<p>The Great Gibraltar Sand Dune is an ancient sand dune in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. It forms part of the Upper Rock Nature Reserve and dominates the eastern cliffs of the Rock of Gibraltar. It was once used to capture rainwater which was contained in underground tanks within the Rock to satisfy the population&#39;s potable water needs.</p><br>
<h2>Geology</h2><br>
<p>The prehistoric dune is made from yellow, windblown sands lacking the red component of the sands on the west side of the Rock. It is made of the same sand that once formed part of a vast savanna of the late Pleistocene where Neanderthals hunted. The levant winds of prehistory continuously blew sand from this savanna westwards, accumulating against the eastern cliffs of the Rock, reaching from the base of the cliff right down to sea level (at that time there was no road where Sir Herbert Miles Road is today). The occasional rockfall from the precipice above added boulders to the dune so the formation seen today is a consolidated composite of rocks and windblown sands. The upper limits of the dune were scarped by the British garrison for two reasons - to avoid soldiers deserting the place and to prevent surprise attacks by Spanish troops. The Great Sand Dune was constantly shifting right up to the late 19th century when corrugated iron sheets were laid over the dune for the collection of rainwater. John White described this and the efforts to make it inaccessible:</p><br>
<p>"The Eastern side of the hill consists of an immense sloping bank of whitish sand interspersed with huge fragments of rock, and reaching from the sea nearly to the summit of the rock in some parts not far from the Signal House, and the Middle-hill Guards. These parts were formerly accessible, which made it necessary to keep constant guards there, as well to prevent desertions from within as a surprise from without. Of late years, much labour has been bestowed in making all these parts more abrupt and difficult, yet it is still necessary to watch them, as there are always some hardy adventurers who will wantonly risk their lives down these perilous cliffs, either in attempting to desert or in search of flowers."</p><br>
<h2>Water catchments</h2><br>
<p>Gibraltar has few natural sources of fresh water which has been historically problematic for its population over the centuries. In 1898, the construction on the waterworks began with the construction of four 5,000,000 impgal reservoirs cut inside the western side of the Rock at an elevation of 103.6 m above sea level, each being 60.96 m long 15.24 m high and with an average width of 6.1 m, with a total capacity of 22,727 m&sup2;. They were officially inaugurated by Governor of Gibraltar Sir George White in 1901. These reservoirs were initially fed by relatively small water catchment areas on the western side of the Rock above the Moorish Castle.</p><br>
<p>As Gibraltar&#39;s population and demand for a fresh water supply increased, further sources of supply were required and a scheme to expand the system was proposed and carried out. This consisted of the construction of a 40,000 m&sup2; water catchment area on the east side of the Rock and the driving of an 800 m tunnel through the Rock running east-west to channel the water to the existing reservoirs. The catchment which was the original idea of the then City Engineer of Gibraltar and was constructed in 1903 on the Great Sand Dune which has an average inclination of 1⅓ to 1. The largest of the boulders embedded in the dune were blasted away in order to trim the surface as even as possible. A footpath and channel for the collection of rainwater were constructed along the lower perimeter of the catchment area. Timber piles 1,500 mm x 150 mm x 40 mm were driven their full length into the smoothed dune. To these a timber framing of 75 mm x 75 mm x 4,500 mm purlins and 75 mm x 75 mm x 2,400 mm rafters were nailed to them which was followed by screwing corrugated galvanised iron sheets 2,400 mm x 900 mm round the edges. The timber had been previously pressure treated with creosote at a pressure of 170 psi. Further expansions of the Great Sand Dune catchments were carried out in stages up until 1961. The original plan was to cover an area of 10 acre. Between 1911 and 1914 a fifth reservoir was excavated inside the Rock and the catchment area increased to 24 acre. By 1961 the total catchment area had increased to its maximum of 34 acre. It took roughly 5,928 rafters, 1,112 purlins, 1,161 piles, 5,928 sheets, 2,920 kg of screws and 850 kg of washers for every hectare of the Great Dune that was covered.</p><br>
<h2>Other uses</h2><br>
<p>The Great Dune served to maintain a regular supply of sand on the eastern beaches of Gibraltar, especially Sandy Bay particularly when the sea removed material from the beach. This dynamic nature meant that little vegetation of any significant height could grow on the dune with any permanence as many pre-catchment photographs demonstrate.</p><br>
<p>In 2001, the Gibraltar Ornithological and Natural History Society began to manage the phased work of dismantling the catchment construction. By 2006 the slope was entirely restored to its natural state and is now completely covered in vegetation native to the habitat of Gibraltar.</p><br>
<p>At 178 metres, Chaldon Hill, also called Chaldon Down, is one of the highest hills on South Dorset&#39;s Jurassic Coast in England.</p><br>
<h2>Location</h2><br>
<p>The summit of Chaldon Hill is about 1½ miles west of Durdle Door above the Dorset coast. A bridleway crosses the hill just below the summit, whilst the South West Coast Path makes its way down the steep hillside to the beach heading for Durdle Door. At the summit is a tumulus and trig point. There are navigation beaons about 200 metres to the southeast. The village of Chaldon Herring nestles in the valley north of the down, about 2 miles away. The hill is flanked by two coastal headlands: White Nothe and Bat&#39;s Head.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>There is abundant evidence of prehistoric settlement in the area: tumuli to the southwest and east, a field system and earthwork to the northeast and two named barrows to the east: Wardstone and Bush Barrows. There is evidence of another field system on the steep coastal hillside.</p><br>
<p>The Old Farm Schoolhouse, also known as the Brick School, is a historic schoolhouse at Park Ave. and School St. in Bloomfield, Connecticut. Built in 1795, it is the oldest surviving public building in Bloomfield. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The Old Farm Schoolhouse is located in southeastern Bloomfield, at the northwest corner of Park Avenue and School Street. It is a two story brick structure with a hip roof and an open octagonal belfry topped by a cupola. Its main facade is five bays wide, with the main entrance in the rightmost bay. The upper floor windows butt against the plain eave, while those on the first floor are topped by headers made of soldier bricks set at an angle.</p><br>
<p>The school was one of seven district schools built in what was at the time called Wintonbury Parish in the late 18th century. Its second story was not finished until 1829, when the student population was divided by age. Access to that floor was at first via an outside staircase, which was replaced by the present indoor one in 1843. The building was used as a school until 1922, and was used as a community center for a time thereafter. From 1931 to 1971 it housed a local chapter of the American Legion. It is now a museum property owned by the local historical society. It was moved a short distance by the society in 1976 to allow for a realignment of the street intersection.</p><br>
<p>The Pequabuck Bridge is a historic stone arch bridge, carrying a paved multiuse trail across the Pequabuck River in Farmington, Connecticut. Built in 1833, the bridge formerly carried the adjacent Meadow Road. It is one of the state&#39;s only surviving early 19th-century stone arch bridges., and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The Pequabuck Bridge is located in central southern Farmington, and is set just north of the modern Meadow Road crossing of the Pequabuck River, a tributary of the Farmington River. It now crosses over an occasionally wet channel that the river formerly occupied; the river was rerouted to the east with the construction of the modern road bridge. This bridge has a single stone arch, with a span of 22 ft and a height of 11 ft. It is built mainly out of brownstone rubble, which is the major element of its abutments, spandrels, wing walls, and parapets. The arch itself is shaped out of finished brownstone voussoirs. The bridge is about 20 ft wide, and its arch is topped by earth fill and a paved surface that now carries pedestrian and bicycle traffic.</p><br>
<p>The bridge was built in 1832-33, and originally carried the traffic of Meadow Road. It is unusual within the state at that time for a town to construct a stone bridge, given the expense; this one was funded in part by the operators of the . It replaced an 1819 wooden bridge, which was laboring under heavy usage. The town specified that an embankment connect this bridge to that on which the road crossed the canal, and that it be built at the same height as the canal bridge. The canal bridge has not survived, and only traces of the embankment now survive. The bridge remained in service as a road bridge until the second half of the 20th century.</p><br>
<p>Nettleton Mill is a Grade II listed mill in Wiltshire, England, on the banks of the Bybrook River, to the southeast of Nettleton. Part of the Castle Combe estate, it was built in 1774 as a farmhouse; date is inscribed on the outer building. Between 1984 and 1986 it was a shooting location for the 1980s cult series Robin of Sherwood.</p><br>
<h2>Geography</h2><br>
<p>The building is situated in the Cotswolds valley, between Nettleton and Castle Combe, in a village setting, about 13 mi north of Bath. where signal and native crayfish have been recorded by use of traps. It is surrounded by wooded forest land of about 2.5 hectare. The stream that flows through the property is known for trout fishing. Wildlife is also recorded in the vicinity of the mill house.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The farmhouse, which was built in 1774, was in ruins due to disrepair. The milling operations at the Nettleton Mill were discontinued even before World War I. In the 1950s and 60s, the turbine power was utilised at some time, probably when the stream flow became inadequate. It was later refurbished, without altering its original design, and provided with modern facilities. After the farmhouse was vacated by Connolly Leather Ltd in 1991, the Museum of London evaluated the heritage status of this 18th century building from an archaeological perspective to enable the town Planning Department to register it as a Grade II Listed building. It is now run as a country retreat.</p><br>
<h2>Features</h2><br>
<p>The structure is built of local stone. The undershot wheel of the grist mill was replaced by a turbine during the 19th century. The sheds in the annex of the farmhouse were used for storage of farm products. The layout of the building at ground-floor level consists of a large, high-vaulted drawing room. A conservatory passage leads to the kitchen and dining space. On the next floor, accessed by a flight of steps, there is a hall with galleries and living accommodation with two bathrooms. There is also a wine cellar, (larder) room and a utility space. The structure is roofed with pan tiles.</p><br>
<p>The Jun Fujita Cabin is a cabin in Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States, now within Voyageurs National Park. It was built by Jun Fujita, a photographer and poet who spent a long career in Chicago. The cabin was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.</p><br>
<p>Fujita was born in Hiroshima in 1888 and immigrated to Canada as a teenager. He spent a time as a photographer for a Japanese publication, then moved to Chicago and started working for the Chicago Evening Post, which later became the Chicago Daily News. His photography career included the 1915 sinking of the SS Eastland, the Chicago Race Riot of 1919, and the 1929 Saint Valentine&#39;s Day Massacre. In the 1930s, he left news photography and established a commercial photo studio on Harper Street. Some of his clients included Johnson Outboards, Stark Nurseries, and Sears, Roebuck and Co. Fujita completed some of his photography for Johnson on Rainy Lake on the border of the United States and Canada.</p><br>
<p>Fujitas long-term companion, Florence Carr, bought a 4 acre island on Rainy Lake around 1928. Carr and Fujita met each other and began living together in the early or mid-1920s, but did not marry until 1940 due to anti-miscegenation laws. The island was purchased in Carrs name because Minnesota state laws restricted land ownership by non-citizens. Despite her ownership of the island, neighbors never recalled meeting Carr and remember Fujita as the sole occupant of the island. The island was called "Jap Island" by locals, a rather overt ethnic slur. It is now known as Wendt Island.</p><br>
<p>This area of Minnesota was evolving into a vacation spot around the time, having become accessible when railroads reached International Falls, Minnesota and adjoining Fort Frances, Ontario around 1908. Highways to the area were built from Duluth, Baudette, and Bemidji by 1922. The area was still rather remote, since Duluth, the nearest large town, was 150 mi away. The Rainy Lake area was popular with visitors who wanted to fish, hunt, or simply enjoy the wilderness. Some less-reputable recreational pursuits were also enjoyed by the locals, such as gambling, moonshine, prostitution, and other vice. The authorities of International Falls, Rainier, and Kettle Falls apparently tolerated this vice, though it started tailing off during the 1930s.</p><br>
<p>Fujita started building his cabin with a 13 ft by 16 ft structure framed with cedar poles and covered in drop siding. He later added a screened porch with a shed roof on the north side, as well as a log addition measuring 7 ft by 8 ft on the east side. The floor in that room is slightly higher than the rest of the cabin, suggesting that it could have been a shrine. The cabin fits well into its surroundings of large rocks, pine trees, and wildflowers. Some of the architectural design reflects Japanese construction practices, such as modest decoration and a foundation of dry-laid stones.</p><br>
