<p>Brintons Mill, also known as The Mill at Brintons Bridge, is a historic grist mill located in Birmingham Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. The mill was built about 1720, expanded in 1769, and renovated in 1824. The granary was built about 1824, when the mill was expanded. Also on the property is a stone dwelling constructed in the 1920s and built on the foundation of an early 18th-century dwelling. During the Battle of Brandywine in September 1777, General John Sullivan and his troops were bivouacked at the adjacent Brinton&#39;s Ford. In the early 1970s, the mill property was owned by artist Andrew Wyeth. In 1958, Andrew and Betsy Wyeth purchased and restored "The Mill," a group of 18th-century buildings that appeared often in his work, including Night Sleeper .</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.</p><br>
<p>Dilworthtown Historic District is a national historic district located in Birmingham Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. It encompasses eight contributing buildings in the crossroads community of Dilworthtown. They include the Dilworth House , stone house , Dilworthtown Lyceum or meeting hall , Dilworthtown Store , two tenant houses , and a two-story log cabin dated to 1686 or the early-18th century. The focal point of the district is the Dilworth House, also known as the Dilworthtown Inn, which has operated as an inn and tavern since the late 18th century. The town was at the center of the fighting during the Battle of Brandywine in September 1777.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.</p><br>
<p>Mont Terri  is one of the mountains of the Jura Mountains range. It is located south of Cornol in the Canton of Jura. The mountain can be located 140 km west of Zurich.</p><br>
<p>A prehistoric site, Mont-Terri Castle, is located on the summit.</p><br>
<h2>Research</h2><br>
<p>The mountain is the site of an international research project, the Mont Terri Project, founded in 1996. The facilities consist of the underground conducting research on geological, hydrogeological, geochemical and geotechnical characterisation of Opalinus clay, which is a type of argillaceous claystone. The research team includes partners from Europe and Japan. The purpose of the study are to discover if this impermeable clay is suitable for geologic disposal of radioactive waste. The project is partially funded by the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology.</p><br>
<p>Primary contacts for the research project are Jens Birkholzer, Chief Scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and Marc Thury, Chief Geologist at the National Cooperative for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste (NAGRA).</p><br>
<p>Unionville Village Historic District is a national historic district located at Unionville in East Marlborough Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. It encompasses 69 contributing buildings in the village of Unionville. It includes a variety of brick, stone, and frame residences the earliest of which is dated to about 1750. Notable buildings include Unionville Academy , country store , Union Hotel , Cross Keys Inn , Unionville Saddle Shop , Unionville Hall , Grange Hall , and Green Lawn Seminary.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.</p><br>
<p>Unionville PA Friends front.jpgFriends meeting house, once used as a Grange building, is now used as a Sunday school by the Grace Fellowship Church</p><br>
<p>Unionville PA Friends side.jpgSide of the meeting house</p><br>
<p>Nuss Lake is a small lake in Klamath Falls, Oregon, United States. It is 0.2 sq miles in size, located approximately 6.6 miles from Altamont. The lake sits between the south skirt of Stukel Mountain and Olene Gap to the north.</p><br>
<h2>Hydrology</h2><br>
<p>The Klamath area has a peculiar natural draining system. The larger portion of this area, including Poe, Langell and Yonna valleys are drained by the Lost River and its tributaries, which flow into several small lakes before emptying into Tule Lake. Even though there are not many springs in Klamath County, some of the identifiable perennial springs that appear at land surface issue from the bottom of Nuss Lake. Hydraulic heads in wells are above surface at several places in the area, indicating that the aquifer is confined at these places, extending around Nuss Lake and the valley south and west of Stukel Mountain along Lost River. Many of these wells, including some north of Stukel Mountain have large flows. Two springs at Olene Gap are actually warm artesian springs whose waters are partly derived from the geothermal reservoir.</p><br>
<h3>Irrigation</h3><br>
<p>The Olene flume supplies second unit lands in the South Poe Valley and Nuss Lake districts, the total irrigable area being about 4,200 acres, of which approximately 60% is in cultivation.</p><br>
<h2>Fishing</h2><br>
<p>The most common type of fish in the lake are largemouth bass, rainbow trout and bluegill. Fishing Nuss Lake is usually best at 6 am.</p><br>
<h2>Geography</h2><br>
<p>Approximately 66,500 people live in Klamath County, mainly in the Klamath Falls metropolitan area. Many small towns in South and Eastern Klamath Falls are centered on a rural agrigultural base that takes advantage of the peculiar irrigation systems offered by the Upper Klamath Lake and Lost River. These communities are established upon seasonal industry, which feature large swings in labor force size, and in many cases, precipitate mass migrations of workers.</p><br>
<p>Within 5 miles of the shores of Nuss Lake, the locally called Poe Valley, are the cities of Bonanza, Merrill, Malin, Dorris and Tulelake, as well as the unincorporated communities of: Altamont, Olene and Langell Valley.</p><br>
<p>Jasper Lake is a lake located in the Rockies of Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada. It is actually a part of the Athabasca River, where the river broadens out. Its westernmost shore lies about 15 mi northeast from the town of Jasper along the Yellowhead Highway  and stretches farther east for about 6 mi.</p><br>
<h2>Jasper Lake Sand Dunes</h2><br>
<p>One unique feature of the lake is the Jasper Lake Sand Dunes. It is the only sand dune ecosystem in the Canadian Rockies. The dunes were formed at the edge of the lake during the last ice age and have been constantly reshaped by wind and water ever since. Acting as a kind of sieve, the lake removes silt and sand from the river, allowing it to sink to the lake bed. When the water level recedes in the fall, vast sand flats are exposed and dry out, becoming vulnerable to the strong westerly winds that sweep through the lower Athabasca Valley. In winter, these winds blow the sand and silt down the valley, forming two large dune islands near the northwest shore of Jasper Lake. In the lee of the dunes, mature clumps of spruce and balsam poplar have gained a stronghold, while colonizing grasses, rose bushes and willows wage a constant war against the winds and migrating sands. Nowhere else in the park is the balance of nature so apparent – or so fragile – as in the Jasper Lake sand dunes. As water from the river flows into the lake, silt and sand sink down to the lake bed. In Autumn, when the water level goes down, the silt and sand are exposed and become dry, and are then swept up by the strong westerly winds of the Athabasca Valley.</p><br>
<h2>Surrounded by mountains</h2><br>
<p>The lake is surrounded by mountain ranges, many of which can be seen from various parts along the lake. From southeast to southwest:</p><br>
<p>Miette Range. Most prominent peaks include Utopia Mountain (2,602 m or 8,537 ft) and Roche Miette (2,316 m or 7,600 ft).</p><br>
<p>Jacques Range. Prominent peaks: Cinquefoil Mountain (2,259 m), Roche Jacques (2,603 m), and Mount Merlin (2,711 m).</p><br>
<p>Colin Range: Peaks include Mount Colin (2,687 m)</p><br>
<p>Northwest to northeast:</p><br>
<p>Victoria Cross Ranges—so named because six of the peaks are named after Canadian recipients of the Victoria Cross.</p><br>
<p>De Smet Range. Prominent peaks include: Roche de Smet, (2,539 m) and Mount Greenock (2,065 m).</p><br>
<p>Bosche Range: Mount Aeolus (2,643 m) and Roche à Bosche (2,123 m)</p><br>
<h2>Transportation corridors</h2><br>
<p>The Canadian National Railway skirts the northern shore of the lake. Parts of its mainline have been built on causeways away from the shore, which have created several mini lakes. Via Rail&#39;s passenger train the Canadian uses this same CN line as part of its journey from Toronto to Vancouver, giving train passengers up-close views of the lake, sand dunes, and surrounding mountains. This area has been the site of many CN publicity photographs—including of the Super Continental—through the years, and it is still popular with photographers, railfans, the present-day Canadian and its advertisers and passengers.</p><br>
<p>The Yellowhead Highway (Highway 16) skirts the southern shore of the lake, built upon the abandoned grade of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, and it too has segments of its route on causeways, which have created Edna and Talbot lakes. This highway is the main east-west route between Winnipeg and Edmonton and other points east and Jasper and points farther west and helps provide access to other parts of Jasper National Park.</p><br>
<p>Hopewell Historic District is a national historic district located in East Nottingham Township and Lower Oxford Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. It encompasses 26 contributing buildings, 8 contributing sites, and 2 contributing structures in the former borough of Hopewell. It largely consists of a variety of stone and brick residences and outbuildings built between 1810 and 1914. They include examples of Georgian and vernacular styles. Notable properties include the Col. David Dickey House-Hopewell Academy , Samuel Dickey Farm, Schoolhouse / Lyceum Building , Lower Mill , site of the Upper Mill, store / post office , five tenant houses, and three bridges.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.</p><br>
<p>Northbrook Historic District, also known as Marshalls Mill and Marshalls Station, is a national historic district located in Newlin Township, Pocopson Township, and West Bradford Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. It encompasses 14 contributing buildings and 3 contributing sites in the village of Northbrook. They are mostly located on five properties and built in the 18th and 19th century. They include the Blacksmiths house, station house, post office and store, coal and lumber company, Lewis Marshall house, Gothic Revival style Indian Rock Farm, Baily House , Northbrook Sunday School , and the site of Indian Hannahs cabin, Indian Rock, and Indian Burial Ground.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.</p><br>
