<p>Vardousia  is a mountain in northwestern Phocis and southwestern Phthiotis, Greece. Its highest peak, Korakas  reaches 2,495 m above sea level, making it the second-tallest summit in Central Greece after Giona. It is a southern extension of the Pindus mountains. It is divided into three main parts: Northern Vardousia, whose highest peak is Sinani at 2,059 m, the very steep Western Vardousia, whose highest peak is Soufles at 2,300 m, and Southern Vardousia, with the highest peak of Korakas. The whole range measures about 25 km from north to south.</p><br>
<p>The Vardousia is drained by tributaries of the river Spercheios to the north, the Mornos to the east and south, and the Evinos to the west. The Panaitoliko mountains are to the west, Tymfristos to the northwest, Oeta to the east and Giona to the southeast.</p><br>
<p>The municipal unit Vardousia, named after the mountain, covers the western part of the mountain, and includes the villages Artotina and Dichori. The municipal unit Lidoriki covers the southern part, and includes the villages Dafnos, Diakopi, Kallio and Koniakos. The village Athanasios Diakos lies in the east, and Anatoli and Dafni in the north.</p><br>
<p>The Calvary Episcopal Church is located at 3766 Clifton Avenue, in the Clifton. It is part of the Clifton Avenue Historic District. Its Sunday School is a historic building listed in the National Register on March 3, 1980.</p><br>
<p>Calvary Episcopal Church began in a small, frame schoolhouse on the eastern side of Clifton Avenue. The first services were held in 1844. Four years later, a frame church was built at the northwest corner of Clifton and Lafayette Avenue and was named "The Clifton Chapel". The "Calvery" church was incorporated in 1863 according to the statutes of the State of Ohio. Construction began in 1866 and was completed in 1867, the first building committee chairman was Henry Probasco. Construction cost was approximately $88,300.</p><br>
<p>The gothic revival style of the church was complementary to the mansions of the neighborhood. The tower and bell were donated by Mr. and Mrs. Henry Probasco in memory of their brother, Tyler Davidson. Other church memorials still utter the names of the Shoenbergers, the Probascos, the Resors, the Neaves and the Bowlers.</p><br>
<p>It is one of multiple places associated with architect Samuel Hannaford that were listed on the National Register as part of a 1978 Thematic Resource study.</p><br>
<p>Mount Giona  is a mountain in Phocis, Central Greece. It is located between the mountains of Parnassus to the east, Vardousia to the west, and Oeta to the north. Known in classical antiquity as the Aselinon Oros , it is the highest mountain south of Olympus and the fifth overall in Greece. Pyramida is its highest peak at 2,510 m. Other peaks include the Perdika , Tragonoros , Platyvouna or Plativouna , Profitis Ilias , Kastro , Vraila , Paliovouni , Pyrgos , Lyritsa , Botsikas , Kokkinari , Tychioni  and another Profitis Ilias . It is drained by the river Mornos to the west.</p><br>
<p>The nearest town is Amfissa, to the southeast. Smaller villages in the mountains are Kaloskopi in the northeast, Stromi in the north, Lefkaditi in the west and Agia Efthymia in the southeast.</p><br>
<p>Long Island, also known as Long Island of the Holston, is an island in the Holston River at Kingsport in eastern Tennessee. Important in regional history since pre-colonial times, the island is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and is designated as a USA National Historic Landmark District.</p><br>
<h2>Geography</h2><br>
<p>Long Island is located across the main channel of the South Branch Holston River from downtown Kingsport. It is about 4 mi in length, and has a maximum width of about 0.5 mi. A secondary channel, known locally as the Sluice, forms the southern border of the island. Bridges carry Tennessee State Route 126 across both channels about 2/3 of the way south on the island, and a third bridge carries Jared Drive to the mainland near its southern tip. The area south of SR 126 is mostly occupied by a large chemical plant.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The Long Island of the Holston River was an important site for the Cherokee, colonial pioneers, and early settlers of the region. The site was used as a staging ground for people following the Wilderness Road into Kentucky. It was a sacred council and treaty site among the Cherokee people. The Timberlake Expedition of 1761–1762 used it as its point of origin and return. It was from here that Daniel Boone, in 1775, began to clear the Wilderness Road, which extended through the Cumberland Gap into Kentucky.</p><br>
<p>A long-standing settlement built at the site was chartered as the town of Kingsport in 1822, and became an important regional shipping port on the Holston River in the early nineteenth century. Goods brought in from the surrounding countryside were loaded onto barges for transport downstream to the Holton&#39;s confluence with the Tennessee River (at Knoxville). The young town lost its charter, however, after a downturn in its fortunes precipitated by the Civil War.</p><br>
<p>During Prohibition, the island gained a reputation for violence and bootlegging.</p><br>
<p>Long Island of the Holston was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1960. The island, however, has been heavily transformed by industrial development. National Park Service staff recommended withdrawal of the National Historic Landmark status in 1996 due to a loss of the island&#39;s historic integrity, but the island has retained its Historic Landmark status.</p><br>
<h2>Demographics</h2><br>
<p>Most of the island lies within the corporate boundaries of Kingsport. Long Island&#39;s population peaked between 1955 and 1963, holding 517 residences and approximately 1,800 people at the time.</p><br>
<p>There are only a handful of houses on the island as of 2015. About half of Long Island now contains a park administered by the city of Kingsport, but the other half of the island is the site of a waste treatment plant owned by Tennessee Eastman Chemical Company.</p><br>
<p>Mont Blanc de Courmayeur  , is a point on the south-east ridge of Mont Blanc that forms the peak of the massive south-east face of the mountain. It is connected to the main summit via the Col Major .</p><br>
<p>Despite its minimal topographic prominence, it appears as the second-highest peak in the Alps on the official list of Alpine four-thousanders of the Union Internationale des Associations d&#39;Alpinisme (UIAA) for its impressive appearance and its importance for mountaineering.</p><br>
<p>The peak can be reached from the main summit over the Bosses ridge. The ascents over the south-east / Peuterey and south / Brouillard ridges are very challenging.</p><br>
<p>Mont Blanc de Courmayeur is marked as lying entirely within Italy on the Italian Istituto Geografico Militare (IGM) map, while on the French Institut Géographique National (IGN) map the summit lies on the border between France and Italy. A demarcation agreement, signed on 7 March 1861, defines the local border between France and Italy. Currently this act and the attached maps (showing the border on the top of Mont Blanc, 4810 m) are legally valid for both the French and Italian governments.</p><br>
<h2>Huts</h2><br>
<p>Refuge Aiguille du Goûter (3,817 m)</p><br>
<p>Bivacco Eccles (3,850 m)</p><br>
<p>Rifugio Monzino (2,590 m)</p><br>
<p>Granitsa  is a mountain village and a community in Evrytania, Greece. It is situated at 720 meters elevation, on a mountain slope above the river Granitsiotis. It is built in the forested lower regions of Mount Liakoura. Granitsa was the seat of the municipality of Aperantia. The community consists of the villages Granitsa, Ano Potamia, Kato Potamia and Armampela. The village preserves its old appearance. It is 82 kilometers northwest of Karpenisi.</p><br>
<p>Granitsa is the birthplace of artists such as Stefanos Granitsas, Demosthenis Goulas, and Michael Stafylas. It is also the home of Michael Mavroudis, who became a martyr after he was killed in 1544. Granitsa had seventeen churches, most of which were destroyed during Ottoman rule. It has a Folklore Museum which contains popular art such as woven objects, carved wooden objects, rural cattle-raising tools, a loom, local clothes and weapons from the Greek Revolution of 1821. The museum also contains portraits and personal belongings of individuals such as Zacharias Papantoniou and Stefanos Granitsas, paintings of the popular local painters Christos Kagaras and Lefteris Theodorou and the personal book collection of Zacharias Papantoniou. Other notable sights are the remaining nine churches of the village.</p><br>
<h2>Population</h2><br>
<p>Nausta is a river in Naustdal Municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It runs through the Naustdal valley to the southwest before emptying into Førde Fjord at the village of Naustdal below Kletten Hill. The 36 km long river drains a watershed area of about 276 km&sup2;. The river begins at the lake Inste Langevatnet, which sits high up in the mountains at an elevation of 1,390 m above sea level.</p><br>
<h2>Salmon and sea trout fishing</h2><br>
<p>The Nausta is a small and medium-sized salmon river. From the old bridge across the Naustdalsfossen waterfall salmon may be observed climbing the falls. Fishing permits may be purchased at the local petrol station or from local landowners. In 2005, the river Nausta was ranked as the best in Sogn og Fjordane county and number 19th nationally with a total catch of 4,698 kg.</p><br>
<p>Salmon travel 12 km upstream from the river mouth. The stretch from the fjord to the Hovefoss waterfall is also good for sea trout fishing. The small Redal water system contains small salmon, sea trout, trout and char. Small salmon and sea trout are best caught during floods.</p><br>
<h3>Fishing season</h3><br>
<p>The salmon and sea trout season runs from 1 June until 31 August each year. The landowners have set a limit of catching one salmon under 2.5 kg per day.</p><br>
<h3>Catch statistics</h3><br>
<p>The record for the largest fish caught in the river Nausta was set in 1946, when a salmon weighing 23.6 kg was caught.</p><br>
<p>The Turag River  is the upper tributary of the Buriganga, a major river in Bangladesh. The Turag originates from the Bangshi River, the latter an important tributary of the Dhaleshwari River, flows through Gazipur and joins the Buriganga at Mirpur in Dhaka District. It is navigable by boat all year round.</p><br>
<p>The Turag suffers from infilling along its banks, which restricts its flow. It also suffers from acute water pollution. While attempts have been made to marginally widen the river, the majority of industry has made little effort to follow environmental law and the water has become visibly discolored.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Earlier this river was called as (Bengali: "Kohor Doriya"), "Kohor river".</p><br>
<h2>Religious significance</h2><br>
<p>Tabligh Jamat, a popular Islamic movement originating in South Asia, initially took hold in Dhaka in the 1950s as Maulana Abdul Aziz and other leaders set up the regional headquarters at the Kakrail Mosque near Ramna Park. An initiative of the movement is an emphasis on the six uṣūl or "basic principles," two of which include ilm, the pursuit of knowledge, and dhikr or zikr, a method of prayer involving repetitive invocation of hadith and Quran passages. To this end, the movement places importance on ijtema or assembly, where members gather to practice and participate in dhikr, hear religious sermons and discuss their activities.</p><br>
<p>The largest of these, the Bishwa Ijtema, is situated by the Turag River in Tongi and attracts estimates of between two and four million Muslims annually as well as representatives from over sixty countries, making it the second biggest Islamic congregation after the Hajj.</p><br>
<h2>Condition of the river</h2><br>
<p>There are many industries dotting the banks of this river which dispose their industrial waste into the river. These waste materials pollute the water of the river to a dangerous level. During the Bishwa Ijtema, Muslims pilgrims coming from all over the world stay at the riverside for days. Unfortunately they lack proper accommodation and an adequate sanitation system. As a result, human waste and garbage generated is disposed into the river. This also pollutes the river heavily. Moreover, the river is heavily polluted by factories lining the bank of the river.</p><br>
