<p>The USA Post Office, located at 65 W. Mill Ave., is the main post office in Porterville, California. Built from 1933 to 1937, the post office was designed by H. Rafael Lake in the Art Deco style. The design features decorative terra cotta plaques over the windows and cast aluminum plaques below the front windows, decorative features used in no other building in Porterville. A terra cotta frieze atop the front entry features eagle and acanthus motifs borrowed from Roman designs and a sunrise pattern typical of Art Deco decorations. The building is topped with a green tile roof, an unusual element in Art Deco buildings which is consistent with the vernacular Mission Revival style common in Porterville architecture. The post office is one of three Art Deco post offices remaining in California.</p><br>
<p>The post office was added to the National Register of Historic Places as US Post Office&ndash;Porterville Main on January 11, 1985.</p><br>
<p>Wadi al-Jarf  is the present name for an area on the Red Sea coast of Egypt, 119 km south of Suez, that is the site of the oldest known artificial harbour in the world. It is located at the mouth of the Wadi Araba, a major communication corridor between the Nile Valley and the Red Sea, crossing the Eastern Desert. The site is also right across the Gulf of Suez from the small Sinai fortress of Tell Ras Budran. A somewhat similar ancient port is at Ain Sukhna, a little north of Wadi al-Jarf.</p><br>
<p>The site was first discovered by J. G. Wilkinson in 1832. It was rediscovered by a French team in the 1950s, who named it Rod el-Khawaga, but archeological work was quickly abandoned when the Suez Crisis broke out in 1956. A joint French–Egyptian team resumed excavation in 2011.</p><br>
<p>The harbor at the site dates to the Fourth Dynasty of Egypt, approximately 4,500 years ago. Also discovered at the site were more than 100 anchors, the first Old Kingdom anchors found in their original context, and numerous storage jars. The jars have been linked with those of another site across the Red Sea, indicating trade between the two sites. A large number of papyri fragments were found at Wadi al-Jarf, providing insight to life during the Fourth Dynasty. The papyri are the oldest ever found in Egypt.</p><br>
<h2>Discovery</h2><br>
<p>Ancient structures have been known to exist at Wadi al-Jarf since at least 1832 when J. G. Wilkinson noted their existence. He discovered a series of galleries cut into the stone which he believed to be Greek catacombs. In the 1950s, a group of French amateurs in archeology began to explore some parts of the site, which they named Rod el-Khawaga, but were expelled during the 1956 Suez Crisis. Their notes were published in 2008, spurring interest to resume work. Systematic excavation resumed in 2011 by a joint Egyptian–French archeological team led by Pierre Tallet (University Paris IV-La Sorbonne) and Gregory Marouard (The Oriental Institute, Chicago). In April 2013, archaeologists announced the discovery of an ancient harbor and dozens of papyrus documents at the location. Those are the oldest papyrus ever found in Egypt (ca. 2560-2550 BC, end of the reign of Khufu).</p><br>
<h2>Artifacts</h2><br>
<h3>Harbor</h3><br>
<p>The harbor complex consists of a ca. 150 m (492 ft) long mole or jetty of stones that is still visible at low tide (28.8888&deg;N latitude, 32.6815&deg;E longitude), an alamat or navigational landmark made of heaped stones, a strange 60 x building of unknown function that is divided into 13 long rooms, and a series of 25 to 30 storage galleries carved into limestone outcrops further inland. The building of unknown function is the largest pharaonic building discovered along the Red Sea coast to date. The storage galleries are between 16 and long, and are usually 3 m wide and 2.5 m tall.</p><br>
<p>Inside the galleries lay several boat and sail fragments, some oars, and numerous pieces of ancient rope. Twenty-five stone anchors were found under water, and 99 anchors were found in an apparent storage building. The discovery of anchors in their original context is a first in Old Kingdom archeology. Many of the anchors bear hieroglyphs, likely representing the boat&#39;s names from which they came.</p><br>