<p>Pecan Creek School is located at 3410 Pecan Creek Road in Gillespie County, in the USA state of Texas. It was consolidated with Fredericksburg Independent School District in 1955. The school was added to the National Register of Historic Places listings in Gillespie County, Texas on May 10, 2005. The Bernhard Friedrich house served as the first school in 1899. Land, materials and labor were donated in 1916 to relocate the structure. Originally a one-room schoolhouse, additional rooms and storage were added as needed. Included in the later additions were a stage and dance floor. The local historical club Friends of Gillespie County Country Schools has restored the building, including original desks and other furnishings. The building is now used as a community center.</p><br>
<p>Oxford Historic District is a national historic district located in Oxford, Chester County, Pennsylvania. It encompasses 517 contributing buildings, 1 contributing sites, and 1 contributing structure in the central business district and surrounding residential areas of Oxford. They are mostly brick residential and commercial structures built between 1870 and 1910 and in a variety of popular architectural styles including Queen Anne and Italianate. Notable non-residential buildings include the Oxford Hall, Octoraro Hotel, Oxford Station , Dickey Building, Masonic Building, Fulton Bank Building , Gibson&#39;s Store , Orthodox Friends Meeting House, Methodist Church , United Presbyterian Church , and the Oxford Grain & Hay Company granary . The Oxford Hotel is located in the district and listed separately.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.</p><br>
<p>Kennett Square Historic District is a national historic district located in Kennett Square, Chester County, Pennsylvania. It encompasses 507 contributing buildings in the central business district and surrounding residential areas of Kennett Square. They are mostly residential and commercial structures built between 1875 and 1924 and in a variety of popular architectural styles including Colonial Revival, Victorian, and Federal. Notable non-residential buildings include the American Road Machinery complex, Kennett Consolidated School, New Century Club, Baptist church, St. Patrick&#39;s Parochial School, former Episcopal Church of the Advent, Friends Home, Bernard Building, and Municipal Building.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.</p><br>
<p>The Merrick County Courthouse was built from 1911 to 1913 in Central City, Nebraska, United States. Designed in the Classical Revival style by architect William F. Gernandt, it was built at a cost of $100,000. In 1990, it was listed in the National Register of Historic Places, but was removed from the Register in 2014.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The first courthouse in Central City, a two-story brick building, was built in 1871. In 1911, because of the deterioration of the old building, the county voted to approve a $100,000 bond to fund a new courthouse. The county records are incomplete, but construction appears to have begun in 1911, the cornerstone was laid in 1912, and it was formally dedicated on April 24, 1913.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The 66 x building, designed by William F. Gernandt, has one primary and one secondary entrance. It is rectangular in shape, consisting of two main stories with an attic floor set on a raised basement. The basement was constructed of ashlar limestone and granite. The exterior is characterized by four huge ashlar limestone columns arranged along the principal facade and the large stone steps leading up to columns and the main entrance. There are also six squared brick pilasters placed between six windows on the east and west sides of the building.</p><br>
<p>Inside, the central hallway on the first floor is cross-shaped. There are stairs up to the upper floors and down to the basement. The district courtroom is located on the second floor and the top floor (attic) is currently used for storage. The original interior includes hexagonal floor tile with a regularly spaced pattern in black, tan, rust, and ocher. There have been a few interior alterations—including offices with dropped ceilings and fluorescent lights—none of which significantly alter the original design.</p><br>
<p>The Merrick County Courthouse was selected for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places for two reasons. First, it has historical significance at both state and local levels. Second, it has a number of features of the Classical Revival style of architecture including symmetric arrangement of elements, a raised basement, an unadorned roofline, pedirnented bays, and colossal columns.</p><br>
<p>The Strona di Mosso  is a 23 km long creek in the Piedmont region of northwest Italy.</p><br>
<h2>Etymology</h2><br>
<p>The name Strona should come from storn or strom, celtic roots for flowing waters or river.</p><br>
<h2>Geography</h2><br>
<p>The river starts in the Biellese Alps near Bocchetto Sessera, a mountain pass connecting its valley with Val Sessera.</p><br>
<p>Flowing initially from northwest to southeast it reaches Valle Mosso, where it encircles Monte Rovella and turns southwards. In Cossato it gets out of the Alps and enters into the Po plain. After receiving from the right its main tributary, the Quargnasca, it flows into the river Cervo.</p><br>
<h2>Floods</h2><br>
<p>The river caused severe destruction and 58 casualties in 1968 along the Strona Valley.</p><br>
<p>Wyndcliffe Court, 0.5 mi north of the village of St. Arvans, Monmouthshire, Wales, is a Grade II* listed country house and gardens in the Arts and Crafts style, completed in 1922. The client was Charles Leigh Clay and the architect Eric Francis. The gardens, designed by Henry Avray Tipping, were, in recent years, open to the public in the summer for sculpture exhibitions but that arrangement ended in 2016.</p><br>
<h2>History and architecture</h2><br>
<p>Charles Leigh Clay (1867–1950) was the founder of the Claymore shipping company based in Cardiff, and the son of Henry Clay (1825–1921), who owned Piercefield House and its extensive estates in and overlooking the Wye valley. In 1910, Charles Leigh Clay commissioned a house on the high ground to the north of St Arvans village, about 1 mi west of the Wyndcliff landscape feature. He later became High Sheriff of Monmouthshire in 1926. His son Henry Anthony Patrick Clay ERD who continued to live at Wyndcliffe Court until his death in 2006 also became High Sheriff of Monmouthshire in 1965.</p><br>
<p>Because work was interrupted during the First World War, the house was not completed until 1922. The architect was Eric Carwardine Francis, a local architect who had previously worked on the design of Mounton House for its owner Henry Avray Tipping, the Architectural Editor of Country Life magazine. The house is built of local stone in the "Cotswold Tudor" style, with mullion and transom windows. The architectural historian John Newman describes it as "relaxed and sophisticated".</p><br>
<p>The gardens were designed by Tipping in the Italianate Arts and Crafts Style. A paved terrace has steps down to a small pool and a summerhouse, linking the different levels on the steeply sloping site. The gardens also feature sculpted topiary, a sunken garden, walled gardens, fountains, an archery lawn and wooded walks, and remain substantially unaltered since Tipping created them.</p><br>
<p>Tipping was influenced in the design of the garden at Wyndcliffe by the work of his friend Gertrude Jekyll, who was designing gardens of hardy plants contained within sequences of outdoor "rooms". All are planted with flowers in bedding schemes. The Yew hedge topiary with the stone walls and terraces give a strong structure and character to the garden at all times of year. The oak-lined ballroom has one of the most extravagant plasterwork ceilings of its period anywhere in the country, depicting hops and roses, combining the early brewery roots of the Clay family with the Yorkshire rose of Mrs Clay.</p><br>
<p>The house was given Grade II* listed building status on 14 February 2001, its listing describing it as "a good and unaltered Jacobean style house (with) an unaltered contemporary garden". The two sets of garages, with accompanying cottages, and the garden terraces, the steps, the pool, pergola and summerhouse all have their own Grade II* listings.</p><br>
<h2>Current activities</h2><br>
<p>Between 2013 and 2016, the gardens were opened to the public on a regular basis during the summer, to showcase exhibitions of garden sculpture. The shows have exhibited the work of many prominent British sculptors. Regular events were also held throughout the summer, such as Shakespeare performances in the garden. The tenants announced in July 2016 that the gardens would close at the end of September.</p><br>
<p>Clear Lake is a natural body of water impounded by sand dunes along the Oregon Coast of the Pacific Ocean in the United States. The lake is the municipal water supply for the city of Reedsport, which lies about 4 mi northeast of the lake. Clear Lake is closed to public access to protect the purity of the water.</p><br>
<p>USA Route 101 runs north&ndash;south along the west side of the lake. The outflow from Clear Lake is south to Edna Lake, Clear Creek, and Eel Lake.</p><br>
<p>Clear Lake, at 229 ft above sea level, is the highest of several lakes formed by dunes encroaching on Clear Creek&#39;s ancestral valley. Water from this string of lakes, including Eel Lake and Tenmile Lake, flows generally south into Tenmile Creek in Coos County, which flows west into the Pacific near the community of Lakeside.</p><br>
<p>McConnellsburg Historic District is a national historic district located at McConnellsburg, Fulton County, Pennsylvania. The district includes 142 contributing buildings and 1 contributing site in the central business district and surrounding residential areas of McConnellsburg. The district includes buildings reflective of the Greek Revival, Georgian, and Federal styles. The buildings date between about 1762 and 1940, and include commercial buildings, institutional buildings, and residential buildings. Notable non-residential buildings include the Fulton County Courthouse , Old Fulton County Jail, former Washington Hotel , and former Albert Stoner Store . The contributing site is the cemetery associated with the Methodist Episcopal Church. Located in the district and separately listed are the Fulton House and the log cabin of Daniel McConnell.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.</p><br>
<p>The Battle of the Two Villages was a Spanish attack on Taovaya villages in Texas and Oklahoma by a Spanish army in 1759. The Spanish were defeated by the Taovaya and other Wichita tribes with assistance from the Comanche.</p><br>
