported is of 79 °F (26 °C) in summer while the minimum is 19 °F (−7 °C) in winter. Annual precipitation varies from about 22 inches (560 mm) to 32 inches (800 mm).</p><br>
<h2>Flora and fauna</h2><br>
<p>Set in the Mediterranean zone the vegetation is typical influenced by elevation variations. Numerous trees inhabit the mountain, including chestnuts, oaks, laburnum, cypress, fir trees and some shrubs and asparagus, typical of the driest areas, such as the territory in the Three Towers of San Marino vicinity. On the cliffs of Mount Titano is also found Ephedra Nebrodensis, a plant typical of Sicily and Sardinia.</p><br>
<p>Wildlife is represented by all classes of vertebrates and, given the characteristics of the mountainous territory, birds and mammals are the most common animals. In relation to birds, several can be mentioned such as the kestrel, barn owl, owl, tawny owl, the magpie and buzzards. Common animal life includes roe deer, wild boar, deer, weasels, marten, porcupine, hare, hedgehogs, polecats, badgers and foxes.</p><br>
<h2>Protected area</h2><br>
<p>Since 2008, Monte Titano was allocated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, in tandem with the historic centre of San Marino. The reason given by the Committee refers to "witnessing the continuity of a free republic since Middle Ages. " This heritage site include the towers, walls, gates and bastions of the City of San Marino, the Basilica di San Marino of the nineteenth century, some convents of the fourteenth and sixteenth centuries, the eighteenth century Teatro Titano Theatre and the Palazzo Pubblico of the nineteenth century.</p><br>
<h2>Culture</h2><br>
<p>The layout of the Mount Titano presents three peaks, each crowned by ancient towers named Guaita, Cesta and Montale, with triple fortifications that enclose the capital city. Each tower in turn has a metal vane fixed on it which is in the shape of an ostrich plume, ("perhaps a pun on the Italian penne, meaning "plumes") which is attributed to the name of the mountains. Those three towers are represented in the coat of arms of in the central part of the National Flag (horizontal white and blue) of the country (which has a width to length ratio of 3 to 4). The capital city is set on the western side of Mount Titano. An urban network of roads links the fortresses.</p><br>
<p>Lake Del Valle is a storage reservoir located 10 mi southeast of Livermore, in Alameda County, California. It is within Del Valle Regional Park.</p><br>
<h2>Lake Description</h2><br>
<p>It is on Arroyo Valle (Spanish for "creek of the valley") in the Diablo Range. The lake is formed by Del Valle Dam, completed in 1968.</p><br>
<p>The lake and dam are part of the California State Water Project, as part of the South Bay Aqueduct. The lake serves in part as off-stream storage for the South Bay Aqueduct. The capacity of the lake is 77,000 acre.ft, however, the lake has a flood storage of 25000 to 40000 acre.ft. Thus normally stores 37000 to 52000 acre.ft. The lake is a popular destination for hikers, bikers, and boaters.</p><br>
<p>The Hetch Hetchy Aqueduct passes below the lake, but does not connect to it.</p><br>
<h2>Dam Description</h2><br>
<p>The dam is 230 feet high and 880 feet long. Its crest elevation is 773 feet. The dam contains 4,150,000 cubic yards of earth fill.</p><br>
<p>Førde Fjord  is a fjord in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It is the longest of all the fjords in the traditional district of Sunnfjord. Førdefjorden passes through the municipalities of Førde, Naustdal, Askvoll, and Flora. The fjord begins at the town of Førde, at the estuary of the river Jølstra, which comes from the lake Jølstravatn. The island of Svanøya lies just outside the mouth of Førdefjorden. There are roads along the shoreline on both the north and south sides of the fjord, and the European route E39 highway runs past the town of Førde, near Førdefjorden.</p><br>
<h2>Development</h2><br>
<p>Nordic Mining have applied to deposit 6m tonnes of tailings a year for 50 years into the Fjord, prompting much opposition.</p><br>
<h2>Settlements</h2><br>
<p>The following settlements are located along the Førdefjorden:</p><br>
<p>Stavang (in Flora municipality), on the north side, at the mouth of the fjord</p><br>
<p>Kvammen (in Askvoll municipality), on the south side, near the mouth of the fjord</p><br>