<p>Sioma Ngwezi National Park is a 5,000-square-kilometre park in the south west corner of Zambia. It is undeveloped and rarely visited, lacking roads and being off the usual tourist tracks, but this may change in the future.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>Like most national parks in Zambia, it is unfenced allowing free movement of the animals, and it is surrounded by buffer zones where hunting is regulated, called Game Management Areas (GMAs). The West Zambezi GMA adjacent to the park is the largest in the country at 35,000 square kilometres.</p><br>
<p>The park occupies part of large plain lying between the Zambezi, the Cuando River (the upper Chobe River), and the Caprivi Strip, called the Silowana Plains, lying south of the Barotse Floodplain. They were once part of the Kalahari Desert and covered in wind-blown sand-dunes, still present as gentle undulations and a sandy soil. Although the climate is now wetter, permanent rivers do not flow through the plains, only a few seasonal ones, and in the rainy season thousands of small lagoons, typically a couple of hundred metres across, form in the depressions between the dunes. Two ecoregions are well represented in the park, Zambezian Baikiaea woodlands dominated by Zambian Teak trees, which surrounds plains of Western Zambezian grasslands. Along the major rivers surrounding the park is a third ecoregion, Zambezian flooded grasslands.</p><br>
<h2>Fauna</h2><br>
<p>The Park and surrounding GMA form an important link in the migratory route of elephants and wildebeest from the nearby national parks of Botswana and Namibia. Although still poached, the park does offer a better refuge for elephants migrating from Angola where poaching and illegal hunting has been rampant during and in the aftermath of the civil war there.</p><br>
<p>The park is home to over 3,000 African bush elephants, and roan antelope, sable antelope, puku, impala, Grant&#39;s zebra, and kudu. Several endangered species including Cape wild dog and South African cheetah are also present.</p><br>
<h2>Tourism</h2><br>
<p>There are no facilities except for campsites and no roads in the park, only tracks requiring four-wheel drive vehicles even in the dry season, when vehicles can become bogged in sand. In 2007 several tour operators were taking guided safaris into the park. According to the Zambian government plans are in hand to open the park to private management and provide better wildlife protection. The proximity to Angola, Namibia and Botswana makes it ripe for transfrontier parks initiatives.</p><br>
<p>Other tourism facilities have recently been developed or are planned in the region, such as along nearby stretches of the Zambezi (a fishing resort, and a lodge at Ngonye Falls), and in the Caprivi Strip. The recently opened Trans–Caprivi Highway and Katima Mulilo Bridge are within 60 km of the park and may increase visitor numbers appreciably.</p><br>
<p>The Converse Memorial Library &ndash; also known as Converse Memorial Building &ndash; is a historically significant building designed by noted American architect H. H. Richardson. From 1885 to 1996, it housed the Malden Public Library, which now occupies a modern building adjacent to it. The former library is located at 36 Salem Street, Malden, Massachusetts.</p><br>
<p>The building was a gift of Elisha S. and Mary D. Converse in memory of their murdered son, Frank Eugene Converse, who was the victim of the first bank robbery/murder in North America. It was constructed 1883-1885 in an overall L-shape, with a facade of brown Longmeadow sandstone, a tower rising from the Ls inner corner, and a heavily arched entry porch set within the Ls short arm. The main library room is 50 x 36 feet and finished in elaborately carved white oak with a high, vaulted ceiling. Its furniture was designed by Richardson and manufactured by the Boston firm of A. H. Davenport and Company.</p><br>
<p>In 1896 two additions were made to the building, designed by Richardson&#39;s successor firm, Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge. One gable-roofed wing extends the building to the rear, along Park Street, following the same general lines of the existing structure. The other addition was a flat-roofed rectangular stack area also attached to the rear. An octagonal gallery space further extended the rear in 1916, designed by Newhall and Blevins.</p><br>
<p>The Converse Memorial Building was the last of Richardson&#39;s library designs, and is generally considered among his finest works. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1987.</p><br>
<p>The Ames Free Library is a public library designed by noted American architect H. H. Richardson. It is located at 53 Main Street, Easton, Massachusetts, immediately adjacent to another Richardson building, Oakes Ames Memorial Hall.</p><br>
<p>In 2016 the Ames Free Library won the Best Small Library in America award from the Library Journal. This award was created in 2005 by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to encourage and showcase outstanding libraries serving populations of fewer than 25,000. This marks the second time the library has won this award.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>On the death of Oliver Ames, Jr., he left $50,000 for the construction of a library.</p><br>
<p>The library was built from 1877 to 1879, although it did not open until March 10, 1883. It is generally rectangular, with broad gable projecting from its north end and a rectangular tower rising where the gable meets the main mass. The gables front facade contains a heavily arched entry on the first floor and a row of five arched windows separated by pairs of short columns above. The facade is light-brown Milford granite laid in random ashlar with reddish-brown Longmeadow brownstone trim. Its roof is red-orange tile. A childrens wing (red brick) was added in 1931, eliminating the original lavatory and document room.</p><br>
<p>Within, the librarys major rooms, stack wing, hall, and reading room are laid out longitudinally. The reading rooms fireplace is primarily by Stanford White, and the stone and bronze medallions of Oliver Ames, Jr. were designed by Augustus Saint-Gaudens.</p><br>
<p>Cooper Island is a small island, 2 mi long, which lies at the north side of the entrance to Drygalski Fjord, off the southeast end of South Georgia. It was discovered by a British expedition under James Cook in 1775, and named for Lieutenant Robert Palliser Cooper, an officer aboard HMS Resolution.</p><br>
<p>A navigable channel, Cooper Sound, nearly 1 mi wide, separates Cooper Island from the coast of the main island of South Georgia. There is a small bay, Cooper Bay, 1.3 mi southwest of Cape Vahsel on the mainland, and 1 mi northwest of Cooper Island, indenting the southeast end of South Georgia, which derives its name from Cooper Island.</p><br>
<p>The island reaches 1,365 ft at its highest point, and the upper parts of the island are above the snow line.</p><br>
<h2>Wildlife</h2><br>
<p>As one of a handful of rat-free islands, Cooper Island is South Georgia&#39;s only Special Protection Area, it has large numbers of sea birds including snow petrels, Antarctic prions, 12,000 pairs of black-browed albatross, chinstrap penguins and 20,000 macaroni penguins. There are also a number of fur seals and this is one of the few places where they were not hunted by humans.</p><br>
<p>The island is covered in tussock grass.</p><br>
<p>Walker Bay is a large bay located in the south-western Western Cape province of South Africa. It is the next major bay between False Bay near Cape Town and Cape Agulhas to the south-east. The bay is famous for having some of the best land based whale-watching in the world, which a town on its shores, Hermanus, has become famous for. Southern right whales visit the bay in the winter and spring months.</p><br>
<p>Gansbaai on the shores of the bay has also become very famous for Great white shark diving.</p><br>
<p>The shores adjacent to the bay are protected as part of the Walker Bay Nature Reserve, and the bay itself is a marine protected area in which most boating and fishing activity is prohibited.</p><br>
<h2>Wine</h2><br>
<p>An up-and-coming South African wine region with a cooler climate than most. This allows for good Pinot noir and Chardonnay with top estates in the Hemel-en-Aarde Valley.</p><br>
<p>Oakes Ames Memorial Hall is a historic hall designed by noted American architect H. H. Richardson, with landscaping by Frederick Law Olmsted. It is located on Main Street in the village of North Easton in Easton, Massachusetts, immediately adjacent to another Richardson building, Ames Free Library.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The hall was built 1879-1881 as a gift to the town from children of Congressman Oakes Ames. It was originally intended for use as a Town Hall but in practice has mainly served as a meeting space for private groups. It was due to dissent amongst different groups in the town at the time that the Oakes Ames Memorial Hall was never used for its intended purpose as the town hall and to this day the Frothingham House is used for this purpose.</p><br>
<h2>Features</h2><br>
<p>The structures main facade, altogether 96 ft long by 51 ft deep, presents an arcade of five massive arches with a row of windows set above and an octagonal tower at its right corner. Its first floor is constructed of native, pinkish-gray North Easton granite with Longmeadown brownstone trim. The second floor is brick, with a north-facing dormer half finished in timber and stucco. The steeply peaked roof above is finished in red tile. The fronts third-floor, dormer window is wreathed with sculpted foliage, and displays the initials O. A. and twelve signs of the zodiac.</p><br>
<p>The main hall inside is on the second floor, and 59 ft long by 47 ft wide with a 20 ft height. It contains a stage (26 by 18 feet). This arrangement proved impractical due to inadequate stairway access to the hall. The first floor contains a small meeting room and service rooms; the attic contains a Masonic hall.</p><br>
<p>The Ames Monument is a large pyramid in Albany County, Wyoming, designed by Henry Hobson Richardson and dedicated to brothers Oakes Ames and Oliver Ames, Jr., Union Pacific Railroad financiers. The brothers garnered credit for connecting the nation by rail upon completion of the United States&#39; First Transcontinental Railroad in 1869. Oakes, a USA representative to the United States Congress from Massachusetts, asserted near total control of its construction, whereas Oliver became president of the Union Pacific Railroad . He died soon thereafter.</p><br>
<p>The Ames Monument marked the highest point on the transcontinental railroad at 8,247 ft However, Union Pacific Railroad Company twice relocated the tracks further south, causing the town of Sherman that arose near the monument to become a ghost town.</p><br>
<h2>Richardsonian design</h2><br>
<p>The Ames Monument is located about 20 mi east of Laramie, Wyoming on a wind-blown, treeless summit south of Interstate 80 at the Vedauwoo exit. The monument is a four-sided, random ashlar pyramid, 60 ft square at the base and 60 ft high, constructed of light-colored native granite. The pyramid features an interior passage, now sealed, alongside the perimeter of the structure&#39;s base.</p><br>
<p>Noted American architect H. H. Richardson designed the pyramid, which includes two 9 ft tall bas-relief portraits of the Ames brothers by sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens on the east and west sides of the pyramid&#39;s top. Saint-Gaudens chiseled the bas-reliefs from Quincy, Massachusetts, granite. The north side, which at one time faced the railroad tracks, displays one-foot-high letters grouted in the granite noting: "In Memory of Oakes Ames and Oliver Ames". The monument is one of a half-dozen or more projects that Richardson did for the Ames family.</p><br>
<p>The pyramid is one of only two examples of Richardsons work west of the Mississippi River, the other being the Isaac H. Lionberger House in St. Louis less than two miles from the river. Richardsons monolithic structure employed rough-hewn granite boulders in its construction. The monument&#39;s stones at the base are five feet by eight feet and weigh thousands of pounds each. The pyramid narrows from the base to become progressively smaller towards the top at a ratio of four inches to the foot.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The audacity of building a transcontinental railroad in the 1860s was "todays equivalent of the mission to Mars: Big, expensive and impossible," according to University of Wyoming historian Phil Roberts. President Abraham Lincoln reportedly told Oakes Ames that if he could get the transcontinental railroad built then he would be "the most remembered man of the century." Lincoln personally recruited Oakes after progress by and financial support for Credit Mobilier of America, the construction company charged with building the railroad, ground to a halt. The Ames brothers succeeded where others failed and completed the transcontinental railway. However, in 1873 charges of financial fraud were leveled at Oakes, tarnishing his and the Union Pacific Railroad Companys reputation.</p><br>
