<p>The River Gavenny  is a short river in Monmouthshire in south Wales. It rises 1 mile south-west of the village of Llanfihangel Crucorney from springs in Blaengavenny Wood and flows south for about 4 miles  to its confluence with the River Usk at Abergavenny.</p><br>
<p>Abergavenny derives its English-language placename from the confluence, &#39;aber&#39; meaning &#39;mouth of&#39; in the Welsh language.</p><br>
<p>The diminutive Gavenny is now something of a misfit stream in its broad valley. This is due to the deposition of a spectacular terminal moraine at Llanfihangel Crucorney which has diverted the former headwaters of the river eastwards into the Wye catchment. It is believed that the Afon Honddu which rises in the Black Mountains and possibly also the upper River Monnow formerly flowed down the valley of the Gavenny to join the Usk.</p><br>
<p>McKay Reservoir is a reservoir in Umatilla County of the USA state of Oregon. It is an impoundment of McKay Creek, a tributary of the Umatilla River. The reservoir is located 6 mi south of Pendleton on USA Route 395. The reservoir has a capacity of 65,534 acre.ft of water. The reservoir and land that immediately surrounds it are designated as the McKay Creek National Wildlife Refuge. The reservoir and creek that it impounds are named for Dr. William C. McKay. McKay was an early settler in the Pendleton, Oregon area. He settled near the mouth of McKay Creek about 1851. The place was originally called Houtama. He died in Pendleton in 1893.</p><br>
<h2>Hydrology</h2><br>
<p>The McKay Dam was built between 1923–1927 as a project of the United States Bureau of Reclamation, part of the Umatilla Basin Project that had started in 1908 with the nearby Cold Springs Dam. It furnishes supplementary water to Stanfield and Westland Irrigation Districts.</p><br>
<p>The McKay Dam is an impoundment of McKay Creek, a tributary of the Umatilla River. An earth-fill dam with sections of reinforced concrete, it stands 158 feet high and has an active capacity of 71,534 acre.ft, of which 6,000 acre.ft is used for exclusive flood control. The spillway section of the McKay Dam was modified 1978 through 1979 to increase the capacity from 10,000 to 27,000 cubic feet per second.</p><br>
<h2>Natural history</h2><br>
<p>The reservoir is jointly managed by the Bureau of Reclamation and the McKay Creek National Wildlife Refuge for irrigation water and a habitat for a variety wildlife including osprey, bald eagles, and an abundance of waterfowl. Fishing is permitted between March thorough September. McKay’s shallow water marshes and wetlands are also productive for warmwater fish such as rainbow trout, crappie, largemouth bass, sunfish, and yellow perch, as well as brown bullhead catfish, and lesser numbers of largemouth and smallmouth bass.</p><br>
<p>The Petersburg Tollhouse, now located in the hamlet of Addison, Pennsylvania, United States, was the first tollhouse that travelers encountered while on the National Road heading west into Pennsylvania. The Old Route 40 now sits atop the National Pike at this tollhouse. The Petersburg tollhouse is one of three surviving tollhouses for the National Pike; the remaining ones are the LaVale tollhouse located between Cumberland and Frostburg, Maryland and the Searight&#39;s tollhouse located just west of Uniontown on Route 40.</p><br>
<p>The toll house is owned by Great Crossings Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, and is open to visitors by appointment.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.</p><br>
<p>Fan Bwlch Chwyth is a peak in the Fforest Fawr section of the Brecon Beacons National Park and within the county of Powys.</p><br>
<p>Its summit (at 603 m) is marked by a trig point at OS grid ref SN 912217.</p><br>
<h2>Geology</h2><br>
<p>The hill is formed from sandstones and mudstones of the Senni Beds Formation and Brownstones Formation of the Old Red Sandstone laid down during the Devonian period. A north-northwest - south-southeast trending fault runs across its north-eastern face.</p><br>
<p>This face is much the steepest and has its origins in the ice ages when a minor glacier grew at this spot. It has left a couple of arcuate moraines which are readily seen from the track. The glaciated rock face has been quarried. The quarry is designated as a site of special scientific interest for its geological interest.</p><br>
<h2>Access</h2><br>
<p>The entire hill is open country across which the walker can wander at will. A bridleway runs south-eastward from the minor road between Heol Senni and the A4067 road. The bridleway follows, in part at least, the vehicular track (no public vehicular access) to the disused quarry.</p><br>
<p>Sacred Heart Catholic Church is a historic Catholic church building in downtown Dayton, Ohio, United States. Constructed at the end of the nineteenth century for a new parish, it closed in 1996, but was reopend in 2001 when a Vietnamese Catholic group began to use the church. This church building remains significant because of its grand architectural elements, which have led to its designation as a historic site.</p><br>
<h2>Parish history</h2><br>
<p>One of Daytons oldest Catholic parishes, St. Josephs Church was established in 1846. The lack of space in that church prompted some of the members to leave in July 1883 and establish Sacred Heart Church; under the leadership of St. Joseph&#39;s associate pastor Hugh McDevitt, the congregation rented a meeting hall while waiting for the construction of their building. Land for the present church was purchased for $19,000, and William Henry Elder laid the cornerstone in June 1888. Exterior work was completed in the following year, and by 1893 construction was close enough to completion that the congregation could begin worshipping in their building. The building was consecrated by Bishop Maes of Covington in November 1895; construction had cost approximately $100,000 ($ in current dollar terms), but the parish was able to liquidate its debts by 1903. For many years, the parish flourished, reaching a membership of five hundred families by 1909, but its membership had subsided by 1996. Five years later, a Vietnamese-speaking Catholic parish began using the building.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<p>Designed by Charles Insco Williams, Sacred Heart is a limestone building with a limestone foundation, an asphalt roof, and various elements of sandstone and copper; the limestone was quarried locally, while the sandstone was obtained from Berea, Ohio. Constructed in the Romanesque Revival style, but with a prominent octagonal Baroque dome and glazed cupola, towers flank the main entrance, and there are rose windows under the pediments of the front and side. When constructed, the building featured a basement under the 75-foot ceiling, and its general plan was 115 by 92 feet, or 23, 35, and 28m respectively. Grand woodworking, artwork, and chandeliers once filled the interior, but most have been removed; some were destroyed by the raging waters of the Great Flood of 1913, while others were intentionally removed or painted over at later dates.</p><br>
<h2>Preservation</h2><br>
<p>In October 1987, Sacred Heart Church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Although as a religious property it would not normally be considered eligible for designation, it nevertheless qualified because of its distinctive historic architecture. The parishs related rectory was also included in the designation. It is one of five Dayton churches on the Register, along with St. Marys, St. Adalbert&#39;s, and Holy Cross Catholic Churches and First Lutheran Church.</p><br>
<p>Mount Nif, Nif Dağı,  is a mountain in the district of Kemalpaşa, towering over the district center , located immediately to the east of the city of İzmir, in western Turkey. It was one of the nineteen mountains which carried the name Olympus in ancient times.</p><br>
<p>Mount Nif&#39;s mass is a protrusion in western direction of Bozdağlar mountain chain, which separates the valleys of the rivers Gediz and Küçük Menderes, two principal flows of the region, and of which the Mount Bozdağ (Mount Tmolus in antiquity), with its elevation exceeding 2,000 m, constitutes the highest peak, as well as being the highest point for the same region of the provinces of İzmir-Aydın-Manisa-Uşak as a whole.</p><br>
<p>Mount Nif is distinguished from the rest of the mountain chain massif by a narrow but key pass at a locality called Karabel which leads south towards the town of Torbalı.</p><br>
<p>Karabel Pass is famous for its Luvian warrior prince monument carved in rock and dated to late-13th century BC, a younger contemporary and an addressee of the Hittite King Tudhaliya IV. A new reading of its relief inscription, which had been known since the 19th century, was made in 1996 and published in 1998. The monument is called "Eti Baba" (the Hittite father) locally.</p><br>
<p>A second pass to the north of Mount Nif separates it, or connects it, since it is still at some altitude, from Mount Sipylus, at the locality called Belkahve. Belkahve is the principal point of access from the east to İzmir metropolitan area and commands an impressive view of a large part of the city. Ankara-İzmir highway, notably, is checked by its sinuous slopes.</p><br>
<p>Mount Nif is sometimes cited as "Kemalpaşa Mountain" in reference to the district center, especially in Turkish sources. But the name "Mount Nif", deriving from "Nymphaion", the name of the region during the Byzantine period when it was an important and imperial center especially at the time of the Nicaean Empire, is the more common appellation in Turkey as well. This is also the case for the principal stream that crosses the district area, the "River Nif" (Nif Çayı). The district center and the depending administrative area almost invariably go by the name of "Kemalpaşa", with the former name used very rarely nowadays and only colloquially.</p><br>
<p>The Coffee Pot is a historic roadhouse listed on the National Register of Historic Places located in the Grandin Court neighborhood of the independent city of Roanoke, Virginia, USA. Completed in 1936, The Coffee Pot is an example of novelty architecture as its distinctive feature is that of a stucco coffee pot structure that is situated on the roof of the building. Today, this remains as the only active roadhouse located within the Roanoke Valley.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The Coffee Pot was built in 1936 on what later became USA Route 221 (Brambleton Avenue) in Roanoke County, before being annexed into Roanoke City in 1943. It was originally constructed by Clifton and Irene Kefauver as a filling station and tea room, but converted into a roadhouse shortly thereafter. The structure itself is similar to that of a log home featuring vertical log architecture on its four facades. At the time of its construction, it was the first commercial structure one would pass along the highway entering Roanoke from the south. The 15 ft coffee pot is located on the southern end of the structure and is red with a white spout and top. Steam would formerly rise from the coffee pot spout from a furnace located in the store room below, visually bringing life to the coffee pot structure.</p><br>
<p>Since its conversion into a roadhouse in 1937, the Coffee Pot has remained in continuous operation; it has been known as the Coffee Pot for its entire history except for a brief period between 1960 and 1963 when it was called Joe&#39;s Ranchhouse Restaurant. Throughout its history, the roadhouse has served host to many musical acts including Willie Nelson, Richie Havens, Dicky Betts, Rick Derringer, Ritchie Valens, Danny Gatton and Root Boy Slim Regional acts also made the Coffee Pot a regular part of their tour, including SNUFF and the Skip Castro Band. As a result of the numerous big name acts that have performed at The Coffee Pot, the venue has been dubbed by some as the "biggest small stage in the South."</p><br>
<p>Mount Takami is a 1,248.3 m mountain of Daiko Mountains, which is located on the border of Higashiyoshino, Nara, and Matsusaka, Mie, Japan</p><br>
<h2>Outline</h2><br>
<p>This mountain is located on the north end of Daiko Mountains. This mountain is considered one of the 300 Famous Japanese Mountains. This mountain is an important part of Muro-Akame-Aoyama Quasi National Park.</p><br>
<h2>Routes</h2><br>
<p>This mountain is very famous for the beautiful frost patterns that form on trees in winter and so attract many climbers. There are several routes to reach the top; one is from Takami-Otoge Pass and it takes about one hour; another route is from Takami-tozanguchi Bus Stop on the Nara Kotsu bus route, and it takes two and a half hours. The third route is from Shimo-Hirano Bus stop, also on the Nara Kotsu bus route, and it also takes two and a half hours.</p><br>