<p>Although he still had privacy on the island, during the time of World War II he gradually stopped visiting the island. This could have been because of its distance from Chicago and the anti-Japanese prejudices during the war. He allowed Fred and Edythe Sackett, owners of a nearby island, to use his cabin from the early 1940s, although he did not sell the cabin to them until 1956. The Sacketts added a bedroom on the south side and added some propane-powered appliances. In 1973, the Sacketts sold the property to Charles and Mary Jane Wendt, their friends from the Rapid City, South Dakota area. In 1985, the cabin and land were acquired by Voyageurs National Park, although the Wendts still lease the cabin.</p><br>
<p>The Sarah Amanda Trott McKinney House is a historic house site and 10.1 acre historic district in Sixmile, Bibb County, Alabama.</p><br>
<p>The two-story, center hall house was built for Sarah Amanda Trott McKinney by her brother, W.C. Trott, and her son, John McKinney, during the mid-1880s. Her husband, H.C. McKinney, was wounded during the American Civil War and an invalid prior to his death in 1879. Sarah McKinney was a teacher at the Six Mile Academy, which sat a few hundred feet south of the house, and boarded students in her home. When the school burned in 1897, classes were held in the McKinney House until a school was built.</p><br>
<p>The Langston family acquired the house around the turn of the 20th century. They ran the Six Mile Post Office out of the house from 1900 until 1906, before moving it into one of their stores across the road. It remained in that family until it was purchased by John Frost Farrington in 1966. The Farrington family moved out of the house in 1983 and sold it to Geoffrey Wilder in 1990.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 29, 1992.</p><br>
<p>Alexandra Canal is a 1.2-kilometer long functional and concrete canal in Singapore which stretches from Tanglin Road to Delta Road and Prince Charles Crescent. The canal has been converted into a recreational destination as a part of the Active, Beautiful and Clean  Water Programme undertaken by the Public Utilities Board of Singapore.</p><br>
<p>Reconstruction of Alexandra Canal between Tanglin Road and Kim Seng Road took place from 1997 to 2008 to improve the structural condition of the canal and to alleviate flooding in the catchment. A 200m stretch of the open waterway near Tanglin Road was decked over to create an interesting water cascade and water play area. The deck also provides a vantage point from which the public can have a clear view of the revitalised waterway downstream.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Located in the central part of Singapore, Alexandra Canal is one of the upper reaches of the Singapore River. The 2.4 km long canal stretches from Tanglin Road to Delta Road. Reconstruction of Alexandra Canal between Tanglin Road and Kim Seng Road took place from 1997 to 2008 to improve the structural condition of the canal and to alleviate flooding in the catchment. A 200m stretch of the open waterway near Tanglin Road was decked over to create an interesting water cascade and water play area. The deck also provides a vantage point from which the public can have a clear view of the revitalised waterway downstream. However, the canal is now cement-covered.</p><br>
<h2>Educational Hut</h2><br>
<p>The Educational Hut&#39;s information panels were developed by students from the Digital Art and Manga Club of Crescent Girls&#39; School (CGS) in collaboration with PUB. These panels touch on water-related topics such as the Four National Taps and ABC Waters Programme, and highlight the importance of keeping our waterways clean.</p><br>
<h2>Wetlands</h2><br>
<p>One of the ABC Waters design features at Alexandra Canal is the series of wetland systems and plants. These wetland plants are located at the decked-over stretch of the canal near Tanglin Road. Water is pumped from the canal into the wetlands, where sediments, nutrients and other impurities are removed through the plants and filter media. The treated clean water is then channelled to the rock scape garden and back into the canal, eventually ending up in Marina Reservoir. The wetland plants also beautify the landscape, and serve as a natural habitat for fishes, dragonflies and other wildlife.</p><br>
<h2>Rain Gardens and Bioretention Swales</h2><br>
<p>At Alexandra Canal, rainwater from the nearby paved areas like footpaths gets channelled into the rain garden. Impurities in the rainwater are removed when it passes through the plants and the soil. The filtered water flows into Alexandra Canal, eventually ending up in Marina Reservoir.</p><br>
<p>Bioretention swales are drains planted with plants which will filter and channel rainwater into the underground drainage system. The plants and soil layers in the swale act as a natural filter to sieve out impurities so that clean water flows into the waterway.</p><br>
<h2>Adopters' Activities</h2><br>
<p>Adopters&#39; Activities Students from CHIJ Kellock Primary School and Crescent Girls School got their hands dirty for a good cause in Jan 2011 where they got together with the community to do wetland planting at Alexandra Canal as part of a pre-launch of the Active, Beautiful and Clean Waters (ABC Waters) Programme.</p><br>
<p>Adopters&#39; Activities Crescent Girls Secondary School created a wireless learning trail compatible with iPhone and iPad, targeted at upper primary school students and lower secondary school students in 2011. Subsequently, Crescent Girls&#39; trained a group of student facilitators who conducted the trail for students from other schools and the community during World Water Day 2012 and Singapore International Water Week Water Showcases 2012.</p><br>
<p>The Merrium Apartments, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, was a historic building located in Downtown Sacramento, California.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The building was built in 1912 or 1913 by attorney Chauncey H. Dunn and named after his wife, Merrium. The building housed 42 units complete with an icehouse in the basement and two elevators. It had many modern conveniences that were touted at the time of its opening, including the free ice, free telephone service, and close proximity to the business district.</p><br>
<p>In 1987, the City of Sacramento, motivated by the desire to expand the Sacramento Convention Center, made plans to demolish many buildings that were in the area bounded by 14th and 15th streets and J and K streets, which included the Merrium Apartments. After being designated a historic building soon after the nomination, city officials did not change their plans. Preservationists proposed moving the building to another site but it was deemed too costly at an estimated $3.5 million. A local company volunteered to demolish the building for free in exchange for the materials it could salvage from it. In a last effort to save the building, the Sacramento Old City Associated took the matters to an appellate court to stop the razing. The court ruled that the association had no standing and so it was appealed and taken to the California Supreme Court. The Supreme Court declined to review the case and the stay of the demolition was lifted.</p><br>
<p>The building was finally destroyed on September 4, 1991. The demolition company salvaged some of the bricks and other materials and the City of Sacramento saved all the materials for an entire apartment to one day be reconstructed in a museum.</p><br>
<p>The castle of Châteauneuf-du-Pape is a château located in the town of the same name in southeastern France. Its presence has dominated the landscape around the village and its renowned vineyards for more than 800 years.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The Castle of Châteauneuf was probably originally a Roman castrum destroyed during the great invasions. A 913 charter referred to the castellum de Leri.</p><br>
<p>It also appeared under the name castellum de Leri in a 913 charter signed by Louis the Blind which ceded the site to Foulques, bishop of Avignon. The castrum on the hill was replaced with new construction by the Count of Toulouse, the overlord of the comté of Provence. The first mention of a Castro Novo (new fortified village), which led to the name Châteauneuf, did not appear until 1048. It fell to Godefredus Lauger, Bishop of Avignon, and his successors, through an 1157 charter in which the emperor Barbarossa mentioned the presence of a vineyard. In 1077 Rostaing, his successor, deeded the fief to Pierre d&#39;Albaron, who built a keep there. Throughout the Middle Ages, the old château was a watchtower and a toll gate on the Rhône that passed to various families allied to the house of Albaron. Only a tower remained in 1146, and by 1283 it was already being referred to as "the old tower".</p><br>
<p>It became the Château de l&#39;Hers after it was enlarged in the 12th century, and it was renovated for the first time in the 13th. Some historians say the Knights Templar used it in the 12th century, but this legend was put to rest by 20th-century historians.</p><br>
<h3>Pontifical era</h3><br>
<p>Châteauneuf, like Bédarrides or Gigognan, had a special status in the Comtat Venaissin when the Antipopes came to Avignon. Its high and low justices didn&#39;t fall under the Recteur du Comtat but instead under the bishop of Avignon. Its three parishes were said to be In Comitatu et non de Comitatu</p><br>
<p>Pope Clement V visited April 5, 1314 before he crossed the Rhône to join Roquemaure, about fifteen days before he died.</p><br>
<p>Jacques dEuze, previously the bishop of Avignon, was elected pope in 1316 and took the name John XXII. Châteauneuf fell directly under his authority. He had been Pope barely three months when he commissioned construction work at lHers. The accounts of the Apostolic Camera indicate that he allocated 3000 florins to the restoration of the 12-century château.</p><br>
<p>Then in 1317 he decided to build a new château above the village. It was finished in 1333. At the same time, in 1318, he circled it with ramparts.</p><br>
<p>The successors of Jean XXII rarely stayed at Châteauneuf, except when the plague threatened Avignon and the papal court installed itself there. This was the case in 1383. Only Clement VII, the antipope from 1385 to 1387, had any maintenance done on the disused château. He also had the vines replanted. He was the pope who lived there the most.</p><br>
<h3>After the popes returned to Rome</h3><br>
<p>After the Great Western schism ended and the popes left Avignon, the will and the resources to maintain the château were lacking. The bishops and archbishops of Avignon, to whom it belonged, took little interest in it and it was left to fall into disrepair.</p><br>
<p>It took on strategic importance again during the Wars of Religion. In 1562, Jean-Perrin Parpaille, whose family came from Châteauneuf, tried to take the château but was pushed back by the troops of Cardinal Alessandro Farnese, the apostolic administrator of Avignon, and had to leave his munitions behind. This made the historian Louis de Pérussis say, in his work titled Discours de guerre de la Comté de Venayscin et de la Provence (1563-1564): "The said Parpaille burned his fingers there and took some casualties then and shamefully withdrew to Orange.</p><br>
<p>The Huguenots led by Charles Dupuy de Montbrun, lieutenant of the Baron des Adrets, took the village and the castle, which had been abandoned after the Mornas massacre, in July 1562. They stayed until February 1563 and pillaged the entire region. The building was abandoned by the Calvinists after the battle of Valréas. The Baron of Adrets retook the stronghold and burned down part of the château in March 1563. His troops pillaged the salt warehouse and burned down the church. They left only the keep and a swath of wall.</p><br>
<p>When peace returned in 1578, what remained of the château was restored. In 1580 Pope Gregory XIII granted to Jean-Baptiste dAlphonse and his male descendants the title of the perpetual capitain of the château. This nomination was overturned by Pope Gregory XV in 1623 then restored in 1633 to Pierre dAlphonse by Mario Philonardi. The title was then taken by Charles of Suarez, provicaire général of the archbishopric, who took possession of the château as well.</p><br>
<p>Meanwhile, in 1584 Georges d&#39;Armagnac, the archbishop of Avignon, took an ordonnance for the commune of Châteauneuf-Calcernier, known as "du Pape", to protect the vines. In the next century, his successor, Hyacinthe Libelli, had the château redecorated and restored during 1681 so he could take up residence there.</p><br>
<p>En 1728, François-Maurice Gontier, the new archbishop of Avignon, rented the building for 400 livres a year to an Irish noble named John, Baron of Powers, who also leased l&#39;enclos des papes, the papal enclave. When harvest time came, the baron decided to send his wines through the port of Roquemaure. He was refused with the explanation that the wines of Châteauneuf were very inferior to those of Roquemaure because of their taste, de terroir. The explanation lies in the presence of vines producing muscat sur ce terroir. The marquis de Tulle also found this in 1731, in the vineyard of the.</p><br>
<h3>French Revolution</h3><br>
<p>After the French Revolution Avignon and the Comtat Venaissin rejoined the republic in 1793, and the winegrowers could sell their production for one-third more than the departmental maximum because the Châteauneuf wine was recognized as high-quality in all seasons. In 1798 the château and its domain were auctioned off to J.B. Establet who acted with the underwriting of 30 of his fellow citizens. A year later the new owner re-sold it in equal to his backers, all of whom began to take down the walls of the château, either to sell the stones or to use them themselves.</p><br>
<p>In 1858 The ground floor of the keep was rented as a warehouse on condition the tenants allow visitors who wished to see it to do so. In 1892, the ruin was deeded back to the state and immediately classified as a historic monument.</p><br>
<h3>World War II</h3><br>