<p>Public outcry towards Oakes and other "Kings of Frauds" associated with scandal threatened the Ames family reputation and the Ames Company that dated back to 1774 when the company started making steel-edged shovels. The company continued its heritage as earth movers by supplying the government shovels during the Civil War, for excavating the Panama Canal, for mining Pennsylvania coal fields, and for digging the New York City Subway.</p><br>
<p>Memory of the financial scandal that surfaced in 1873 had not been forgotten when the Union Pacific Railroad Company built the monument honoring the Ames brothers during 1881-1882.</p><br>
<p>The Norcross Brothers of Worcester, Massachusetts built the monument, employing some 85 workers who lived on site, "where reportedly no liquor or gambling was allowed."</p><br>
<p>Workers constructed the pyramid about 300 yards south of the tracks on a small knoll. President Rutherford B. Hayes underscored the importance of the transcontinental railroad and thereby the Ames brothers by attending the monument&#39;s dedication ceremony.</p><br>
<p>However, when completed in 1882, the Ames Monument was visited by many persons who were allowed to momentarily leave their trains in order to view the monolithic curiosity. It was said that when the construction of the monument was almost completed, some people had the opportunity of being lifted to the top of the monument by a special rig and from their breezy perch could view the surrounding area for a hundred miles in all directions.</p><br>
<h2>Sherman</h2><br>
<p>The small town of Sherman arose at the site north of the tracks where trains stopped to change engines on their transcontinental journey. The stop provided a roundhouse with five stalls and a turntable, two section houses, and a windmill with water tank. Trains were inspected at Sherman before beginning the long descent from the Sherman Pass summit, either east towards Cheyenne or west across the 130 ft high Dale Creek Bridge to the Laramie Valley. The trusses for the original wooden trestle bridge located west of Sherman were prefabricated in Chicago and shipped to the site. The bridge was the highest railroad bridge in the world at the time of its completion in 1868.</p><br>
<p>Several hundred people lived in Sherman, hunkered down upon a rocky, barren landscape interrupted only by a general store, post office, schoolhouse, two hotels (Sherman House and Summit House), and two saloons.</p><br>
<p>In 1885 William Murphy purchased the land that contained the monument, intending to cover the pyramid with advertising. The Union Pacific Railroad Company had other plans. The company obtained a special deed to the property in 1889. The railroad companys decision to twice relocate the tracks farther south to take advantage of more gradual grades over the Laramie Mountains threatened Shermans tenuous existence a few hundred yards west of the monument. The town&#39;s death knell came in 1918. The railroad company closed its station house and relocated the tracks about three miles (5 km) south. Residents soon abandoned Sherman, leaving behind a small cemetery that is still present today.</p><br>
<h2>The monument today</h2><br>
<p>Union Pacific donated the railroad monument to the state of Wyoming in 1983. The structure is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and is maintained as a Wyoming state historic site. Time and possible vandalism have destroyed some of the features of the bas-relief portraits of the Ames brothers on the monument. The Ames Monument is open year-round, weather permitting.</p><br>
<p>Work took place in 2010 and 2011 to restore the monument. On October 31, 2016, the site received National Historic Landmark status.</p><br>
<p>The First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia is a Unitarian Universalist congregation located at 2125 Chestnut Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. As a regional Community Center it sponsors cultural, educational, civic, wellness and spiritual activities.</p><br>
<p>On June 12, 1796, twenty of Philadelphia&#39;s intellectual leaders formed the First Unitarian Society of Philadelphia, becoming the first continuously functioning church in the country to name itself "Unitarian". The founders were directed and encouraged by the Unitarian minister Joseph Priestley, and its first settled minister was the Rev. Dr. William Henry Furness.</p><br>
<h2>William Henry Furness</h2><br>
<p>The small but growing congregation was lay-led until 1825, when Rev. Dr. William Henry Furness was persuaded to serve as the first minister at the age of 22. Starting in the 1830s, Furness became one of the few abolitionist ministers in the city, known for his anti-slave sermons and Underground Railroad activities. His speeches were so impassioned that both he and the congregation feared reprisals from Southern sympathizers, so several members of the church quietly armed themselves and watched over the pulpit on Sundays. His attacks on the Fugitive Slave Law drew discussion in one of President Buchanan&#39;s cabinet meetings of indicting the minister for treason. Furness served as minister for 50 years, and remained involved in the church until his death in 1898.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<h3>First building (1813-1828)</h3><br>
<p>The Octagon Building (begun March 1812, dedicated February 14, 1813): The first church building, located at the northeast corner of 10th & Locust, was designed by Robert Mills, thought to be the first native-born-and-trained American architect. Its octagonal shape was unusual for Philadelphia, however it followed the pattern of Unitarian churches in England. These typically used an octagon design in a symbolic move away from the traditional cross-shaped floor plans of orthodox Christian churches. The construction cost was approximately $25,000 at the time and seated 300 people.</p><br>
<h3>Second building (1828-1885)</h3><br>
<p>The Doric Building (dedicated November 5, 1828): Desiring a larger and more elegant building to reflect the growth of the congregation, church members voted to construct yet another facility. Using the same location (10th & Locust), the cornerstone of the "Doric Building" was laid on March 24, 1828. Designed by William Strickland, this building was described in contemporary books as one of the most outstanding churches in the city. Dedicated on November 5, 1828, this remained the congregation&#39;s worship space until moving to the present site at 2125 Chestnut Street in 1885.</p><br>
<h3>Third building (1885-present)</h3><br>
<p>Frank Furness, the architect of The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and son of the Churchs first minister, designed the current church building. Begun in 1883, and dedicated in 1885, it was completed in 1886. The tall pyramidal tower/porte cochere at the churchs southeast corner was removed in the early 20th century.</p><br>
<p>The sanctuary features a hammer-beam ceiling, painted rust red and stenciled with gold-leaf daffodils, which is complemented by blue walls. The church&#39;s stained glass windows are by Louis Tiffany & Co. and John La Farge. Later additions include a concert-grade Casavant pipe organ with 3 manuals and 50 ranks. In addition to the sanctuary, the building also contains a basement level housing Griffin Hall, which includes a stage and commercial-size kitchen. The rear portion of the building contains the Parish Room for meetings, and a smaller chapel. The mezzanine and 3rd floors contain a variety of offices, meeting rooms, storage, and daycare facilities.</p><br>
<h2>Notable members</h2><br>
<p>Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, the first woman of African descent to have her writings published in the United States, was a member of First Church from 1870 until her death in 1911. She is best known for her fiction and poetry, but was also a political activist and lecturer who promoted, civil rights, temperance, and women&#39;s rights.</p><br>
<p>Laura Matilda Towne, was one of the first Northern women to go south to work with freed slaves. Towne opened the Penn School, the first school for freedmen, while the Civil War was raging. Unlike most of those who went south at the time, Laura Towne made a life for herself on St. Helena Island, South Carolina, and ran the Penn School until her death in 1901.</p><br>
<p>Kevin Bacon was raised at the First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia and had his first acting debut in a holiday pageant.</p><br>
<h2>Notable events</h2><br>
<p>The day after John Brown was executed, his body came to Philadelphia for a private vigil attended by William Henry Furness, then was taken to North Elba, New York, and buried. National Archivist, V. Chapman-Smith writes, "A supporter of John Brown, who reached out to provide comfort and aid to Brown’s wife, Furness was a prominent speaker at the Philadelphia “Martyr Day” (December 2, 1859) vigil at National Hall. Furness’ zeal against the 1850 Fugitive Slave Law captured attention at one of President Buchanan’s cabinet meetings, where consideration was given to indicting Furness for treason!"</p><br>
<p>When Martin Luther King Jr. was a seminary student in nearby Chester, Pennsylvania, he attended a lecture about how Mohandas K. Gandhi integrated Henry David Thoreaus theory of non-violent civil disobedience that inspired Kings non-violent protests for civil rights. This lecture is reputed to have taken place at the First Unitarian Church in Philadelphia.</p><br>
<p>In April 2006, the church officially became a "Welcoming Congregation" to the bisexual, transgender, lesbian, and gay community. In 2007, Nathan C. Walker became its first openly gay minister.</p><br>
<p>In July 2010, executives from Monsanto visited the church to discuss the adoption of a code of ethics for the field of biotechnology, a sort of Hippocratic oath, akin to a doctor&#39;s pledge to "do no harm".</p><br>
<p>In February 2016, as part of a nationwide effort among UU congregations, the congregation unanimously adopted the following statement of support for the Black Lives Matter movement:In line with our commitment to affirming the inherent worth and dignity of all people, we, the First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia, declare that black lives matter. We support the Black Lives Matter movement and pledge our congregation’s dedication to participating in anti-racist, anti-oppression work within our own community; to acknowledging our denomination’s and our congregation’s checkered racial history; and to serving as allies, witnesses, and partners in our country’s continued struggle for racial justice and equity.A corresponding banner was installed on the church porch, facing out to Chestnut Street.</p><br>
<h2>Settled ministers</h2><br>
<h2>Culture and civic life</h2><br>
<p>First Unitarian is a regional community center that provides meeting space on a non-discriminatory basis for many different groups and activities: yoga and aerobics classes, meditation, Narcotics Anonymous meetings, forums by the Americans for Democratic Action and Common Cause, Black Women’s Art Festival, Islamic Relief Day of Dignity, Philadelphia Fringe Festival events, and citywide vigils honoring victims of violence in Philadelphia.</p><br>
<p>First Unitarian is home to a concert-grade Casavant pipe organ. With its convenient Center City location, First Church is known as a prime entertainment venue for all ages. Music-for-Children classes, classical music concerts by Dolce Suono, and for young indie rock fans, alternative and punk rock concerts. Music and Arts at First Philadelphia are among the strongest and most diverse of the Center City Philadelphia Churches.</p><br>
<p>In November 2007, Rolling Stone magazine featured the church as one of the top alternative rock venues thanks to the success of the events organized by R5 Productions in the basement, chapel, and sanctuary. Since the mid-90s, the church&#39;s basement, Griffin Hall, known colloquially as "The Church" or simply "First Unitarian" by show goers, has been a popular venue for small-scale independent music concerts in the city. The concerts have featured mostly punk and indie rock artists in the past but have expanded to include other genres as well.</p><br>