<h2>Background</h2><br>
<p>The San Saba Mission was established in April 1757 near the site of present day Menard, Texas. Three miles away, a military post, Presidio San Luis de las Amarillas, was established at the same time to protect the Mission. The purpose of the Mission was to convert and pacify the Lipan Apache and extend Spanish influence into the Great Plains. The Spanish also wished to check the increase in French influence among the Indians on their northern frontier.</p><br>
<p>The establishment of the Mission inflamed the Indians of northern Texas, called "Norteños" by the Spanish. The Norteños included the nomadic Comanche. the village-dwelling Wichita tribes, (the Taovaya, Iscani, and Wichita proper), and Tonkawan tribes. On March 16, 1758, an Indian army, described as numbering 2,000 men, destroyed the San Saba Mission, killing two Franciscan priests and several Christian Indian assistants. The nearby Presidio, staffed by fewer than 100 soldiers, was too weak to attempt to protect the Mission. Raids continued near the Presidio. In December, Comanche killed 21 Apache and, in March 1759, another 18 men guarding the Presidio&#39;s horse herd.</p><br>
<p>The Commander of the San Luis Presidio, Diego Ortiz Parrilla, an experienced soldier and Indian fighter, organized a punitive mission against the Norteños, especially the Wichita. The force he slowly assembled consisted of two cannons, 1,600 horses, mules, and cattle, and 636 men: 139 Spanish soldiers, 241 militiamen, 134 Apache Indians, 30 Tlaxcalan Indians, 90 Christian Mission Indians, and two priests. The soldiers and the Tlaxcalans were armed with muskets and swords; the Indians mostly with bows and arrows. In August 1759, this unwieldy and mostly untrained force set forth northward from San Antonio. Ortiz Parrilla had supplies for a four-month expedition.</p><br>
<h2>The Indian tribes</h2><br>
<p>The Wichita Indians had only recently migrated south from their traditional homeland of Kansas and northern Oklahoma. Their migration was prompted by pressure from the Osage expanding onto the Great Plains. In the early 1750s, the Taovaya, the most important of the several Wichita tribes, had established large twin villages on the north side of Red River in Jefferson County, Oklahoma and on the south side at Spanish Fort, Texas. The Wichita had trade contacts with the French and in 1746 a French-brokered alliance with the Comanche contributed to their prosperity. The village at Spanish Fort became “a lively emporium where Comanches brought Apache slaves, horses and mules to trade for French packs of powder, balls, knives, and textiles and for Taovaya-grown maize, melons, pumpkins, squash, and tobacco.” The Taovaya villages were the objective of the Spanish army.</p><br>
<p>The Comanche were also migrating south toward the Spanish settlements in Texas and driving the Apache before them. They were among the first North American Indians to acquire the horse from the Spanish and to create the nomadic, equestrian culture that would typify the Plains Indians. The Comanche were powerful and numerous, although divided into several independent bands. They were in the process of establishing suzerainty over a large area of the southern Great Plains with allies such as the Wichita.</p><br>
<p>The Tonkawa consisted of a number of independent tribes that spoke similar languages. They lived in central and northern Texas. Other Indians identified as participating in Norteño raids were Bidai, Tejas (Hasinai), and Yojuanes. The various tribes making up the people the Spanish called Norteños were united only in that they shared a common enemy, the Apache, and a concern that a Spanish-Apache alliance would be detrimental to their interests.</p><br>
<h2>The battle</h2><br>
<p>The first problem of the Spanish expedition was finding the Norteños. On October 2, Ortiz Parrilla found a Yojuane village, probably along the Clear Fork of the Brazos River near present day Graham, Texas. Attacking the village, the Spanish killed 49 Yojuanes and captured 149. Some of the captive Yojuanes offered to guide Ortiz Parilla north to a large Taovaya and Iscani village.</p><br>
<p>On October 7, about 60 or 70 Indians attacked the Spanish. The Spanish formed up in line of battle and dispersed the small Indian force, pursuing them through the woods to the banks of a river, undoubtedly the Red. The Spanish were surprised to find there a moated fort flying a French flag. Inside the palisaded wall were the distinctive bee-hive shaped houses of the Wichita. The inhabitants of houses outside the palisade fled to the fort for shelter. Upstream were large fields of maize, pumpkins, beans, and watermelons. Downstream was a ford across the river, guarded by Indian warriors. The Spanish could also see Comanche tipis scattered around the periphery of the village.</p><br>
<p>Spanish estimates of the numbers of the Indians they faced ranged up to 6,000, of whom 500 were mounted, although Ortiz Parrilla estimated only that the Indians numbered at least as many as his force of 600. He deployed the Tlaxcalans and Mission Indians on the right, the Spanish in the center, and the Apache on the left. His plan was to advance on and storm the fortress, supported by his two cannon. Indians, however, menaced his flanks, and sallied from the fort in repeated assaults on the Spanish lines. Each warrior on horseback had two men on foot supporting him, each carrying two additional loaded muskets. Indian scouts reported that 14 Frenchmen were inside the fortress helping direct the fighting.</p><br>
<p>The battle lasted four hours. The Spanish were unable to approach the palisaded village. The eleven volleys of cannon fire they directed at the palisade were ineffective. The fighting ceased at nightfall and the Spanish reassessed their situation. The Indians had captured their two cannons, 19 men in the Spanish army, mostly Spaniards, were dead and 14 were wounded. A number of men had deserted. The priests and officers petitioned Ortiz Parrilla to abandon the fight. Next morning, he ordered a return to San Saba which the Spanish force and their Yojuane captives reached on October 25. The Spanish estimated that they had killed 100 Indians in the battle, probably a large over-estimation.</p><br>
<h2>Aftermath</h2><br>
<p>The Yojuane captives were sold into slavery and the group soon disappeared from history, the survivors being absorbed by the Tonkawa. Neither the Spanish nor the Norteños followed up the battle with any serious military action. The Wichita tribes later sought peace with the Spanish and refrained from further raids. In 1767, the Spanish abandoned the San Saba mission and their efforts to Christianize the Apache. The Spanish peace with the Apache soon broke down and Apache and Comanche raiders continued to be a serious threat on the northern frontier of Spanish settlements.</p><br>
<p>It is uncertain whether the battle took place on the Texas or the Oklahoma side of the Red River. The traces of the village remaining on the Oklahoma side of the border are now called the Longest archaeological site.</p><br>
<p>The Kapitelsberg in the Harz Mountains of Germany is a hill, near the village of Tanne in the county of Harz, Saxony-Anhalt.</p><br>
<h2>Location</h2><br>
<p>The Kapitelsberg lies in the Lower Harz within the Harz/Saxony-Anhalt Nature Park. It rises about 2 km east-northeast of the village of Tanne in the borough of Oberharz am Brocken. Its forested hillsides drop away to the west and north into the valley of the Warm Bode, into which the Allerbach stream empties at the northwestern foot of the hill. To the east it descends into the valley of another stream, also called the Allerbach, which is a tributary of the Rappbode. The valleys surrounding the hill are part of the Harzer Bachtäler nature reserve.</p><br>
<h2>Views and hiking</h2><br>
<p>The Kapitelsberg can only be reached over forest tracks and hiking trails. About 750 metres west of the summit there is a viewing point (ca. 51&deg;42&prime;20.65&Prime;N latitude, 10&deg;44&prime;24.2&Prime;E longitude). Here is a wooden cross and an iron toposcope on which, in addition to the four main points of the compass, several geographical destinations in the surrounding area are indicated. From here the view extends over the village of Tanne in the valley of the Warm Bode, to the mountains of Hohnekamm, Wurmberg and Brocken as well as the Achtermannshöhe.</p><br>
<p>A little east of the observation point near a picnic area there is a refuge hut (51&deg;42&prime;20.25&Prime;N latitude, 10&deg;44&prime;27.5&Prime;E longitude) with checkpoint 44 in the Harzer Wandernadel hiking network.</p><br>
<p>Beam&#39;s Shell Service Station and Office, also known as C. Grier Beam Truck Museum, is a historic service station located at 117 N. Mountain St. in Cherryville, Gaston County, North Carolina. It was built about 1930 by the Shell Oil Company, and is a one-story, rectangular Mission/spanish Revival style building. Associated with the service station are the original pump island and gasoline pumps.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.</p><br>
<h2>C. Grier Beam Truck Museum</h2><br>
<p>The C. Grier Beam Truck Museum features historic trucks from the former Carolina Freight Carriers Corporation, which began in the historic gas station in the 1930s. The company was bought out by the Arkansas Best Corporation in the 1990s. The museum also features early models of tractors and trailers, trucking and company memorabilia. The museum building was constructed in 1987 adjacent to the gas station.</p><br>
<p>Ripogenus Gorge is a rock-walled canyon formed where the West Branch Penobscot River crosses the Caribou Lake anticline. Ripogenus Falls controlled discharge from Ripogenus Lake until Ripogenus Dam was completed at the upstream end of the gorge in 1916. The dam forms a hydroelectric reservoir raising the level of Ripogenus Lake to include the upstream Chesuncook Lake, Caribou Lake, and Moose Pond. The resulting reservoir is often identified by the name of the largest included lake: Chesuncook. The gorge provides an unusual exposure of Maine North Woods bedrock typically covered by saturated glacial till. The Silurian Ripogenus Formation of weakly metamorphosed shallow marine siliciclastics and fossiliferous limestone has been described from investigation of the gorge.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Spruce forests along the west branch were harvested through the 19th century with logs floated through the gorge to sawmills as far downstream as Bangor, Maine. Log driving rivermen altered the gorge with dynamite and timber cribs filled with stone to prevent log jams. Construction of Ripogenus Dam began in 1915 to provide hydroelectricity for the paper mill at Millinocket, Maine. The dam is 92 ft high and 704 ft long and impounds the largest storage reservoir ever built with private funding. Hydroelectricity is generated by diverting 2,400 cuft/s through a mile-long penstock around the former falls. Pulpwood was sluiced over the dam until 1971 when Great Northern Paper Company began trucking the lumber to the mill via the Golden Road.</p><br>