<p>During World War II the Germans moved in. The keep was transformed; it served as an arms dépôt and a 115m anti-aircraft observation post. Operation Dragoon triggered a retreat of the occupation forces. The garrison of the château, which had been storing explosives and munitions, blew them up before leaving on August 20, 1944, destroying the entire northern part of the château. Only the cellar and the south side of the keep remained intact. A young Resistance fighter of the Francs-Tireurs Provençaux was killed near the château in June 1944. A commemorative plaque marks the spot.</p><br>
<h3>Modern era</h3><br>
<p>In 1960 the municipality decided to install a reception hall in the pontifical cellar. This great room of the castle has kept its original proportions. Twice a year, it serves as a prestige venue to the Échansonnerie des Papes, a confrérie bachique in Châteauneuf-du-Pape where it initiates new members. At these soirées, the inductees symbolically receive a key to the pope&#39;s cellar.</p><br>
<p>Besides these soirées, a certain number of festivities are tied to the château, such as La Tauléjade, which presents the new vintages to wine professionals, the Fête de la Saint-Marc, when the previous three vintages, both red and white, can be tasted, and the Fête de la véraison, a big historical festival for the wines of Châteauneuf.</p><br>
<p>Watts Hill is a hill in the Dorset Downs and one of the highest in the county of Dorset, England. The height of the summit is variously recorded as 261 metres or 262 metres.</p><br>
<h2>Location</h2><br>
<p>Watts Hill lies about 1½ miles north of Cerne Abbas above the village of Minterne Parva, and about 12 kilometres north of Dorchester, the county town. It is the highest point on a north-south ridge, on the southern spur of which is the Cerne Abbas Giant, an old landmark whose origin is unclear. A mile to the northwest is Dogbury Hill and, on the far side of the A352 is Telegraph Hill and High Stoy, a popular filming location.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>There is much evidence of prehistoric settlement in the area. Near the Giant there are the remains of an ancient settlement, a tumulus and an earthwork on the southern spur near Cerne Abbas, and similar features further north near Dogbury.</p><br>
<p>Kitten Mountain  is a 2,142 m mountain located on the border between Ziyuan County and Xingan County, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region  in the People&#39;s Republic of China that lies about 80 km from the prefecture-level city of Guilin.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The peak lies in the Yuecheng Mountains, part of the Nan Mountains and dates to the Neoproterozoic Era from 1,000 to 541 million years ago. Kitten Mountain is the highest peak in Guangxi and a National Level Nature Reserve.</p><br>
<h3>World War II plane crash</h3><br>
<p>On August 31, 1944 a Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft of the United States Army Air Corps crashed on</p><br>
<p>Kitten Mountain following a bombing raid on Japanese warships off the coast of Taiwan. The ten man crew were listed as missing in action for 52 years until the remains of the aircraft were discovered in 1996 by two local youths searching for</p><br>
<p>medicinal herbs.</p><br>
<p>The Pequabuck River is a river, approximately 19 miles  in length, which rises in Litchfield County, Connecticut and courses through neighboring Hartford County before emptying into the Farmington River in Farmington. The river has played a crucial role in the development of Plainville, Connecticut, in particular. The rivers lower drainage basin consists of industrial and urban areas and effluents from these areas pollute the rivers waters. The Pequabuck drove a water wheel that provided 8 horsepower to the Upper Lock Shop in Plymouth, Connecticut, a facility which would eventually become the Lewis Lock Company in 1851 and, finally, the once-renowned Eagle Lock Company. The river banks were historically the site of one of United States&#39; first malleable iron producing units, known as Malleable Iron Works .</p><br>
<h2>Etymology</h2><br>
<p>The name "pequabuck" was derived from an indigenous Algonquin phrase meaning "clear pond" or "open pond". It is believed that this term originally referred to a pond or wetland at the headwaters of the Pequabuck River.</p><br>
<p>Lemei Rock is a shield volcano, and part of the Indian Heaven polygenetic volcanic field in Washington, United States. It is located midway between Mount St. Helens and Mount Adams, and dates from the Pleistocene and Holocene. Lemei Rock is the highest point at 5,925 ft.</p><br>
<h2>Geographical setting</h2><br>
<p>Lemei Rock is the highest peak the Indian Heaven Wilderness in Washington and the Cascade Range. Lemei Rock has a topographic prominence of 2405 ft (733 m). On clear days hikers can see views of four nearby volcanoes: Mount Adams, Mount Hood, Mount St. Helens, and Mount Rainier.</p><br>
<p>The shield volcano is topped by a volcanic crater. While the crater rim is free of snow and ice, snow tends to linger on the summit well into July. A small crater lake by the name of Lake Wapiki, occupies the crater below the Lemei Rock high point. The Lost and Dry Creeks flow off of the southeast side of Lemei Rock and join the White Salmon River, while the Smokey, Little Goose, and Cultus flow from the east and northeast side, and joins Trout Lake Creek, which then discharges into the White Salmon River at Trout Lake. The Rush Creek flows from the west side of Lemei Rock and joins the Lewis River between the Lower Lewis River Falls Recreation Area and the Swift Reservoir.</p><br>
<h2>Geology</h2><br>
<p>Lemei Rock is one of the many shield volcanoes topped by cinder cones and spatter cones that make up the Indian Heaven Volcanic Field. About 60 eruptive centers lie on the 30 km long, N10°E-trending, Indian Heaven fissure zone. The 600 km&sup2; field has a volume of about 100 km3 and forms the western part of a 2,000 km&sup2; Quaternary basalt field in the southern Washington Cascades, including the King Mountain fissure zone along which Mount Adams was built.</p><br>
<h2>Climbing and recreation</h2><br>
<p>Popular fishing and hiking destinations in the volcanic field around Lemei Rock include the Indian Heaven Wilderness, which is rather popular for the high mountain meadows among its scattered volcanic peaks. The Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail passes north/south through the volcanic field and the Indian Heaven Wilderness, which is known for its many lakes and spectacular views of four nearby volcanoes: Mount Adams, Mount Hood, Mount St. Helens, and Mount Rainier. It is also known to hikers for an intense population of mosquitoes throughout the summer. Major trails at Lemei Rock are the Lemei Trail, which climbs up the east side of Lemei Rock; and Wapiki Trail, which descends from the Lemei Trail to the deep blue Wapiki Lake, the "crater lake" of Lemei Rock. The Filloon Trail departs from the rustic Little Goose Campground and meets up with Lemei Trail before Lake Comcomly.</p><br>
<p>The popular fifty-site Cultus Creek Campground, a favorite pastime with berry pickers, is located right at the edge of the Indian Heaven Wilderness. Cultus Creek Campground offers visitors two major trail heads (Indian Heaven Trail #33 and Cultus Creek Trail #108) and popular huckleberry picking access to the Indian Heaven Wilderness, famous for its huckleberries, and the volcanic field in which it resides.</p><br>
<p>Mount Carmel Presbyterian Church is a historic church in rural Tipton County, Tennessee, United States, near Covington.</p><br>
<p>The congregation was established in 1834 by settlers from Iredell County, North Carolina, and became the core of the small community of Mount Carmel. In 1839, a Presbyterian congregation that had been organized 10 years earlier in Covington was merged into the Mount Carmel church. The Mt. Carmel church continued to operate until 2000, when it merged its membership and assets with First Presbyterian Church of Covington.</p><br>
<p>The church building was completed in 1854. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. The church began regular usage again in August 2016 with the introduction of Sunday Morning Devotionals. A rotation of ministers and ministerial students, some of whom are studying at the Memphis Theological Seminary, conduct the services. The church is also used for special events such as weddings. A scene from the 2005 movie Walk the Line was shot there.</p><br>
<p>Second Presbyterian Church is a historic church at 4501 Westminster Place in St. Louis, Missouri.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The congregation was founded in 1838 by the Old School Presbytery of St. Louis. It has had three buildings. Its first building, designed in the Greek Revival architectural style and completed in 1840, was located at Fifth (Broadway) and Walnut Streets. Thirty years later, in 1870, a second church building was erected on Lucas Place at Seventeenth Street.</p><br>
<p>The third and current building was completed in 1896. It was designed by German-born architect Theodore C. Link. The adjacent education building was completed in 1931.</p><br>
<h2>Architectural signifiance</h2><br>
<p>It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1975.</p><br>
<p>The J. C. Carly House, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is a historic home located in Curtis Park, Sacramento, California.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>James C. Carly was a wealthy real estate developer who owned much of the land that is now Curtis Park in Sacramento (named after rancher William Curtis). Built in one of the earliest suburbs of Sacramento, the Carly house was constructed in 1922. The area the home was built in what would become a center of post-World War I housing tracts. The architectural design was completed by Dean & Dean, locally known due to their work on the Memorial Auditorium, Westminster Presbyterian Church, and the Sutter Club, among others. Carly&#39;s real estate dealings had a downturn during the Great Depression and he had to downgrade his living conditions, moving out in 1933. The home was later occupied by a local business owner until 1959.</p><br>
<p>Fox River is a waterway on the Seward Peninsula in the U.S. state of Alaska. It is 32 miles from Solomon. The Fox flows eastward for 18 miles before reaching the Fish River from the west.</p><br>
<h2>Geography</h2><br>
<p>It heads about 20 miles north of Topkok Head, and after flowing northeastward to the Niukluk lowland, turns southeastward and skirts the edge of the highland to its junction with Fish River. In the lower 10 miles of its course, it has a very sinuous channel filled with sand</p><br>
<p>and gravel bars, making the water shallow and navigation for small boats difficult. Above this portion, the valley narrows down and the river channel has nearly a straight course. The gradient of the valley from the head of the river to the mouth is very slight. Where the stream is confined by valley walls, its fall does not exceed 20 ft to the mile, and below, where it crosses the lowland, the grade is probably less than 10 ft to the mile. The valley of Fox River is broad, with the bed trenched from 50 - below the valley floor, leaving a system of benches. The river bed itself is a broad expanse of gravel and sand bars, not entirely covered by water. The bed rock consists of a series of light-gray chloritic micaceous schists, interbedded with which are limestone and graphitic schists. Sills and dikes of rather massive greenstone are very generally distributed along the creek. The alluvium includes pebbles derived from bed fock, light micaceous sands, and in some places quicksands.</p><br>
<h2>Tributaries</h2><br>
<p>Some prospecting has been done near the mouth of I X L Gulch in the margin of one of the many benches common along the Fox River valley. Preparations were being made in 1908 for working claims here on a more economical scale with water brought in a ditch from another tributary of Fox River, known as Blue Rock Creek. I X L Gulch is a small tributary which heads about a mile southwest of Fox River. Slate Creek is another tributary, from the south.</p><br>
<h2>Geology</h2><br>
<p>Along Fox River, about 10 miles south of Council, there are several dikes of greenstone that under the microscope are found to be slightly altered diabase. They consist of labradorite and olivine phenocrysts in a groundmass of plagtoclase, augite, and biotite. Some greenstone masses which appeared to be slightly altered tuffs were found in the divide between Fox and Solomon rivers.</p><br>
<p>Mount Pleasant  is the highest elevation in the eastern Port Hills in Christchurch, New Zealand. It once held a Māori pā, but there was little left of it when European settlers first arrived in the 1840s. The hill was first used as a sheep run, and became the base trig station for the survey of Canterbury. It was also used as a signal station to make residents aware of ships coming into Lyttelton Harbour. During World War II, an extensive heavy anti-aircraft artillery  battery was built near the summit, and the foundations of those buildings still exist.</p><br>
<h2>Geography</h2><br>
<p>Mount Pleasant is located in the Port Hills and is 499 m high. On its northern slope is the Christchurch suburb of Mount Pleasant, and on its southern side is Lyttelton Harbour.</p><br>
<h2>Etymology</h2><br>
<p>The Māori name of the hill is Tauhinu Korokio, which refers to two native plants. The first, Tauhinu, is a cottonwood (Ozothamnus leptophyllus) of the genus Ozothamnus. Korokio is a densely branched Cotoneaster (Corokia cotoneaster). The New Zealand Geographic Board officially changed the name to Tauhinukorokio/Mount Pleasant in September 1948, which was gazetted in The New Zealand Gazette 1949 on page 858.</p><br>
<p>The European name was given by crew of the HMS Pegasus when the coastal survey of Canterbury was undertaken in 1809. Joseph Thomas, the chief surveyor of the Canterbury Association, climbed the mountain in late 1848 immediately after arriving in Canterbury, and although being aware of the European name, renamed the hill Mount Cavendish in honour of Lord Richard Cavendish, a member of the management committee of the Canterbury Association. The name did not come into common use and was eventually transferred to an adjacent hill.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The hill once held a Ngāti Māmoe pā. Approximately 300 years ago, it was overtaken by Te Rakiwhakaputa of Ngāi Tahu. When the first European settlers arrived, the remains of the pā could still be seen a little to the north of the peak. Thomas chose the hill as the base trig station for the survey of the Canterbury settlement.</p><br>