<h2>Children and daycare centers</h2><br>
<p>First Church is the longtime home of two daycare centers: the and. Both centers boast long-tenured staff. Members of First Church founded the Beacon Center in the early 1980s to exemplify the values of the church.</p><br>
<p>First Unitarian also draws parents of young children and youth with religious education programs that promote value-based learning about one&#39;s responsibility to one another and to the Earth. The Neighboring Faiths program teaches teens about the importance of other religious traditions and thereby promotes open-mindedness and respect. Child dedications, conducted with a thornless rose, are a special rite of passage for Unitarian Universalist families.</p><br>
<p>Great Douk Cave is a shallow cave system lying beneath the limestone bench of Ingleborough in Chapel-le-Dale, North Yorkshire, England. It is popular with beginners and escorted groups, as it offers straightforward caving, and it is possible to follow the cave from where a stream emerges at a small waterfall to a second entrance close to where it sinks 600 yd further up the hill. It is a part of the Ingleborough Site of Special Scientific Interest.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The main entrance is in a large collapsed depression, at the bottom of which is the scaffolded entrance to Great Douk Pot, and at the south-eastern end is the obvious entrance to the cave from which a waterfall issues.</p><br>
<p>The cave can be entered by climbing up the waterfall, or crawling through an open bedding above. To the left, a low passage leads to where the Southerscales Pot stream flows out of a short sump. Straight on is easy walking, passing under Little Douk Pot, an alternative pothole entrance. Eventually a pleasant succession of cascades is met, and the passage passes through areas of fine flowstone. Soon after an oxbow passage, which by-passes a low crawl in the stream, the passage bifurcates.</p><br>
<p>The main way is to the left, which lowers to a flat-out bedding with the main water entering from a small passage on the left. Straight ahead the passage chokes, but a hole in the roof enters a dry bedding which leads to a junction. Turning left leads to the Middle Washfold entrances.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Great Douk must have been known for a very long time, but the first reference to it may be found in John Huttons Addendum to the second edition of Wests Guide to the Lakes published in 1780. Hutton and party explored the cave for some 50 yd beyond the Little Douk Pot window. Thereafter a visit to the entrance at least, seems to have been on every passing tourists schedule, featuring, for example, in the 1853 edition of Garnetts Craven Itinerary.</p><br>
<p>In 1850, Howson in his guidebook to Craven reported that it was possible to penetrate beyond Little Douk for "about seven hundred yards", and the Balderstons in Ingleton: Bygone and Present published in 1888 described how the cave can be explored to where "the subterranean river is found to have its branches like a subaerial stream" – i.e. to within a 100 yd of the exit at Middle Washfold.</p><br>
<p>The connection with Middle Washfold was made on 1 August 1936 by Norman Thornber and E.J. Douglas of the British Speleological Association and F. King of the Northern Cavern and Fell Club.</p><br>
<p>The connection with Southerscales Pot was made in 1966 by members of the Cave Diving Group following the exploration of Southerscales Pot by ULSA.</p><br>
<h2>Etymology</h2><br>
<p>Douk features a number of times in the names of caves and locations in the Yorkshire Dales, including Low Douk on Ireby Fell, Douk Gill Cave near Horton in Ribblesdale, Dowkabottom Cave in Littondale, and High Douk Cave near Great Douk Cave. One meaning of the term offered by Smith in his 1961 The Place-Names of the West Riding of Yorkshire, with reference to Dowkabottom, is "damp, wet, mist", but William Carr in a 1828 book on the dialect of Craven gives the meaning as "To bathe, to duck".</p><br>
<p>The first known publication in which the cave was referred to as Great Douk Cave, as opposed to Douk Cave as in earlier publications, was Harry Speight&#39;s 1892 The Craven and North-West Yorkshire Highlands, although William Stott Banks refers to "great and little Douk" in his 1866 Walks in Yorkshire.</p><br>
<p>The Levi Jordan Plantation is located on Farm to Market Road 521, 4 mi southwest of the city of Brazoria, in the county of Brazoria, in the USA state of Texas. It was one of the largest sugar and cotton producing plantations in Texas during the mid-19th century. It was designated a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1967.</p><br>
<h2>Levi Jordan</h2><br>
<p>Levi Jordan, born in 1793, was a plantation owner in Union County, Arkansas in 1848. However Jordan was not as successful as he wanted to be. It is for this reason that Jordan and twelve of his slaves traveled to Brazoria County, Texas in 1848. It was here that Jordan purchased 2,222 acre of land from Samuel M. William for $4.00 an acre. Shortly thereafter, Jordan returned to Arkansas to sell his plantation. He also traveled to Louisiana, where Jordan’s daughter Emily, his son-in-law James McNeil, and his grandchildren resided, to sell that land so they could all pack up and move to Texas. Jordan wanted to develop a land that would survive many generations and “outlive” him, according to the oral history of the family. During the time that Jordan was traveling back to Arkansas and Louisiana to tie up loose ends, the twelve slaves that Jordan took to Texas stayed behind in order to get the land ready for development.</p><br>
<p>The primary cash crops during the first period of the life of the Levi Jordan Plantation were cotton and sugar. In fact, to make even a bigger profit, Jordan built the largest sugar factory in the entire county. Not only did Jordan use this factory to process his sugar cane, but so did the planters surrounding his plantation. The Jordan Plantation was also involved in the trading of slaves. According to records, Jordan imported and raised slaves in order to trade later. After the Civil War, workforce for the production of sugar declined. Furthermore, after the Emancipation in 1865, sugar was produced in very small quantities because the labor needed to man the lands was no longer available. Even though sugar on the Levi Jordan Plantation declined significantly, the cotton production grew due to sharecropping. This is because in 1865, after the Emancipation, Jordan employed many of his former slaves and their descendants as sharecroppers to work and maintain the cotton fields.</p><br>
<h2>Later history</h2><br>
<p>After Jordan’s death in 1873, the land was split between Jordan’s grandsons’ according to his will. His granddaughter Annie McNeil Martin was cut out of the will and was not allowed on the property without the permission of Jordan’s wife, Sara Jordan. He did, however, set aside $5000 for the education of Annie’s sons’ (Jordan’s great grandsons) education.</p><br>
<p>The site was owned, until 2001, by several site descendants. That year, title was transferred to the State of Texas, and it is now managed by the Texas Historical Commission as the Levi Jordan Plantation State Historic Site. A local advocacy group, the Levi Jordan Plantation Historical Society, was created in the mid-1990s, and its membership includes site descendants and other community members. This group was founded with the assistance of Kenneth L. Brown (the principal archaeological investigator) and Carol McDavid, one of his graduate students at the time. Today Brown and McDavid still work with the society, and Dr. McDavid worked with the local community to create a web site about the archaeology.</p><br>
<p>The plantation house is being restored, and the site also includes slave quarters. As of November 2015, the site is only open to the public for Saturday tours.</p><br>
<p>Pat Mayse Lake is a reservoir in the Prairies and Lakes region of Texas, United States. It is in Lamar County near the towns of Chicota and Powderly. Paris, Texas is the nearest major city.</p><br>
<p>The lake is managed by the United States Army Corps of Engineers. It is stocked with largemouth bass, white crappie, sunfish, striped bass, channel and flathead catfish, and other common fish species. Nearby hunting areas are also managed for upland game and whitetail deer and are open to the public. The game species present include deer, fox squirrel, gray squirrel, bobwhite quail, morning dove, cottontail rabbit, raccoon, turkey, and fox. Furbearers such as opossum, beaver, mink, skunk, and nutria are also present.</p><br>
<p>Pat Mayse is the site of the "2 of Us - North Region" fishing tournament held annually in early June. It is also the location for the annual "Uncle Jesse&#39;s Big Bass" tournament.</p><br>
<p>Isola Comacina is a small wooded island of Italy’s Lake Como, administratively a part of the commune of Ossuccio. It is located close to the western shore of the Como arm of the lake in front of a gulf known as Zoca de l&#39;oli, a Lombard name referring to the local small-scale production of olive oil. In the late 6th century  the island was a remaining Roman stronghold under Francio, a subordinate of Narses; though the areas surrounding Lake Como were entirely controlled by the Lombards. The island was besieged for a good deal of time by the Lombards under Authari who released Francio to flee back to Narses&#39; capital at Ravenna. The Lombards found the island to contain "many riches" deposited for safekeeping by local Roman loyalists.</p><br>
<p>The island was invaded in 1169 by Frederick Barbarossa and soldiers from the town of Como. In 1175, Vidulfo, the Bishop of Como, cursed the island with the following words, "The bells will never ring, the rocks will never be placed one over the other, nobody will do here the work of the publican, the punishment a violent death."</p><br>
<p>In 1919 the island was given to Belgium, in homage to King Albert I. The island was returned the following year.</p><br>
<p>Pietro Lingeri built three houses on the island in 1939. His idea was to turn the island into a colony for artists. The houses were built in a rationalist style, made from local materials and without much decoration.</p><br>
<p>The island now consists of a restaurant, cafe, a collection of archaeological sites and the three artist houses.</p><br>
<p>Lake Noquebay  is a large freshwater lake in northeastern Wisconsin.</p><br>
<h2>Statistics</h2><br>
<p>It is approx. 2 mi by 4 mi and has a surface area of about 2,410 acre. It has 3 small tributaries: Upper Inlet Creek, Middle Inlet Creek, and Lower Middle Inlet Creek. The Lake Noquebay Dam, constructed in 1929 at the southwest corner of the lake, maintains the water level at between 664.95 ft and 666.2 ft. Fish species include bluegill, crappie, bass, walleye, northern pike, trout, rock bass, perch, and muskellunge. The lake is well noted for its "huge" bluegills.</p><br>
<h2>Recreation</h2><br>
<p>Lake Noquebay is popular year round with boating, fishing, snowmobiling, and waterskiing. Lake Noquebay County Park lies on the south shore of the lake and includes picnic areas with grills, a playground, restrooms, a boat launch, a sandy beach, and changing booths for swimmers. The Crivitz Ski Cats Waterski Club performs weekly in the summer.</p><br>
<p>Located north of Green Bay, Wisconsin, just a few minutes east of Crivitz, Wisconsin.</p><br>
<p>Winn Memorial Library / Woburn Public Library  is a National Historic Landmark in Woburn, Massachusetts. Designed by architect H. H. Richardson, the Romanesque Revival building was a bequest of the Winn family. It houses the Woburn Public Library, an institution that was established in 1856.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<p>The library is properly called the "Woburn Public Library." The Winn family generously paid to construct the building and provide an endowment for the library, but specifically requested that it not be named for them. Nevertheless, Richardson signed his plans "Winn Library," and it remains known in architectural circles as "Winn Memorial Library." The inscription in the entrance porch reads: "This building was erected in memory of Jonathan Bowers Winn from funds bequeathed by his son, for the use, benefit and improvement of the people of Woburn."</p><br>