<p>The port was the starting point for voyages from mainland Egypt to South Sinai mining operations. The harbor dates to the reign of the Pharaoh Khufu (2589–2566 B.C.), whose name is inscribed on some of the heavy limestone blocks at the site. That means the harbor predates the second-oldest known port structure by more than 1,000 years. There is some trace evidence of use during the early part of Fifth Dynasty, after which the harbor was likely abandoned.</p><br>
<h3>Storage jars and papyri</h3><br>
<p>Numerous stone food and water storage jars, textile and wood fragments, and a collection of hundreds of papyri fragments were also found at the site. Many of the jars feature peoples or boats name in red ink, indicating their owners. The jars are characterized by a very particular marl composition which had previously been identified in Fourth Dynasty contexts at other sites, including across the Gulf of Suez at Tell Ras Budran.</p><br>
<p>Ten of the papyri are especially very well preserved. The majority of these documents date to the year after the 13th cattle count of Khufu&#39;s reign and describe how the central administration sent food and supplies to Egyptian travelers. One document is of special interest: the diary of Merer, an official involved in the building of the Great Pyramid of Khufu. Using the diary, researchers are able to reconstruct three months of his life, providing new insight into everyday lives of people of the Fourth Dynasty. The papyri are the oldest ever found in Egypt.</p><br>
<h3>Residences</h3><br>
<p>500 m to the northwest of the harbor three groups of buildings were found. The rectangular construction and organization of rooms into a cell-like pattern indicated the buildings served as dwelling places.</p><br>
<p>Long Valley is an approximately 25 mi long endorheic basin in the northern portion of Washoe County, Nevada in the northwest corner of Nevada. It is bordered by the Hays Canyon Range to the west, which gradually transitions into rolling hills north of the valley. To the east lies a large plateau, which is partially dissected by Massacre Lake Valley; this plateau eventually rises to over 7,000 feet in elevation as it rises toward the Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>Most of the valley floor consists of small playas, such as Calcutta Lake and Boulder Lake. The edges of the valley host various ranches; at the western edge of Long Valley is the ghost town of Vya, Nevada.</p><br>
<h2>Geology</h2><br>
<p>As part of the events that ultimately led to the creation of the Basin and Range Province, during the late Pliocene and early Pleistocene, basalt was extruded in the Lake Valley region as the surrounding mountains were lifted and the valley floor dropped. Due to the lack of natural drainage in the valley, the valley periodically filled with water, transforming the valley into pluvial Lake Meinzer, which peaked at a maximum depth of 250 feet over the valley floor. Much of the valley is filled with deposits from the former lake.</p><br>
<h2>Access</h2><br>
<p>From the west, Long Valley can be accessed from Cedarville, California via California State Route 299, which remains paved until the state border, at which point the road follows the decommissioned Nevada State Route 8A road bed into Vya. Near Vya, former Nevada State Route 8A intersects with Nevada State Route 34 (now Washoe County CR34), which provides access to Long Valley from Gerlach, Nevada to the south, and Coleman Valley Road, which cuts across Long Valley just north of Vya, veers just east of Calcutta Lake, then heads north toward Adel, Oregon. From the east, Long Valley can be accessed via Nevada State Route 140, which intersects with former Nevada State Route 8A between Denio Junction, Nevada and the Oregon border.</p><br>
<p>The Pogue Hotel, located at 32792 Sierra Dr. , in Lemon Cove, California, is a historic building that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. It has also been known as The Cottonwoods, as Montgomery House, and as the Lemon Cove Woman&#39;s Clubhouse.</p><br>
<p>It is historically significant as the home of James William Center Pogue (1839-1907), pioneer settler who built the hotel and lived there during 1880-98 and 1904-07. Pogue developed the lemon industry in Tulare County, and founded Lemon Cove, and served as a county supervisor.</p><br>