<h2>Whitewater recreation</h2><br>
<p>Penstock releases through the gorge create a popular whitewater run through class IV rapids with a class IV+ boulder garden. Rafts and kayaks navigate between rock cliffs through colorfully named Exterminator Hole (IV), Staircase (IV), Fist of God, Big Heater, Little Heater, Troublemaker Hole (III+), Cribworks (V), Turkey Chute, Final Chute, Postage Stamp Rock, and Bonecruncher (III).</p><br>
<p>St. Andrews Church is a historic Roman Catholic church in LeRoy, Wisconsin, United States. The Gothic Revival church was designed by architect Anton Dohmen and built 1899-1901, largely by parishioners. The Emil Frei Stained Glass Company later added over 20 stained glass windows to the church; these windows were described as "works of art with vivid colors and intricate details" by the Wisconsin Historical Society. The churchs congregation was composed of German farmers from the surrounding area, who paid for the church and constructed parts of its interior; the church has historically served as a focal point for community life. The church has been called the "Cathedral on the Marsh" due to its proximity to the Horicon Marsh. On January 27, 2010, the church was added to the National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<p>Lake Lovering  is a lake located in the Memphrémagog Regional County Municipality of the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada. It is located south of the city of Magog.</p><br>
<p>Lake Lovering is 6 km long by 0.75 km wide. It has a surface area of 4.6 km&sup2; and an average depth of 25 m. It is situated at an elevation of 243 m.</p><br>
<p>Lake Lovering is contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB), dioxins and furans. These chemicals originated through a small stream retrieving water from a landfill.</p><br>
<p>In 1970 concerned landowners created an organization, la Société de conservation du lac Lovering, in response to the consequences of rapid residential urbanization of the lake shore. Its goal is to raise awareness of the hazards to the lake to local residents and authorities.</p><br>
<p>The Downtown Churches Historic District is a historic district in downtown Sheboygan, Wisconsin consisting of four churches and five other buildings associated with the churches. The four churches which comprise the district are Grace Episcopal Church, built in the High Victorian Gothic style in 1871; First Methodist Episcopal Church, built in 1929-30 in the Late Gothic style; Hope Reformed Church, built in 1937 in the Late Gothic style; and St. Martin Lutheran Church, built in 1968 in a contemporary style. The churches serve as historical examples of a century&#39;s worth of religious architecture spanning four different faiths and a variety of styles. In addition, the first Boy Scout troop in Wisconsin was founded in Grace Episcopal Church in 1911. The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 1, 2010.</p><br>
<p>The Cahow Barber Shop is located in Chapman, Nebraska. It is a false-front building of frame construction with a gable roof and linteled door and window hoods, built in 1889. It is listed in the National Register of Historic Places; its historical significance derives from its age, its architectural design, and its association with author-photographer Wright Morris.</p><br>
<h2>History and description</h2><br>
<p>The barber shop was built in 1889, but little else is known about its history until Luther Cahow (born in Stuart, Iowa) purchased the barber shop in 1902. He barbered in it for 47 years and sold it in 1949.</p><br>
<p>It is rectangular, one-story, wood-frame structure with a false-front and gable roof. It has been restored by the Lone Tree Literary Society, preserving the original structure including the foundation of limestone runners and the original clapboard siding. It was constructed from May to December in 1889 and still stands on its original site. It was altered from two rooms to one by removing the interior wall dividing the original two rooms. The front half of the interior had the original interior replaced with dry wall while the back half retained the original wainscot and plaster. The three windows and three doors are original. The original contents of the building (barber chair, mirror and backboard, clock, barber sink, and benches) are housed in the Merrick County Museum in Central City.</p><br>
<p>The Cahow Barber Shop is historically significant for several reasons. Perhaps the most important reason is its relationship to Wright Morris. It appears in his literary works and photographs, and is where his father (William Henry Morris) first met his mother (Grace Osborn). Architecturally it is significant, because it is one of the only remaining 19th century false-front buildings in Merrick County.</p><br>
<p>Meusebach Creek School is located at 515 Kuhlmann Road in Gillespie County, in the USA state of Texas. It was consolidated with Fredericksburg Independent School District in 1954. The school is currently being used as a community center and was added to the National Register of Historic Places listings in Gillespie County, Texas on May 10, 2005.</p><br>
<p>Four buildings have served as the school. Erected on land owned by local resident Fritz Lochte, the original structure was a 96 ft&sup2; shingle-roofed log cabin. In the post-Civil War years, enrollment included students whose parents had been slaves on an area cotton plantation. On the same property, the log cabin was replaced by a larger stone structure in the 1880s. In 1897, local resident Louis Bonn deeded an acre of his land over to the school. A new 1-1/2 story frame structure was erected to house the school. The current building was the fourth building to serve as the school. It was erected in 1931.</p><br>
<p>The school was originally bilingual with reading in both the German and English languages. The state of Texas eventually passed a law requiring all classes but language lessons to be solely in the English language. Tuition paid by the families supported the school and paid for the instructor. State financial education supplements allowed the district to offer free education for two months of the year, but charged tuition for the other months. The 1917 establishment of the local Social and Improvement Club helped provide improvements and furnishings for the school.</p><br>
<p>Jinnah Tower is a landmark monument in the city of Guntur in Andhra Pradesh. It is named after the father of Pakistan,</p><br>
<p>Muhammad Ali Jinnah and is located on Mahatma Gandhi Road of the city as a symbol of peace and harmony.</p><br>
<h2>Structure</h2><br>
<p>The tower was erected on six pillars which open to a dome, typical of the then Muslim architecture in early twentieth century. The tower is currently in a state of neglect and crumbling. According to the State Archaeology Department, the tower could be brought under the list of protected monuments if it has history of more than 60 years.</p><br>
<h2>Origins</h2><br>
<p>About its origins, one story is that a representative of Jinnah, Judaliyaquat Ali Khan, visited Guntur in the pre-Independence era. Khan was felicitated by Lal Jan Basha, the grandfather of the present Telugu Desam Party Rajya Sabha member, S. M. Laljan Basha and he got a tower built in the honour of the dapper Muslim League leader.</p><br>
<p>According to another narrative, two Municipal Chairman, Nadimpalli Narasimha Rao and Tellakula Jalayya were responsible during their respective terms of office for the construction of the tower — as a symbol of peace and harmony.</p><br>
<p>Montrose Historic District is a national historic district located at Montrose, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania. The district includes 386 contributing buildings and 2 contributing sites in the central business district and surrounding residential areas of Montrose. They were built between about 1812 and 1935, and include textbook examples of Greek Revival, Queen Anne, Italianate, and Gothic Revival style architecture. The district is centered on the Susquehanna County Courthouse Complex. In addition to the Courthouse complex, the Sylvanus Mulford House and Silver Lake Bank are separately listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Other notable buildings include the United Fire Company aka the Jessup house , Montrose Theater , Lyons Building at 13 Public Avenue, Sayre Building , Loomis Building , Masonic Lodge, Phoenix Block , Tarbell Hotel , William H. Cooper House , Susquehanna County Historical Society and Free Library Association , Bridgewater Baptist Church, First Presbyterian Church, Montrose United Methodist Church, and Holy Name of Mary Chapel Catholic Church .</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.</p><br>
<p>Turneffe Atoll, located southeast of Ambergris Caye and Caye Caulker, off the coast of Belize in Central America, 20 mi from Belize City, is one of three atolls of the Belize Barrier Reef, besides Glover&#39;s Reef and Lighthouse Reef. It is approximately 30 mi long and 10 mi wide, making it the largest coral atoll in Belize and in the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System. The atoll was officially declared a marine reserve on November 22, 2012.</p><br>
<p>Turneffe is home to many marine species that are threatened and/or commercially important. The land and seascape consists of a network of highly productive flats, creeks, and lagoons dotted by more than 150 mangrove islands and higher cayes with savanna and littoral forest. Large expanses of intact mangrove and seagrass habitat and shallows provide important nursery functionality for a wide array of fish species, crocodiles, lobster, conch and other invertebrates. It is home to more than 500 species of fish, 65 species of stony corals, sea turtles, manatees, dolphins, seabirds, and other wildlife. In addition, at least three known important fish spawning aggregation sites have been identified.</p><br>
<p>At the northern end of the island group is Mauger Caye, with its eponymous lighthouse, the southern end has a smaller aid to navigation on Caye Bokel.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The infamous pirate Blackbeard, also known as Edward Teach, spent the winter of 1717-1718 harassing shipping sailing to and from the port of Vera Cruz, Mexico and traversing the Bay of Honduras. On April 4 or 5th of 1718, at Turneffe, Blackbeard captured the ten-gun logwood cutting sloop Adventure and forced its captain, David Herriot, to join him. Also on board was Edward Robinson, the ship’s gunner, who would later be involved in the Battle of Cape Fear River. Blackbeard then made Israel Hands captain of the Adventure and began sailing for North Carolina.</p><br>