<p>It was built between 1876 and 1879, and was the first in a series of libraries designed by Richardson (1838&ndash;1986). In it he established a characteristic, basilical plan for such buildings: an off-axis entrance marked by a staircase tower; a vestibule opening into a high-ceilinged reception area; reading room(s) adjacent to the stacks; and an optional art gallery. The building was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1987 in recognition of its architectural significance.</p><br>
<p>The librarys main (south) facade presents a long, two-story stack wing to the west (left), slit windows on the first story with a strip of clerestory windows separated by columns above, all below a peaked roof. The gable-ended crossing (center) features a trio of arched double windows on the first story, a line of seven arched single windows above, and an attached High Victorian tower. On the opposite side of the tower is the arch of the entrance porch. The easternmost section is an attached two-and-a-half-story octagonal wing that houses the museum. The buildings polychromatic exterior is constructed of brownstone trimmed with lighter stone, sometimes laid in bands, and set in alternating colors over the main arches and the entrance porch. This is all beneath a red tile roof trimmed with bronze cresting, with crocketed ribs on the roofs of the tower and museum.</p><br>
<p>The interior features a reception room/picture gallery with the museum to the right and a trio of reading rooms to the left. Beyond the reading rooms are the 2-story stacks, that feature a tall 6-arch arcade on each side, topped by a wooden barrel-vaulted ceiling. There are curved staircases at the four corners of the stacks, in addition to the main stair in the tower.</p><br>
<p>A statue of native son and notable scientist Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford, stands on the main lawn before the library.</p><br>
<p>Lake Minocqua is a lake in northern Oneida County, Wisconsin. It is 1360 acres  in area, with an average depth of 23 feet  and a maximum depth of 60 feet .</p><br>
<h2>Recreation</h2><br>
<p>Lake Minocqua is part of the "Lakeland" area of Northern Wisconsin. Included in this group of lakes is Kawaguesaga Lake, and Tomahawk Lake. To the north is the Lac du Flambeau area, which has many small lakes, and to the east is the Eagle River, Wisconsin area.</p><br>
<p>Lake Minocqua is very popular in both the summer and winter months for vacationers. Snowmobiling, fishing, boating, water-skiing, and swimming and other outdoor activities bring people in from all over the nation to the many resorts and summer homes on the lake.</p><br>
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<p>The Jewell Building is a city landmark in North Omaha, Nebraska. Built in 1923, it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Located at 2221 North 24th Street, the building was home to the Dreamland Ballroom for more than 40 years, and featured performances by many jazz and blues legends, including Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, and Lionel Hampton.</p><br>
<p>The building has been designated a Landmark by the City of Omaha, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is an example of the kind of venue that was integral to the cultural transmission and interchange of musical styles and art, especially in the years before television. In addition such entertainment centers were the chief ways musicians, both local and national, earned enough to make livings.</p><br>
<h2>About</h2><br>
<p>Located at 2221-2225 North 24th Street in the Near North Side neighborhood of Omaha, the Jewell Building was built in 1923 by James Jewell, Sr., an influential man in the local African-American community. Architect Frederick A. Henninger designed the building in the vernacular Georgian Revival style. It originally featured commercial spaces on the first floor, as well as the Dreamland Ballroom on the second floor.</p><br>
<p>In 1945 Dreamland Ballroom was used as a USO center for African-American soldiers. It continued to be used for music performances until 1965.</p><br>
<p>The Omaha Economic Development Council restored the building in the early 1980s. It was designated a landmark by the City of Omaha on September 9, 1980, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. For several years, the Jewell Building housed OEDC&#39;s corporate headquarters and served as an office center for professional people and small businesses. Two private apartments were kept in the building.</p><br>
<p>The Jewell Building was converted to the Love&#39;s Center for Jazz and Art, which opened in 2008 in honor of local musician Preston Love. In the 1940s he was recruited as a young musician by the nationally famous Count Basie Band and played with them for years. The building will be used to help preserve jazz history, as well as promote new jazz and art activities. Dreamland Plaza is located adjacent to the Jewell Building at 24th and Lizzie Robinson Streets. It is the site of a recent $2 million investment by the city, including the addition of public art, a sculpture of three jazz musicians.</p><br>
<h2>Dreamland Ballroom</h2><br>
<p>Located on the second floor of the Jewell Building, the Dreamland Ballroom was the premier nightclub for big bands and jazz in Omaha. James Jewell, Jr. booked the original Nat King Cole Trio for $25 a person for one show. Dreamland closed in the 1960s. Other performers included Dinah Washington, Earl Hines, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, and Lionel Hampton. A variety of Omaha music legends including Preston Love, Anna Mae Winburn and Lloyd Hunter also played at the Dreamland.</p><br>
<p>An influential man in the black community, James Jewell invited activist Whitney Young to speak in the 1950s at Dreamland Hall about the Civil Rights Movement. Young started in Omaha and became the national director of the Urban League.</p><br>
<p>Hill River is a river in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia.</p><br>
<h2>Geography</h2><br>
<p>The headwaters of the Hill River rise near Dinner Hill, approximately 8 km east of Badgingarra. It then flows in a westerly direction, crossing the Brand Highway just north of Badgingarra, passing through the Hill River Nature Reserve and the northern boundary of the Southern Beekeeper&#39;s Nature Reserve and finally discharging into the Indian Ocean 8.7 km south of Jurien Bay.</p><br>
<p>The river has four tributaries; Coomallo Creek, Winjardie Creek, Munbinea Creek and Boothendara Creek.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The river was discovered and named by the explorer George Grey on 14 April 1839 during his second disastrous expedition along the Western Australian coast.</p><br>
<p>It was likely named after Rowland Hill, well known for his inception of the Uniform Penny Post, but importantly for Grey, Secretary to the Colonization Commissioners for South Australia (under the South Australia Act 1834). Greys friend and promoter William Hutt M.P. was also a Commissioner. In the previous week, Grey had also named rivers after Hutt, Hutts wife Mary Bowes, Hutt&#39;s business partner John Chapman and Charles Buller M.P., an active parliamentary proponent of the free colonization of South Australia. In October 1840, at 28 years of age, Grey was appointed Governor of South Australia.</p><br>
<h2>Uses</h2><br>
<p>The mouth of the Hill River is a popular camping destination and can be reached in a two-wheel drive vehicle. The river mouth is usually closed to the ocean by a sandbar, which opens up in periods of high river flow.</p><br>
<p>This mountain, which has no formal name, is located on the Canada–US border between boundary markers 445 and 446. It is the highest point on the border east of the Rocky Mountains. Specifically it is the highest point for 3190 miles of border from the Passamquoddy Bay up to 111 degrees west in Liberty County, Montana at border monument 360  from the Pacific. The southeast half is in Oxford County, Maine; the northwest half is in Le Granit Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada.</p><br>
<p>The south and east sides of the mountain drain via streams into the Kennebago River, then into Cupsuptic Lake, through a series of lakes into the Rapid River and Umbagog Lake, the source of the Androscoggin River, which drains into Merrymeeting Bay, the estuary of the Kennebec River, and then into the Gulf of Maine. The north and west sides of the mountain drain into Ruisseau Clearwater, then into the Rivière Arnold, and the Rivaux Araignées, into Lac Mégantic, then into the Chaudière River, and Saint Lawrence River, which drains into the Gulf of St. Lawrence.</p><br>
<p>Mapledurham House is an Elizabethan stately home located in the civil parish of Mapledurham in the English county of Oxfordshire. It is a Grade I listed building, first listed on 24 October 1951.</p><br>
<h2>History and architecture</h2><br>
<p>The property was first held by Michael Blount Building was started around 1585, at the time of the Spanish Armada, in the classic Elizabethan E-shape. It includes a late 18th-century chapel built in the Strawberry Hill Gothic style for the recusant Roman Catholic owners of the house.</p><br>
<p>Prior to the Catholic Emancipation, the owners would hide priests in its priest holes, some of which were only discovered in the 21st century, and secretly celebrate Mass with a makeshift altar hidden inside a writing desk. The estate covers much of the village including Mapledurham Watermill and part of the church.</p><br>
<h2>Art and Literary associations</h2><br>
<p>The poet Alexander Pope was a frequent visitor to the house as he was enamoured of two daughters of the Blount family. The house and surrounding village were used for the filming of the 1976 film of The Eagle Has Landed and also for several television series, including Midsomer Murders. It is also reputed to have been the inspiration for E. H. Shepards illustrations of Toad Hall for Kenneth Grahames The Wind in the Willows, although this is also claimed by Hardwick House, Fowey Hall Hotel, Foxwarren Park and Fawley Court.</p><br>
<h2>Noise complaints</h2><br>
<p>Sight-seeing helicopter flights run from the estate, with up to 70 short flights per day, caused complaints about noise levels, with one local resident describing it in 2013 as like being "in Vietnam during a high intensity attack". A representative of the estate responded by saying that they had taken account of the complaints by reducing the number of helicopter flight days from 20 to 10 per year.</p><br>
<p>Lake Pohenegamook  is a Canadian lake located in Temiscouata Regional County Municipality , in administrative region of Bas-Saint-Laurent, in southeastern Quebec immediately north of the International Boundary with Maine at Aroostook County. It is the source of the Saint Francis River.</p><br>
<h2>Geography</h2><br>
<p>Oriented north-south, the lake is nestled in a valley in the Notre Dame Mountains, part of the Appalachian Range. Route 289 runs along the southern and western shores through the municipality of Pohénégamook - an amalgamation of several villages.</p><br>
<p>The National Transcontinental Railway constructed its mainline from Winnipeg to Moncton along the western and southern shores in 1912 - today this line forms the mainline of CN Rail between Halifax and Montreal.</p><br>
<p>The community of Estcourt Station, Maine (the northernmost point in New England) is located immediately south of the CN railway line at the lake&#39;s southern shore.</p><br>
<h2>Toponymy</h2><br>
<p>The place name "Lake Pohenegamook" was formalized on December 5, 1968 at the Commission de toponymie du Québec (Quebec Names Board).</p><br>
<p>The Eau dHeure lakes  is a complex of five artificial lakes, forming the largest lake area in Belgium.</p><br>
<p>The dams were built during the 1970s. The lakes are not far from the village of Cerfontaine, 50 km south of the city of Charleroi, and the border with France. They are within the municipalities of Cerfontaine (province of Namur) and Froidchapelle (province of Hainaut).</p><br>
<p>The primary river feeding the lakes is the Eau d&#39;Heure. There are five dams and one hydro-electric power station.</p><br>
<p>The largest lake, the Lac de la Plate Taille, is itself the largest single lake in the country, at 3.74 km&sup2, while together the lakes have a surface area of 6.17 km&sup2;.</p><br>
<p>It is a popular tourist attraction, with water sports, including fishing, kayaking, diving and windsurfing.</p><br>
<p>The five lakes are:</p><br>
<p>Lac de lEau dHeure, the central lake of the complex</p><br>