<p>Burial Hill is a historic cemetery or burying ground on School Street in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Established in the 17th century, it is the burial site of several Pilgrims, the founding settlers of Plymouth Colony. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>Burial Hill is located just west of Plymouths Main Street, which parallels the shoreline of Plymouth Bay, and is at the southwest end of Leyden Street, which parallels Town Brook to the south, and was the first street laid out when the Plymouth Colony was founded in 1620. The hill rises 165 ft above sea level, and provides commanding views over the surrounding landscape and coastline. The main entrance to the cemetery is just north of the First Parish Church in Plymouth, whose current building is the fifth to stand on the same site. A network of paved footpaths are laid out through the cemeterys 5.1 acre, with stairs located along steeper sections. There are more than 2,000 marked graves, dating from 1680 to 1957.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The first Pilgrim burial ground was on nearby Coles Hill in 1620-21. Originally, the Pilgrims constructed a fort on top of Burial Hill in 1621-22 (a reconstruction exists in nearby Plimoth Plantation). The Burial Hill fort also served as a meeting house for the colony and for the First Parish Church until 1677. According to tradition, the first grave on Burial Hill was Pilgrim John Howlands. However, he did not die until 1672; other people claimed to be buried there died considerably earlier.</p><br>
<p>First Parish&#39;s congregation currently meets in an 1899 church building at the base of Burial Hill on the town square, near where it first met in 1621.</p><br>
<h2>Notable burials and cenotaphs</h2><br>
<p>Mary Allerton, Pilgrim, last surviving Mayflower passenger</p><br>
<p>William Bradford, Pilgrim, Governor</p><br>
<p>William Brewster, church elder</p><br>
<p>Edward Doty, Mayflower passenger</p><br>
<p>Francis Cooke, Pilgrim, Mayflower passenger</p><br>
<p>John Howland, Pilgrim, Mayflower passenger</p><br>
<p>Adoniram Judson, Christian missionary to Asia</p><br>
<p>Thomas Prence, Colonial Governor</p><br>
<p>Zabdiel Sampson, Congressman</p><br>
<p>Squanto, Patuxet guide and interpreter (unmarked grave)</p><br>
<p>James Warren, Patriot leader</p><br>
<p>Mercy Otis Warren, author</p><br>
<p>Richard Warren, Pilgrim, Mayflower passenger</p><br>
<p>Elizabeth Walker Warren, Pilgrim, Anne passenger</p><br>
<p>Anderson Lake, informally called Anderson Reservoir, is an artificial lake in Santa Clara County, California, United States, near Morgan Hill. A 4,275 acre county park surrounds the reservoir and provides limited fishing , picnicking, and hiking activities. Although swimming is prohibited, boating, water-skiing and jet-skiing are permitted in the reservoir.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The reservoir was created in 1950 by the construction of the Anderson Dam across Coyote Creek in foothills of the Diablo Mountains east of Morgan Hill. The reservoir and dam were named after Leroy Anderson, a key founder and first president of the Santa Clara Valley Water District. It is the largest reservoir owned by the district.</p><br>
<h2>Anderson Dam</h2><br>
<p>The 235 ft high earthen dam measures 1,430 ft long by 900 ft wide and sits along the Coyote Creek Fault on Coyote Road, east of Morgan Hill. The reservoir itself is situated parallel to the Calaveras Fault, which runs from Hollister to Milpitas. It holds over 90,000 acre.ft of water when full, more than the other nine reservoirs in the county combined.</p><br>
<h3>Risk of dam failure</h3><br>
<p>In January 2009, a preliminary routine seismic study suggested a small chance that a large-magnitude earthquake (6.6 with the dam at the epicenter, or 7.2 up to a mile away) could result in flooding in Morgan Hill and as far away as San Jose. In response, the Santa Clara Valley Water District (SCVWD) lowered the water level to 74 percent of capacity and announced further analysis of the situation, which could possibly result in retrofitting the dam if necessary. Updated findings in October, 2010 indicated that the dam could fail if a magnitude 7.25 earthquake occurred within 2 km of the dam, potentially releasing a wall of water 35 ft high into downtown Morgan Hill in 14 minutes, and 8 ft deep into San Jose within three hours. In response SCVWD has lowered the water to 54% full, which is 60 ft feet below the dam crest.</p><br>
<p>In July 2011, SCVWD issued a report stating that the seismic stability study on Anderson Dam was completed. The storage restriction that has been in place since October 2010 was adjusted, allowing 12 additional feet of storage, which measures 68 percent of the dam&#39;s capacity, up from 57 percent. The water district has initiated a capital project for a seismic retrofit by the end of 2018. The operating restriction will remain in place until the project is completed. According to the SCVWD, remediation of the problem will cost as much as US$100 million.</p><br>
<p>In December 2016, SCVWD reported that further geotechnical analysis indicated considerably more work would need to be performed on the dam, effectively removing the dam completely and rebuilding it. The existing dam had been built on alluvial deposits, which could liquefy during an earthquake. Accordingly, the estimated cost rose to US$400 million and the start of work was rescheduled to 2020, with completion planned for 2023–2024.</p><br>
<h3>San Jose flooding</h3><br>
<p>On February 21, 2017 during the 2017 California floods, the reservoir reached as high as 104% of capacity, creating a large flow over the spillway into Coyote Creek, which overflowed and flooded the Rock Springs/Summerside, Olinder, Naglee Park, Roosevelt, Wooster-Tripp and Berryessa neighborhoods of San José along US Highway 101 between the reservoir and the south San Francisco Bay.</p><br>
<h2></h2><br>
<p>The 4,275 acre Anderson Lake County Park is managed by the Santa Clara County Parks and Recreation Department. Features in addition to the county&#39;s largest reservoir are the Coyote Creek Parkway multiple use trails, the Jackson Ranch historic park site, the Moses L. Rosendin Park, the Burnett Park area, and Anderson Lake Visitors Center. Coyote Creek Parkway, a paved trail along Coyote Creek that heads 15 mi north to Hellyer County Park, is used for hiking, jogging, bicycling, horseback riding, and skating.</p><br>
<p>Razdolnaya  or Suifen is a river in People&#39;s Republic of China and Russia.</p><br>
<h2>The name</h2><br>
<p>Suifen is the Manchu word for awl, referring to the shape of a species of Oncomelania snail.</p><br>
<p>In Russian, the river was originally known under the same Manchu / Chinese name (rendered as Суйфун (Suifun) in Russian). In 1972, in the aftermath of the Zhenbao Island incident (1969), toponyms of Chinese origin in Primorsky Krai were replaced en masse with newly designed Russian names; as part of this project, the Russian part of the Suifen River received the name Razdolnaya, which can be translated from Russian as "widely flowing".</p><br>
<h2>Geography</h2><br>
<p>The source of the Suifen River is the confluence of the Xiaosuifen (Lesser Suifen) River and the Dasuifen (Greater Suifen) River in Heilongjiang.</p><br>
<p>Suifenhe City was named after the Chinese name of the river. Downstream of the city, the river enters Russian territory, and flows into Amur Bay through Khanka Lowlands.</p><br>
<p>The length of the river is 242 km, of which 191 km is in Russia; the drainage basin covers 16,830 km&sup2;.</p><br>
<p>The major tributaries of the river are the Granitnaya River (99 km), the Borisovka River (86 km) and the Rakovka River (76 km). Ussuriysk was founded in 1866 at the confluence of the Razdolnaya and Rakovka rivers. As Rakovka and its major tributary Komarovka are of roughly the same size and flow at their confluence some 2 km above the confluence point, there exist some controversy about exactly which river is Razdolnaya&#39;s tributary. Most maps choose to simply not mark the short stretch of the joint flow through Ussuriysk.</p><br>
<p>Fan Hir is a peak at the eastern end of the Black Mountain  in the Brecon Beacons National Park  in southern Wales. It is a subsidiary summit of Fan Brycheiniog. It falls within the county of Powys and is also a part of the traditional area of Fforest Fawr. Its Welsh name means "long peak", a fitting description, particularly if seen from the east when its steep eastern face is seen to advantage. It is about 2.5 miles or 4 km long and faces east. Its summit is 2490 feet  above sea level. Fan Hir is separated from its higher neighbour to the north-west, Fan Brycheiniog  by a col known as Bwlch Giedd, where a path rises from Llyn y Fan Fawr via a stone staircase.</p><br>
<p>The hill is drained to east and north by streams which make their way into the River Tawe.</p><br>
<h2>Geology</h2><br>
<p>The peak is formed from sandstones of the Brownstones Formation and the overlying Plateau Beds Formation of the Old Red Sandstone laid down during the Devonian period. In accord with a regional trend, the beds dips southwards into the South Wales Coalfield basin.</p><br>
<p>A notable feature of the hill is the prominent ridge of Fan Fechan (the little peak) which parallels the main ridge below it to the east. It is largely composed of broken Old Red Sandstone and has been interpreted as either a glacial moraine or as a pro-talus rampart. The peak is within the Fforest Fawr Geopark designated in 2005 in recognition of the area&#39;s geological heritage.</p><br>
<h2>Archaeology</h2><br>
<p>The escarpment overlooks a famous Welsh stone circle, Cerrig Duon (or black stones) which are likely of British Bronze Age date, although it has never been excavated scientifically. There is a large standing stone, Maen Mawr, and a small stone avenue close by which are associated with the circle. The standing stone is about 5 feet high, and can be seen from a distance when driving down the Trecastle to Abercraf road. The monuments are close to the road further on, but cannot be seen directly from there, so the visitor must cross the River Tawe and climb the bank to view the site. There is another standing stone further north and east, and not far from the same minor road.</p><br>
<p>There are many other ancient remains extant on the moor, such as hut circles and house platform as well as traces of cultivation such as lynchets. The climate was much warmer then and the area well wooded showing that timber was available locally for structural use.</p><br>
<h2>Access</h2><br>
<p>The entire hill is open country and thus available for walkers to roam at will, although there is much peat bog off route, which can be difficult to cross. The path along the ridge is popular and forms a part of a circuit. The views from the edge of the escarpment are spectacular with Pen y Fan and Corn Du visible on the skyline to the east, and Fan Gyhirych closer in Fforest Fawr. The Beacons Way long distance footpath runs beneath Fan Hir on the east affording close-up views of this impressive hill. The path leads to the glacial lake of Llyn y Fan Fawr and then climbs up the escarpment via a stone staircase of even gradient to the bwlch below Fan Brycheiniog. The stone path is well drained and dry, and there is little exposure to steep drops.</p><br>
<p>Birch Coulee Battlefield in Renville County, Minnesota, United States, was the site of the Battle of Birch Coulee, the costliest military engagement for USA forces during the Dakota War of 1862. It is now a historic site with self-guided trails and markers interpreting the battle from both sides. Birch Coulee was nominated to the National Register of Historic Places for having state-level significance in military history, and was listed in 1973.</p><br>
<h2>Geography</h2><br>
<p>Birch Coulee Battlefield lies on what, in 1862, was open prairie stretching on to the north and west, with woods to the south. Defining the east edge is a steep wooded ravine, a landform known locally by the French term "coulee," also spelled "coulie" or "cooley." Birch Coulee, known to the Dakota as Tanpa Yukan (Place of the White Birch), is 60 ft deep and runs for a total of 7 mi down to the Minnesota River. A few hundred yards to the west of the coulee, the prairie rises slightly onto a gentle knoll.</p><br>
<h2>Battle of Birch Coulee</h2><br>
<p>On September 1, 1862, a burial detail of about 170 Union Army volunteers and civilians under Major Joseph R. Brown camped on the prairie west of Birch Coulee. The site was selected by Captain Hiram Grant earlier that day while Brown was ahead scouting. A group of Dakota soldiers under Zitkahtahhota (Gray Bird), on their way to attack New Ulm, chanced upon the USA soldiers camping in a tactically weak position. Hidden by the ravine and the tall prairie grass, the Dakota surrounded the camp and attacked at dawn, inflicting heavy casualties and killing most of the army&#39;s horses. With the Union party cut off from fresh water and dug in behind their dead mounts, the Dakota maintained a daylong siege, letting occasional gunfire and the hot sun take their toll.</p><br>
<p>16 mi away at Fort Ridgely, a guard reported distant gunfire, and 240 men were dispatched to investigate. They came within sight of their besieged comrades, but Dakota soldiers hidden in the coulee under the leadership of Mankato began whooping and shouting. Frightened into thinking there were hundreds of Dakota lying in ambush, the relief party retreated. A larger relief party marched through the night under Colonel Henry Hastings Sibley. Seeing them, the Dakota slipped away, ending the 30-hour siege. The USA casualties in the battle were thirteen dead, almost fifty wounded, and ninety horses killed. Dakota leader Wamditanka (Big Eagle) later recorded only two men killed on his side.</p><br>