<p>Indrevevring (in Naustdal municipality), on the north side, a little ways into the fjord</p><br>
<p>Helle (in Naustdal municipality), on the north side, about the middle of the fjord</p><br>
<p>Naustdal (the administrative centre of Naustdal municipality), on the north side, near the inner part of the fjord</p><br>
<p>Førde (the adm. centre of Førde municipality), at the innermost part of the fjord</p><br>
<h2>Media gallery</h2><br>
<p>The Sugarloaf Key Bat Tower, also known as the Perky Bat Tower, is a historic site in Monroe County, Florida, United States. It is located a mile northwest of USA Route 1 on Lower Sugarloaf Key at mile marker 17. On May 13, 1982, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The tower was built in 1929 by Richter Clyde Perky, a fish lodge owner, to control the mosquito problem in the Lower Keys. However, when the bats were put in, they supposedly flew away, never to return. The tower was built from plans purchased from a Charles Campbell of Texas, an early pioneer of bat studies. The Hygiostatic Bat Roost, as Campbell called it, was intended to be a roost for bats that would eat the mosquitoes which spread malaria.</p><br>
<h2>Today</h2><br>
<p>Two Campbell bat towers are still standing (out of an original fourteen world-wide) in the United States: one in Comfort, Texas; and one at the Shangri-La Gardens in Orange, Texas. At least one of the Texas towers has been internally reconstructed so that bats currently roost in it. The ruins of a fourth Campbell tower, in Temple Terrace, Florida, burned in 1979 and now consists of the concrete base and legs. Temple Terrace is in the process of rebuilding their 1924 tower. The Sugarloaf Bat Tower was toppled over on September 10, 2017, in the devastating winds of Hurricane Irma.</p><br>
<h2>Cultural references</h2><br>
<p>The Bat Tower is used as a setting in the Tim Dorsey novel Torpedo Juice.</p><br>
<p>Mentioned in the novel American Gods by Neil Gaiman.</p><br>
<p>The Thompson Fish House, Turtle Cannery and Kraals is a historic site located at 200 Margaret Street, Key West, Florida, United States. On June 23, 1994, it was added to the USA National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<p>The kraals were fenced-in holding pens adjacent to the cannery in a sheltered bay at the north end of town, where turtles were kept awaiting slaughter. The once-fashionable turtle meat was canned and sold to cooks who used it largely to make turtle soup. The valuable Tortoiseshell was used to make many kinds of products made today from plastic.</p><br>
<p>The building is owned by the City of Key West, and currently houses exhibits from the nearby Mel Fisher Maritime Heritage Museum. The Turtle Kraals Museum, which educated the public about dangers to sea turtles, was formerly located at this site.</p><br>
<p>The Armory is a historic site in Key West, Florida, United States. It is located at 600 White Street. In 1971, it was added to the United States National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<p>The armory was built to support military training and readiness of local military reserves. The "Key West Rifles", a voluntary military company, had been organized with 80 members, in 1877. It was not very professional, and after the fire of 1886 destroyed all of its equipment, it ceased to exist. In 1888, a 32-member company named the "Island City Guards" was organized, which would eventually become Company 1, Second Regiment of Infantry, Florida State Troops. It is now part of the National Guard.</p><br>
<p>Land for an armory was purchased by Monroe County in 1901. The armory was designed by T. F. Russell and built in 1901 by John T. Sawyer. In 1903, upon a ruling by the Florida Supreme Court, the state of Florida refunded the cost to the county and took ownership.</p><br>
<p>In 2006, it became the home and initial campus of The Studios of Key West, a new artist community offering creative space, professional workshops, and other creative and cultural activities.</p><br>