<p>Lac de Falemprise, a medium-sized lake to the south-east</p><br>
<p>Lac de Féronval, a small lake at the north end of Lac de lEau dHeure</p><br>
<p>Lac de la Plate Taille, the largest lake at 3.74 km&sup2, at the south-west of the group</p><br>
<p>Lac du Ry Jaune (sometimes spelled Ri Jaune), a small lake on the east side</p><br>
<p>The Alexander Bishop House, sometimes called the Donelson-Bishop House, is a historic home located in the Powell community of Knox County, Tennessee, USA. Built in 1793 by pioneer Stockley Donelson , the house is one of the oldest in Knox County. Alexander Bishop, the houses namesake, purchased it in 1856, and his descendants have maintained it ever since. In 1997, the house was added to the National Register of Historic Places as an example of late eighteenth-century architecture and for its role in the regions settlement.</p><br>
<p>The house is a notable surviving example of a late eighteenth century double-pen long house. The oldest part of the house still contains several features common to early frontier houses, such as full dovetail joints, fireplaces with stone foundations, boxed stairs, and broad floorboards. The house was originally oriented toward old Jacksboro Pike, which passed through the area roughly along what is now Pedigo Road. Sometime after 1825, the house was combined with an adjacent log house. The clapboard siding was added by Bishop during the latter half of the nineteenth century.</p><br>
<p>Stockley Donelson, the house&#39;s builder, was the son of Middle Tennessee pioneer John Donelson, and brother of Rachel Jackson, wife of Andrew Jackson. In 1796, Donelson sold the house to early Knoxville surveyor Charles McClung. McClung sold the house to Mrs. Charles Curd in 1825, and her family in turn sold the house to Bishop in 1856. Bishop moved to Texas in 1879, and the house was given to his son.</p><br>
<p>The Daniel House is a historic home located at 2701 Woodson Drive in Knoxville, Tennessee. It was designed in 1948–1949 by James W. Fitzgibbon, and constructed by George W. Qualls.</p><br>
<p>The structure was uniquely built into a hillside from salvaged Quonset hut structural supports. The Daniels sold it to Neal Cantrell in 1961. Cantrell died in 1970 and his family let the property deteriorate. In 1982, architect Peter Calandruccio bought it for $37,000 and began renovation. In 1986, Fine Homebuilding magazine published Calandruccio’s extensive account of the renovations.</p><br>
<p>Donald Renfroe bought it for $175,000 in 1993. Previous owner Alexis Walsh owned the home since purchasing it from Johnny Miller in July 2008, and subsequently it was renovated again, including the installation of a new roof. It was sold in 2015 to Candace Avery who is the current owner.</p><br>
<p>The house was designed in the Moderne architectural style (as opposed to Modern Architecture). Its use of indigenous East Tennessee materials and its Streamline Moderne style have been described as "distinctive". It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.</p><br>
<p>The General John T. Wilder House is a historic home located at 2027 Riverside Drive in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. It was constructed by Union General John T. Wilder, leader of the 17th Indiana Volunteers  who fought in the Civil War Battle of Chickamauga.</p><br>
<p>General Wilder built the home in 1904, presumably as a summer home since he already owned a home in the Fort Sanders neighborhood of Knoxville. The home is on the National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<p>He was appointed by four USA Presidents (Grant, McKinley, Roosevelt and Taft) to administer pensions in East Tennessee. Along with his friend, Capt. Hiram S. Chamberlain of Knox County, he also purchased over 700 acres of land in Roane County, Tennessee. They founded Rockwood, Tennessee, and the Roane Iron Company. He also had interests in cement, mining and banking around Knoxville, as well as a hotel atop Roan Mountain, Tennessee.</p><br>
<p>The Captain George Conrad Flavel House is a house built in 1901 in Astoria, Oregon. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The house was built by Joseph W. Suprenant, but the identity of the architect is unknown. George Conrad Flavel was the son of George Flavel (1824–1893), also a captain. George Conrad Flavel lived in the house until his death in 1923, and Winona Callendar Flavel (1861–1944) continued to reside there until her death in 1944. Harry M. Flavel (1886–1951 or 1886–1957) lived in this house as a child and then again from 1924 – after inheriting it from his father – until his death (in 1951 or 1957).</p><br>
<p>After Harry Flavel&#39;s death, his wife, Florence (née Sherman) and their two children, Mary Louise and Harry S., were the only residents of the house. In 1947, Harry S., at age 20, attacked a neighbor with a hatchet, The city then proceeded to board-up the house and carry out an inspection. Foreclosure proceedings followed in late 2013.</p><br>
<p>The house was sold in May 2015 to local Astoria businessman Greg Newenhof. Mr. Newenhof said that he plans to restore the house in order to move in and live at the property as his residence. When asked how long the restoration might take he replied, "Probably the rest of my life."</p><br>
<p>The Barnsdall Main Street Well  is a formerly active oil well in the middle of Main Street in the town of Barnsdall, Oklahoma. It is believed to be the only such oil well anywhere in the world. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places  on October 1, 1997, as part of the "Energy Related Resources in Northeastern Oklahoma Multiple Property Submission". According to signage at the site, the well was completed on March 18, 1914, with a depth of 1771 feet. It remained active until the 1960s.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The Barnsdall Main Street Well actually sits on Main Street, 28 feet west of 8th Street in northwest Barnsdall. According to the NRHP application, "...this is the only publicly accessible historic well site in the Barnsdall oil field." It was listed under NRHP Criterion A, with a period of significance of 1914-1930. The application also states that at maximum production, this well could have produced 8 to 10 barrels of oil per day.</p><br>
<p>The pumping unit that is now on site is not the original "flathead" model, which was replaced sometime after 1962. The more modern unit is skid mounted whose prime mover (an electric motor), gears, wellhead connections and rods appear in good condition, though the unit no longer operates. The unit is surrounded by a 4 feet high chain-link fence, blocking access to the pump area.</p><br>
<p>The NRHP application states that the fact that the pump and fence are not original (and therefore not contributing resources) do not compromise the site&#39;s integrity. The explanation is that the original casing head is still in place and that it marks the exact location of the well. Moreover, the location and setting have not changed appreciably since the period of significance.</p><br>
<p>The Eatons Building is a landmark building located in downtown Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Formerly serving as an Eatons department store, the building is currently occupied by the Saskatoon Board of Education.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>In 1927, Eatons announced that it would construct an eight-storey store at the northeast corner of 3rd Avenue and 21st Street in Saskatoons Central Business District. Designed by the Montreal architecture firm of Ross and Macdonald, along with local architect Frank Martin, the store was to have been the tallest building in the city, but was eventually built to only three storeys.</p><br>
<p>Constructed in the Neo-Renaissance style, with a tyndall stone and black marble façade and fifteen tripled-arched Palladian windows, the store opened for business on December 5, 1928. In a manner reminiscent of the Eatons Montreal store, or of the plans for its soon-to-be-built new Toronto store, the building boasted a luxurious interior, with elaborate bronze fixtures and terrazzo flooring. The store also featured an art gallery, a childrens toyland with a mechanical lion, a meat department with an 80-foot marble counter and a Mediterranean-style dining room.</p><br>
<p>In 1970, Eaton&#39;s relocated its store to the nearby Midtown Plaza. Serving briefly as athlete housing for the 1971 Canada Winter Games, the building was subsequently occupied from 1973 to 2000 by an outlet of the Army & Navy discount department store. Among the notable features of the Army & Navy store was a nautical-themed cafeteria. In the mid-1980s, the building was linked to a small shopping centre, office block and parkade that was constructed next door.</p><br>
<h2>Restoration</h2><br>
<p>After Army and Navy vacated the building, it was purchased by the Saskatoon Board of Education. The Board undertook a revitalization of the building, which included the restoration of the façade, the terrazzo flooring, the brass fixtures on the street-level display windows, and the original wooden handrails and brass fittings on the stairways to their original condition.</p><br>
<p>Lake Boon is a lake in eastern Massachusetts covering about 163 acre in the towns of Stow and Hudson, Massachusetts. It has been an important part of the Stow and Hudson communities since the towns originated. It was originally named "Boon Pond" after Matthew Boon, an explorer from Charlestown, Massachusetts, who came to the area in 1660. He was the first of two settlers in Stow and was killed by Native Americans near the Lake on about February 14, 1676. In 1883 a monument was erected in memory of him.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<h3>Henry David Thoreau's visit</h3><br>
<p>September 4, 1851, Thoreaus journal entry is titled "A Walk to Boons Pond in Stow." It starts out "Sept. 4. 8 A. M. A clear and pleasant day after the rain. Start for Boons Pond in Stow with C." Of the 2,800 word entry for that day, very little is actually about the pond: "And now we leave the road and go through the woods and swamps toward Boons Pond, crossing two or three roads and by Potters house in Stow; still on east of river... Part of it called Boons Plain. Boon said to have lived on or under Baileys Hill at west of pond. Killed by Indians between Boons and White&#39;s Pond as he was driving his ox-cart. The oxen ran off to Marlborough garrison-house. His remains have been searched for. A sandy plain, a large level tract. The pond shores handsome enough, but water shallow and muddy looking. Well-wooded shores. The maples begin to show red about it. Much fished."</p><br>
<h3>Expansion</h3><br>
<p>The lake consists of four basins. The first basin made up the original part of the lake. It is the largest basin of the four and stretches from "the Narrows" to the dam on Barton Road in Stow. It is the only part of the lake that is completely in Stow. In 1847 the water rights to Boon Pond were purchased by Amory Maynard and a dam was built to increase the size of the pond. The intent was to add to the water reserve needed to provide continuous water power to the Assabet Woolen Mill, in the town of Maynard. Thus, in the early years the pond would be large after the spring melt, then shrink as water was let out during the summer months. Once the woolen mill converted to coal-fired steam power the need for Lake Boon&#39;s water was ended, and a more permanent water level was established.</p><br>
<p>The expansion went into the Ramshorn Meadow and the Ramshorn Swamp. The meadow area is now known as the second basin, while the swamp area is known as the third and fourth basins. The expansion helped locals to recognize this body of water no longer as a pond, but as a lake. Boon Lake is now 163 acre in size and one and a half miles long. Maximum depth of the first basin is 23 ft, the deepest part of the lake. The second basin is only 10 ft deep, the third basin is a mere 7 ft deep, and the fourth basin is 4 ft deep.</p><br>
<h3>Golden age</h3><br>
<p>Lake Boon became a popular summer spot towards the end of the 1800s. It was easily accessible because of two railroad lines that ran by it. These railroad lines came out of Boston, which made the lake a great summer spot for city dwellers. At this time Lake Boon had a hotel, many clubs, two post offices, churches, and local stores.</p><br>
<p>In order to get from the railroad stops to the lake&#39;s hot spots, a ferry service was put into action. The steamship Cleo created a ferry line around 1900 that went from two points: Whitman’s Crossing near the Sudbury Rd bridge in Stow, and the Ordway Station in Hudson. In 1910, a gas-powered ferry called the Princess replaced the Cleo.</p><br>