<h2>Battlefield preservation</h2><br>
<p>The first effort to officially preserve the Birch Coulee Battlefield came in 1893, when the Minnesota Legislature appointed a commission to acquire the land with a $2,500 budget and authority to use eminent domain. Inexplicably the commission chose instead to acquire a 1.75 acre property 2 mi south of the battlefield, where they raised a 46 ft granite monument. At the dedication ceremony on September 3, 1894, former governor William Rainey Marshall lambasted the commission in his speech.</p><br>
<p>The state legislature provided additional money in 1895, along with clear instructions to secure acreage on the actual battlefield, but no action was taken. It wasn&#39;t until 1929, following a resurgence of community advocacy, that the state acquired the site and proclaimed it the Birch Cooley Battle Field State Memorial Park. In 1937 a Works Progress Administration crew helped develop the park, reseeding the land and building amenities like trails, roads, picnic area, and a parking lot.</p><br>
<p>In 1976 legislative action redesignated the property a state historic site and transferred management to the Minnesota Historical Society. The Historical Society redeveloped the battlefield beginning in 1998 and it reopened to the public in 2000. Self-guided interpretive signs describe the battle from the perspectives of Captain Joseph Anderson and Wamditanka, illustrated with sketches by soldier Albert Colgrave. Guideposts mark the USA camp and the positions of the surrounding Dakota. Management has since been transferred to the Renville County Parks Department, which also maintains a campground on site.</p><br>
<p>The Close Mansion also known as the Close House, was built in 1874 at a cost of around $15,000 was one of the great mansions of Iowa City, Iowa and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The mansion is located at the corner of Gilbert and Bowery in Iowa City. The Close family was involved in a linseed oil company and a glove factory, both of which were located near that home.</p><br>
<h2>Uses of the home</h2><br>
<p>After the Close family sold the home it was used as an Acacia fraternity and later was occupied by the Johnson County department of Social Welfare. During the years of the homes renovation several of the Italian style characteristics were removed, including the widows walk, the front balconies, and the glassed in cupola. The red brick of the house was temporarily painted gray but the paint has since been removed. The cupola and balconies have since been restored to the home. The Close Mansion currently houses an interior design firm and a picture framing shop.</p><br>
<p>The Henry County Courthouse is in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, United States, the county seat of Henry County. It was built in 1914, and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The first buildings used by Henry County government when it was organized in 1837 was a series of log cabins. Plans for the first courthouse were accepted in June 1837, but construction of the 30 by structure was delayed and the building was not completed until 1839. The second courthouse was a remodeled version of Hill Hall, which was built in 1870. The present courthouse replaced it on the same property in 1914. It was built by English Brothers from Champaign, Illinois.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<p>The courthouse is a simplified version of the Neoclassical style. The large, engaged columns features capitals in the Doric order. A small pediment surmounts the main entrance. The windows have short, simplified surrounds. The parapet does not culminate in a cornice of any kind.</p><br>
<p>Pulau Legundi  is an Indonesian island in the Sunda Strait between Java and Sumatra. It is one of the larger islands in the Strait and lies at the western end of Sumatra&#39;s Lampong Bay, in the province of Lampung.</p><br>
<h2>Population & Surroundings</h2><br>
<p>Although not so far from the mainland, Legundi is sparsely populated with about 80 inhabitants per square kilometer. Due to being lowly populated, agricultural cultivation has never been practiced on a large scale, which has kept intact the island&#39;s natural evergreen and semi-deciduous forests. Legundi rises to an elevation of around 300 m above sea level. Tabuan Island is 40 km to the west.</p><br>
<h2>Environment</h2><br>
<p>Due to the island&#39;s tropical nature and close proximity to the equator, seasons are not so distinct and temperatures are not so fluctuating. October tends to be both the wettest and warmest month at around 32°C, with the driest, coldest month being June at around 20°C.</p><br>
<p>Lovers Leap is a steep granite cliff band in El Dorado County, California, United States, a landmark which catches the eye as one travels by, and a popular destination for climbers. The origin of its name is unknown, but common to most Lovers Leaps, one version from local folklore says two Native Americans lovers leapt to their deaths from the summit.</p><br>
<h2>Geography</h2><br>
<p>The cliffs of Lovers Leap run horizontally through the Eldorado National Forest for over a third of a mile (0.6 km), with heights between 250–600 feet (76–183 m). The formation faces towards the northwest, and lie just south of Route 50, between Lake Tahoe and Sacramento. The historic Pony Express trail roughly parallels Route 50, and runs directly beneath Lovers Leap. The closest major urban center is the Tahoe area about 10 miles to the northeast. The cliff is at the northern terminus of a sloping ridge that runs southwest for six miles to the peak of Little Round Top. The Forest Service operates the nearby Lover&#39;s Leap Campground, and the historic Strawberry Lodge is also nearby.</p><br>
<h2>Climbing</h2><br>
<p>Lover&#39;s Leap is a popular climbing destination with over one hundred and fifty established routes. It is best known for its traditional multi-pitch routes, often using granite dikes for holds; but the area also includes some boulder problems.</p><br>
<p>Bruce Cooke established the first recorded climbing route here, a chimney in the middle of the wall, around 1950. A handful of routes were put in the following decade by local climbers (some with the Sierra Club) from the Sacramento Valley and the Bay Area. Routes established in this early period included future classics Corrugation Corner, and Bear&#39;s Reach, a route made famous half a century later by a viral video in which Dan Osman speed climbed it.</p><br>
<p>The Leap gained its current climbing popularity during the 1960s and 1970s, a period during which the first ascents of most notable new lines were done. Traveler Buttress, featured in Fifty Classic Climbs of North America, was put up in 1966. Well-known climber Royal Robbins moved to the area from Yosemite during the 1970s, and opened the first climbing school at Lovers Leap.</p><br>
<p>Some popular routes at Lover&#39;s Leap today are:</p><br>
<p>The River Road School, is located in Lyndhurst, Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. The schoolhouse was built in 1893 and is the home of the Lyndhurst Historical Society. The schoolhouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 11, 1977.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>A piece of land was donated on January 9, 1804 by Jacob Van Winkle for the construction of a school. The first schoolhouse was erected that year at a cost of $162.20. The first schoolhouse was replaced in 1849 by a two-story frame building. This second schoolhouse was torn down in 1893 and replaced by the current building at a cost of $2,541.83. The cupola and bell from the second schoolhouse were salvaged and added to the current schoolhouse.</p><br>
<h2>Little Red Schoolhouse</h2><br>
<p>The Lyndhurst Historical Society operates the building as the Little Red Schoolhouse, a museum of local history.</p><br>
<p>Glencairn, also known as the John Erwin House, is a historic house in Greensboro, Alabama, United States. The house and grounds were recorded by the Historic American Buildings Survey in 1935. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 18, 1978, due to its architectural and historical significance.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Construction on Glencairn began in 1830 and was completed in 1837 by John Erwin. He was elected as Greene Countys representative in the Alabama Senate in 1831 and was chosen as president pro tempore the next year. He went on to also serve in the lower house in 1836, 1837, and 1842. He was a Congressional candidate in 1845 and 1851, but was defeated in both instances. He was heavily involved in the 1852 and 1860 Democratic National Conventions. He died at Glencairn on December 10, 1860 and was interred in the Greensboro Cemetery. His son, George Erwin, inherited Glencairn and owned it until his death in 1916. It then passed to Georges son, Cadwallader Erwin, until his death in 1955. The home remained in the hands of John Erwins ancestors, being occupied after Cadwallader Erwin by his daughter Ida Vernon Mahood and her husband Danner Lee Mahood until the formers passing in 1987. The house then passed to daughter Katherine Rugg and husband Samuel Rugg before going to daughter Audrey McCulloh in 2015. After her death in August of that year, the house passed to her widower Mark McCulloh, who resides there now and is overseeing renovations to the interior.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<p>The two-story Greek Revival structure is frame construction. Some insist the style of the architecture is actually Georgian, a rarity among antebellum homes in the South. In any case, "Glencairn" features a five-bay main facade with a two-tiered portico over the central bay. The portico is supported by four Doric columns on each level, with Doric pilasters and elaborate wooden panels ornamenting the wall surface. The doorways on both levels are recessed and are surrounded by sidelights and a transom. A plain pediment crowns the portico. The exterior corners of the house have paneled pilasters, reaching up to a plain entablature above the second floor. The roof is hipped.</p><br>
<p>The Centre City Building  is an historic building at 36-44 South Main Street at the corner of East Fourth Street in downtown Dayton, Ohio. It was designed by Charles Herby and built in 1904 by the F.A. Requarth Co. for the sum of $305,000 as the headquarters of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ Christian denomination. Originally 14 stories, it was the tallest building in Dayton from 1904 until 1931. Its tower portion was completed in 1927, making it 21 stories and one of the tallest reinforced concrete buildings in the world at that time.</p><br>
<p>It housed the general offices of the church, and of the succeeding Evangelical United Brethren Church. It also served as headquarters to the United Brethren Publishing House.</p><br>
<p>This building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 10, 1993. The structure is also known as Centre City Building.</p><br>
<h2>Historic uses</h2><br>
<p>Church headquarters</p><br>
<p>Commerce/trade</p><br>
<p>Manufacturing</p><br>
<p>The Rettbergsaue  is a natural island in the Rhine River at Wiesbaden, Germany. It is situated between the main channel of the Rhine to the north and a smaller channel, the Wachsbleicharm, in the south. The Wachsbleicharm forms the border between the federal states of Hesse  and Rhineland-Palatinate.</p><br>
<p>The island is about 3,100 m long and up to 400 m wide. Covering about 68 hectare, it is one of the largest islands on the Rhine in which the river flows unhindered on both sides. The island is for the most part covered with trees and has a rich bird and plant life. Approximately 90% of the island is protected, with the remainder used for recreational and agricultural purposes.</p><br>
<p>Bundesautobahn 643 crosses the Rhine via the Rettbergsaue on the Schierstein Bridge. Although there is a sidewalk on both sides of the road on the bridge, only the sidewalk on the east side has stairs to access the island.</p><br>
<p>The majority of the island, lying opposite Biebrich Castle, is within the borough of Wiesbaden-Biebrich. The part west of the Schierstein Bridge is part of Wiesbaden-Schierstein.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The Rettbergsaue was originally two islands, created through deposition of coarse sediments and flood silts. The eastern island was the Biebricher Wörth and the western island the Schiersteiner Wörth. The two islands grew together after port construction along this section of the Rhine in the mid-19th century. Evidence of human settlement dates to the Middle Ages, and probably to Roman times, based on structural remnants found at two sites at the highest elevations of the island.</p><br>
<p>The western part, which had been named Karthäuser Island in the Late Middle Ages, acquired the name of Rettbergsaue in 1832 from the Baron (German Freiherr) Carl von Rettberg. The lieutenant and adjutant of the Duke of Nassau purchased the island from the Nassau government for approximately 1,125 guilders and operated a cattle and horse breeding business there. For financial reasons, he returned possession of the island to Nassau only a few years later for 50,000 guilders.</p><br>