<p>The USA Coast Guard Headquarters, Key West Station  is a historic site in Key West, Florida. It is located at the northwest corner of the intersection of Front and Whitehead Streets. In 1973, it was added to the USA National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<p>It was built during 1856-61 to serve as a naval supplies depot. It supported the East Gulf Blockade Squadron, headquartered in Key West, of the Union blockade of the South during the American Civil War. The blockade relied upon coal-burning steamships. It later served as a Naval Administration Building until 1923. During 1932 to 1939 it served as headquarters for the 7th Lighthouse District of the USA Lighthouse Service. The USA Coast Guard took over the service and the building in 1939.</p><br>
<p>It has brick masonry walls laid in common bond, on a limestone foundation, and is the oldest brick building on Key West.</p><br>
<p>The Dunham Tavern, located at 6709 Euclid Avenue, is the oldest building in Cleveland, Ohio. Rufus and Jane Pratt Dunham built their first home on the site in 1824, and the existing taproom was built in 1842. It is believed to be the first building constructed on Euclid Avenue east of East 55th Street and the first frame house on the street. It later became a stagecoach stop and tavern.</p><br>
<h2>Restoration</h2><br>
<p>Cleveland activist and landscape architect, A. Donald Gray purchased the home in 1932, restoring the 19th century architecture and replanting the orchard. Gray later established a non-profit organization tasked with maintaining the property. The home was re-opened as the Dunham Tavern Museum in 1941.</p><br>
<p>In 1982, the two non-profit organizations that cared for the property – Dunham Tavern, Inc. (est. by Gray in 1936) and the Society of Collectors, Inc. (which assumed responsibility for the tavern in 1941) – merged into one corporate entity, the Corp. of Dunham Tavern Museum.</p><br>
<h2>Landmark Status</h2><br>
<p>The Dunham Tavern was named a Cleveland Landmark in 1973 and added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 25, 1974.</p><br>
<p>Hollis Reservoir is a reservoir located in north Trinidad and it supplies Arima, Port of Spain and other areas of north Trinidad. It is also the oldest one in the country opened in 1936. It is also a popular tourist attraction. Located about three miles off the Valencia Road the Hollis Dam is the oldest dam Trinidad and Tobago. It was built between 1934 and 1936, under the reign of Sir Claud Hollis, who governed Trinidad and Tobago from 1930 to 1936.</p><br>
<p>This man-made lake is fed from the waters of the Quare River and rainfall from the surrounding mountains. When full it can supply 8.2 million gallons of water to people in Arima, Nettoville, Cleaver Road, Bregan Park, D&#39;Abadie and Arouca. With the dry season, the supply is cut in half.</p><br>
<p>The Hollis catchment also supports a variety of animal life such as lappe, tattoo, howler monkeys, deer, wild hogs, Caiman, talapia and snakes. Hunting nor fishing is permitted near the dam. Visitors are allowed to picnic, however courtesy of the Water and Sewerage Authority of Trinidad and Tobago.</p><br>
<p>Foreign visitors and locals regularly hike from the dam into the surrounding mountains to experience the spectacular wildlife that the dam, and its surrounding area, have to offer. There are 90 species of birds that call Hollis their home, some permanent, and some migrating for the winter.</p><br>
<p>Visitors and personnel are not permitted to swim at the dam.</p><br>
<p>The King-Hooton House is a historic home in Pensacola, Florida. It is located at 512-514 North Seventh Avenue. On August 23, 1991, it was added to the USA National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<p>The King-Hooton House is an 1871, -story,</p><br>
<p>frame vernacular residence, with an attached kitchen wing.</p><br>
<p>Originally built as a single dwelling, it was converted into</p><br>
<p>a duplex in the mid-1950s. It was built by a local</p><br>
<p>carpenter for Margaret E. King, one of Pensacola&#39;s most</p><br>
<p>prominent real estate holders in the late nineteenth</p><br>
<p>century. It has three interior, stuccoed, brick chimneys</p><br>
<p>which pierce front gabled roofs; an inset porch at the main</p><br>
<p>entrance; and an attached hip roofed porch on the south</p><br>
<p>elevation. Paired brackets accent the eaves of the main</p><br>
<p>house. A bay window dominates the main facade; nearly all</p><br>
<p>of the other windows are wooden, double hung, 6/6 sash.</p><br>
<p>There are two jib windows. Sixteen pairs of original,</p><br>
<p>wooden, louvered shutters remain intact and are operable.</p><br>