<p>The first European to farm on the mountain was Joseph Greenwood of Purau, who took up land in 1846 and built a stockmans hut near the peak. When Greenwood left for Motunau in May 1847, he sold the land to Rhodes brothers (William Barnard and George). Major Alfred Hornbrook arrived in Lyttelton in September 1849 and was well established by the time the first wave of settlers (called The Pilgrims&#39;) arrived on the First Four Ships in December 1850.</p><br>
<p>Edward Ward, the eldest brother of Crosbie Ward, was one of the Pilgrims. On his first day in New Zealand, having arrived on the Charlotte Jane, he climbed Mount Pleasant to get a view of the Canterbury Plains. He stood by the hut built by Charles Crawford, who was managing Mount Pleasant for the Rhodes brothers, when he remarked the following:</p><br>
<p>All around the soil teemed with vegetable productions – wild oats, ripe sowthistle, plantain, groundsel & other plants grew large and strong. There was a track of a running stream hard by, but springs everywhere. I could have wished much to have bought the house and all, just as it stood. It faced the N.E. and the first point of the land where it meets the River Heathcote. Being rather too high upon the hill was its only disadvantage.</p><br>
<p>Ward did buy Quail Island instead, but drowned together with his brother Henry in Lyttelton Harbour in June 1851.</p><br>
<p>With the profits that Hornbrook made from his hotel and trading post, he bought Mount Pleasant from the Rhodes brothers in March 1852. Major Hornbrook is described as a rather eccentric person, but his public-spirited character also saw him signalling all ships arriving into Lyttelton Harbour from the top of Mount Pleasant. Through a public subscription in 1853, a telescope, flagstaff and a set of flags were paid for. The walking track from adjacent Mount Cavendish down into Lyttelton township was Major Hornbrooks route for getting provisions to his hut on top of Mount Pleasant, and it is still known as Major Hornbrooks Track. Hornbrook went bankrupt in 1871 at a time when he owned 47,000 sheep across three stations (his Mount Pleasant run had 6,000 sheep), and the land was sold to Richard May Morten and William White. Morten and White dissolved their partnership in 1879 and put up the land for auction. Both of them bid for it, and Morten purchased the 6,000 acre at £6 per acre. The old Hornbrook homestead just below the summit burned down just before World War I, and tearooms and accommodation opened in March 1914 on the site. The buildings, no longer accessible to the public, are still present and are located just above the junction where Mount Pleasant Road meets the Summit Road. On Morten&#39;s death, the land (by then 6,500 acre) was subdivided. The largest remaining block had 1,500 acre, was owned by J. S. Scott and later on his son Peter Scott, and stretched from Mount Pleasant to the Rapaki Track.</p><br>
<p>Between late 1942 and early 1943, a heavy anti-aircraft artillery (HAA) battery was established near the summit. A total of 91 buildings were erected, and the battery was staffed between January 1943 and September 1944. It was never used in combat. Of the 21 HAA batteries that were built in New Zealand, this is the only one outside Wellington that still survives, although for most of the structures, only the foundations still remain.</p><br>
<p>The Schroeder Lumber Company Bunkhouse is the last remaining structure of a logging camp in Schroeder, Minnesota, United States, on the North Shore of Lake Superior. The Schroeder Lumber Company from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, established a camp there in 1895, on the Cross River. The loggers had plenty of white pine, balsam fir, and spruce trees to cut. Loggers also dynamited the top 20 ft of the Cross River waterfall to widen the river and built a series of dams to hold water in reserve. This enabled the loggers to move the logs down the river and into Lake Superior, where they were collected into a "holding boom" that kept the logs from floating away. The camp operated until 1905, when crews left to log the Apostle Islands.</p><br>
<p>The camp had a reputation for good living conditions, fair wages, and good food. Lumberjacks ate a lot, and if the food wasn&#39;t to their liking, they would leave and seek employment with a different company. The sleeping accommodations were spartan, with rows of wooden bunk beds topped with mattresses stuffed with straw, hay, or evergreen boughs, along with pillows stuffed with grain and straw. Author Cathy Wurzer speculates that the smell in the bunkhouse was rather "ripe", given the smell of wet woolen clothes being hung up to dry and the housing of sweaty workers living in close quarters.</p><br>
<p>For a time, the Schroeder Lumber Company was one of the largest lumber retailers in the United States. The company owned and operated every step in the lumber supply chain, from cutting down trees to shipping the logs to milling and manufacturing wood products. Its owner, John Schroeder, had logging operations in Lake County and Cook County in Minnesota, as well as northern Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Owner John Schroeder died in 1905, and although his sons ran the firm for several decades afterward, the company went out of business in 1939 and the Milwaukee lumberyard was closed.</p><br>
<p>The Davidson–Smitherman House, also known as the Davidson Plantation, is a historic plantation house in Centreville, Bibb County, Alabama. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 6, 1988.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The house was built in 1837 for Samuel Wilson Davidson, a native of North Carolina. He settled in Bibb County (then Cahaba County) in 1819. He was one of the first people to purchase lots along the east bank of the Cahaba River in what would become the city of Centreville during 1823. Davidson eventually amassed farmlands amounting to more than 2,000 acre. His real estate was valued at $12,000 and he owned 98 slaves in 1850. By 1860, Davidson was the most extensive planter and wealthiest citizen in the area. He died in 1863.</p><br>
<p>The house remained in the Davidson family until 1869, when it purchased by Thomas and Betty Smitherman. Thomas Smitherman was a prominent local attorney. Smitherman descendants retained the property until it was sold to William E. Henderson in 1963. He, in turn, sold it after two years to Charles L. Hollinsworth, who sold it to Gladys Pittman Leggett in 1972.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<p>The 2 1/2-story Federal style house is notable as one of the only two best antebellum houses remaining in the county and as one of the two earliest and least altered houses built in Centreville by the city&#39;s leading builders, George Howard and Enoch Carson. The wood frame structure is set over a full brick basement. The front and rear both feature three bay facades, inset with 12 over 12 sash windows downstairs and 12 over 8 windows upstairs. The front facade features a full-width two-tiered porch with decorative brackets, while the rear features a one-story porch with brackets matching those on the front. The interior is arranged on a center hall plan, with a reverse flight stairway. The house has Federal style mantles and wainscoting, with heart pine floors throughout.</p><br>
<p>Traleika Glacier is a glacier in Denali National Park and Preserve in the USA state of Alaska. The glacier originates from two forks on either side of Farthing Horn on the east side of Denali. The west fork of the glacier starts in the Thayer Basin to the south of Denali, moving northeast and falling from the basins 15,000 ft height via the Traleika Icefall into the west fork between Karsten Ridge and the Farthing Horn. The main fork starts from Denalis east buttress in Traleika Col, joining the West Fork between the Farthing Horn and Mount Silverthrone, then moving northeast to join Muldrow Glacier. Traleika Glacier was named in 1945 by Bradford Washburn, attributing the name to a Susitna name meaning "great one" or "high one.". The form Traleika is an Anglicization of the Denaina name Dghelaay Kaa, denoting Denali.</p><br>
<p>The Shunock River is a river belonging to Connecticut state in the United States of America. It is an eastward flowing river that joins the Pawcatuck River. According to a 1978 study, the lower Shunock River valley had a good potential for sustainable exploitation of its ground water reserves.</p><br>
<h2>Etymology</h2><br>
<p>The name Shunock means a place where confluence of two rivers takes place in Native American language.</p><br>
<h2>Town Hall Bridge</h2><br>
<p>The Town Hall Bridge, on the main street of North Stonington, over the Shuncok was a National Register of Historic Places listed monument. It was washed away during the March 2010 floods on 30 March 2010. The bridge connected two parts of the town situated on either banks of the river. The bridge has been subsequently rebuilt, the two arch bridge having been replaced by a concrete single arc one.</p><br>
<p>The Green Street Historic District is a historic district in Marion, Alabama. It is centered on West Green Street and includes examples of American Craftsman, Greek Revival, and Federal style architecture. It contains 33 structures, dating from the mid-1830s to the present, with 24 of them listed as contributing buildings. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 30, 1979.</p><br>
<p>The district is architecturally important for its fine collection of antebellum homes, including 12 in the transitional Federal-Greek Revival style and one early example of the Gothic Revival. One structure, the Andrew Barry Moore House is listed on the Historic American Buildings Survey. Of the remaining contributing structures, two modest Victorian homes date from the late 19th century and nine Bungalow-influenced homes date from the early 20th century.</p><br>
<p>The district is bounded on the east by downtown Marion, on the north by more recent residential structures, and on the west by rural countryside. The street which runs parallel to Green on the south contains additional architecturally significant structures, but they do not fit into the district because of their physical separation from Green Street. The clustering of homes along Green Street and the general lay of the land visually prescribe the district boundaries. Green Street forms a well-defined neighborhood district containing one- and two-story homes. The distance of the houses from the street and the size of the lots generally increases toward the western end of the district, away from town. The prominent building material is wood, being found on almost three-fourths of the structures. Six structures have brick exteriors, two have concrete block, and one stucco. The tree-lined street is the major western approach to the city, the only main artery which has been able to avoid commercialization.</p><br>
<p>The district has been categorized into five distinct groups according to the dates of construction. The most significant group is the 13 antebellum homes which comprise 39.3% of the district structures. Seven of these retain a strong degree of period character with virtually no structural changes. Of the six that have been altered, 3 were given a Victorian treatment in the late 19th century, 2 were given Bungaloid facades in the early 20th century, and one was recently altered by the enclosure of the portico and addition of a bay window. Of the remaining contributing structures, the two Victorian period homes and the nine early 20th century bungalows, are modest examples of their period styles and have been maintained very close to their original condition. The last two categories contain the nine structures which were built after 1930.</p><br>
<p>however, intrude to a slight or moderate degree.</p><br>
<p>The Green Street Historic District, located on a half- mile stretch along the major western approach to the city of Marion, include twelve significant examples of Federal and Greek Revival style homes and an unusually early example of the Gothic Revival. In addition to being architecturally important, these structures are primary indicators of the lifestyles of the Black Belt planter class during the prosperous antebellum period. One of them, the Andrew Barry Moore House, is listed on the Historic American Buildings Survey. Interspersed among the pre-Civil War homes is a fine collection (9 structures) of early 20th century bungalows, as well as several modest recent structures. As a whole, the district depicts the ongoing attractiveness of Green Street as one of the citys most prestigious residential areas. Marion, the county seat of Perry County, is located in the fertile Black Belt Region of west central Alabama. Under the 1814 Treaty of Fort Jackson, the area was ceded to the federal government by the Creek Indians. Squatters and prospectors moved in until the land was put up for sale in 1817. A boom period began in the early 1830s, when farmers realized that the sticky soil was extraordinarily adaptable to the cultivation of cotton. Ultimately, production of that crop led the region to a position of economic importance in the antebellum years which it has never surpassed. Settled in 1817 and named the first permanent county seat in 1822, Marion soon emerged as the principal city of Perry County. With the influx of cotton planters to the area, the towns economy boomed from the late 1830s to the onset of the Civil War. Its location on a high, red clay rise provided a solid, dry ground for settlement which many planters preferred to the dampness and mud of the surrounding farmlands. Increasing educational, economic, and political opportunities attracted prominent men of many professions to the young community. Green Street, one of the city&#39;s earliest traffic arteries, was a popular building location during the pre-Civil War years, and 13 antebellum structures remain. The typical upper-middle class residence was a modest frame house with Greek Revival ornament and often a retention of Federal Period scaling. Homes such as the Italianate-detailed Magnolia Hill and the Gothic Revival Howze-Woodfin House were unusually elaborate for this area.</p><br>