<h2>Recreational areas</h2><br>
<p>In 1914, Schierstein Beach was established on the western end, close to two old channels of the Rhine. Biebrich Beach was established on the northern shore in 1921. Because of heavy pollution of the Rhine, both beaches were closed in 1962.</p><br>
<p>Today, the former Schierstein and Biebrich Beaches serve as recreation areas, with large playgrounds, barbecue area, several table-tennis tables, playing areas for badminton and basketball, soccer fields with goalposts, and other attractions. The Schierstein recreation area has the Island Café (Insel-Café), while Biebrich also offers areas for floor chess and volleyball and an open-air bowling alley. The island is popular with camping enthusiasts and the white-sand beaches are once again occasionally used for swimming. Because the island is free of traffic and dogs are banned, Rettbergsaue is an especially popular recreation area for families with children.</p><br>
<p>The two recreation grounds are accessible from the staircase of the Schiersteiner Bridge. In the summer, the island is also served by the passenger ferry Tamara, which operates between the beaches and the Schierstein Port and a river landing in Wiesbaden-Biebrich. The rest of the island is inaccessible to visitors.</p><br>
<h2>Rettbergsaue Nature Reserve</h2><br>
<p>The Rettbergsaue Nature Reserve covers about 90 percent of the island. It has high importance as a wooded barrier between the two cities, acting as a climatic compensation area and emission filter in the metropolitan area.</p><br>
<p>The island lies within the course of the Rhine and contains a variety of biotopes includiung softwood and hardwood forest; brush border, island meadow, foredune, shore, floodlawn, and accretionary habitats. The native species are threatened by invasive species (like the horse chestnut and tree of heaven), hybrid poplars, over-grazing, damage from canoeists, the spread of the Alexandrine parakeet (from Biebrich Castle), and elm disease. Factories outside the island also have an effect on the vegetation.</p><br>
<p>The goals of the nature reserve are the preservation and development of the existing island forests, replacement of poplar plantations with native species, and promoting the growth of disease-resistant elms.</p><br>
<h3>Biotope complexes (habitat classes)</h3><br>
<p>Wet grassland complexes on mineral soils — 43%</p><br>
<p>Deciduous forest complexes (up to 30% share of conifers) — 47%</p><br>
<p>Hardwood forest cultures (foreign to the site or exotic trees) — "Artistic Forestry" — 10%</p><br>
<h3>Habitat types according to the European Union Habitats Directive</h3><br>
<p>6430 — Hydrophilous riparian tall herb fringe communities of plains and of the montane to alpine levels, hydrophilous perennial borders of plains up to submountain level, 1 ha.</p><br>
<p>6510 — Extensively-managed lowland hay meadows with meadow foxtail (Alopecurus pratensis) and great burnet (Sanguisorba officinalis), species-rich, fresh grasslands of the plains up to submountain level, 5 ha.</p><br>
<p>91E0 — Alluvial forests with black alder (Alnus glutinosa) and common ash (Fraxinus excelsior), softwood (white willow, Salix alba) riparian alluvial forests with largely undisturbed flooding dynamics (regularly inundated, often for relatively long periods), 30 ha.</p><br>
<p>91F0 — Riparian mixed forests of pedunculate oak (Quercus robur), European white elm (Ulmus laevis) and field elm (Ulmus minor), common ash (Fraxinus excelsior) or narrow-leafed ash (Fraxinus angustifolia), along the great rivers - hardwood forest on the banks of large rivers, with largely undisturbed flooding dynamics; forests in nitrogen-rich locations usually with well-developed undergrowth, rich in trailing plants, 15 ha.</p><br>
<h3>Species of birds observed</h3><br>
<p>Common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis), foraging guest, very rare (&lt;5 individuals)</p><br>
<p>White stork (Ciconia ciconia), foraging guest, very rare (&lt;5)</p><br>
<p>Middle spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos medius), foraging guest, very rare</p><br>
<p>Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus), foraging guest, present (&lt;5)</p><br>
<p>Red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio), breeding attested (3)</p><br>
<p>Black kite (Milvus migrans), breeding attested (16)</p><br>
<p>Red kite (Milvus milvus), migratory/resting (&lt;100)</p><br>
<p>European honey buzzard (Pernis apivorus), breeding attested (1)</p><br>
<p>Grey-headed woodpecker (Picus canus), breeding attested (1)</p><br>
<p>Grey heron (Ardea cinerea), breeding attested (42)</p><br>
<p>Lesser spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopus minor), breeding attested (1)</p><br>
<p>Nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos), breeding attested (&lt;30)</p><br>
<p>Common redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus), breeding attested (2).</p><br>
<p>Dr. Jefferson A. Walters House is a historic residence in downtown Dayton, Ohio, United States. Built in 1832 and one of the city&#39;s older houses, it was home to two prominent residents of early Dayton, and it has been named a historic site.</p><br>
<p>Born in Fayette County in southwestern Pennsylvania, Jefferson Walters emigrated to Ohio in 1830 at the age of twenty. After studying medicine in Worthington, he practiced for three years in Perry County before moving to Dayton in 1837. During much of his life in the city, he distinguished himself as a successful pharmacist, operating a prosperous drugstore from 1841 until suffering a career-ending injury in an 1866 road accident. Although he ultimately regained his health, Walters chose not to return to the medical field, preferring instead a retirement full of philosophy and antiquarian research.</p><br>
<p>Upon its completion in 1832, it was Daytons first stone-faced brick residence. It was built for Thomas Clegg, owner of several factories and one of Daytons most prominent early manufacturers. Built of brick with an asphalt roof, the house rests on a foundation of limestone and features additional elements of wood and limestone. The present appearance mixes the Italianate style with elements of other Renaissance Revival styles, as a result of modifications performed in 1857.</p><br>
<p>In 1974, Walters&#39; house was listed on National Register of Historic Places, qualifying both because of its architecture and because of its prominent namesake resident. It is one of seven National Register-listed properties in a four-block stretch of First Street, along with First Lutheran Church at 138 W., the Biltmore Hotel and the Victoria Theatre at Main Street, the James Brooks House at 41 E., Antioch Temple at 107 E., and the Dayton Memorial Hall at 125 E.</p><br>
<p>Llyn Cwm Llwch is a small lake or pool in the Brecon Beacons National Park in Powys, Wales. It is between 1 and 2 acres: much smaller than the two glacial lakes in the west of the Black Mountain : Llyn y Fan Fawr and Llyn y Fan Fach. It is of glacial origin, occupying a rock hollow beneath the peaks of Pen y Fan and Corn Du in the central Brecon Beacons. It is drained by the Nant Cwm Llwch which empties into the Afon Tarell, which itself enters the River Usk at Brecon.</p><br>
<p>Tommy Jones&#39; obelisk, a memorial in granite to a young boy who died near this spot in 1900, overlooks the lake.</p><br>
<h2>Geology</h2><br>
<p>The lake occupies a hollow excavated in the sandstones of the Brownstones Formation of the Old Red Sandstone by glacial action during the succession of recent ice ages. Its northern margins are rimmed by a large curved late-glacial moraine.</p><br>
<h2>Access</h2><br>
<p>The lake is within open country and readily accessible to walkers. A popular path up to Pen y Fan runs southwards up Cwm Llwch, passing by the outlet of the lake. The lake is seen to advantage from the peaks of both Pen y Fan and Corn Du and indeed from the spur of Pen Milan to its west.</p><br>
<p>The Caerfanell is a river which rises in the central section of the Brecon Beacons National Park in Powys, Wales. It rises as Blaen Caerfanell on the plateau of Gwaun Cerrig Llwydion and drops steeply down southeastwards into the head of Glyn Collwn before turning east then north-east into Talybont Reservoir. It emerges from the http://www.talybontenergy.co.uk hydro turbine beneath the dam just above the village of Aber and continues northwards to its confluence with the River Usk at the hamlet of Llansantffraed.</p><br>
<p>Its principal tributaries are the Nant Bwrefwr, Nant Tarthwynni, Clydach and Cwy.</p><br>
<h2>Access</h2><br>
<p>The river is shadowed for much of its length by the Beacons Way and by the eastern loop of the Taff Trail. Its uppermost reaches are within open country and accessible to walkers. Paths descend beside the river at Blaenyglyn where it drops over a series of falls which are a very popular natural attraction during both summer and winter months.</p><br>
<p>Bhor Ghat or Bor Ghat, Bhore Ghaut,</p><br>
<p>is a mountain passage located between and for railway and between Khopoli and Khandala on the road route in Maharashtra, India, situated on the crest of the Western Ghats.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The discovery of a route to make a motorable pass in Bor Ghat came after information was provided by a local Dhangar tribesman called Shigroba. Later, the Great Indian Peninsula Railway laid a railway line from Mumbai to Pune. The section through Bhor Ghat with 28 tunnels, and old bridges was opened in 1863. The Ghat opened Mumbai to the Deccan plains of Peninsular India.</p><br>
<p>Building a railway over the Bhor ghat was an exercise in imperial engineering, as noted in an article in Engineering Magazine in 1899, where it was described as "a more certain and enduring form of attack than military power, and that the railway, the canal and harbour are the real weapons in the conquest of a colony."</p><br>
<p>The number of staff during construction increased from 10,000 in 1856, over 20,000 in 1857 to a peak of 42,000 in January 1861. The original incline included building 25 tunnels, eight arched masonry viaducts, blasting and removing of 54 mio cubic feet (1.5 mio m³) of hard rock and building embankments from 67.5 mio cubic feet (1.9 miiiion m³) of material at a total cost of £ 1,100,000, i.e. £ 70,000 per mile.</p><br>
<p>During the grand ceremony at the official opening, which was held at Khandala near the highest point of the incline on 21 April 1863, the governor of Bombay Presidency, Sir Bartle Frere, gave a speech, in which he felt "assured, that in the future ages the works of our English engineers on these Ghauts will take the place of those works of their demigods, the great cave temples of western India, which have so long, to the simple inhabitants of these lands, been the type of superhuman strength, and of more than mortal constructive skill."</p><br>
<h2>Rail</h2><br>
<p>The Bhor Ghat Railway cuts a distance of 21 km between and. There are 28 tunnels across the railway ghat. This ghat comes under the proposed Golden Quadrilateral Freight Corridors. During construction of this ghat almost 25,000 workers lost their lives due to steepness of this ghat.Ian Kerr:</p><br>
<p>Page 343. Initially steam traction was used to haul trains across this ghat. In 1929-30 the Great Indian Peninsula Railway electrified Bombay (Mumbai) - Poona (Pune) section with use of 1500 Volts DC current. This led to end of steam era on this ghat.</p><br>
<p>The first DC locomotives were EF/1 class locomotives (later classified as WCG1) for freight trains. Later Express trains were hauled by EA/1 class locomotives (later classified as WCP1).</p><br>
<p>There used to be a reversing station on this ghat which trains of Great Indian Peninsula Railway (GIPR) used earlier. This was shutdown due to new tunnels on the ghat. The reversing station was located between and after tunnel no. 26. During night time lights of Khopoli can be seen from here.</p><br>
<h2>Road</h2><br>
<p>The road ghat lies between Khopoli and Khandala and is 18 km long. There are six lanes on the Mumbai - Pune express highway and four lanes on the old Mumbai - Pune road. There is proposal to dig two four lane tunnels between Khalapur toll booth near Khopoli and Sinhagad institute, Lonavala to bypass this ghat on Mumbai - Pune express-way which will be expanded from six lane to eight lane road. Similary old Mumbai - Pune highway will use the existing express highway route and will be expanded from four to six lanes. This will also reduce the distance on express highway by 6 km i.e. from 18 km to 12 km.</p><br>
<p>Monte Sacro  is a hill in Rome, Italy on the banks of the river Aniene, some kilometres to the north-east of the Campidoglio. It popularly derives its name from being the site of rituals by augurs or haruspices and gives its name to Rome&#39;s Monte Sacro quarter.</p><br>
<h2>Location</h2><br>