<p>The Ölbergshöhe in the Harz Mountains of central Germany is a mountain spur, of the Ramberg ridge near Bad Suderode in the Saxony-Anhalt county of Harz.</p><br>
<h2>Location</h2><br>
<p>The Ölbergshöhe is located within the Harz/Saxony-Anhalt Nature Park and is a northern spur of the granite massif of the Ramberg. It rises immediately to the south of Bad Suderode and a little to the southwest of Gernrode (both part of the borough of Quedlinburg) between the streams of the Kältetalbach to the west and the Hagentalbach to the east. Its northern spur is the rather lower Schwedderberg.</p><br>
<h2>Prussia Tower</h2><br>
<p>On the Schwedderberg spur an observation tower was first erected in 1845 - called the Prussia Tower (Preußenturm, 51&deg;43&prime;25.8&Prime;N latitude, 11&deg;7&prime;8.55&Prime;E longitude). The second tower, which was 12 metres high, stood there from 1885 to the 1940s and was used for firewood after the Second World War (1939–1945) because it had fallen into disrepair.</p><br>
<p>In 1953 a new tower, the Thomas Müntzer Tower, was erected, made of timber-framing. It was renamed the Prussia Tower in 1991 and renovated in 2007. From its observation platform at treetop level there are views of Bad Suderode, Gernrode and Ballenstedt, the Harz Foreland and Quedlinburg and Halberstadt behind it and of the Brocken, 36 km away. A toposcope on the platform acts as an aid to orientation.</p><br>
<h2>Hiking</h2><br>
<p>A section of the E11 European long distance path from Bad Suderode to Gernrode runs over the north flanks of the Ölbergshöhe and Schwedderberg. Crossing this path, hikers from the Kurpark in Bad Suderode reach a very steep path up both hills before gaining the Prussia Tower. The tower is no. 185 in the system of checkpoints of the Harzer Wandernadel hiking network.</p><br>
<p>Halifax Historic District is a national historic district located at Halifax, Halifax County, North Carolina, US that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970 with an increase in 2011. It includes several buildings that are individually listed on the National Register. Halifax was the site of the signing of the Halifax Resolves on April 12, 1776, a set of resolutions of the North Carolina Provincial Congress which led to the United States Declaration of Independence gaining the support of North Carolina&#39;s delegates to the Second Continental Congress in that year.</p><br>
<p>Much of the district is also contained within a historic site operated by the North Carolina Division of State Historic Sites and Properties, an agency of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.</p><br>
<p>The original Halifax Historic District encompassed four contributing buildings: the Constitution House (c. 1770), Owens House (c. 1760), Clerk&#39;s Office (c. 1832), and Jail (c. 1838). The 2010 boundary increase expanded the district to encompass 108 contributing buildings, 3 contributing sites, and 3 contributing structures. Located in the district are the separately listed Church of the Immaculate Conception and the Michael Ferrall Family Cemetery, the William R. Davie House, the Halifax County Courthouse, and St. Mark’s Episcopal Church. Other notable buildings include the Royal White Hart Masonic Lodge #2 (c. 1820), Halifax Baptist Church (c. 1855), W. D. Faucett house (c. 1868), Walter Clark Law Office (1872), Roanoke Hotel (1905–1906), Halifax Hardware Company (c. 1915), and Vinson’s Drug Store (c. 1917).</p><br>
<p>The Patterson Law Office is located in Central City, Nebraska. It is a false-front building of frame construction built in 1872. It is listed in the National Register of Historic Places; its historical significance derives from its age, its architectural design, and its association with John Patterson and with author-photographer Wright Morris.</p><br>
<h2>History and description</h2><br>
<p>The Patterson Law Office was built in the same year as John Patterson, a native of Ireland, came to Lone Tree (now Central City), Nebraska. Patterson built a law practice in Merrick County housed in this building. He was a well-known trlal lawyer and county attorney, played an important role in the development of Central City and Merrick County, and served as county superintendent of schools.</p><br>
<p>The law office is a one story, false-fronted building with gable roof. It rests on a stone foundation and exhibits Greek Revival elements in the door, window, pilaster and cornice detailing. It has two rooms lined with wainscot paneling.</p><br>
<p>The building is historically significant for several reasons. It is one of the earliest known false-frame commercial buildings in Nebraska predating the majority of 19th century commercial buildings in Nebraska by nearly 20 years. It is associated with a significant figure, John Patterson, in the development of Central City and Merrick County. It also has relationships to Wright Morris appearing in his literary works.</p><br>
<p>Jarman Gap  is a wind gap in the Blue Ridge Mountains in the counties of Albemarle and Augusta, Virginia.</p><br>
<h2>Geography</h2><br>
<p>Jarman Gap is located approximately 6.7 mi northeast of Waynesboro, Virginia and 16.7 mi west-northwest of Charlottesville, Virginia at an elevation of 2,172 ft.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Jarman Gap, known as Woods Gap in its early history, was a major early crossing of the Blue Ridge Mountains. The gap was originally a buffalo trail and a Native American path, and is the site of the earliest settlement in the area. Michael Woods was the first European to settle in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Albemarle County, having traveled down the Shenandoah Valley from Pennsylvania in 1734. Jarman Gap was also crossed by the historic Three Notchd Road, a colonial era road in use by the 1730s. The portion of the Three Notchd Road over then Woods Gap was constructed by Michael Woods from west to east beginning in 1737. During the American Civil War, Confederate General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson moved troops over Jarman Gap in 1862. Today, Rockfish Gap, 6.3 mi southwest of Jarman Gap, serves as the main crossing of the Blue Ridge from Albemarle County to Augusta County via USA Route 250, Interstate 64, and the CSX Transportation rail line.</p><br>
<p>The Wright Morris Boyhood House is a vernacular style house built in 1893 in Central City, Nebraska. It is listed in the National Register of Historic Places, as the boyhood home of author-photographer Wright Morris.</p><br>
<h2>History and description</h2><br>
<p>In 1893, W. C. Kerr (owner of Kerr Investment Company) built this house. It is a T-shaped, one-story vernacular frame house with two enclosed rear porches. It has three bays across the front with a centered doorway. It has a truncated hipped roof with a paneled cornice and gabled wall dormers centered on the front and rear of the house. The gabled pattern of the roof is repeated in the window and door trims. The interior includes pine woodwork, sliding doors, window seat, and a leaded glass transom window.</p><br>
<p>Its primary historical significance is its connection to Wright Morris, who was born in Central City, Nebraska on January 6, 1910 and lived in this house until 1919. The city and the house played a significant role in his literary works and photography. In a private letter he wrote: "The house in which I spent my childhood, and remains the center of all my boyhood impressions, is on the southwest corner of B and D, across from the Baptist Church. I confess I feel a great attachment for it."</p><br>
<p>The Heibeeksköpfe in the Harz Mountains of central Germany are a double summit with a maximum height of, near Bad Lauterberg in the unincorporated area of Harz in the county of Osterode am Harz in Lower Saxony.</p><br>
<h2>Location</h2><br>
<p>The Heibeeksköpfe rise in the South Harz in the Harz Nature Park about 1.5 km (as the crow flies) north-northwest of the railway station at Bad Lauterberg. They separate the Lutter tributary of Heibeek, after which they are named, to the west and south, from the Lutter to the east. Their two summits – the Großer and Kleiner Heibeekskopf – are oriented north-to-south and are about 460 metres apart. On the eastern flank of both peaks is the Augenquelle spring that drains into the Lutter.</p><br>
<h2>Hiking</h2><br>
<p>Just 800 metres northwest of the Großer Heibeekskopf and thus in the direction of the Scheffeltalsköpfe lies the crosstracks of Knollenkreuz (ca. 51&deg;38&prime;36.2&Prime;N latitude, 10&deg;26&prime;33&Prime;E longitude), which is checkpoint no. 152 in the Harzer Wandernadel hiking network; the checkpoint box is located right next to the refuge hut called the Hentschelköte. The crossing is on the footpath from Bad Lauterberg to the highest mountain in the South Harz, the Großer Knollen.</p><br>
<p>The Dehnenkopf in the Harz Mountains of central Germany is a summit about near Torfhaus in the unincorporated area of Harz in the county of Goslar in Lower Saxony.</p><br>
<h2>Location</h2><br>
<p>The Dehnenkopf lies in the Upper Harz in the Harz National Park; immediately to the west is the Harz Nature Park. The Dehnenkopf rises about 1.1 km west-northwest of Torfhaus, a village in the mining borough of Altenau. To the east are the Lerchenköpfe peaks and to the west is the Mittelberg. Towards the southwest the countryside transitions to the Bruchberg (ca. ). On the north flank of the Dehnenkopf rise two tributaries of the River Oker: the Kalbe and the Kellerwasser, which flows through the valley of Kellwassertal. A little tributary stream of the Kellwasser, the Nabe, flows by to the west. Around 500 metres northeast of the summit runs the B 4 federal road, from which the Landesstraße 504 branches off in Torfhaus heading roughly westwards as the Steile-Wand-Straße to Altenau.</p><br>
<h2>Height</h2><br>
<p>The Dehnenkopf is about high. A few metres to the west-northwest of its summit is a spot height marked on topographic maps that gives a height of.</p><br>
<h2>Hiking</h2><br>
<p>About 600 metres southwest of the top of the Dehnenkopf lies the die Jungfernklippe (51&deg;48&prime;14.7&Prime;N latitude, 10&deg;30&prime;48.7&Prime;E longitude), which reaches a maximum elevation of. The rock formation is no. 221 in the system of checkpoints in the Harzer Wandernadel hiking network. The checkpoint box is located a few metres east of the tor on a gravelled forest track and hiking trail, which runs gently downhill towards the southeast to near the beginning of the Dammgraben, a water channel that is part of the Upper Harz Water Regale.</p><br>