<p>Early residents of the district included leaders in various professions. The Governor Andrew Barry Moore House was the home of the state&#39;s 16th chief executive. While governor, Moore issued the proclamation calling for the Alabama Secession Convention in 1861. The presiding officer of the convention, Judge William Macklin Brooks, lived in the Brooks-Bailey House. A prominent Marion merchant, Mark A. Myatt, built his home on Green Street around 1845. Magnolia Hill was built in 1847 by the wealthy landowner King Parker and sold in 1866 to Archibald John Battle, President of Judson College (one of three antebellum colleges in Marion).</p><br>
<p>The development of Green Street in the years following the Civil War reflects the changes in the economy of the Black Belt region. Virtually no construction took place during the immediate post-war years, and only two modest Victorian homes</p><br>
<p>were added in the late 19th century. With the increasing prosperity in the early 20th century, a new building boom began on Green Street. The nine structures built between 1915 and 1930 are, for the most part, simple, one-story frame bungalows. They are important in depicting the popular architectural style of the period, as well as in showing the drastic changes in the lifestyles of Marion residents since the more prosperous antebellum years. Of the nine additional structures built since 1930, six retain the flavor of the earlier bungalows and blend well into the district. Three intrude, however, but they do not destroy the visual integrity of the district. The Nunnally House is similar in size and scale to the bungalows, but its style and location near the front of the lot make it intrude to a slight degree. Two structures, the Madison Tucker House and Apartment, are moderately intrusive in view of their irregular scaling, contemporary styling, and situation on the edge of the lot. In spite of these modern structures, the district retains the character of a mid-19th century residential area.</p><br>
<h2>Structures in the district</h2><br>
<p>Harris House (214 Green Street): c. 1930</p><br>
<p>Lea-Thatcher House (302 Green Street): c. 1838</p><br>
<p>Moore-Drew House (304 Green Street): c. 1845</p><br>
<p>Drew House (306 Green Street): c. 1930</p><br>
<p>Myatt-Knudsen House (308 Green Street): c. 1845</p><br>
<p>Nichols House (312 Green Street): c. 1930</p><br>
<p>Horne House (402 Green Street): c. 1915</p><br>
<p>Horne House (404 Green Street): c. 1890</p><br>
<p>Victor Tubbs House (408 Green Street): c. 1920</p><br>
<p>Brooks-Bailey House (506 Green Street): c. 1850</p><br>
<p>Governor A. B. Moore House (508 Green Street): c. 1832</p><br>
<p>Moore-Williams House (751 Green Street): c. 1840</p><br>
<p>Boise Tubbs Rental House (513 Green Street): c. 1920</p><br>
<p>Boise Tubbs House (511 Green Street): c. 1920</p><br>
<p>Seawell House (509 Green Street): c. 1840</p><br>
<p>Washburn House (501 Green Street): c. 1890</p><br>
<p>Magnolia Hill (409 Green Street): 1847</p><br>
<p>Howze-Woodfin House (405 Green Street): c. 1850</p><br>
<p>Underwood House (309 Green Street): c. 1850</p><br>
<p>Hudson-Crew House (307 Green Street): c. 1855</p><br>
<p>Pope House (301 Green Street): c. 1835</p><br>
<p>Eagle Hotel (207 Green Street): c. 1835</p><br>
<p>Clinton House (205 Green Street): c. 1925</p><br>
<p>Yeager House (203 Green Street): c. 1930</p><br>
<p>The Henry House, also known as the Lowry-Ford-Henry House, is a historic antebellum plantation house in Marion, Perry County, Alabama. Historians believe that the house was built during the 1840s for Squire Lowry, a wealthy planter originally from North Carolina. The two-story, L-shaped house is wood framed with a brick masonry foundation and columns. A monumentally scaled hexastyle portico spans the three-bay front facade. Another two-story, L-shaped portico spans the exposed half of the rear facade and one side of the two-story rear wing. The Bert Ford family purchased the house from the Lowry family. It then passed to the Henry family, the Ford heirs. The last individual to own the house was Mary Katherine Blount, a native of Montgomery. She purchased the house and subsequently donated it to the Perry County Historical and Preservation Society. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 25, 1986.</p><br>
<p>The Ploutonion at Hierapolis  or Plutos Gate was a ploutonion   in the ancient city of Hierapolis near Pamukkale in modern Turkeys Denizli Province. The site was discovered in 1965 by Italian archaeologists, who published reports on their excavations throughout the decade. In 2013, it was further explored by Italian archaeologists led by Francesco D&#39;Andria, a professor of archaeology at the University of Salento.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Though the exact age of the site is currently unknown, the nearby city of Hierapolis was founded around the year 190 BC by the King of Pergamum, Eumenes II.</p><br>
<p>The site is built on top of a cave which emits toxic gases, hence its use as a ritual passage to the underworld. Ritual animal sacrifices were common at the site. Animals would be thrown into the cave and pulled back out with ropes that had been tied to them. Archaeologists noted that the fumes emitted from the cavern still maintain their deadly properties as they recorded passing birds, attracted by the warm air, suffocated after breathing the toxic fumes.</p><br>
<p>The Ploutonion was described by several ancient writers including Strabo, Cassius Dio and Damascius. It is a small cave, just large enough for one person to enter through a fenced entrance, beyond which stairs go down, and from which emerges suffocating carbon dioxide gas caused by underground geologic activity. Behind the 3 m&sup2; roofed chamber is a deep cleft in the rock, through which fast flowing hot water passes releasing a sharp smelling gas. Because people died in the gas, people thought that the gas was sent by Pluto, god of the underworld.</p><br>
<p>During the early years of the town, the castrated priests of Cybele known as the Galli descended into the Ploutonion, crawled over the floor to pockets of oxygen or held their breath. Carbon dioxide is heavier than air and so tends to settle in hollows. They then came up to show that they were immune to the gas. People believed a miracle had happened and that therefore the priests were infused with superior powers and had divine protection.</p><br>
<p>An enclosed area of 2,000 m&sup2; stood in front of the entrance. It was covered by a thick layer of suffocating gas, killing everyone who dared to enter this area. The priests sold birds and other animals to the visitors, so that they could try out how deadly this enclosed area was. Visitors could (for a fee) ask questions of the oracle of Pluto. This provided a considerable source of income for the temple. The entrance to the Ploutonion was closed off during the Christian times.</p><br>
<p>The ancient historian Strabo described the gate as follows:</p><br>
<h3>Destruction</h3><br>
<p>Archaeological evidence suggests that the site was fully functional until the 4th century AD, but remained a place of sporadic visitation by visitors for the next two centuries. The temple was destroyed in the 6th century AD by Christians, while later earthquakes may have further damaged the site.</p><br>
<p>The Roux Graineterie of Carpentras, founded in 1907, at 34 rue Bel Air Carpentras in Vaucluse, France is an outstanding example of this industry, which now has five such institutions in France of which only two are classified as historical monuments . Since the order of September 9, 2005 the building is listed as monument. Graineterie the works for nearly a century from 1919 until the early 2000s.</p><br>
<h2>Successive owners</h2><br>
<p>In 1913, Albert Simon, merchant seeds Sorgues, bought the mill built by Pierre Nicolas and completed two years earlier Bel Air in Carpentras. He installed a seed treatment business under the name of Maison Albert Simon called the Moulin. In 1917, his daughter married Aimé Roux and receives the mill dot. Loved the Graineterie Roux with the official title of Souville Factory was founded in 1919. Its main activity is the decortication of seeds but also the packaging and trading of seeds produced by the local market, destination food sector (rice, rapeseed, sunflower, psyllium...). Located near the Carpentras Station, including freight activity has never ceased distributing its products on a national scale.</p><br>
<p>In the early 1920s, the first expansion of the mill operates, as well as the construction of a first floor. In 1928, the entire building is raised and a new facade is made. At that time the new machines are purchased to build new production lines.</p><br>
<p>During the Second World War, was requisitioned graineterie: line decortication is used to treat rice and also, as stated in the oral tradition, split peas. In 1949, Aimé Roux institutions are created. André Roux, son of the founder, became plant manager in 1951 and made arrange the laboratory. It obtains authorization for seed multiplication.</p><br>
<p>In the middle of 1980, the result of a bankruptcy, the plant becomes graineterie Bel-Air and the late 1990s Maurice Fra farmer and customer praises graineterie and denominates activity Fra Shelling.</p><br>
<p>Now the factory is also involved in the treatment of various types of grains (cereals, oilseed, protein) provided by local farmers and for food in the context of legislation of products from organic farming (the ECOCERT).</p><br>
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<p>The Old Monroe County Courthouse is a historic courthouse building in Monroeville, Alabama that served as the Monroe County courthouse from 1903 to 1967.</p><br>
<p>It is significant as an Alabama literary landmark due to its association with Harper Lee and Truman Capote, both of whom spent their childhood in Monroeville and featured the courthouse in their work. Capote mentions it in his A Christmas Memory and it inspired the fictional courthouse in Lee&#39;s To Kill A Mockingbird.</p><br>
<p>The film adaptation of Lee&#39;s novel was heavily influenced by the courthouse, with production designers measuring and photographing the building and then recreating a close duplicate of the interior on a sound stage for filming of the courtroom scenes.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.</p><br>
<p>The courthouse is now one of the Monroe County Museums and is operated as the Old Courthouse Museum. The building has been restored to a 1930s appearance and also features exhibits about Capote and Lee.</p><br>
<p>There are three glaciers named West Fork Glacier in Alaska, two of which are in the Alaska Range. The first West Fork Glacier is a glacier in Denali National Park and Preserve in the USA state of Alaska. The glacier originates at Anderson Pass, extending to the east and forming the source of the West Fork of the Chulitna River. Traleika Glacier was named in 1945 by Bradford Washburn, attributing the name to a Susitna name meaning "great one" or "high one."</p><br>
<p>The second West Fork Glacier is east of the first and is not in Denali National Park. It flows to the southwest, terminating in the headwaters of the Susitna River, 55 miles southeast of Healy, Alaska.</p><br>
<p>The third West Fork Glacier is in the Wrangell Mountains.</p><br>
<p>The South San Francisco Hillside Sign is a historic sign on a hillside overlooking the city of South San Francisco in San Mateo County, California. It was created in the 1920s and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The sign is the main feature of Sign Hill Park, a city park which provides 30 acre of open space, almost 2 mi of hiking trails, and access to the letters of the sign itself.</p><br>
<p>Easily visible to drivers on northbound USA 101, the sign spells out "SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO THE INDUSTRIAL CITY" in white-painted concrete letters. The letters are set on the south side of a steep 581 ft hill, part of the San Bruno Mountains, overlooking the city. In order to create the appearance of straight, uniformly sized type despite the varied contour of the hillside, the letters are laid out anamorphically, ranging in height from 48 to 65 ft.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>An early version of the sign was put on the hillside in 1923 and the current, permanent sign was created in 1929. The sign is cited as a prime example of "civic boosterism&quot the intention was to advertise the city&#39;s welcoming attitude toward industry. Its location was chosen so as to be visible from the main north-south highways El Camino Real and the Bayshore Highway, as well as from the train and the nearby Mills Field airfield (now San Francisco International Airport). The sign was originally proposed, and the first sign was placed, by the South San Francisco Chamber of Commerce. The $5,000 cost of the second, permanent sign was funded by a special property tax assessment approved by the voters.</p><br>
<p>At that time the city "was the smokestack capital of the Peninsula."</p><br>
<p>Following World War II the citys economy transitioned from heavy industry to light industry and then to high-tech and biotech companies. The citys largest employer is now Genentech, which has promoted South San Francisco as "the birthplace of biotechnology".</p><br>
<p>Apple Pie Hill is a hill in Tabernacle Township, Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. It is 205 ft tall, making it one of the highest points of the New Jersey Pine Barrens. A 60 ft fire tower stands atop the summit. It lies along the Batona Trail in Wharton State Forest, making it a popular hiking destination. On September 10th, 2016, The Department of Environmental Protection closed Apple Pie Hill to public access by erecting a fence around the tower. However, the tower is open to visitors when staff members are present. It was closed due to vandalism.</p><br>
<p>Soils are sandy almost everywhere, with profiles that resemble classic podzol development; Atsion, Lakehurst, Lakewood, and Woodmansie are common soil series.</p><br>