<p>The location of Monte Sacro can be identified by references to it in Roman-era writings, including those by Asconius, Cicero, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Livy and Valerius Maximus. From these indications it appears the site was located 3 miles outside the city, between the right bank of the Aniene and the ancient Via Nomentana, that is, between the Ponte Nomentano and the Aniene&#39;s confluence with the Cecchina creek.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<h3>Plebeian revolt (494 BC)</h3><br>
<p>In 494 BC a class struggle took place in ancient Rome during which the lower class plebs seceded from the city and made camp on Mons Sacer. The secession led to a negotiated settlement with the upper class patricians, and as a result the plebeians were given increased rights including the right to elect their own magistrates, named tribunes.</p><br>
<p>Mount Hamiguitan is a mountain located in the province of Davao Oriental, Philippines. It has a height of 1,620 m. The mountain and its vicinity has one of the most diverse wildlife populations in the country. Among the wildlife found in the area are Philippine eagles and several species of Nepenthes. Some of the latter, such as the Nepenthes peltata, are endemic to the area. The mountain has a protected forest area of approximately 2,000 hectares. This woodland is noted for its unique pygmy forest of century old trees in ultramafic soil, with many endangered, endemic and rare species of flora and fauna.</p><br>
<p>The Mount Hamiguitan range, with an area of 6,834 hectare, was declared a national park and a wildlife sanctuary in 2003. In 2014, the park was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.</p><br>
<h2>Geography</h2><br>
<p>Mount Hamiguitan is located in the province of Davao Oriental in the southeastern part of the island of Mindanao, Philippines. It occupies the land area within the political boundaries of Mati, San Isidro and Governor Generoso.</p><br>
<h2>Flora and fauna</h2><br>
<h3>Plants</h3><br>
<p>Inventory of flora species in the mountain and its vicinity showed that its montane forest has the highest species richness of plants with 462 species, followed by its dipterocarp forest with 338 species, mossy forest with 246 species and agro-system with 246 species. Some of the plants commonly found on Mount Hamiguitan include the following:</p><br>
<p>Leptospermum flavescens</p><br>
<p>Wendlandia nervosa</p><br>
<p>Tristaniopsis micrantha</p><br>
<p>Dacrydium elatum</p><br>
<p>Calophyllum blancoi</p><br>
<p>Symplocos polyandra</p><br>
<p>Almaciga (Agathis philippinensis)</p><br>
<p>Elaeocarpus verticillatus</p><br>
<p>Patersonia lowii</p><br>
<p>Astronia lagunensis</p><br>
<p>Nepenthes alata (sensu lato)</p><br>
<p>Nepenthes hamiguitanensis</p><br>
<p>Nepenthes justinae</p><br>
<p>Nepenthes micramphora</p><br>
<p>Nepenthes peltata</p><br>
<p>Schizaea inopinata</p><br>
<p>Schizaea malaccana</p><br>
<p>Paphiopedilum ciliolare</p><br>
<p>Dipodium paludosum</p><br>
<p>Epigeneium sp.</p><br>
<p>Dendrochilum longilabre</p><br>
<p>Dendrochilum tenellum</p><br>
<p>Dendrochilum sp. (unknown species)</p><br>
<p>Macodes petola</p><br>
<p>Coelogyne chloroptera</p><br>
<p>Bulbophyllum sp.</p><br>
<p>Appendicula sp.</p><br>
<p>Gleichennia hirta</p><br>
<p>Drimys piperita</p><br>
<p>Hydnophyton sp.</p><br>
<h3>Animals</h3><br>
<p>The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List has identified at least 11 endangered vertebrate species. The Philippine Council for Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resources and Development (PCARRD) reported that the mountain is inhabited by five endangered species, 27 rare species, 44 endemic species and 59 economically important species. The following species can be found in the area:</p><br>
<p>Philippine eagle (Pithecophaga jefferyi)</p><br>
<p>Giant golden-crowned flying fox (Acerodon jubatus)</p><br>
<p>Philippine forest roundleaf bat (Hipposideros obscurus)</p><br>
<p>Philippine tarsier (Tarsius syrichta)</p><br>
<p>Philippine warty pig (Sus philippensis)</p><br>
<p>Philippine brown deer (Cervus mariannus)</p><br>
<p>Fischer&#39;s pygmy fruit bat (Haplonycteris fischeri)</p><br>
<p>Asian palm civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus)</p><br>
<p>Tawitawi brown-dove (Phapitreron cinereiceps)</p><br>
<p>Tarictic hornbill (Penelopides panini)</p><br>
<p>Grey-hooded sunbird (Aethopyga primigenius)</p><br>
<p>Giant scops-owl or Mindanao eagle-owl (Mimizuku gurneyi)</p><br>
<p>Batomys hamiguitan (a yellow-brown furry-tailed rat species endemic to the area)</p><br>
<h2>UNESCO listing</h2><br>
<p>In June 2014, the Mount Hamiguitan Range Wildlife Sanctuary was added to the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites.</p><br>
<p>The Greek Orthodox Church of the Holy Apostles, in common use simply Church of the Apostles  is the church at the centre of the Greek Orthodox Monastery of the Holy Apostles at Capernaum, standing among the ruins of ancient Capernaum  near the shore of the Sea of Galilee in Israel. It is also known as simply the Greek Orthodox church at Capernaum, to differentiate it from the Franciscan monastery standing in the southern part of Capernaum. It is sometimes named as the Church of the Seven Apostles, based on the seven disciples mentioned in John 21, but it is actually dedicated to all the twelve apostles of Jesus.</p><br>
<h2>Significance</h2><br>
<p>The church marks the site of the ancient village of Capernaum, which is an important place in Christianity. The village is frequently mentioned in the Gospels and was Jesus main base during his Galilean ministry. It is referred to as Jesus own city and a place where he lived. It was in the synagogue of Capernaum where he first started to preach.</p><br>
<p>Those who claim that the church is dedicated the seven apostles (or rather five apostles and two more disciples), base it on the Gospel of John, chapter 21.</p><br>
<p>If it is dedicated to all twelve apostles, this would also make sense due to the long stay of Jesus and his closest disciples in Capernaum. In any case, the church is situated in the more recent, north-eastern part of the ruined village, which was where the inhabitants relocated after the destruction of the old town from the time of Jesus, as a result of either the earthquake of 749 or of a man-made event of the 7th or 8th century.</p><br>
<h2>Contacts</h2><br>
<p>Superior Father Dionisios, 0546106893</p><br>
<h2>Visiting Time</h2><br>
<p>Every day, 10-15</p><br>
<p>Hawthorne, also known as the Browder Place and Davis House, is a historic Italianate plantation house and historic district in Prairieville, Alabama, USA. This area of Hale County was included in Marengo County before the creation of Hale in 1867. Hawthorne is included in the Plantation Houses of the Alabama Canebrake and Their Associated Outbuildings Multiple Property Submission. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 7, 1994, due to its architectural significance.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Construction on Hawthorne began in 1818. It was eventually enlarged to a large house with over 30 rooms and a full basement by the Manning family. The house and surrounding grounds, including Dr. Benjamin Duggar&#39;s office, were purchased by Joe Lee Davis and Ernestine Davis in the 1950s and remain in that family. 234 Davis Rd, Gallion AL 36742</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<p>Hawthorne is built in the Italian Villa style. It comprises a main two-story block, a three-story tower, and an adjoining one-story wing. A one-story porch with corbel brackets wraps around the main block of the house. The gables and eaves on the main section and tower are also bracketed. Numerous French doors open onto the porch from the parlor and dining room. The tower contains an arched entrance vestibule at the base. It originally had arched windows on the third level, as well as decorative woodwork on the second level and around the ground floor archway. The tower windows have been replaced by simple square sash windows and the decorative details have been simplified with the addition of synthetic siding.</p><br>
<p>The Thunderbird Lodge, also known as the Whittell Estate, is a historic 6.51 acre waterfront estate located on the east shore of Lake Tahoe, in western Washoe County, Nevada. It is now within Lake Tahoe – Nevada State Park.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>George Whittell Jr. was born in San Francisco in 1881, an heir to one of San Francisco&#39;s wealthiest families. His father was the founder of PG&E, the Northern California utility corporation, along with many other businesses. Upon his father’s death in 1922, he received an inheritance of $29 million, which he invested in the stock market. It had grown to $50 million ($60 Billion in 2015 dollars) when he liquidated all his stock holdings just weeks prior to the 1929 Stock Market Crash, becoming one of California’s richest people then at age 49. Captain Whittell, as he liked to be called, is quoted as saying: "When men stop boozing, womanizing and gambling, the bloom is off the rose." By establishing a residence in Nevada, Whittell avoided the higher income taxes in California, where he spent the bulk of each year at his 50-acre Woodside, California estate, the present day site of Kings Mountain Vineyard.</p><br>
<p>In 1935, Captain George Whittell Jr. purchased the 27 miles of Lake Tahoe shoreline and nearly 40,000 acres from Norman Biltz. It encompassed essentially 95% of the Nevada shoreline of Lake Tahoe — all of the land from Crystal Bay, Incline Village, Sand Harbor, Glenbrook, Cave Rock, and Zephyr Cove to Round Hill. Whittell paid approximately $2.7 million or $81.00 per acre. Between 1935 and 1969, Captain George Whittell continued to amass a vast majority of the acreage in Washoe, Carson, and Douglas Counties on the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe.</p><br>
<h3>Buildings</h3><br>
<p>In 1936 construction began the summer residence, Thunderbird Lodge, designed in the Rustic style by Frederic DeLongchamps for George Whittell Jr. The stone house was completed 2½ years later. The estate includes numerous small buildings, before 1937 designed by Frederic DeLongchamps, and after by the design firm DeLongchamps and O&#39;Brien. The house had no guest rooms, as Whittell wanted no overnight visitors.</p><br>
<p>In addition to the main house, there is a Card House, Caretakers Cottage, Cook/Butlers House, Admirals House, Boathouse with adjoining 600 ft tunnel, Gatehouse, and the "Elephant House"—home to Mingo, Whittells two ton Indian Elephant. The large boathouse housed his custom 55 ft mahogany and stainless steel yacht, the Thunderbird.</p><br>
<p>As the years passed, Whittell grew more reclusive, gradually abandoning his casino development plans for Sand Harbor in favor of maintaining his own secluded hideaway and lifestyle. He entertained only a few people at Thunderbird Lodge, including his neighbors Ty Cobb and Howard Hughes, for the occasional all night card games.</p><br>
<p>Whittell’s dislike for unwanted visitors and curiosity-seekers is reflected by a loud siren that operated at Thunderbird Lodge’s dock, that he used to frighten them away. He sold his yacht, the Thunderbird, to casino magnate Bill Harrah in 1962. After a succession of owners, it is again housed in the Lodge’s boathouse.</p><br>
<h3>Land</h3><br>
<p>Whittell eventually owned almost 40,000 acre of the Nevada shoreline area on eastern Lake Tahoe. He had originally planned to develop the land into "high-class" summer properties, a ski resort, and a $1 million hotel-casino. He later decided that he "liked not having neighbors." In addition, development became more complicated, and involved environmental protection pressures and the state of Nevada pressing with eminent domain claims for much of the land to create a state park.</p><br>
<p>During the 1950s, the State of Nevada began negotiations with Captain Whittell to purchase land for a state park. His refusal to pursue development on the 27 miles of shoreline he owned was more from his need for privacy and seclusion, rather than intentional conservation. Nonetheless, Captain Whittell is credited for the natural and unspoiled beauty of Lake Tahoe’s present day eastern shoreline.</p><br>
<h3>Later years</h3><br>
<p>In 1954 Captain Whittell broke his leg, and remained at his Woodside, California estate until 1957. After Whittell broke his hip late in life he refused surgery to repair the fracture, and was confined to a wheelchair.</p><br>
<p>Captain George Whittell, Jr. died of melanoma on 18 April 1969, with his third wife Elia by his side.</p><br>
<p>After Whittell&#39;s death, Thunderbird Lodge and the adjacent 10,000 acres of property were purchased by Jack Dreyfus of Dreyfus Investments. Dreyfus later sold most of the land, excluding the residence, to the USA Forest Service—Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest and Nevada State Parks—Lake Tahoe – Nevada State Park.</p><br>
<h2>Residence conservation</h2><br>
<p>In 1998 the developer Del Webb Corporation purchased the Thunderbird Lodge and its remaining 140 acres of private land. In 1999, the American Land Conservancy facilitated a three way land exchange. The USA Bureau of Land Management conveyed to Del Webb nearly 4,000 acres of Clark County, Nevada land near Las Vegas and the USA Forest Service received the 140 acres of Lake Tahoe land without the residence compound. The Thunderbird Lodge buildings were conveyed to the non-profit Thunderbird Preservation Society with a $9.8-million debt payable to Del Webb/Pulte Homes. In 2009 the Society acquired title to the buildings.</p><br>