<p>The entrance of automobiles into the economy made it easier for people to travel long distances. Therefore, Lake Boon as a vacation spot became obsolete, and made way for permanent residents to live there, instead of only vacationing. With the lack of visitors and increase in residents, the hotel was shut down.</p><br>
<h3>Present</h3><br>
<p>These days Lake Boon serves as a very important part of the Stow and Hudson communities. In the summer it provides a place for camps and swim lessons. The town beach, Pine Bluffs, located in Stow on the first basin, recently installed new picnic tables and grills to attract families to come and the spend the day. Use of the Pine Bluff Beach requires a pass. Residents and non-residents can purchase a season pass; only residents can purchase a day pass.</p><br>
<p>Barker Reservoir is a water supply reservoir in the Colorado Front Range located near the town of Nederland, Colorado in southwestern Boulder County.</p><br>
<p>Barker Dam provides water to a downstream hydroelectric power generating facility, and its reservoir provides water to the city of Boulder, Colorado. In 1908, the Central Colorado Power Company began construction of Barker Dam to provide electricity to nearby mining communities and the city of Denver. Completed in 1910, the dam and Barker Reservoir were named for the owner of the land, Mrs. Hannah Connell Barker. Mrs. Barker refused to sell the land to the utility but was eventually forced to do so through a process similar to the contemporary legal procedure of eminent domain. The dam was constructed by hauling concrete and other materials along a specially constructed spur of the Switzerland Trail narrow-gauge railroad, which went bankrupt and was broken up in 1919.</p><br>
<p>In 2001 the city of Boulder purchased the reservoir, dam, and associated facilities.</p><br>
<p>The city of Boulder operates the reservoir primarily for municipal water supply and secondarily to generate hydroelectric power. An aqueduct with inlet just below the dam supplies water with about 1500 feet of head to a hydroelectric plant near the base of Boulder Canyon, several miles downstream.</p><br>
<p>Mount Cunningham is a mountain at the west end of South Georgia&#39;s Esmark Glacier. It is situated between Jossac Bight and Queen Maud Bay. With an elevation of 1,218 m, it is the 16th highest mountain in South Georgia. The mountain was named after Scottish mountaineer John Crabbe Cunningham as a memorial</p><br>
<h2>Namesake</h2><br>
<p>Cunningham was a well known Scottish climber who spent many years developing innovative ice climbing techniques and pushing rock climbing standards. He worked not only for the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), but also the Glenmore Lodge and I M Marsh Campus in Liverpool. He served in the BAS of the British Antarctic Territory (BAT). On 23 November 1964, Cunningham became the first to climb Antarctica&#39;s Mount Jackson; he was also Station Commander of Adelaide Island in 1964-65, as well as a member of the South Georgia Survey of 1955-56.</p><br>
<h2>Geography</h2><br>
<p>Mount Cunningham is the 16th highest peak in the list of mountain peaks in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. It is situated outside the BAT. Situated west of the Allardyce Range and northwest of Esmark Glacier, nearby mountains are the Warburton Peak (1,089 m), Bomford Peak (1,141 m), Pyramid Peak (475 m), Smillie Peak (1,765 m), Stanley Peak (1,263 m), and Comer Crag (634 m). The headland of Cape Nunez is directly to the south while Jossac Bight is to the southeast.</p><br>
<p>Fountain Point is a historic landmark located in Suttons Bay Township, Michigan, which is part of Leelanau County and the Leelanau Peninsula. Its name is derived from a fountain of sparkling artesian spring water, situated on a large point on Lake Leelanau, which has been continuously gushing since 1867.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Circa 1860, a French fur trader, Aymar de Belloy, was plying his trade near the narrows of Carp Lake and became convinced of the beauty and bounty of the area and purchased a parcel of land.</p><br>
<p>He attempted drilling for oil, and after a long struggle in 1867 he struck a gusher of sparkling water at a depth of 900 ft. Following de Belloy&#39;s disappointment over his failure to strike oil, the land changed hands several times until 1887, when it was purchased by Lydia Morrison of Cincinnati, Ohio. In June 1889, she established "The Fountain Point House," a Victorian-style mansion, and guests began arriving for the summer by steamboat and buggy. The main three-story building was the center of activity, and it included a large dining room, kitchen and lounge.</p><br>
<p>By 1903, the Traverse City, Leelanau, and Manistique Railroad began operating between Traverse City and Northport, stopping at Fountain Point, improving transportation of people and products.</p><br>
<p>Over the years, several cottages were built, and Fountain Point has become a popular destination featuring rich history and simple family pleasures. In addition to the resort, the point itself also includes smaller private residences.</p><br>
<p>In 1975, Fountain Point Resort was listed on the State of Michigan historic registry, and in 2003 it was placed on the National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<h2>Today</h2><br>
<p>Fountain Point Resort is one of the oldest recreational hotel complexes of its type in the state, and encompasses 54 acre of land, including a half-mile (0.8 km) of lakefront and the fountain. It is presently owned by Susan Jay Nichols; the property has been in her family for three generations. Her oldest son, Erik Zehender, manages the property.</p><br>
<p>Located near the quiet community of Lake Leelanau, the resort boasts a "No TV" policy, and features swimming, boating, tennis and numerous other indoor and outdoor activities. In addition, Fountain Point hosts numerous community and special events.</p><br>
<h3>Concerts</h3><br>
<p>Throughout the summer and Fall, the resort hosts musical performances featuring diverse groups and artists such as The Traverse Symphony Orchestra, The Accidentals, The Crane Wives, The Ragbirds and many others.</p><br>
<h3>Weddings</h3><br>
<p>The area&#39;s natural beauty makes it a unique location to exchange wedding vows.</p><br>
<h3>Lectures</h3><br>
<p>From time to time the resort hosts lectures on various topics, such as gardening.</p><br>
<h3>Rowing</h3><br>
<p>The resort partners with the University of Michigan to offer rowing camps, and is home to the Lake Leelanau Rowing Club.</p><br>
<p>Mendon Peak is a mountain located in Rutland County, Vermont. The mountain is a spur off the west side of the Coolidge Range of the Green Mountains, and stands within the Calvin Coolidge State Forest.</p><br>
<p>It is flanked to the east by Little Killington. Mendon Peak is on the Appalachian Mountain Club&#39;s list of the "Hundred Highest" peaks in New England. The summit is trailless and several different approaches are possible.</p><br>
<p>Mendon Peak stands within the watershed of the Cold River, a tributary of Otter Creek, which drains into Lake Champlain, and thence into the Richelieu River in Québec, the Saint Lawrence River, and into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence.</p><br>
<p>The north side of Mendon drains into Eddy Brook, and thence into the North Branch of the Cold River.</p><br>
<p>The south side of Mendon drains via a stream into Sargent Brook, thence into Gould Brook and the Cold River.</p><br>
<p>The Uinkaret volcanic field is an area of monogenetic volcanoes in northwestern Arizona, United States, located on the north rim of the Grand Canyon.</p><br>
<p>Lava flows from the Uinkaret volcanic field that have cascaded down into the Grand Canyon, damming the Colorado River, have been used to date the canyons carving. One of these cascades is todays Lava Falls. Lava Falls Rapid, below Lava Falls on the Colorado River, is "at all water levels, the most severe rapid in Grand Canyon."</p><br>
<p>The Colorado River was dammed by lava flows multiple times from 725,000 to 100,000 years ago. While some believe that these lava dams were stable, lasting up to 20,000 years and forming large reservoirs, others think they failed quickly and catastrophically as massive floods. Lava flows traveled downriver 76 miles (121 km) from river mile 178 to 254.</p><br>
<p>One lava flow, from Little Springs, south of Pliocene Mount Trumbull, has a cosmogenic helium age of 1300 +/- 500 years BP. Pottery shards dated to between A.D. 1050 and 1200 were found within the lava flow, produced around the same time as the Sunset Crater eruption in the San Francisco volcanic field on the South Rim.</p><br>
<h2>Notable Vents</h2><br>
<p>The building at 941–955 Boylston Street in the Back Bay district of Boston, Massachusetts was designed by Arthur H. Vinal in 1886, while he was City Architect, as the citys first combined fire and police station. The building, constructed in 1887, is in the Richardsonian Romanesque style, as was Vinals most notable other work, the Chestnut Hill Water Works pumping station, built at about the same time. It has been designated a Boston Landmark by the Boston Landmarks Commission.</p><br>
<p>The fire station at 941 Boylston, which is still active, houses Boston Fire Department Engine Company 33 and Ladder Company 15. The police station, 955 Boylston, was home to Boston Police Department Division 16 until 1976. From 1976 to 2007, the police station was home to the Institute of Contemporary Art; in 2007 it was acquired by Boston Architectural College for $7.22 million.</p><br>
<p>A courtyard between the two buildings originally led to shared stables for fire department and police horses. Division 16 would later add a single-story building immediately to the west (out of frame in the photo above). By 1976, the advent of motorized patrols had led to a consolidation of Boston&#39;s smaller police divisions, including division 16, into larger police districts, resulting in the closure and redevelopment of the police station.</p><br>
<p>Plaques on the Boylston St. facade memorialize four Boston firefighters who died in the line of duty: Cornelius J. Noonan (d. 1938), Richard F. Concannon (d. 1961), Richard B. Magee (d. 1972), and Stephen F. Minehan (d. 1994).</p><br>
<p>The Stanserhorn is a mountain in Switzerland, located in the canton of Nidwalden near to the border with Obwalden, with the peak at 1,898 m above sea level.</p><br>
<p>It is a popular tourist destination, which can be reached from the adjacent town of Stans by a funicular railway and cable car, or via walking routes from Stans or Dallenwil.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The first public transport route to the peak was started in 1891 and completed in 1893, a three section funicular railway. The builders were the business partners</p><br>
<p>Franz Josef Bucher-Durrer and Josef Durrer-Gasser.</p><br>
<p>The first section started from Stans town, through the low pastures above the town and over three level crossings, to an intermediate station at Kälti (also sometimes spelt Chälti). The second section continued through forest to another intermediate station at Bluematt (also sometimes spelt Blumatt), then the third section crossed the high pastures and the exposed slope leading up to the summit station and hotel. This third section included a 160 m long tunnel and a number of avalanche protection walls; the final section of it was carried on a stone embankment. Each section was electrically powered (making it one of the world&#39;s first electrically powered mountain railways), with the complete trip to the summit taking 45minutes.</p><br>
<p>The railway ran a tourist service until 1970, when on the night of the 2nd/3rdOctober the funicular cable was struck by lightning. This started a fire which destroyed the summit hotel and the driving engine for the third section in its basement.</p><br>
<p>As a result of this, and also the imminent expiry of the concession, the second funicular section stopped operating in 1974. Part of the driving engine of this section can be seen today outside the summit buildings, while parts of two cars can still be seen at the former Bluematt station.</p><br>
<p>A new cable car</p><br>
<p>was built to replace the two upper funicular sections, which started operation in May1975. The first funicular section continued in operation, as it does to this day.</p><br>