<p>Khao Kho , is a 1143 m high mountain in Phetchabun Province, Thailand. It is located in Khao Kho District, giving its name to the district. This mountain is part of the western range of the Phetchabun Mountains.</p><br>
<p>Khao Kho was named either after the Ceylon oak or after Livistona speciosa, a kind of palm tree. Both species are known as kho (ค้อ) in Thai and are abundant in the area.</p><br>
<h2>Summit</h2><br>
<p>There is a road leading to the summit where there is a memorial erected in order to commemorate the victims of the battles between troops of the Royal Thai Armed Forces and the insurgents of the Communist Party of Thailand. Between 1968 and 1981 there was unrest in near and around the mountain across the area where the provinces of Phetchabun and Phitsanulok meet.</p><br>
<p>The summit offers also a good lookout to view the surrounding mountainous area and the valley, as well as a reservoir. There are also camping facilities.</p><br>
<p>The Clover Bottom Mansion is a historic mansion located in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. It is the home of the Tennessee Historical Commission, the State Historic Preservation Office.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Clover Bottom Mansion occupies land on the Stones River first claimed in 1780 by John Donelson, who abandoned his homestead following an Indian attack. The mansion was built in 1858 and was the centerpiece of the 1,500-acre Clover Bottom Plantation</p><br>
<p>The Mansion was built near Nashville&#39;s first horseracing track for Dr James and Mary Ann Saunders Hoggatt, who owned sixty slaves. Mrs. Hoggatt was a granddaughter of Daniel Smith, and her half-brothers were Andrew Jackson Donelson and Daniel Smith Donelson, for whom Ft. Donelson was named. The mansion was constructed in the Italianate style. A strong similarity to nearby Two Rivers Mansion that was being erected around the same time suggests that the same unknown contractor and/or architect was used, although no records have been found. The interior of the home had French scenic Zuber wallpaper, and the parlor had a frescoed ceiling. Clover Bottom Plantation was the childhood home of John McCline, whose autobiography "Slavery in the Clover Bottoms" provides a rare and detailed account of the life of a Davidson County slave prior to and during the early days of the Civil War. A Tennessee Civil War Trails marker was erected on the property in 2015 detailing the story of McCline. Dr. Hoggatt died in 1863, and the home was occupied at different times during the Civil War by soldiers from both armies.</p><br>
<p>Clover Bottom Mansion was associated with two members of Congress. The first was Mrs. Hoggatts brother-in-law, the former USA and Confederate Congressman Meredith P. Gentry. After his first wife (Mrs. Hoggatts sister) died, Rep. Gentry&#39;s daughters lived with the Hoggatts while he served in politics. Ultimately Gentry was left destitute from selling his own property and enthusiastically investing all his money in the Confederacy. Gentry moved into the home and died at Clover Bottom on November 2, 1866. In 1886 Mrs. Hoggatt sold her property to Andrew Price. Mr. Price, married to Anna Gay Price, was a four term Congressman from Louisiana who had Tennessee roots. Price restored the home and added several substantial outbuildings, raising thoroughbred horses on the property.</p><br>
<p>In 1918, A.F. Stanford purchased the house. Mr. Stanford&#39;s second wife, Merle Hutcheson Stanford Davis (1907–2011) moved there in 1927 owned it until she sold it to the State of Tennessee in 1948. She lived to be 104 and made her last visit to the home just a few months prior to her death in 2011. The house then had a number of uses, including a brief period as a state trooper outpost. It was later converted into housing for faculty for the Tennessee School for the Blind. Around 1980 it began an unfortunate period of neglect and abandonment that lasted about a decade, until an effort led by Edward Nave and fellow members of the local Association for the Preservation of Tennessee Antiquities helped convince the state to restore it. It has been the home of the Tennessee Historical Commission, the State Historic Preservation Office, since it was renovated in 1994. The property contains several important historic outbuildings, including two former c. 1858 two slave cabins that are among a handful of former slave dwellings remaining in Davidson County. There is also a c. 1850s carriage house that may slightly predate the present dwelling. The c. 1890s transverse crib thoroughbred horse barn is one of the finest 19th-century barns remaining in the area. At the initiative of the Tennessee Historical Commission, the historic outbuildings were restored by the State in 2015–16 and interpretive signs were added. Over 150 trees of native species were planted, and a walking trail was added. The grounds are open to the public during daylight hours. Tours of the office (which has no period furnishings or exhibits) are by appointment only.</p><br>
<h2>Architectural significance</h2><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 3, 1975.</p><br>
<p>Lake Fox is a lake in Polk County, Florida. It is basically a round lake, although it has a few shoreline irregularities. Lake Fox is a natural freshwater lake with an 54.47 acre surface area. This lake is completely surrounded by residential areas, which are mostly singe-family homes. The exception is on Lake Fox&#39;s northwest side, where it is bordered by Lake Fox Village, a mobile-home community.</p><br>
<p>There is no public access to Lake Fox, as its shores nowhere border public property. It has only private boat docks and no swimming areas. One boat ramp off East Lake Fox Drive is for the use of the residents in that area. Although there is nowhere for the fishing public to access the lake, the Hook and Bullet website says Lake Fox contains largemouth bass, bluegill and crappie.</p><br>
<p>Woodlawn is a historic house at 127 Woodmont Boulevard in Nashville, Tennessee, United States.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>It was built in 1822 for John Nichols. It is believed that Willoughby Williams, Jr. hosted occasional gatherings at Woodlawn with his friends Sam Houston and Andy Jackson. By the 1850s, they moved to their property in Arkansas and their son John Henry Williams, his wife Elizabeth, his young grandson, as well as his youngest son Andrew, moved into the house. Andrew was killed during the American Civil War of 1861&ndash;1865, and the house was ransacked during the Battle of Nashville on December 15–16, 1864.</p><br>
<p>In 1900, the house was sold to Duncan Kenner. He sold it to Henry B. Richardson in 1916. That year, the eastern wing and pavilion were destroyed to build Woodmont Boulevard, and architect Hugh Roland redesigned it. The Young and Moore families subsequently lived in it until about 1981. Later, in an effort to save the historic property, two young Nashville entrepreneurs (Jim Chandler and Gary Ganick) obtained a zoning change for the property. Then, condominiums were built on the south lawns and the house was converted into an office.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 21, 1978.</p><br>
<h2>Bibliography</h2><br>
<p>Samuel D. Smith, Woodlawn Mansion, Nashville, Tennessee: History, Architecture and Archaeology, Northern Telecom, 1985, 130 pages.</p><br>
<p>West Meade is a historic mansion in Nashville, Tennessee, United States.</p><br>
<h2>Location</h2><br>
<p>The mansion is located on Old Harding Pike in Nashville, Tennessee.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The mansion was built in 1886. It is a red brick mansion with a French Victorian-style porch. It spanned 2,600 acres.</p><br>
<p>The mansion, named because it was the western portion of the Belle Meade Plantation, gave its name to the residential neighborhood called West Meade. To this day, it is privately owned.</p><br>
<h2>Architectural significance</h2><br>
<p>The three story house is made of red, hand-polished brick. There are 20 rooms on the first two floors, the third contains a ballroom and includes a widow&#39;s walk. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 4, 1975 as an example of the elaborate Victorian mansions built in Nashville in the 1800s.</p><br>
<p>Huánuco Pampa, Huánuco Marka  or Huánuco Viejo, is an archaeological site in Peru in the Huánuco Region, Dos de Mayo Province, La Unión District. The site lies on a plain above the Urqumayu or Vizcarra River in the north central Andes. Wanuku Pampa is one of the many administrative centers which is built along the highland Inca highway between Cusco and Quito. The land administrated at least five, and perhaps many more, ethnic groups. The city is situated on an important commercial trade route and sits on top of a plateau with ravines on all sides in order to allow easy defense of the city. Wanuku Pampa was briefly occupied by the spanish led by Gomez de Alvarado, who founded a city there but it was quickly moved because of the harsh climate and constant Inca raids of Illa Tupac, one of the captains of Manco Inca.</p><br>
<h2>Site Layout and Architecture</h2><br>
<p>Wanuku Pampa is located at an elevation of 3,625 m on a plateau overlooking the Vizcarra River.</p><br>
<p>This Inca center was designed after what is called the Architecture of Power. The Architecture of Power is the concept where buildings and spaces are intended to reinforce the image of the empire&#39;s might.</p><br>
<p>At Wanuku Pampa the immense rectangular plaza measured 550m by 350m which is more than 19 hectare. The pyramidal platform that was invariably erected in the center of the plaza or to one side of it was a stage from which officials could preside over state ceremonies. The imperial highway typically took a southeast-to-northwest passage through the plaza, just as it did in Cusco.</p><br>
<p>The City covered about 2 km, within which more than 4,000 buildings were erected. Pathways radiate out through architectural sectors from the plaza, so that the city can easily be divided up to 12 parts. Dr. Eduard Craig Morris believes that this design may have been a reflection of the relationships among the ethnic groups of the area. Much of the occupants of the land were not there to live permanently but rather many of them went in and out of the area to fulfill their duties or participate in ceremonial functions.</p><br>
<p>Wanuku Pampa is one of at least six sites that were called New Cuscos, built in the conceptual, if not actual, image of the capital.</p><br>
<p>Roads. Throughout Wanuku Pampa there is a road that goes through this city. The road is man made and extends throughout different countries, and does not just go through the country of Peru. The roads that go through Wanuku Pampa featured extended paved surfaces, paved staircases, stone drainage channels, retention walls, bridges and causeways. In some areas, the paved highway was 15m wide and one paved staircase was 16m wide, while two roads ran parallel along some stretches.</p><br>
<h2>Ceremonial Sections</h2><br>
<p>The ceremonial sections of Wanuku Pampa display rare, finely cut and fitted, Imperial Inca style masonry and appear as unusual building types. Most of the eastern part of the city is occupied by the Casa del Inca and the ushnu or castillo is the main central plaza. In order to get to the Casa del Inca, one must pass through gates made of high quality Imperial Inca style masonry with figures and carved pumas on either side and the connecting walls are constructed from pirqa, fieldstone set in mud. The connecting walls on the eastern side of the central plaza is called the kallanka, which are large building made from high quality pirqa masonry rather than cut and fitted stones. These large buildings may have functioned as barracks, counting houses or a variety of other purposes.</p><br>
<p>The interior of the Casa del Inca is made up of fifteen structures which open to the central courtyard and serve multiple purposes. There are houses, baths made of Inca style masonry, terraces, sunken gardens, pools and possibly a temple, which may have never been completely finished before the city was abandoned.</p><br>
<p>The ushnu is the main central plaza which is a solid platform constructed out of Imperial Inca style masonry. There are two smaller buildings on the east side of the lower terrace which may have been used for ceremonies performed on the ushnu. The gates of the ushnu are made of stone sculptures which may symbolize pairs of pumas. The ushnu is found at several other Inca sites and may have been used by important leaders for public events of political, administrative or ceremonial natures.</p><br>
<p>When it came to for ceremonies or other large event where people would come into the land for a set amount of time, it was not rare to find Inca art work. One of the more commonly used items at ceremonies were the pottery items. Textiles and metals were important to the Inca civilization, but pottery is what made the Inca&#39;s art work stand out. The Cusco-style polychrome pottery work is the archaeological hallmark of Inca presence. Pottery was especially important in ceremonies and would not be used during every day tasks or by ethnic groups on a regular bases.</p><br>
<h2>Residential Districts</h2><br>
<p>The north and south barrios, or quarters, of Wanuku Pampa were used mostly as residential districts. In some cases, the areas are very formally arranged, such as the cuartel in the northern barrio, which to a European, appears just as an army barrack. Many Inca people lived in rectangular houses with trapezoidally-shaped niches in the interior walls. All of these houses are built from pirqa masonry, typically bifacial walls with rubble and mud fill. Many of these houses are arranged around a central courtyard.</p><br>
<p>Ethnic groups moved in and out of the land constantly, because of ceremonies and duties, there is no real large group that have called the land home. However, archeological evidence suggests that one important group of permanent residents were the Aqllakuna.</p><br>
<p>It was at Wanuku Pampa where the first conquerors founded a city in 1539 which due to the coldness of the climate was then transferred to the pleasant and temperate Pillco valley that lies on the Huallaga River.</p><br>
<h2>The Storage Area</h2><br>