<p>Thunderbird Lodge is currently owned by the non-profit Thunderbird Preservation Society. It is now a popular tourist attraction, with public tours by reservation.</p><br>
<p>The John Frew House, also or formerly known as the Rachel and Robert Sterrett House, is a historic house in the Westwood neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The original stone section of the house and the adjacent stone springhouse are c. 1790. The Greek Revival addition to the house is c.1840. A garage was added to the springhouse c.1950. Of the five extant pre-1800 structures remaining in the City of Pittsburgh, this is the only one that is currently being used as an occupied house.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001. The house also has a landmark plaque from the Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation, and it was added to the List of Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation Historic Landmarks in 1984.</p><br>
<p>Its location on Poplar Street places it on the City of Pittsburgh side of the border between Crafton and Pittsburgh.</p><br>
<p>Fishers Gap is a wind gap of the Blue Ridge Mountains located on the border of Madison County and Page County in Virginia in the Shenandoah National Park. Both Skyline Drive and the Appalachian Trail pass across the gap.</p><br>
<h2>Geography</h2><br>
<p>The gap is approximately 2,000 ft above the surrounding countryside. The gap is nearly 1,000 ft below Hawksbill Mountain, the tallest in the park, to the north and 300 ft below Big Meadows and Stony Man Mountain to the south. The Rose River flows down the hollow on the gap&#39;s east face and Little Hawksbill creek does the same down its west face.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Fishers Gap is named for a Stephen Fisher who received a Northern Neck Land Grant for 216 acres at the gap on 4 August 1778. His grant reads: "....do give, grant and confirm unto Stephen Fisher of Culpeper County a certain Tract of Waste & ungranted land near Milams Pass on the Blue Ridge in Culpeper and Shenandoah Counties bounded as by Survey thereof made by Richard Young." Deeds recording subsequent sales of this 216 acres can be traced to Isaac N. Longs sale to the Virginia State Commission on Conservation on 8 July 1931. The National Park Service then acquired the land for the Shenandoah National Park which labeled it: Madison County, Tract I. N. Long 141. The 1932 U. S. Geological Survey for the park shows that Madison County Tract 141 is exactly at their labeled Fisher&#39;s Gap.</p><br>
<p>The reference to "Milams Pass" in Fishers original Grant is also found in Fishers 1770 land survey as well as in all later deeds including Isaac Longs 1894 purchase deed: "....to wit: The tract of 216 acres more or less of land lying in the counties of Madison & Page near what is known as Milams pass or Milams gap on the Blue Ridge Mountains being the same land adjoining what is known as the Meadows Tract...." The phrase is again found in Capt. Thomas Bohannons 1805 land Grant: "....nigh a path called Milans pass, on the North side of Double Top...." These references are to an early settler on Double Top Mountain named Thomas Milam who lived just east of Bohannon&#39;s land from the 1740s to 1760 and who most probably first discovered this path or pass across the Blue Ridge Mountains to the Shenandoah Valley which for so long bore his name.</p><br>
<p>Fishers Gap doesnt appear on any map of the area until after the Gordonsville New Market Turnpike was completed in the Spring of 1853. It was constructed by the Blue Ridge Turnpike Company which was incorporated in 1848. Jedediah Hotchkiss, topographic engineer to General Thomas J. (Stonewall) Jackson, described the turnpike and his ride across Fisher&#39;s Gap in a letter to his wife in early November 1862: ".....Monday was a fine day, and I had a nice ride across the Blue Ridge, by the crookedest road I have ever seen -- 19 miles across -- but the road is a fine one -- I stopped for the night at the foot of the Mountain. Tuesday I came on to New Market....” Two weeks later, during the American Civil War, Confederate General Thomas (Stonewall) Jackson led most of his army across the Gordonsville New Market Turnpike en route to Fredericksburg, where he played a significant role in the Battle of Fredericksburg a month later.</p><br>
<p>The sad end of the Gordonsville Newmarket Turnpike was recounted in the Blue Ridge Turnpike Company records of June, 1867: "....the road was used by both armies....whole organization was broken down and the Gates discontinued...." And on 5 June 1867: “....owing to the late war the Blue Ridge Turnpike Company has been disorganized...." Within the Shenandoah National Park, the 105 mile long Skyline Drive was constructed between 1933 and 1939. Just north of the Big Meadows rest center - near mile marker 50 - there is the Fisher&#39;s Gap Overlook (3140 Feet Altitude). The remnants of the Gordonsville New Market Turnpike survive today as the Rose River and Redgate fire roads within the park.</p><br>
<p>The Paul Dresser Birthplace is located in Fairbanks Park in Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana, at the corner of First and Farrington Streets. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, it is the birthplace and boyhood home of Paul Dresser, a late-nineteenth-century singer, actor, and songwriter, who wrote and published more than 100 popular songs. On March 14, 1913, the Indiana General Assembly named Dresser&#39;s hit, "On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away", the state song of Indiana.</p><br>
<p>Built in 1850, the home was owned by Dressers parents, Johann Paul and Sarah (Schanab) Dreiser. Their son, Johann Paul Dreiser Jr., who later changed his name to Paul Dresser, was born in the house on April 22, 1858. Dressers father built the porch for the brick house, which originally consisted of one bedroom, a lean-to kitchen, and a parlor. In 1863 Dresser&#39;s father sold the home and moved the family to Sullivan, Indiana. By 1871 they had returned to Terre Haute, but Dresser did not stay in town for long. Dresser left home at the age of sixteen and became "one of the most important composers of the 1890s".</p><br>
<p>Originally, the house was located at 318 South Second Street in Terre Haute. During the 1960s, when urban renewal threatened its demolition, the Vigo County Historical Society raised funds purchase the building, saving it from destruction, and relocated it to the southeast corner of Fairbanks Park. Altered over the years, the building consists of two floors. The first floor has a bedroom, a kitchen, and a parlor. The second floor has two bedrooms that are accessible by an outside staircase. The Vigo County Historical Society operates the home as a museum, open by appointment. Artifacts pertaining to Dresser include a Chickering piano that he used to write songs and a portrait of Dresser painted during the height of his career. Unlike other house museums, Dresser&#39;s birthplace reflects the furnishings of a working-class family, not the well-to-do.</p><br>
<p>In 1967 the Indiana General Assembly designated the home as a state shrine and memorial. That same year the National Music Council listed it as "A Landmark of American Music". The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. Terre Hautes Fairbanks Park also includes a local Girl Scout office and a Terre Haute parks department office. In 1923 the Banks-of-the-Wabash Association officially named Paul Dresser Drive, the parks main road, in the songwriter&#39;s honor.</p><br>
<p>File:Paul Dresser Birthplace 1.JPGFront and side view of home</p><br>
<p>File:Paul Dresser Birthplace 2.JPGFront view of home</p><br>
<p>File:Paul Dresser Birthplace 3.JPGRiver side of home</p><br>
<p>File:Paul Dresser Birthplace 4.JPGRear of home</p><br>
<p>File:Wabash River Fairbanks Park downstream.JPGThe Wabash River by Dresser&#39;s home, looking downstream</p><br>
<p>File:Wabash River Fairbanks Park upstream.JPGThe Wabash River by Dresser&#39;s home, looking upstream</p><br>
<p>Veleta  or Pico del Veleta is the third highest peak of the Iberian peninsula and the second highest in the Sierra Nevada. Its height is given variously as 3,394 m, 3,396 m and 3,398 m.</p><br>
<p>The mountain can be seen from the city of Granada. Veleta&#39;s northern slopes are home to the Sierra Nevada Ski Station. The access road that takes one to approximately 10 metres below the summit is the highest paved road in Europe across the mountains from Granada to the western Alpujarras. This road was built before the creation of the Sierra Nevada National Park in 1999. It has since been closed to general traffic beyond Hoya de la Mora, just above the ski station. However, the road is still used by ski station employees, national park rangers, observatory staff, cyclists and walkers, and a microbus service also takes hikers up to Posiciones del Veleta, a viewpoint 3,100 metres above sea level. In summer it is a relatively easy walk up to the summit from there.</p><br>
<p>The Corral de la Veleta or Corral del Veleta glacier, at 37° N the southernmost glacier in Europe, disappeared in 1913.</p><br>
<p>The IRAM 30m telescope is located on the slopes of Pico Veleta at an elevation of 2920 m.</p><br>
<p>The Robert Bruce Barbour House, also known as Casa Feliz  is a restored Spanish farmhouse designed by architect James Gamble Rogers II, overlooking the golf course in the heart of Winter Park, Florida. This is one of Rogers best-known residences. In 2000 order to save it from destruction, the city of Winter Park moved it to its current location at 656 Park Avenue North in Winter Park. On April 18, 2012, the AIAs Florida Chapter placed it on its list of Florida Architecture: 100 Years. 100 Places as Casa Feliz / Formerly Robert Bruce Barbour Estate.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Here is what architect James Gamble Rogers II (1867 — 1947) says about the creation of this house: "Barbour came along and he had this beautiful lot, you know, on North Interlachen Avenue. Evelyn and I were sitting at home one time and somebody tapped on the door and I went to the door and here were Mr. and Mrs. Barbour, whom I had never met. And he said, “I want to know who your architect was,” and I said well, I was my own... So...Mr.. Barbour said, “I want to know who your architect was,” and I told him that I had designed it myself. He said, “I want you to design me a house, but I don’t want anything like this. I think your house is beautiful, but I don’t want anything like it. He said, “I want a Spanish farmhouse. You may design it anyway you want. I won’t interfere, and if I don’t like it when it’s done, I’ll sell it. I’m not going to interfere with you one bit. You just make me a beautiful Spanish farmhouse.”</p><br>
<h2>Design</h2><br>
<p>Rogers created a gracious residence, with large public rooms. From the entrance hall one may enter either the living room or the library. The living room opens to a garden on one side and a courtyard on the other; the dining room also opens to this courtyard. Along the garden front an arched loggia connects the living room, entrance hall and library. The home also features a dramatically arched porte cochere.</p><br>
<p>The interior of "Casa Feliz" affords the visitor rooms that have been refurbished to their original condition. The living room has a vaulted ceiling with massive hand-hewn beams. The public spaces of the house are the living and dining rooms, library, courtyards and detached garden room (formerly the garage). Typical James Gamble Rogers II details include the majolica-tiled interior courtyard and fountain, arched doorways and a circular staircase.</p><br>
<p>The exterior of "Casa Feliz" and grounds feature rich textures of original Spanish roof tiles and whitewashed century-old bricks, a turret, a bell tower and a heavy timber balcony detailed in colors of the Mediterranean, lush landscaping, intimate courtyards, sweeping oaks and native plants contained by ancient clay amphoras.</p><br>
<h2>Recent history</h2><br>
<p>As noted, originally the house stood at 656 North Interlachen Avenue bordering one of Winter Park&#39;s lakes, with this garden front of the house facing the lake. It stood there for about seventy years. Then, a local doctor bought the property and proposed to raze the house and build something bigger, claiming that this house was too small for his needs. It would have been gone forever had not the community raised a hue and cry, as well as the wherewithal to save it. It is now in a peaceful setting overlooking the Winter Park golf course. It is open for tours or to be rented for receptions.</p><br>
<p>On December 31, 2008, it was added to the United States National Register of Historic Places. As of June 2009, the home&#39;s former site still sits empty.</p><br>
<h2>Casa Feliz Historic House Museum</h2><br>