<p>Mount Orville is a high peak of the Fairweather Range, the southernmost part of the Saint Elias Mountains. It is included in Glacier Bay National Park. The peak is the lower of a pair of peaks, Mounts Wilbur and Orville, named after the Wright Brothers.</p><br>
<p>Though not a particularly high peak in absolute terms, Mount Orville does stand quite high above local terrain, due to its proximity to the ocean: the summit is only 7.5 miles from tidewater at the head of Lituya Bay to the southwest.</p><br>
<h2>Ascents</h2><br>
<p>The first summit by Steven Carroll, Philip Kauffman and Patrick Simmons was ill-fated. The three climbers were killed in an avalanche, on the descent, that was caused by unseasonable changes in weather conditions.</p><br>
<p>In April 2012 professional mountaineer Florian Hill and Will Wacker attempted Mount Orville several times but had to cut off the expedition due bad weather.</p><br>
<p>Pinipel Island, also known as Green Island, is the northern of the two atolls making up the Green Islands, east of New Ireland, Papua New Guinea. It is located north of Nissan Island, the southern atoll. It is about 330 ft high and cliffy, from 200 to 500 yd wide, except at the north end.</p><br>
<p>The namesake main island of the atoll makes up for most of its land area. In addition, there are two tiny islets in the north-western part of the atoll, Sentinel Island and Sau (Sale) Island. The population of the atoll, all on the main island, was 901 at the census of population of 2000, distributed among three villages:</p><br>
<p>#Mantoia, in the north of the main island (pop. 394)</p><br>
<p>#Teah (279), close east of Mantoia</p><br>
<p>#Rogos, also called Rokus, in the central part of the main island (228)</p><br>
<p>Tenmile Lake is the largest and southernmost of a chain of lakes along the Oregon Coast south of the Umpqua River in the United States. The chain includes North Tenmile, Eel, Clear, and smaller lakes, which drain into the Pacific Ocean via Tenmile Creek. The lake is 8 mi south of Reedsport and 0.5 mi east of USA Route 101 near the community of Lakeside.</p><br>
<p>Tenmile Lake is named after the creek, which is about 10 mi south of Winchester Bay. This community, at the mouth of the Umpqua River, was the earliest pioneer village along this part of the coast. Although the lake&#39;s official name is Tenmile Lake, it was formerly called Johnson Lake and South Tenmile Lake.</p><br>
<h2>Geology and history</h2><br>
<p>The lakes in the Tenmile Creek watershed formed after rising sea levels, driven by post-glacial warming, inundated the lower reaches of the creek and its tributaries. Sand dunes that later formed along the coast altered the region&#39;s drainage patterns and led to a string of lakes at varied elevations within the Tenmile basin.</p><br>
<p>In the early 20th century, Tenmile Lake was a cold-water fishery that supported large populations of coastal cutthroat trout, salmon, and the sea-run steelhead. However, the watershed was gradually altered by logging, farming, stream channeling, and the introduction of invasive fish species such as yellow perch and brown bullhead. Attempts to restore the cold-water fishery, including poisoning Eel, Tenmile and North Tenmile lakes with rotenone in 1968, all failed. Bluegill and largemouth bass are among species that have since dominated the fishery.</p><br>
<h2>Recreation</h2><br>
<p>Tenmile Lake and North Tenmile Lake combined have been called "a premier largemouth bass fishery." In addition to largemouth bass, the shallow dendritic lakes with their complicated shorelines support populations of brown bullhead, bluegill, black crappie, coastal cutthroat trout, and stocked rainbow trout. Bass-catching tournaments are common at these lakes, and experts are able to catch 20 to 50 largemouth a day that weigh 2 to 5 lb.</p><br>
<p>The two lakes, connected by the North Lake Canal, are used for boating, waterskiing, and swimming, as well as fishing. In Lakeside, near the outlet of Tenmile Lake, Coos County manages Tenmile Lakes Park. It has boat ramps, docks, a fish-cleaning stand, picnic tables, horseshoe courts, restrooms, and other amenities. A campground in the park accommodates recreational vehicles (RVs) and tents.</p><br>
<p>The Duchateau Islands are an island group in the Coral Sea, belonging to Papua New Guinea. They lie to the east of Panarairai Island in the Louisiade Archipelago.</p><br>
<h2>Administrative</h2><br>
<p>Politically they belong to the province of Milne Bay in the southeastern part of Papua New Guinea.</p><br>
<p>They are controlled by the chief of Utian Island, the nearest inhabited island.</p><br>
<h2>Geography</h2><br>
<p>The Duchateau Islands consist of three small low-lying islands. They lie on the southwestern edge of the barrier reef of Vanatinai. The highest point is 75 ft.</p><br>
<p>They are located 5 km south-east of the Jomard Islands and immediately northeast of Montemont Islands. Of the three islands, Pana Bobai Ana (75 hectare) in the west is the largest. It was formerly inhabited (village of Salunol) but the people have moved to Utian. they come each year back to the island to harvest yams and claim coconuts.</p><br>
<p>The two smaller islands, Pana Rura Wara (42 hectare) and Kukuluba (32 hectare), are located on the north side of their shared lagoon.</p><br>
<p>North Tenmile Lake is one of a chain of lakes along the Oregon Coast south of the Umpqua River in the United States. The chain includes Tenmile, Eel, Clear, and smaller lakes, which drain into the Pacific Ocean via Tenmile Creek. The lake is 8 mi south of Reedsport and 1 mi east of USA Route 101 near the community of Lakeside. North Tenmile Lake is connected to Tenmile Lake by a navigable 0.5 mi channel.</p><br>
<p>North Tenmile Lake is named after the creek, which is about 10 mi south of Winchester Bay. This community, at the mouth of the Umpqua River, was the earliest pioneer village along this part of the coast.</p><br>
<h2>Geology and history</h2><br>
<p>The lakes in the Tenmile Creek watershed formed after rising sea levels, driven by post-glacial warming, inundated the lower reaches of the creek and its tributaries. Sand dunes that later formed along the coast altered the region&#39;s drainage patterns and led to a string of lakes at varied elevations within the Tenmile basin.</p><br>
<p>In the early 20th century, North Tenmile Lake was a cold-water fishery that supported large populations of coastal cutthroat trout, salmon, and steelhead. However, the watershed was gradually altered by logging, farming, stream channeling, and the introduction of invasive fish species such as yellow perch and brown bullhead. Attempts to restore the cold-water fishery, including poisoning Eel, Tenmile and North Tenmile lakes with rotenone in 1968, all failed. Bluegill and largemouth bass are among species that have since dominated the fishery.</p><br>
<h2>Recreation</h2><br>
<p>North Tenmile Lake and Tenmile Lake combined have been called "a premier largemouth bass fishery." In addition to largemouth bass, the shallow dendritic lakes with their complicated shorelines support populations of brown bullhead, bluegill, black crappie, coastal cutthroat trout, and stocked rainbow trout. Bass-catching tournaments are common at these lakes, and experts are able to catch 20 to 50 largemouth a day that weigh 2 to 5 lb.</p><br>
<p>The two lakes, connected by the North Lake Canal, are used for boating, waterskiing, and swimming, as well as fishing. In Lakeside, near the outlet of Tenmile Lake, Coos County manages Tenmile Lakes Park. It has boat ramps, docks, a fish-cleaning stand, picnic tables, horseshoe courts, restrooms, and other amenities. A campground in the park accommodates recreational vehicles (RVs) and tents.</p><br>
<p>The Minnesota State Sanatorium for Consumptives, also known as the Ah-Gwah-Ching Center, was opened in 1907 to treat tuberculosis patients. The name "Ah-Gwah-Ching" means "out-of-doors" in the Ojibwe language. The center remained a treatment center for tuberculosis until January 1, 1962. During that time, it treated nearly 14,000 patients. In 1962, it became a state nursing home known as the Ah-Gwah-Ching Nursing Home, serving geriatric patients with various mental and physical illnesses. At its peak in the 1970s, the nursing home had as many as 462 patients.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>In Minnesota more than 20,000 people died of tuberculosis between 1887 and 1899. At the time the only widely accepted treatment was fresh air and a healthy environment, which stimulated the body&#39;s immune system. The therapy did not always work but, lacking a suitable alternative, officials across the country erected sanatoria to quarantine and treat patients.</p><br>
<p>In 1906 construction began for the Minnesota State Sanatorium for Consumptives about 3 mi south of the city of Walker. Overlooking Shingobee Bay on the south shore of Leech Lake, the hospital evolved into a massive complex of distinctive buildings exhibiting Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, and Spanish Colonial Revival styles.</p><br>
<p>The sanatorium adopted new procedures as they arose. Artificial pneumothorax, for example, involved collapsing a diseased lung, which inhibited growth of tubercle bacilli. Patients survived on one lung while the damaged one healed. Then, in the 1940s, came antibiotics, which were so successful at killing the bacterium that tuberculosis was almost eradicated in the USA by the 1960s.</p><br>
<p>As cases plummeted, tuberculosis hospitals began closing. After serving nearly 14,000 patients, the Minnesota Sanatorium was shuttered in 1962, eventually reopening as a nursing home. The facility was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.</p><br>
<p>It closed in 2008, and the state divided the land, giving fifty acres to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources for a wildlife management area, selling sixty acres to Cass County at a low price for its use, and offering the remainder for public sale. All buildings at the site, with the exception of a small gazebo, have been torn down, and the site has been made ready for future development.</p><br>
<p>By 1990, it was down to about 300 patients, and by 2003, it was down to about 150 patients. Various Minnesota governors, from Arne Carlson to Jesse Ventura, supported closing the center after 1990. The center closed in 2008. Despite a reuse study, a viable use for the complex was not found, and it was demolished in 2010. Of the 250,000 ft&sup2; of buildings on the site, the only remaining structure was a small gazebo. The Cass County government acquired 60 acre of the property for redevelopment, and the remaining 50 acre was given to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources for a wildlife management area.</p><br>