<p>The storage area at Wanuku Pampa includes 497 qullqas (storehouses) and 30 processing and administration buildings. The city may have been an extremely important redistributive center supplying the provincial villages of the area it administered with the products of other regions. Qollqas are constructed in rows and made of pirqa masonry, just as the residential districts. The groups of storehouses included: 1) a small zone of storehouses which may have held the stores, of the Sun, the state religion; 2) minor groups of single storehouses apparently devoted to special shrines or ceremonial activities; 3) an ill-defined section of buildings which may have held a wide variety of goods in temporary storage for more immediate uses; and 4), the largest group, which was devoted to long-term storage of various food stuffs and other goods in technologically specialized facilities. Storage was very diverse among crops, for example, root crops were placed in the middle of layers of straw, bound into bales with rope and stored in rectangular structures, while maize was stored shelled, in large jars which were put in circular storehouses with stone floors. Highland root crops made up for 50-80% of the space, while maize made up for 5-7%.</p><br>
<p>The influx of supplies at Wanuku Pampa was quite uneven. Famine or breakdown in the socio-political mechnisms that assured delivery may have complicated normal seasonal variations. The demand for goods was also in constant fluctuation. Large scale storage was crucial for keeping up a marginal city such as Wanuku Pampa under conditions where the technology of transportation and the organization of the economy were still relatively primitive.</p><br>
<p>Two Rivers Mansion is an historic house in Nashville, Tennessee, United States.</p><br>
<h2>Location</h2><br>
<p>The mansion is located at 3130 McGavock Pike in Nashville, Tennessee. It is located between the Stones River and the Cumberland River, hence the name.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The mansion was built in 1859 for David H. McGavock (1826–1896), whose family owned the Carnton plantation in Franklin, Tennessee, and his wife William "Willie" Elizabeth Harding (1832–1895), whose family owned the Belle Meade Plantation. It was designed in the Italianate architectural style. It was inhabited by the McGavock family for three generations until 1965, when it was purchased by the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County from Mary Louise Bransford McGavock.</p><br>
<p>The land was turned into the Two Rivers Park and Golf Course, with eighteen holes of golf, baseball and softball diamonds, six tennis courts and a playground.</p><br>
<h2>Architectural significance</h2><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 23, 1972.</p><br>
<h2>Bibliography</h2><br>
<p>Leona Taylor Aiken, The McGavocks of Two Rivers, Aiken, 1975, 51 pages.</p><br>
<p>The Hoanib is one of the 12 ephemeral seasonal rivers in the west of Namibia, where it was the border between northern Damaraland and Kaokoland. Its length is 270 km. With the low population density, the oasis character of the river valley and the relatively high wildlife population of Hoanib, together with the Hoarusib its valley is one of the last true wilderness areas in Namibia, one of the last settlements of desert elephants and shows strong wind and water eroded and weathered stone deposits . Inflows of Hoanib are Ombonde, Ganamub, Mudorib and Tsuxab.</p><br>
<h2>Hydrology</h2><br>
<p>The Hoanib&#39;s catchment area of 17,200 km ² extends from the west coast to Ojiovasando and the black peaks of the interior. It also includes the resource-rich region Sesfontein, Warmquelle and the Khowarib Gorge. The highest point of the watershed is at 1800 m. The rainfall in the catchment area is sporadic and vary from 0 mm / yr in the west to 325 mm in the north east of the catchment. The proportion of area with less than 100 mm / yr is 71%. In only 12% of the catchment area is the annual rainfall over 300 mm. The Hoanib flows only every few years from heavy rainfall in the hinterland of the catchment area, but then the flood wave can be several meters high and last for several days. Not always, but more often in recent years, the water reaches the mouth in the Atlantic. A large part of the water seeps into and contributes to a large dense subsurface aquifer, from the exits at various points in the river bed, so that even in dry years there is groundwater. Surrounding groundwater forms efflorescence used by many antelope as salt licks. During dry periods Hoanib desert elephant foot dig deep holes to reach the near-surface groundwater.</p><br>
<h2>Flora and vegetation</h2><br>
<p>The vegetation of the catchment comprises mainly Mopane savanna (87%) and the northern Namib, at 13%. In the field of gallery forests are found in some larger collections of Ana trees (Faidherbia albida), Leadwood (Combretum imberbe), mopane (Colophospermum mopane), camel thorn (Acacia erioloba) and Salvadora and Euclea. Particularly in the wetlands there are larger, often several meters high stocks of sour grasses and reeds.</p><br>
<p>With its gallery forests and the larger wetlands in the Khowarib gorge, in a flood area east of Sesfontein and the lower reaches and mouth area, the Hoanib is a linear oasis in the otherwise arid surroundings, providing livelihood for a rich wildlife. In addition to larger populations of many species of antelope found in the lower reaches of the Hoanib, are also a large number of desert elephants (about 35 individuals), rhinos, giraffes and also several lion prides, and smaller predators.</p><br>
<h2>Use and settlement</h2><br>
<p>91% of the catchment area is Communal Land in tribal government. 3% is privately owned land over 12 farms. 6% of the catchment area are in the range of the Skeleton Coast National Park. The population is estimated at around the 9200. Settlement centers are Sesfontein and Warmquelle and Otjivasando. The land use is predominantly pastoral. Individual and adventure tourism is becoming important there. West of Sesfontein, Hoanib valley belongs to the concession area of Desert Adventure Safaris. The increasing tourism, but also the grazing pressure of the local population and the greed of mining pose a growing threat to the unique ecosystem of the Hoanib Valley.</p><br>
<p>Riverwood is a privately owned historic house located in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. At 9,200 square-feet it sits on 8 acres of its original 2,500 acres. It has been a wedding and event facility since 1997.</p><br>
<h2>Location</h2><br>
<p>The mansion is located at 1833 Welcome Lane in Nashville, Tennessee.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The rear wing was built in 1799 by Alexander Porter, an Irish immigrant who came to Nashville in the mid-1790s. He originally named it Tammany Woods after his family home in Ireland. By the 1820s, he built a two-story Federal-style home a few feet away from the rear wing. In 1850, a third story was added, alongside a Greek Revival portico supported by six Corinthian columns. Guests included President Andrew Jackson (1767–1845) and his wife Rachel Jackson (1767-1828), who was an aunt to Alexanders sons wife.</p><br>
<p>In 1859, Judge William Frierson Cooper (1820–1909), a member of the Tennessee Supreme Court, purchased the property. He renamed it Riverwood as it was by the Cumberland River. His brothers and their wives lived in the house with him. In the 1880s and 1890s, plumbing and electricity were added. The dining room was also extended, and the two houses were united. After his death in 1909, his brother Duncan Brown Cooper inherited the property.</p><br>
<p>When Cooper died in 1922, his sister Sarah and her husband Dr. Lucius E. Burch, a Dean of the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, inherited the house. They had a son, Lucius E. Burch, Jr. Their annual Christmas Dinner was attended by the Nashville elite. Robert Penn Warren spent a summer in one of their cottages during his stay at Vanderbilt University. Presidents Andrew Jackson, James K. Polk (1795–1849), Franklin Pierce (1804–1869), Andrew Johnson (1808–1875), Grover Cleveland (1837–1908), Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919), and William Howard Taft (1857–1930) and Vice President Adlai Stevenson I (1835-1914) visited the house. The Burches lived in it until 1975.</p><br>
<p>The property was purchased by Joe and Jackie Glynn in 1994. Over the next three years, the Glynns restored the property and opened the property to facilitate weddings and small events in 1997.</p><br>
<p>In June 2015, the Glynn&#39;s sold the property to investors Debbie Sutton, Steven R Shelton, and Matt Wilson.</p><br>
<p>Riverwood Mansion has been featured in multiple music videos, television shows, and magazines, most recently on the October 2015 cover of Southern Living Magazine, featuring Reese Witherspoon.</p><br>
<h2>Architectural significance</h2><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 20, 1977.</p><br>
<p>Cala Benirrás is a beach in the northern seaboard of the Spanish island of Ibiza. It is in the municipality of Sant Joan de Labritja and is 4.6 mi east of the village of Sant Joan de Labritja and 4.6 mi north north east of the village of Sant Miquel de Balansat.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>This beach of this cove, called Port de Benirrás by the local fishermen, is about 300 metres long and is set against a backdrop of densely pine forested cliffs. The beach is a mixture of pebbles and sand with rocks at either end of the beach. The bay&#39;s crystal clear sea makes the cove a popular spot for snorkelling but caution is required due to the amount of marine traffic in the bay. The rocks to the side have several dry-dock fisherman’s shacks. The sheltered bay is a popular anchoring spot for private yachts and motor boats during the day, but especially in the late afternoon when there are spectacular sunset views. There are many paths for walkers leading away from the beach through the surrounding woodlands of unspoilt natural beauty. Offshore in the middle of the bay lies the iconic rock called Cap Bernat. The rock is said to resemble, variously, a woman at prayer, a giant baby, or the Sphinx.</p><br>
<h2>The Day of The Drums</h2><br>
<p>Ibiza was a popular destinations for hippies in the 60&#39;s. In that time, it became the scene of sporadic full moon-parties. This declined in the 1980s, but became popular again in the 1990s.</p><br>
<p>On Sunday August 18, 1991 a huge gathering of anti-war activists, Hippies and other sympathisers, took place on the beach at Benirrás. This event is now known as The Day of the Drums. The gathering was in protest at the first Gulf War in Iraq. The protest later evolved into a massive annual event, much to the concerns of the authorities and emergency services. Bylaws restricted the event until it was banned it altogether in 2002.</p><br>
<p>Cleveland Hall is an Antebellum mansion in Nashville, Tennessee.</p><br>
<h2>Location</h2><br>
<p>It is located at 4041 Old Hickory Boulevard in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, United States.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>It was designed by master builders Joseph Reiff and William C. Hume, who built The Hermitage in 1835, constructed under the supervision of owner, Stockly Donelson, and completed in 1839. Its main massing resembles the plantation plain style Plantation Plain-style, but the pediment and columns on the entrance, which could have been added at a later time are markers of the Greek Revival style. It has eighteen rooms.</p><br>
<p>It was the home of Stockly Donelson (1805-1888), who was Rachel Jackson&#39;s nephew and whose grandfather was John Donelson (1718–1785), and his wife Phila Ann Lawrence Donelson. After his death, their son William Stockly Donelson (1835-1895) lived in the house with his wife, Alice Ewin Donelson (1836-1881). Subsequently, it was home to their son, John Donelson (1874-1952) and his wife, Bettie Menees Hooper Donelson (1875-1963). It is still privately owned by the Donelson family.</p><br>
<h2>Heritage significance</h2><br>
<p>It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since April 16, 1971.</p><br>
<p>Gordon House is a large 19th-century detached house in Chelsea, London, SW3. The house became part of the Royal Hospital following Gordon&#39;s death in 1851, and has recently been converted into a private residence.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The land on which Gordon House now stands was originally the site of Walpole House, the residence of Robert Walpole. Lord Yarborough sold the house to the British Government in 1808.</p><br>
<h3>Soane and General Gordon</h3><br>
<p>In 1807 the architect Sir John Soane had been made Clerk of Works of the Royal Hospital, and a new infirmary was proposed by the hospitals governor, Sir David Dundas, in the following year. A site was not chosen until June 1810, with a proposal by the hospitals physician that the recently re-acquired Yarborough House could be converted into an infirmary.</p><br>
<p>Soane opposed this, finding the house unsuitable for the proposed 80 berths, and he suggested two designs for detached buildings. Soane&#39;s designs benefited from a southern view over the River Thames, with the river air thought to be of benefit to the health of patients. Unbeknownst to Soane, his proposed infirmary scheme had already been rendered impossible due to the lease of the site to Colonel Willoughby Gordon for the construction of a villa.</p><br>
<p>In 1809 Colonel Gordon had acquired an 80-year lease of what had been a part of the Yarborough House grounds, on which he intended to build his villa. The lease was just over £52 per annum and it was obtained on the understanding that he spend £3,500 on the construction of the villa. Gordon commissioned Thomas Leverton to design the villa even before the lease was granted, and pulled down an existing pavilion in preparation. Soane tried in vain to alter the decision and position of the proposed villa to accommodate his infirmary.</p><br>
<p>Soane opposed the construction of Gordon House as the reduction in the area occupied by Yarborough House was inadequate for the drying grounds and service buildings required for his infirmary. Soane was successful however in persuading Gordon to slightly alter his plans for a villa but the construction of the villa ultimately meant that Soane&#39;s plans for a new infirmary were never realised.</p><br>