<p>The Casa Feliz historic house museum is open for live music and tours on Sunday afternoons, and is open for private tours by appointment. A permanent exhibit in the house focuses on the life and works of architect James Gamble Rogers II. The estate has been restored to reflect its original 1930s appearance and serves as a Winter Park and Orlando wedding venue. The museum hosts periodic concerts and special events, and is available for rental.</p><br>
<p>Grotto Geyser is a fountain-type geyser located in the Upper Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park in the United States. Grotto Geyser is the namesake for the group of geysers that includes Grotto Fountain Geyser, South Grotto Fountain Geyser, Indicator Spring, Spa Geyser, and Rocket Geyser.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>On September 18, 1870 members of the Washburn-Langford-Doane Expedition entered the Upper Geyser Basin where in a day and a half of exploration, they named seven geysers of which Grotto was one. Nathaniel P. Langford described the Grotto in his 1871 Scribner&#39;s account:</p><br>
<p>"The Grotto" was so named from its singular crater of vitrified sinter, full of large, sinuous apertures. Through one of these, on our first visit, one of our company crawled to the discharging orifice; and when, a few hours afterwards,</p><br>
<p>he saw a volume of boiling water, four feet in diameter, shooting through, it to the height of sixty feet, and a scalding stream of two hundred inches flowing from the aperture he had entered a short time before, he concluded he had narrowly escaped being summarily cooked. The discharge of this geyser continued for nearly half an hour.</p><br>
<h2>Eruptions</h2><br>
<p>Grotto Geyser erupts about every eight hours. The interval between eruptions is longer after a longer eruption. The eruptions are about 10 ft high and can last from about 1 hour to more than 10 hours long, although there have been eruptions that lasted more than 26 hours.</p><br>
<h3>Sequence</h3><br>
<p>Grotto Geysers eruptions are usually preceded by an eruption from Grotto Fountain Geyser. After it has a short mode eruption, which lasts about 1 to 2 hours, Rocket Geyser usually has a major eruption. Approximately three-quarters of Grottos eruptions are short mode. Grotto Geyser and Rocket Geyser erupt together. When Grotto Geyser has a long mode eruption, which lasts from 6 to 12 hours, Spa Geyser, instead of Rocket Geyser, erupts.</p><br>
<h3>Interactions</h3><br>
<p>Grotto is significant beyond its own considerable size because of the interactions between its own eruptions and those of nearby Giant Geyser, one of the world&#39;s most powerful geysers. Giant erupts only during so-called "hot periods," times of intensified activity and rising water among the smaller geysers surrounding Giant. Most hot periods do not lead to Giant eruptions, but Giant eruptions frequently start during the hot period immediately following the start of a Grotto eruption. Additionally, the long, "marathon" eruptions of Grotto are commonly followed, a few hours after they end, by a particularly intense "recovery hot period" in the Giant complex that may instigate a Giant eruption. Giant eruptions may also occur 4 to 5 hours after the start of a Grotto marathon eruption.</p><br>
<h2>Physical structure</h2><br>
<p>Grotto Geyser&#39;s cone is nearly 8 ft high. The odd shape comes from sinter accumulating over dead tree stumps as the geyser erupted.</p><br>
<p>Jefferson Davis Memorial Historic Site  is a 12.668 acre state historic site located in Irwin County, Georgia that marks the spot where Confederate States President Jefferson Davis was captured by United States cavalry on Wednesday, May 10, 1865. The historic site features a granite monument with a bust of Jefferson Davis that is located at the place of capture. The memorial museum, built in 1939 by the Works Progress Administration, features Civil War era weapons, uniforms, artifacts and an exhibit about the president&#39;s 1865 flight from Richmond, Virginia to Irwin County, Georgia.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>When Confederate States President Jefferson Davis and a few remaining staff members crossed the Savannah River into the state of Georgia on Wednesday, May 3, 1865, they were headed for the Western Theater where he planned to unite Confederate States forces and continue the Civil War. On Tuesday, May 9, 1865, they camped in a pine forest (present-day Jefferson Davis Memorial Historic Site), not knowing that pursuit was so close behind. At dawn the next day, they were surrounded by two independent groups of USA cavalry who were unaware of each other’s presence. Gunfire ensued until federal forces realized they had been shooting at one another. Two USA cavalrymen died during the skirmish. President Davis was taken prisoner and held in Fort Monroe, Virginia for two years until released. Today, a state memorial marks the location where he was captured. The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.</p><br>
<h2>Facilities</h2><br>
<p>Civil War Museum - film and artifacts</p><br>
<p>Thirteen picnic sites</p><br>
<p>Group shelter (seats 100)</p><br>
<p>Nature trail, 1/3 mile long</p><br>
<p>Monument</p><br>
<p>Gift shop</p><br>
<p>Playground</p><br>
<p>The Mrs. A. W. Gridley House is a Frank Lloyd Wright designed Prairie School home</p><br>
<p>in Batavia, Illinois.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>This 5,100 ft&sup2; house is on a 2.3 wooded acre lot, set well back from the street. Gridley</p><br>
<p>met Wright through P. D. Hoyt, owner of the P. D. Hoyt House in nearby Geneva. The Gridley house was built in 1906. Wright named the house "Ravine House", because of the sloping wildflower ravine to the south of the house. Gridley had financial problems and only lived in the house a short time. In 1912, the house was sold to Frank Snow, president of Batavia&#39;s Challenge Feed Mill and Wind Mill Company. Members of the family lived in the house until 1981. The property has been well maintained and any alterations have been well designed in keeping with the original integrity of the house. On February 3, 1993, the house was recognized by the National Park Service with a listing on the National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<p>With a low-pitch hip roof, projecting eaves, uninterrupted cedar trim and casement windows, the fourteen room stucco and cypress house is an excellent example of Wrights Prairie School style. The house features include three Roman brick fireplaces, elegant woodwork & built-ins. Wrights plan included a stucco wall surrounding the front wing which has been removed and a barn that was never built. The Gridley house is in a cruciform plan, common for Wright&#39;s early Prairie School houses. The house was decorated with earth-toned stucco, stained cedar trim, and a shake cedar roof; the roof has since been replaced with asphalt shingles. Stuccoed terrace walls that surrounded the front (east) wing were also removed.</p><br>
<h3>Interior</h3><br>
<p>White oak hardwood floors are used throughout the house. The walls and doors on the second story are pine, as are the floors of the servants quarters. The floors of the kitchen and butlers pantry are maple, though they have pine doors. The interior plan is dominated with a large front hall running north to south. The east section was the living room, decorated with a Roman brick fireplace, glass terrace doors, side windows, and built-in oak bookcases. Doorways on either side of the fireplace lead to the dining room and hall. The north end of the building is a study room and the south end is a dining room. The study includes another Roman brick fireplace and has a built-in gun and trophy case. The dining room includes a built-in oak buffet with leaded glass lights. Glass doors on the south lead to a covered porch with half walls. The butlers pantry is in the corner of the dining room with built-in cabinets and a copper sink. A narrow hall used as a coat room is found between the dining room and staircase. The oak staircase sits at the center of the house and is ornamented with oak moldings. The west wing of the house was the servants work and living quarters. A small 12 x addition was completed in 1992. Against the west wall is a small, simple sitting room for the servants. This room also allowed convenient access for servants to the main rooms of the house.</p><br>
<p>The staircase leads to an upper landing, where three more steps in the reverse direction lead to the main upper hall. The landing includes a door that leads to the servant&#39;s staircase, which connects to the sitting room. This staircase also leads to a second-floor sleeping room for servants. The hall is split with a half-wall created by the stairway balustrades and handrail. There are five bedrooms on the upper level. The north bedroom includes a Roman brick fireplace and a walk-in closet. Plumbing throughout the house was replaced, first in the 1930s and then again in 1992.</p><br>
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<p>The Dudley Spencer House, also called Laurel, is a Frank Lloyd Wright designed Usonian home in Wilmington, Delaware.</p><br>
<p>Wright designed this home in 1956 and named it "Laurel". This house is of the hemicycle design, and is built of irregularly coursed fieldstone. This single story house has a flat roof with curvilinear extensions and windows under roof extensions. The interior fireplace and hearth serves as dominant structural and aesthetic element. Typical of Wright designs, the home successfully blends with the surrounding wooded environment. The Dudley Spencer house is private and not accessible to the public. The house was built by its first owner, Dudley Spencer, over a five-year period between 1956 and 1961.</p><br>
<p>Following the death of Spencer in 2012, the house was sold to its current owners in 2013.</p><br>
<p>The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.</p><br>
<p>St. Anthony of Padua Roman Catholic Church is a Roman Catholic church in Wilmington, Delaware. Named in honor of Anthony of Padua, it falls within the jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wilmington and is operated by the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales. It is situated in Wilmingtons Little Italy neighborhood, where the parish includes St. Anthonys School  and Padua Academy.</p><br>
<p>Every June, the church runs an Italian Festival, a week-long event which celebrates the Feast of Saint Anthony. This festival features four outdoor cafes, each with their own live entertainment, and unique food selections. The Festival is the second-largest of its kind in the United States. Admission fees were established for the first time in 2008.</p><br>
<p>The Romanesque revival architectural style owes its inspiration to the Basilica di San Zeno in Verona, Italy. Italian immigrants who settled in the area took seven years to construct the building. Construction was led by Ernesto DiSabatino who later founded EDiS Company and received the Papal Cross of Honor Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice for his efforts for the construction of the church.</p><br>
<p>The church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.</p><br>
<p>Bramble Cay, also called Maizab Kaur, Massaramcoer or Baramaki, and located at the northeastern edge of the Torres Strait Islands of Queensland and at the northern end of the Great Barrier Reef, is the northernmost point of land of Australia. It is 55 km southeast of the mouth of the Fly River of Papua New Guinea.</p><br>
<h2>Features</h2><br>
<p>The 3.62 hectare sand cay is predominately grassland, with 1.72 hectare covered in grasses.</p><br>
<p>After several shipwrecks, the first lighthouse, a 42 ft pyramidal steel tower, was finally erected in 1924. It was demolished in 1954 and replaced by the present lighthouse, a 17 m stainless steel tower, which was equipped with solar power on 6 January 1987. There are maintenance visits by vessels of the Australian Maritime Safety Authority every three to six months.</p><br>
<p>Bramble Cay is a breeding place for green turtles. The surrounding sea is rich with algae and algae-loving fish such as unicornfish, wrasse and trumpetfish. The island was also home to the Bramble Cay melomys, an isolated species of rodent declared extinct in 2016.</p><br>
<p>About 5 km to the southwest are the Black Rocks, also called Rebes, which rise one metre above the water. Three kilometres northeast, maps show submerged Nautilus Reef, the existence of which is doubtful.</p><br>
<p>Bramble Cay and the reefs and rocks close by are separated from other reefs and islets further south by Bligh Channel (Bligh Entrance). To the north and northwest, the Great North East Channel separates them from the coast of Papua New Guinea (Parama Island), which is 48 km to the north.</p><br>
<h2>Governance</h2><br>
<p>Administratively, Bramble Cay is part of the Shire of Torres, specifically of the Eastern Islands Region. Although the island is located 25 km north of the Seabed and Fisheries Jurisdiction Line between Australia and Papua New Guinea, the Australian sovereignty is undisputed and explicitly recognized by Papua New Guinea.</p><br>
<p>Customary tenure of Bramble Cay is held by the people of Darnley Island, the closest inhabited island, 45 km south-southwest. Darnley Islanders travel to Bramble Cay to collect turtle and bird eggs during the nesting season, and also grant people of the neighboring Eastern Islands, Stephens Island and Murray Island, permission to collect.</p><br>