<p>The Villa Romana del Tellaro is a Roman villa dating from the late Roman Empire on Sicily in southern Italy. It is located south of Noto in the province of Syracuse.</p><br>
<h2>History and description</h2><br>
<p>The remains of the villa were found in 1971 in a fertile agricultural area, on a low elevation near the Tellaro river. The site was located on a farm dating from the 17th to the 19th century.</p><br>
<p>The central building was constructed around a large peristyle. The section of the porch on the north side had a floor which was decorated with mosaics. They show laurel wreathes forming circles and octagons with geometric and floral motifs. They border two other rooms that retain figurative mosaics.</p><br>
<p>In the first of these rooms a very damaged mosaic contains a panel with scenes of the ransom of the body of Hector. In this scene Odysseus, Achilles and Diomedes, identified by inscriptions in Ancient Greek, are weighing the body of the hero. The figure of Priam is lost, but the legs of Hector&#39;s body can be seen partially on the right side of the scales. The gold of the ransom is visible on the left side. This event was not mentioned in the Iliad by Homer and is probably derived from a tragedy of Aeschylus. The mosaic floor in the second room shows a hunting scene with a banquet in the open air among the trees. The female figure in the scene is the personification of Africa.</p><br>
<p>The scenes on the mosaic found in the second room are reminiscent of the mosaics in the Villa Romana del Casale near Piazza Armerina. However, this mosaic has more stylized figures and two-dimensional, uncertain proportions, making the effect very different. The mosaics were probably the work of craftsmen from North Africa. Based on numismatic evidence, they were made in the second half of the fourth century CE.</p><br>
<h2>The villa today</h2><br>
<p>The villa has seen renewed interest in recent years, mainly due to a series of reconstruction projects and redevelopment of the site. On 15 March 15, 2008, over thirty years after the excavations, it was finally inaugurated and made accessible to the public.</p><br>
<p>Behind the villa lie vineyards, where the traditional grapes of the region are still grown. These include Nero d&#39;Avola, Muscat and Albanello Bianco which are increasingly difficult to find today.</p><br>
<h2>Further reading</h2><br>
<p>The Church of the Holy Trinity is a Roman Catholic church in Rollingstone, Minnesota, United States, built in 1869 and expanded in 1893. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984 for having local significance in the themes of architecture and exploration/settlement. It was nominated for its Gothic Revival architecture and central role in the religious, social, and—through its associated parochial school—academic life in a Luxembourg American community.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The settlement of Rollingstone was established in 1855 by ethnic Germans from Luxembourg, and by 1861 they had established a wood frame church and a cemetery. However the community quickly outgrew the original building, so they constructed a new church of local limestone in 1869. At that time the building measured 35 ft wide and 60 ft long.</p><br>
<p>In 1893 the parish had again outgrown the building, so they built an addition which doubled the seating capacity. The addition also measured 35 ft wide and 60 ft. The new wing also included a transept chancel, measuring 35 ft by 24 ft, which gave the building a cruciform plan.</p><br>
<p>The interior has been remodeled substantially since the church was built, so almost none of the original interior design remains.</p><br>
<p>The Nelson Farm is a historic farmstead in rural Merrick County, in the east central part of the state of Nebraska in the Midwestern United States. Originally settled by Swedish immigrants in 1879, it was expanded and improved over the subsequent eighty years and more, remaining in the founder&#39;s family into the fourth and fifth generations.</p><br>
<p>The farm is listed in the National Register of Historic Places, as providing a physical record of the style of houses and buildings on farmsteads in Merrick County from the late 1880s to the 1950s, and as illustrating how building styles, uses of buildings, and uses of land changed with the introduction of new technology.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>In 1858, the Nebraska Territorial Legislature established Merrick County and Lone Tree (renamed Central City in 1866). Most of the early settlers in the county were from Ireland, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Poland, Wales, and Scotland.</p><br>
<p>In 1879, Swedish immigrant John Magnus Nelson moved to Merrick County in 1879 with his wife Ina Peterson, after arriving in the United States at the age of 22 and then living for six years in Illinois. Nelson claimed a parcel of 160 acre west of Central City under the Homestead Act. He built a sod house, where he and his family lived for seven years.</p><br>
<p>In 1887, Nelson built a two-story frame house; in 1916, he added a barn. In laying out the farmstead, it is thought that he was guided a variety of sources: Swedish periodicals, guidebooks such as The Farmer&#39;s Almanac, Swedish ethnic tradition, the advice of his neighbors in Merrick County, and his own experience as a farmer in Illinois and in Nebraska. As his son Herman Nelson began to play a larger role in the management of the farm, elements of "scientific farming" or "progressive farming", based on newer guidebooks, were incorporated into the arrangement of the farmstead. By 1921, the farm had expanded to encompass 480 acre.</p><br>
<p>The Great Depression was a difficult time on the Nelson Farm, and the expansion of the farm may have added to the difficulties. During this period, improvements to the farmstead were limited. By 1935, Herman Nelson had concluded that some means of irrigating the crops was necessary. Since there was no ditch system to bring water from the Platte River, he installed a system of deep-well irrigation, making the Nelson farm one of the first in Merrick County to use this water source.</p><br>
<p>This period also marked the construction of the final house on the Nelson farmstead in 1935, built by Herman Nelson in anticipation of his son’s marriage in 1935. Other improvements to the farmstead followed. A cement silo was added in the 1940s. The original granary was converted into a machine shed. In the 1940s and 1950s, an Aerometer windmill was installed to water the livestock, and a metal shed was built. Few changes were made to the farm from 1959 until 2002, when it was changed over from deep-well to center-pivot irrigation.</p><br>
<p>As of 2009, the farm was occupied and operated by members of the fourth and fifth generations of John M. Nelson&#39;s family.</p><br>
<p>Through the farms history, crops have been raised chiefly to feed livestock, with any surplus being sold on the market. In its early years, the chief crop was probably corn; later, alfalfa was added to the mix, both because of its use as animal feed and because it added nitrogen to the soil. Livestock kept on the farm included horses, necessary as draft animals until they were supplanted by machinery. Cattle and hogs have been raised for the market through most of the farms history. In the early 1900s, the farm maintained a dairy herd of 40&ndash;50 Holsteins, and poultry were raised for meat and eggs by the farm&#39;s women.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The Nelson Farm consists of the northern 80 acre of John M. Nelson’s original homestead and the farmstead is centered in the southern 40 acre of the farm. An unpaved road leads to the houses on the farmstead. The farmstead is a rectangular site measuring approximately six acres (6 acre). It is bounded on the north by a windbreak of trees; this once bounded the farm on the west side as well, but has largely been removed. The south and east sides are bordered by agricultural fields. The houses rest on eastern third of the farmstead. The other two-thirds of the farmstead consists of agricultural buildings for livestock, machine, and crop storage. This area includes the large barn, the machine shed (formerly the granary), a metal shed, concrete and metal silos, feed and water tanks, and a windmill. Agricultural fields used for the cultivation of row crops compose the rest of the Nelson Farm.</p><br>
<h3>Buildings</h3><br>
<p>House (1887): Constructed by John M. Nelson, it is a variation on ell house architecture, commonly found on farms of this period in the Midwest. It is a two story clapboard house resting on a limestone block foundation. Decorative features are limited and always simple.</p><br>
<p>Barn (1916): Constructed by Herman Nelson, the large frame barn is the most prominent structure on the Nelson Farm. It is 84 *, which makes it one of the tallest structures in Merrick County. In 2007, 135 gal of traditional red were used to repaint it. The barn contains a large hay loft above a main floor for livestock. The massive gambrel is the barn’s most impressive feature. Both ends of the barn are nearly symmetrical in arrangement of openings. Alterations to the barn have been minimal.</p><br>
<p>House (1935): Constructed by Herman Nelson, it is a vernacular interpretation of the bungalow style house. It is a one-story house resting on a raised concrete foundation. It has gable roof with an overhanging eve supported by exposed beams, which is a hallmark of the bungalow style. The rear of the house has a two-car garage.</p><br>
<p>Concrete Silo (1940s): It is nearly as tall as the barn and is used to store corn and other grains. It was built by stacking identical pre-cast interlocking concrete staves, creating a ringed appearance.</p><br>
<p>Machine Shed (1940s): It was originally a granary but was converted into a machine shed. The original granary structure was probably built at the same time as the barn. To convert it to a machine shed, the elevator and south wall were removed. The alterations occurred during a period of historical significance, illustrating the transition from "horse power" to mechanization. This was made possible by using silos to store grain.</p><br>
<p>Metal Shed (1950s): It is a pre-fabricated, corrugated metal building that is hallmark of a style of utility building developed by the military in World War II. It was added to provide additional storage for agricultural equipment. The company responsible for fabricating it is unknown.</p><br>
<p>Windmill (1950s): It is a model 702 Aermotor Windmill used to pump water for the livestock. It is approximately 40 ft in height, with a steel wheel approximately 8 ft in diameter. It is no longer in use, but is in good condition.</p><br>