<p>Gordon&#39;s villa, designed by the architect Thomas Leverton, is three storeys high, and stands on raised ground that once experienced panoramic views of the River Thames.</p><br>
<p>Gordon died at the house in 1851, and his 80-year lease expired in 1889. It was subsequently let to the Royal Military and Naval Exhibitions and was converted into a residence for the nurses of the infirmary two years later. It served as staff quarters from 1956 after being converted into four separate flats.</p><br>
<h2>2012 sale and conversion</h2><br>
<p>In April 2012 Gordon House was advertised for sale through the estate agents Savills for £75 million. It had never previously been available on the property market. Money subsequently raised by the sale has funded the renovation of the living quarters of the residents of the Royal Hospital.</p><br>
<p>The Financial Times reported that in the days immediately following the 2012 Russian presidential election three parties of Russian buyers were shown around the property by an estate agent from Savills. The Financial Times article discussed the sale of Gordon House and the attraction of prime London property to international investors in a time of global risk. The Savills agent, Jonathan Hewlett, said that "Buying a London house has become the stock reaction. Wherever there is political or economic unease, people instinctively head for the Monopoly board of prime central London addresses”.</p><br>
<p>The architectural firm Paul Davis and Partners were hired by the Royal Hospital to obtain planning and listed building consent for the conversion of Gordon House and other buildings into a single family residence. The purchaser was legally obliged to construct a connecting building to provide underground access from the house as well as a spa and gymnasium complex (including a swimming pool) and bedrooms for four members of staff. Under the terms of sale the house can only be used as a private residence.</p><br>
<p>The landscaping of the Gordon House site, designed by Todd Longstaffe-Gowan, was described by the architects as enhancing the "setting to provide the unique prospect of a grand country estate in the heart of Chelsea". A private entrance to the house is located in Tite Street.</p><br>
<p>The house was eventually sold to the British property developer Christian Candy in 2012 for £75 million, and he gave it to his brother Nick Candy. The house was sold on a long lease, and ownership will again revert to the hospital in the future.</p><br>
<p>Takhlakh Lake is a lake situated 7.3 mi northwest of Mount Adams in the USA state of Washington. It is fed by a few small unnamed inflow creeks originating near Takh Takh Meadows, tributary to the Cispus River. A popular 53-site campground on the west side of the lake brings summer and early fall campers as well as hikers hiking the Takhlakh Loop Trail and the Takh Takh Meadows Trail, and nearby trails in the Mount Adams Wilderness. A day use area offers a picnic area and provides a boat ramp as well. The lake is one of the five lakes, all within a seven-mile radius, in the Midway High Lakes Area. It is managed by the Gifford Pinchot National Forest.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The name Takhlakh comes from a Native American word "takh", which means meadows. Takh Takh Meadows was also named after this word, since flowers are particularly abundant in and around the Takh Takh Lava Flow area.</p><br>
<h2>Recreation</h2><br>
<p>The lake is popular for fishing, camping and photography, often clearly reflecting Mount Adams. Adjacent Takhlakh Lake Campground is administered by the Cowlitz Ranger District of the Gifford Pinchot National Forest. The popular campground features a boat ramp and wheelchair-accessible Takhlakh Loop Trail #134, which encircles the lake, offering more views of the mountain, and accesses the Takh Takh Meadows Interpretive Trail #136 (foot only) that climbs up into the edge of the Takh Takh Lava Flow and Takh Takh Meadows, offering outstanding views of Mount Adams and its sheer, glaciated northwest face as well as Adams Glacier, the second largest glacier in the contiguous United States. The lake is a very popular summer destination, and can be accessed via Primary Road 23, to Road 5601, and Road 2329 from Trout Lake at the southern side of Mount Adams.</p><br>
<p>From Randle or Packwood in the north, it can be accessed via Primary Road 23, to Road 5601, and 2329, or alternately from Packwood on Primary Road 21 to Road 2329. The loop from Packwood to Takhlakh Lake and the surrounding Midway High Lakes, along the scenic Cispus River to Randle, and back to Packwood along US Route 12 makes up the High Lakes Loop (Scenic Driving) from the White Pass Scenic Byway.</p><br>
<h2>Media and Notability</h2><br>
<p>In 1989, National Geographic featured a photograph showing vacationers playing at Takhlakh Lake. The photo was taken by James P. Blair for, but not published in, "Old Growth Forests: Will We Save Our Own?," September 1990, National Geographic magazine)</p><br>
<p>In 2013, National Geographic featured Takhklakh Lake on a photograph titled: "Mount Adams reflected in Takhlakh Lake". It was one of the twenty places in the world chosen for National Geographics Must-Do Trips, called "Ultimate Adventure Bucket List 2013". The post was entitled as "Must-Do Trip: Hike Around Mount Adams, Washington". The photo was taken by Randall J. Hodges, from Getty Images. In it, she recommends the 35-mile circumnavigation of Mount Adams on a route hiking on several trails: the Highline, the Round the Mountain, and others (such as a portion of the Pacific Crest Trail); and includes some off-trail hiking at the east side of the mountain.</p><br>
<p>Olallie Lake is an alpine lake and one of several in the area fed by streams coming off the glaciers from nearby Mount Adams. A small, but popular Olallie Lake Campground offers scenic camping as well as non-motorized boating and fishing experiences. It is located at 4,200 feet elevation in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest, in Washington state.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Olallie Lake in Skamania County has been a popular recreational destination since the early 1900s and was known to Native Americans while berry picking in the Midway High Lakes Area.</p><br>
<h2>Recreation</h2><br>
<p>The small, 15.8 acre lake is popular for fishing, camping and photography, while offering outstanding views of Mount Adams and its sheer, glaciated northwest face as well as Adams Glacier, the second largest glacier in the contiguous United States. Adjacent Olallie Lake Campground is administered by the Cowlitz Ranger District of the Gifford Pinchot National Forest. The small, but semi-popular five site campground features a boat ramp allowing non-motorized boating and canoeing. The High Lakes Trail #116 and East Canyon Trail #265, are located near the lake and offers hikers and backpackers more views of the mountain as well as lakes, creeks, and scenic forests. The High Lakes Trail crosses the lower end of the Takh Takh Lava Flow after descending on several switchbacks down to Adams Creek. The lake is a popular summer destination, and can be accessed via Primary Road 23, to Road 5601 from Trout Lake at the southern side of Mount Adams.</p><br>
<p>From Randle or Packwood in the north, it can be accessed via Primary Road 23, to Road 5601; or alternately from Packwood south on Primary Road 21, east on Road 2160, southwest on Road 56, and south on Road 2329. The loop from Packwood south to Takhlakh Lake and the surrounding Midway High Lakes including Olallie Lake, northwest along the scenic Cispus River to Randle, and back east to Packwood along US Route 12 makes up the High Lakes Loop (Scenic Driving) from the White Pass Scenic Byway.</p><br>
<p>The Hilda Erickson House, located at 247 W. Main St. in Grantsville, Utah, is a historic house that was built in 1915 for Hilda Erickson, an exceptionally long-lived woman among original pioneers in Utah. The house was built by her son Perry Erickson, and it has also been known as the Perry & Mary Erickson House and as the John & Hilda Erickson House.</p><br>
<p>It is historically significant for association with Hilda Anderson Erickson, who lived in the house till past age 100. Hilda was born in Ledsjö parish, Västergötland, Sweden in 1859, came to Utah by wagon in 1866, and was eventually honored by local and national news coverage "as the last living pioneer, out of approximately 80,000 pioneers who came to Utah before the railroad". She died at age 108, in 1968.</p><br>
<p>The house is a bungalow that is well-preserved but is not special architecturally. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.</p><br>
<p>Its historical significance was considered by local, state, and national officials who deemed it worthy of recognition in the National Register program, which was established in 1966 and has since recognized about 85,000 historic sites in the United States. There are just 23 NRHP-recognized sites in all 7,287 square miles of Tooele County, the county in which the Erickson house is located, i.e. there is 1 site per 316 square miles recognized in the area.</p><br>
<p>The Marchiazza is a 34 km long stream  of Piedmont, in north-western Italy. It is a left side tributary of the Cervo which flows through the provinces of Biella and Vercelli.</p><br>
<h2>Geography</h2><br>
<p>The Marchiazza is formed in the eastern and hilly part of the Alpi Biellesi from the confluence of several streams; the longest of them is named Rio della Moja and has its source on the southern slopse of Cima Frascheja (625 m, municipality of Sostegno). The Marchiazza flows close to the village of Lozzolo and comes out of the hills entering the Po plain. In the territory of Gattinara it receives the waters of its mail natural tributary named Rio della Marchiazzola. Heading south in crosses the Baraggia heathland and then the paddy fields of the province of Vercelli. Between Albano Vercellese and Villarboit the Marchiazza is overpassed by Canale Cavour (one of the main irrigation canals in Italy) through a water bridge.</p><br>
<p>In its lowest course the stream receives the waters of several small canals and part of its water is diverted for irrigation purposes. Near Collobiano the Marchiazza end its course flowing into the river Cervo at 136,7 matres s.l.m.</p><br>
<p>The Moore House is a historic building located within Colonial National Historical Park, in York County, Virginia. During the American Revolutionary War, it was the site of negotiations for British General Charles Cornwallis&#39;s surrender at the Siege of Yorktown.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The house was erected around 1725 on a 500 acre parcel of land called Temple Farm which also included a dam and grist mill.</p><br>
<p>The land was originally granted to the Crown Governor of Virginia, John Harvey in the 1630s and was known as the York Plantation at this time. Lawrence Smith II later built the Moore House on Temple Farm and the home stayed within the family until 1754 when his son, Robert, sold it to his brother-in-law Augustine Moore to avoid financial woes. Augustine and his family fled to Richmond to avoid the Siege of Yorktown.</p><br>
<h3>Siege of Yorktown</h3><br>
<p>General Cornwallis requested a cease fire on October 17, 1781, and selected the house as the site for surrender negotiations, likely due to its neutral and convenient location. Washingtons and Cornwalliss representatives met at the house the following day, where they negotiated Articles of Capitulation. A rough draft was delivered to Washington&#39;s headquarters that night, where he made minor changes. The revised articles were agreed to and signed on October 19.</p><br>
<h3>Later history</h3><br>
<p>The House passed to Hugh Nelson in 1797 following the deaths of Augustine and his wife.</p><br>
<p>It had several owners over the years and was significantly damaged during the 1862 Siege of Yorktown.</p><br>
<p>Later the house&#39;s wood was pilfered by soldiers for fire fuel.</p><br>
<p>The house was not repaired until the advent of the Battle of Yorktown Centennial Celebration in 1881.</p><br>
<p>The National Park Service restored the house between 1931 and 1934 using historic photos.</p><br>
<p>It was dedicated on 18–19 October 1934. The restoration work was the first of its kind undertaken by the National Park Service.</p><br>
<p>The Lowndes County Courthouse is a historic courthouse building in Hayneville, Alabama. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 24, 1971.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The Lowndes County Courthouse was completed in 1856. It replaced an earlier courthouse, built in 1832, that had been deemed unsafe. The building was expanded during 1905 remodeling, with two-story wings added to each side, an enclosed front entrance replacing the portico, and a domed cupola added to the center of the roof. The side wings and enclosed entrance were removed during the 1980s and the portico replaced with a duplicate of the original, at an approximate cost of $1 million. A new two-story annex was constructed to the rear of the 1856 building.</p><br>
<p>The Old Tavern  is a historic building listed on the National Register of Historic Places located in Sacramento, California.</p><br>
<p>The first structure on the site of the Old Tavern, likely used for storage, was built by John Sutter after he constructed Sutters Fort across the street. This edifice was expanded in the early 1850s when a Philip Scheld turned it into a two-story building and founded Schelds Sacramento Brewery. Additional floors and buildings were added to the estate over the years as it was used for various business including a speakeasy, apartments, and a data-processing center.</p><br>
<p>During its time as a tavern, the site was a widely known landmark and a frequent stopping spot for stagecoaches on their way to downtown Sacramento.</p><br>
<p>The building was renovated in the mid to late 1980s to allow for an Italian restaurant to occupy the original tavern section and medical offices for other parts of the building.</p><br>
<p>It is rumored, with at least one historian agreeing, that in the 19th century there was a brothel upstairs frequented by Sacramento pioneers.</p><br>