<p>In 2001 a revolving restaurant was built at the summit station, and in 2003 an outside observation deck was added.</p><br>
<p>In 2010 construction work started on a new cable car to replace the 1975 installation. This was to be a new design, the world&#39;s first</p><br>
<p>"CabriO" double deck open top cable car, built by Garaventa. Carrying 60 passengers per cabin with room for 30 on the open deck, passengers are able to observe the mountain scenery as well as the cable and engineering installations during the six-minute journey. While this new cable car was being built, the first funicular section and its original wooden cars were renovated. The final run of the former cable car was on 23 October 2011</p><br>
<p>the renovated funicular and new "CabriO" were opened on 29 June 2012.</p><br>
<h2>Visiting</h2><br>
<p>The funicular railway and cable car normally run daily from mid-April to mid-November.</p><br>
<p>The journey to the top starts in Stans town at the original 1893 bottom station (450 melevation), close to Stans railway station on the Luzern-Engelberg line. The journey, on the original wooden funicular wagons, takes 9minutes to the Kälti intermediate station (714 maltitude). From here the "CabriO" cable car takes 6¼minutes to the summit station (1,850 maltitude). The cable car closely follows the route of the original second and third stage funiculars, and the remains of the track and the Bluematt station can still be seen.</p><br>
<p>The summit buildings include a self-service restaurant, three meeting/dining rooms, a souvenir shop, and a sun terrace and observation deck.</p><br>
<p>From the summit buildings, a round trip walk is available around the summit (30minutes), or to the peak at 1,898 maltitude. From the peak, on a clear day, as well as the mountains around there are views as far as Alsace and the Black Forest in Germany. Ten lakes in total are visible: the Zugersee, Wichelsee, Vierwaldstättersee, Sempachersee, Sarnersee, Hallwilersee, Gerzensee, Bannalpsee, Baldeggersee and Alpnachersee.</p><br>
<p>A variety of hiking trail routes are available down to Bluematt-Kälti-Stans, Ahornhütte-Büren, Wiesenberg-Dallenwil, or Wirzweli-Wolfenschiessen. The routes to/from the summit are closed in winter or in bad weather.</p><br>
<p>The Sacco is a river of central Italy, a right tributary of the Liri.</p><br>
<p>The river is formed by the confluence of two streams of the Monti Simbruini in the Apennines of Abruzzo. It flows towards south-east for a total of 87 km, crossing Ciociaria between the mountain ranges of the Ernici to the north-east, and of the Lepini to the south-west. It flows into the Liri in Isoletta di Arce, in the Lazio.</p><br>
<p>The Sacco&#39;s main tributaries are the Cosa and the Alabro.</p><br>
<p>In the Frosinone area it is known also the Tolero, from its ancient name Tolerus or Trerus.</p><br>
<p>The Sacco river valley is a vast territory between the provinces of Rome and Frosinone in the central-southern Italy. The intensive exploitation that for decades affected of this valley due to no-scruple companies and crooked public administration offices, produced an unprecedented environmental and social disaster.</p><br>
<p>The Monti Simbruini are a mountain range in central Italy, a part of Apennines mountain system.</p><br>
<p>The &#39;Simbruini&#39; name derives from the Latin sub imbribus ("under the rain"). They are also popularly known as "Rome&#39;s Alps".</p><br>
<h2>Geography</h2><br>
<p>The range runs along the border of the Lazio and Abruzzo regions. The range&#39;s highest peak is Monte Cotento, at 2,015 m in elevation. The Monti Simbruini border with the Monti Cantari and the Ciociaria ranges.</p><br>
<p>The headwaters of the River Aniene are in the range.</p><br>
<h2>Regional Park of the Monti Simbruini</h2><br>
<p>The Regional Park of the Monti Simbruini, which also includes the Monti Cantari range, was established in 1983. It has an area of 300 km&sup2;.</p><br>
<p>The regional park and mountains include the comuni (villages) of: Camerata Nuova, Cervara di Roma (Campaegli), , Jenne, Subiaco (Monte Livata), Trevi nel Lazio, and Vallepietra.</p><br>
<h2>Natural history</h2><br>
<h3>Habitats</h3><br>
<p>Habitats in the Monti Simbruini include: the Apennine deciduous montane forest ecoregion, in the Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests Biome;</p><br>
<p>and the Italian sclerophyllous and semi-deciduous forests ecoregion, in the Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub Biome.</p><br>
<h4>Flora</h4><br>
<p>*European Beech — Fagus sylvatica (primary tree species)</p><br>
<p>*Sweet Chestnut — Castanea sativa</p><br>
<p>*Common Hazel — Corylus avellana</p><br>
<p>*Downy Oak — Quercus pubescens</p><br>
<p>*Gentian — Gentiana species</p><br>
<p>*European Hornbeam — Carpinus betulus</p><br>
<p>*Lily — Lilium species</p><br>
<p>*Iris - Iris marsica and Iris germanica</p><br>
<p>*Montpellier Maple — Acer monspessulanum</p><br>
<p>*Red raspberry — Rubus idaeus</p><br>
<p>*Alpine currant — Ribes alpinum</p><br>
<p>*European mountain-ash — European mountain-ash (aka: Rowan, European Rowan)</p><br>
<p>*Dwarf Whitebeam — Sorbus chamaemespilus</p><br>
<p>*Strawberry tree — Arbutus unedo</p><br>
<p>*Yew — Taxus baccata</p><br>
<p>*Terebinth — Pistacia terebinthus</p><br>
<p>*Lingonberry — Vaccinium vitis-idaea</p><br>
<p>*Violet species</p><br>
<h4>Fauna</h4><br>
<p>*Aesculapian snake</p><br>
<p>*Barn owl</p><br>
<p>*Beech marten</p><br>
<p>*Boar</p><br>
<p>*Brown trout</p><br>
<p>*Carrion crow</p><br>
<p>*Green whip snake — Coluber viridiflavus</p><br>
<p>*Crested porcupine</p><br>
<p>*Edible dormouse</p><br>
<p>*Eurasian badger</p><br>
<p>*Eurasian jay</p><br>
<p>*Eurasian sparrowhawk</p><br>
<p>*European hedgehog</p><br>
<p>*Fox</p><br>
<p>*Golden eagle</p><br>
<p>*Northern goshawk</p><br>
<p>*House mouse</p><br>
<p>*Italian wolf</p><br>
<p>*Least weasel</p><br>
<p>*Little owl</p><br>
<p>*Roe deer</p><br>
<p>*Marsican brown bear — Ursus arctos marsicanus</p><br>
<p>*Salamandrina terdigitata</p><br>
<p>*Tawny owl</p><br>
<p>*Vipera aspis</p><br>
<p>*Wild cat</p><br>
<p>The Gardena Ronda Express is a funicular situated in the Val Gherdëina near Santa Cristina Gherdëina, connecting the Col Raiser lifts to the Sasslong/Ruacia and Ciampinoi lifts in northern Italy.</p><br>
<h2>Trains</h2><br>
<p>Two funiculars operate on the system. Both were built by Gangloff, and the cable system was manufactured by Leitner Ropeways and Poma. The funicular trains each have four seating cabins capable of seating around 10 and standing around 25. The total capacity is 140 people per train. The trains are 15.5 m long and 2.3 m wide, and weigh 15,500 kg.</p><br>
<h2>Track</h2><br>
<p>The whole line runs in a tunnel, which connects two gondola lifts and through them two ski resorts. The maximum speed is 36 km/h and the slope is 100‰ (10%). 2000 persons can be transported per hour from one terminus to the other.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Planning started in 1990 and after some changes on the track to avoid buildings, construction started in 2003. With the line&#39;s opening in 2004, after nearly forty years without a railway (the Val Gardena Railway was closed in 1960), the valley has a train again.</p><br>
<p>The classical city of Metropolis is situated in western Turkey near Yeniköy village in Torbali municipality - approximately 40 km SE of Izmir. Occupation at the site goes back to the Neolithic period. The Hittite period is also attested .</p><br>
<p>Classical, Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman periods are well represented at the site.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The earliest known settlement at the site is from the Neolithic showing evidence of contact and influence with the Troy I littoral culture (needed reference).</p><br>
<p>An as yet undeciphered seal written in hieroglyphics similar to those of the Hittites has been found in the acropolis of Metropolis. The Hittite kingdom of Arzawa had its capital Apasas (later Ephesus) some 30 km to the south west. During the Hittite period, the city was known as Puranda.</p><br>
<p>The Mycenaean remains are also found. Bademgedigi Tepe is the archaeological site in the area with large amounts of local Mycenaean pottery, ranging from the 14th to 12th century BC, and later.</p><br>
<p>A Mycenaean-age representation of a ship on a vase from Bademgediği Tepe is an important find that casts light on the development of ship technology and iconography on ceramic vessels.</p><br>
<p>Metropolis was a part of the Hellenistic kingdom of Pergamum and during this period the city reached a zenith of cultural and economic life. A temple dedicated to the war god Ares, one of only two known such temples, has been located here.</p><br>
<p>What is visible today is primarily a Hellenistic city heavily Romanised, and with Byzantine remains laid across it – a church to the east of the city, and fortification walls laid across city that connect to the Hellenistic defenses on the Acropolis.</p><br>
<h2>Excavations</h2><br>
<p>The city was first investigated through archaeological field work from 1972 by Professor Recep Meriç from the Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir. Metropolis has been excavated since 1989.</p><br>
<p>Bera Mawr is a summit in the Carneddau mountains in north Wales, height 794 metres. It and Bera Bach are together known as the Berau, or northern Carneddau. The summit is a large rock tor, characteristic of the western Carneddau. There are views of Llwytmor and Foel-fras to the north-east, Garnedd Uchaf to the south-east, Bera Bach to the south, Drosgl to the west and the Menai to the north-west.</p><br>
<p>The Berau lie to the northwest of the two highest mountains in the Carneddau range: Carnedd Llewelyn and Carnedd Dafydd, both are named after 13th century Princes of Wales, Llywelyn the Great (1172-1240), and his grandson Prince Dafydd ap Gruffudd (1238-1283). It was in a bog in the northern foothills of Bera Mawr, at a place called Nanhysglain, that Prince Dafydd ap Gruffudd and his family were betrayed and captured in June 1283 during the Conquest of Wales by Edward I. In October, Dafydd was executed at Shrewsbury on the orders of Edward I. His death marked the end of the 700-year rule of Gwynedd by the family descended from Cunedda Wledig and an independent Wales.</p><br>
<p>The Leroy Keener House is a historic home located at 3506 Woodlawn School Road in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. It is also known as KN 2844, Fairview and Summers Haven. Designed in the Federal style, the house was built in 1842 by Leroy Keener, an early Knox County farmer. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997 for its architecture and role in the areas early settlement.</p><br>
<p>Leroy Keeners father, Peter Keener, moved to the Seven Islands area from Pennsylvania in 1809. The home of Peter Keener, a two-story log structure, still stands nearby on Seven Islands Road. Leroy Keener built his house in 1842, shortly after his marriage to Mary Jane McCallie. Keeners descendants occupied the house until 1913.</p><br>
<p>The house is a two-story brick structure. Several outbuildings still stand near the house, including a servant&#39;s quarters and a smokehouse.</p><br>
<p>Fort Tombecbe , also spelled Tombecbee and Tombeché, was a stockade fort located on the Tombigbee River near the border of French Louisiana, in what is now Sumter County, Alabama. It was constructed under the leadership of Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville in 1736-37 as trading post about 270 mi upriver from Mobile, on an 80 ft limestone bluff. Fort Tombecbe was built in Choctaw lands and would play a major role in colonial France&#39;s efforts to stop British intrusions into the area. Bienville claimed that the new fort was to protect the Choctaw from the Chickasaw. Tombecbe was a major French outpost and trade depot among the Choctaw, the largest Native American group in the colony.</p><br>
<p>Control passed to the British in 1763, who renamed it Fort York. In 1793 Spain acquired the site—by then the fort had been abandoned—from the Choctaw via the Treaty of Boukfouka and built a new fort, which was named Fort Confederación. It is also known as Fort Confederation. After the United States took possession, via the 1802 Treaty of Fort Confederation, it continued to be used as a trading post with the Choctaws until its eventual abandonment in the 19th century.</p><br>
<p>The Fort Tombecbe site is currently owned by the University of West Alabama and the Archaeological Conservancy, and operated by the staff of the Black Belt Museum.</p><br>