<h3>Sites</h3><br>
<p>Windbreak (1880s): John M. Nelson planted it after he selected the site for his farmstead. It extends approximately 900 ft east from the western edge of the farmstead. It is composed of mature deciduous coniferous trees.</p><br>
<p>Agricultural Fields (1880s–1920s): They surround the farmstead on the north, south and east sides. The fields are used for cattle pasture and to grow row crops.</p><br>
<h2>Historical significance</h2><br>
<p>In 2009, the farmstead was added to the National Register of Historic Places under the name "Nelson Farm". According to the nominating documents, it was historically significant for several reasons. It was typical of how farms in rural Merrick County were first established and subsequently developed from the homestead era through the 1950s. It represented an example of progressive agricultural practices in Merrick County during this time, and it illustrated how styles of building design and use changed with technological development. The windbreak, for example, was planted to shelter livestock rather than people, illustrating the early reliance on “horse power” for plowing and other farming activities. The 1916 barn was initially constructed to shelter horses, but its function changed later with the mechanization of the farm.</p><br>
<p>The Nelson Farm was also one of the largest in Merrick County’s Lone Tree Township during portions of its history: in 1921, the Nelson family farmed more acres than any other family in the Lone Tree Township.</p><br>
<p>Chew Court is a Grade II* listed building next to St Andrew&#39;s church in Chew Magna, Somerset, England.</p><br>
<p>It was originally a palace for Gisa the Bishop of Bath and Wells, however little of the original building survives. After use by a succession of bishops it was sold to the Duke of Somerset.</p><br>
<p>The oldest portion is the gatehouse at the southern end of the east wing.</p><br>
<p>The house was largely rebuilt in 1656, from which a little survives as the Chew Court of today including an Elizabethan doorway with Doric pilasters. The room over the gatehouse is said to have been used as a court-room, with the turrets used for holding prisoners. The house now forms an "l" shape of two wings.</p><br>
<p>In 2011 alterations were made to the driveway leading to the house and additional walls built around the gardens.</p><br>
<p>About 45 m south west of the building is a medieval well, which was later enclosed with a sandstone well house.</p><br>
<p>The Villa Romana di Patti is a large Roman villa located in the comune of Patti in the province of Messina on Sicily. It was the seat of a latifundium.</p><br>
<h2>History and description</h2><br>
<p>The villa was discovered in 1973 during construction work on a stretch of the A20 motorway, when part of the north side of the villa was destroyed.</p><br>
<p>Although excavation is continuing and many rooms still need to be revealed, the general configuration of the villa is already quite clear.</p><br>
<p>The original villa was constructed in the 2nd-3rd c. AD which was demolished to make way for a larger and much more elaborate villa built over it in the early 4th c. AD.</p><br>
<p>The nucleus of the villa consists of a peristyle surrounded by the residential rooms of the villa, yypical of the late Roman villa. The most representative rooms are, on the west wing, the particularly large Aula Absidata ("apse hall") which recalls the Piazza Armerina basilica, and on the south wing a tri-apsidal room where the peristyle overlooks the sea. The Aula Absidata contained a mosaic floor which was destroyed, but the mosaic floors of the peristyle and tri-apse are in excellent condition. The east–west orientation of the Aula Absidata, different to the north-south axis of the peristyle, raises doubts on its function and dating, suggesting that it might have been a church built after the owner had converted to Christianity.</p><br>
<p>The mosaic of the peristyle consists of a grid of square panels inserted in a frame of continuous laurel wreathes enriched with floral and ornamental motifs. The mosaic of the tri-apse includes octagonal and circular medallions with animals on curvilinear sides. The quality of both polychrome mosaics is not very high, which indicates they were the product of a Sicilian workshop instead of North African craftsmen.</p><br>
<p>In the north-east area a bath system had walls built using a different technique.</p><br>
<p>The residence had been abandoned prior to the earthquake that affected Sicily in AD 365.</p><br>
<p>More research is needed to define the chronology of the villa more precisely.</p><br>
<h2>Further reading</h2><br>
<p>Jamuna River  is a tributary of the Ichamati River. It flows through the Indian state of West Bengal and is one of the major rivers of the North 24 Parganas district. Till the 17th century, the Jamuna originated as a distributary of the Hooghly River separating from it near Tribeni, along with the Saraswati River, hence giving the town its name. Unlike the Saraswati that flowed southwest from Tribeni, the Jamuna used to flow eastwards, along the northern borders of the present day town of Kalyani and the region around the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata, in the Nadia district, then enter the North 24 Parganas district and finally merge with the Ichamati River. From the 18th century onwards, the Padma river emerged as the main distributary of the Ganga. Reduction of the waters in the Hooghly and silting up of the upper reaches of the Jamuna, resulted in it being totally cut off from the Hooghly river. The Jamuna is now an independent rain fed channel that emerges east of the Haringhata region in Nadia district and empties itself into the Ichamati river.</p><br>
<p>Phnom Santuk is a hill and cultural site in the Cambodian province of Kampong Thom. Located in Ko Koh village, Ko Koh commune, Santuk District, it is the most sacred mountain of the province. The summit is accessed by a stone pathway with many statues flanking the way. At the top is a white-walled temple and many shrines and deities, including several reclining Buddhas made out of rock, measuring more than 33 ft in length. Monks inhabit the site.</p><br>
<h2>Geography</h2><br>
<p>Phnom Santuk is a hill of 679 ft elevation, which rises above the Tonlé Sap river valley. The summit can be reached either by climbing 809 steps, or via a paved road, 2.5 km in length.</p><br>
<h2>Features</h2><br>
<p>There are many Buddha images and pagodas enshrined along the way to the peak. New wats in prasat style are under construction near the hilltop. Nagas (serpent figures) and dragons are carved in profusion on these wats. Below the southern peak, at the base of the trees, there are many reclining Buddhas, some carved in rock in the earlier times and a few others are made of concrete in recent times. The multi-storied Chinese pagoda has a number of figurines made in porcelain. Nature-based tourism is available at the Phnom Santuk Resort.</p><br>
<h2>Culture</h2><br>
<p>The protector deity of the mountain is known as Neak ta Kraham Ka, who lived during the feudal period of Kompong Thong, under the feudal ruler Decho Borara’a Thipadei Meas. Phnom Santuk is a pilgrimage site. Worship is offered in the wats on the hill and there are seven monks who perform this service; Preah Thamma Vipassana Kong served as chief monk in the late 18th century.</p><br>
<p>Phnom Sorsia is a Buddhist hill complex in Kampot Province, southern Cambodia. It contains Buddhist cultural features approached by a staircase and a complex of karst caves. One cave Rung Damrey Saa  has a stalagmite resembling the head of an elephant; another has a bat colony.</p><br>
<h2>Geography</h2><br>
<p>The complex is located about 11 mi east of Kampot. It is accessed via a dirt road which veers from the NH33; signage refers to the site as the Phnom Sorsia Resort.</p><br>
<p>The forest-covered hill has several limestone caves. The White Elephant Cave is so named as there are many stalagmites in the limestone formations which resemble white elephants. They come out to the surface through a narrow chimney-type passage, and are hunted by bamboo-wielding local residents who swat at them while they are airborne. A concealed pool with cool water is approached through a hole. The vistas from the top of the mountain are of rice fields.</p><br>
<h2>Culture</h2><br>
<p>Phnom Sorsia is considered a holy hill. Steps have been carved in the slopes in a winding formation, to reach both the top of the mountain and the White Elephant Cave. Cultural features include two Buddha statues to the right of the White Elephant Cave, a garishly painted temple, as well as a stupa on top of the hill.</p><br>
<p>The Fairborn Theatre is a historic movie theater in the city of Fairborn, Ohio, United States. Built soon after World War II in an Air Force community, it has been named a historic site because of its aviation-themed architecture.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<p>Architects Lloyd Zeller and Herman Hunter designed the theater, which is built of brick on a concrete foundation and covered with an asphalt roof. Built by the C.W. Fry Construction Company, the theater features period aviation-related elements such as an interior painting of soldiers and aircraft of World War II. As an example of Streamline Moderne architecture, the theater includes elements such as streamlining and metal detailing. Its location along State Route 444 makes it an example of Fairborn&#39;s automobile-related commercial development.</p><br>
<h2>Preservation</h2><br>
<p>Chakeres Theatres operated the Fairborn Theatre from 1948 until the early 1970s, when it was temporarily closed to be remodelled into a two-screen operation. Following remodelling, the theater ran until January 2000, when Chakeres ceased operating it; the company retained ownership until 2002, when it donated the building to a Fairborn arts organization. Soon afterward, more than ten years of renovation began; carried on largely by volunteers with a small budget, renovations have included ridding the building of asbestos, roof maintenance, and removing the wall separating the two theater rooms to restore them to their original one-room format. Some of the estimated $5.5 million cost of restoring the theater was paid by the Ohio Department of Development, which in 2010 granted $48,000 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act money to the arts organization.</p><br>
<p>In 2005, the Fairborn Theatre was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, qualifying because of its historically significant architecture. It is one of three Register-listed properties in Fairborn, along with the 1924 Bath Township Consolidated School and the 1799 Mercer Log House.</p><br>