<p>The closest islet is uninhabited Underdown Islet, about 40 km south. Papua New Guinea, specifically Parama Island, is 48 km WNW. The Papua New Guinean city of Daru, the capital of Western Province, is some 70 km west of Bramble Cay.</p><br>
<p>The Highland Falls Railroad Depot in Highland Falls, New York, is a former West Shore Railroad train station built in the 1880s. It was later used by the New York Central Railroad. Since the mid-20th century it has been used as a residence; the tracks are still used as a freight line.</p><br>
<p>It is, along with the Milton station to the north in Ulster County, one of the few remaining original West Shore Railroad passenger stations. Its Shingle Style architecture is the most sophisticated example of that mode in the village. In 1982 it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<h2>Building</h2><br>
<p>The station building is located west of the tracks, currently used by CSX&#39;s Hudson River Subdivision, at the foot of Station Hill Road where it descends from downtown Highland Falls to the river. It is on a 1.2 acre sliver-shaped lot with no other development nearby and high stony bluffs to the west. To the east are the docks of a marina run from the property.</p><br>
<p>The building itself is a two-story frame building sided in two types of shingles on the second story and clapboard below, with wooden courses dividing the different sidings and then running at water table level on the first story. The pyramidal roof is pierced by a central brick chimney and three gabled dormer windows. Their ridges, as well as the roof, have decorative crockets.</p><br>
<p>A central pavilion projects from the north. On the east a shed roof shelters the former platform both north and south of the building. Two small lean-tos are on the north and west.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The railroad was built through the area in 1882, and the station first appears in maps not long afterwards, in 1891. Many of the workers who had built the railroad and the station settled in nearby neighborhoods, swelling the population of what had primarily been a summer resort community and the nearest town to the United States Military Academy. The station&#39;s highly decorative use of the Shingle Style is the best example of it in the village.</p><br>
<p>Passenger service ended around 1950. The station was then converted into a residence, retaining most of the original features.</p><br>
<p>The village attempted to negotiate with the current owners to purchase property and preserve the only public access to the river within its limits. After those broke down in early 2006, the village received a $350,000 state grant. The owners say they will not sell to the village, who they argued had bungled the deal.</p><br>
<p>Bethany Congregational Church  is a historic Congregational church building at 18 Spear Street in Quincy, Massachusetts. The Gothic Revival building was designed and built in 1927 to a design by J. Williams Beal, Sons, for a congregation which was established in 1832. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. Services are held every Sunday at 9:30 AM. All are welcome.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The Bethany Congregational Church () is located at the northeast corner of Spear and Coddington Streets in downtown Quincy, just east of the Thomas Crane Public Library. It is a roughly T-shaped stone structure, with a tall square tower at the right (southern) corner of the T. The main facade, facing the street corner, has a projecting section in which the entrance is deeply recessed under an arch. An elaborate multipart stained glass window stands in the gable above this projecting section. The corners and side walls are buttressed, with three-part Gothic windows in the side walls. The tower is the building&#39;s most striking element, with three-part rectangular windows below a pinnacled parapet.</p><br>
<p>The congregation was formed in 1832 from the town&#39;s original Episcopolian congregation. Its second building, erected in 1870, was torn down in the 1920s to provide space for the Granite Trust Company building. That company gave the church this parcel of land, on which the church was built in 1927. It was designed by J. Williams Beal, Sons, architects responsible for the Trust Company building and the Adams Building.</p><br>
<p>Christ Church is a historic church at 12 Quincy Avenue in Quincy, Massachusetts. It is a parish of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts. The parish first congregated for lay-led services in 1689, and officially formed in 1704. It is believed to be the oldest continuously active Episcopal parish in Massachusetts. The building is a Tudor Revival structure constructed in 1874; it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. The Rev. Clifford Brown is the current rector.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>Christ Church is set at the northeast corner of Quincy and Elm Streets, south of Quincy&#39;s central business district. It is built out of local granite, with a steeply-pitched slate roof. The front-facing gable houses a large arched stained glass window, and the side walls have modest buttressing. Entry vestibules project to either side, in emulation of the English country churches its design recalls. A significant deviation from that style is the lack of a rounded apse; instead, that section of the church has a flat wall. A Tudor Revival parish house is attached to the rear. It is also built out of local granite, with heavy stone window sills and lintels and steep ridged roof gables.</p><br>
<p>The parish was formally organized in 1704 by Rev. William Barclay, when the area was still part of Braintree, and built its first church on School Street in 1727 (at the site of the Christ Church Burial Ground. It built a second frame church at the present site in 1832 and a stone one in 1859, both of which were destroyed by fire. The present church was built in 1874, in an English Revival style that was then in vogue for Episcopal churches.</p><br>
<p>Gibbon Falls is a waterfall on the Gibbon River in northwestern Yellowstone National Park in the United States. Gibbon Falls has a drop of approximately 84 ft. The falls are located roadside, 4.7 mi upstream from the confluence of the Gibbon and Firehole Rivers at Madison Junction on the Grand Loop Road.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The falls were first described by William Henry Jackson during the second Hayden geological survey of 1872. There is no historical record as to how they got their name, but by the mid-1880s, they were routinely referred to as Gibbon Falls in both government and commercial accounts of the park.</p><br>
<p>In 1883, in his The Yellowstone National Park-A Manual for Tourists, Henry J. Winser described the falls:</p><br>
<p>In 1895, Hiram M. Chittenden described Gibbon Falls in his Yellowstone National Park-Historical and Descriptive. In 1895, the road was on the opposite side of the river from where it runs today.</p><br>
<h2>Barrier to fish migration</h2><br>
<p>When the Washburn and Hayden parties traveled through the Firehole River and Gibbon River basins in the 1870s, the Gibbon River above Gibbon Falls was barren of fish, the falls being a natural barrier to upstream migration. Unlike the Yellowstone drainage, the upper Gibbon was isolated from any connection to drainages on the Pacific slope. The absence of fish was overcome in 1890 when the first Rainbow trout were introduced into the river above the falls. In 1920, Arctic Grayling, native in the Gibbon and Madison Rivers below the falls were stocked in Grebe Lake at the headwaters of the Gibbon. Today, the falls still block upstream migrations of spawning trout from the Madison River, but the upper Gibbon has become a consistent trout fishery because of these introductions.</p><br>
<p>First Baptist Church of Wollaston is a historic Baptist church building at 187 Warren Avenue in Quincy, Massachusetts. Built in 1873 for a new congregation, and repeatedly enlarged, it is a fine example of Gothic Revival architecture, and one of the city&#39;s finest remaining wood-frame churches. The church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture and history</h2><br>
<p>The First Baptist Church of Wollaston is set on a large lot at the western corner of Prospect and Warren Avenues in Quincy&#39;s Wollaston. It is now a large asymmetrical T-shaped structure whose long side extends along Prospect, with the original 1873 church building projecting toward that street. That structure has a steeply-pitched slate gable roof, with a tower set at the near left corner. The square tower has buttressing at the corners and narrow paired lancet windows on its lower two levels, and is topped by a pyramidal spire. Extending left from the rear of this structure is a 1913 addition, designed by Boston architect Albert Hayden Wright, that adopts similar design elements, and incorporates an 1890 chapel, connecting the two buildings via a Gothic colonnade. A second addition, dating to 1956, extends to the right.</p><br>
<p>Development of the Wollaston Heights area began in 1870, and this church was one of the first major structures built in the area. It was built on land donated by the Wollaston Land Company, the areas developer. George Pinkham, one of the church congregations founders, was the business manager of the company. The congregation was organized in 1871.</p><br>
<p>Hancock Cemetery is a historic cemetery on Hancock Street in Quincy Square, across the street from the United First Parish Church in Quincy, Massachusetts, United States. It is named after Reverend John Hancock , father of Founding Father John Hancock.</p><br>
<p>The cemetery was founded c. 1640 (the date of the earliest documented graves), and is the only tangible remainder of the early settlement of the area. It was the resting place of Presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams and their wives, Abigail Adams and Louisa Adams (respectively), before they were moved to the crypt in the United First Parish Church.</p><br>
<p>The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.</p><br>
<p>The cemetery markers and graves have recently been digitized on and.</p><br>
<p>The Wollaston Unitarian Church, more recently a former home of the St. Catherine&#39;s Greek Orthodox Church, is a historic church building at 155 Beale Street in Quincy, Massachusetts. Built in 1888, it is a prominent local example of Shingle Style architecture. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. The building has been converted to residential use.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture and building history</h2><br>
<p>The church is located at the western corner of Beale and Farrington Steets in central Quincy. It is a fine example of Shingle Style architecture, with asymmetrical massing that emphasizes horizontal structure. Its ground floor is finished in granite, while the upper parts are clad in wooden shingles. A squat square tower stands at the corner, topped by a pyramidal roof with flared eaves, with the main entrance set in a recess at its base. The street-facing main block gable features a broad Gothic-arched recess, in which is mounted a stained glass window. The parish house, built in 1915, is integrated with the main structure, south of the main gable facing Beale Street.</p><br>
<p>The church was built in 1888 for a Unitarian congregation established the previous year. The church was the third to be built in the Wollaston area in 20 years, reflective of the areas burgeoning growth. The Wollaston Church merged with United First Parish Church in Quincy in 1960. The Beale Street building was purchased for $40,000 by St. Catherines, a Greek Orthodox congregation organized in 1958. St. Catherine&#39;s grew over the years, and in 2004 the congregation moved to a new building in Braintree.</p><br>
<p>Cefn Llechid is a small area of unenclosed land in the Brecon Beacons National Park east of Sennybridge in the county of Powys, Wales. It lies within Fforest Fawr Geopark. Its plateau-like summit surface peaks at 400m where it is marked by a trig point. A couple of small bodies of water lie in a hollow on the plateau. The hill is owned and managed by the Brecon Beacons National Park Authority.</p><br>
<h2>Geology</h2><br>
<p>Like Mynydd Illtud to its east and Fforest Fach to its west, the hill is formed from sandstones and mudstones of the St. Maughans Formation of the Old Red Sandstone laid down during the Devonian period. Ths sandstones form positive if subdued relief features in the landscape. A number of geological faults run through the area forming a part of the Swansea Fault, itself a part of the Welsh Borderland Fault System.A legacy of the ice which overran the area during the last ice age is the glacial till which covers the lower flanks of Cefn Llechid.</p><br>
<h2>Access</h2><br>
<p>By virtue of it being registered common land the hill is open access for walkers. Additional access is provided for horseriders and mountain-bikers by a couple of bridleways which link it with the A4215 road to the south and a couple of minor roads to the north.</p><br>