<p>The building served as a hotel for most of the period from 1879 to 1903. In 1904, Pogues daughter Nora Alice Pogue acquired the hotel and converted it to a private residence. In 1936, the building became the clubhouse for the Lemon Cove Womens Club.</p><br>
<p>Zaldiaran is a 978 metres high mountain part of the Montes de Vitoria mountainous range, located on Alava, Basque Country . Even if part of the south face of the mountain is on the Treviño exclave, , the summit is itself on Alava.</p><br>
<p>Next to the summit, some metres below, there is the Zaldiarango gaina, with a height of 780 metres (2559 ft); a mountain pass that communicates Alava with the Treviño exclave at its highest point, where the frontier is located. The roads that communicate these two provinces are the A-3102 that comes from Alava and the BU-742, which heads for Treviño exclave.</p><br>
<p>At the top of the mountain, apart from a tall metallic cross that was placed in 1950 by the hiker club Manuel Iradier, there are a few big aerials that transmit television and radio signal to Vitoria-Gasteiz.</p><br>
<h2>Geography</h2><br>
<p>Bordering municipalities with Zaldiaran:</p><br>
<p>Panoramic view from the top of Zaldiaran:</p><br>
<h2>Access points and trails</h2><br>
<h3>Main route</h3><br>
<p>The main and most popular access point is from Berrosteguieta.</p><br>
<p>The route begins in this village, at the foot of Zaldiaran on the highway that goes to the Zaldiaran mountain pass. After following this road 200 metres the trail arrives to an esplanade (left), next to a large aerial. Opposite there is a water tank.</p><br>
<p>At the right of the tank starts a narrow path, which runs through a pine forest upwards. At the exit of the pinewood the trail is abandoned and a narrow path at the left is followed. The route follows the ridge and pursues another way (left). Then, the right way has to be taken on a bifurcation that divides the road. The forest is left behind and a firewall heads to the top of Errogana.</p><br>
<p>Following an almost flat terrain the route breaks through a beech. As soon as having entered the beech the trail deviates to the left. The wood is crossed by a diagonal footway that ends on the road which ascends to the relay tower located on the summit.</p><br>
<h2>Flora</h2><br>
<p>Northern slopes of Zaldiaran are full of beeches (Fagus sylvatica) that give way to Portuguese Oaks (Quercus faginea) woods on lower parts of the mountain.</p><br>
<h2>Curiosities</h2><br>
<p>Every 1 January, all the hiking clubs of Vitoria-Gasteiz come together at this mountain to inaugurate the mountaineering year.</p><br>
<p>It is said that at the Middle Age a castle was built in the summit of Zaldiaran, which was finally abandoned and then used as a fort by the French Army on the Battle of Vitoria on 1813.</p><br>
<p>The China Ditch in Douglas County, in the USA state of Oregon, was a 30 mi canal built in part by Chinese laborers to supply water for the hydraulic mining of gold. The Myrtle Creek Consolidated Hydraulic Gold Mining and Manufacturing Company began purchasing land for the ditch in 1890 and was bankrupt by 1894. Portions of the ditch, which carried water from Little River to North Myrtle Creek, remain visible, and an 11 mi section is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<p>The Bureau of Land Management maintains a driving loop and hiking trail for touring the ditch and its works.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Many of the homesteaders in the area had been drawn west in the California gold rush and later moved north to begin farming. When gold was discovered in Douglas County, Oregon, in the 1860s, a number of residents returned to mining. In 1889, miners in the area began planning for 2,000 acre of new placers around North Myrtle Creek and became convinced that the surrounding hillsides also held significant deposits.</p><br>
<h2>Survey and construction</h2><br>
<p>To expand the machines usefulness, the Myrtle Creek Consolidated Hydraulic Gold Mining and Manufacturing Company (MCCHGMMC) proposed digging a ditch&mdash;5 ft deep, and 3 ft wide at the bottom, and five feet wide at the top&mdash;to carry water 33 mi from the Little River to North Myrtle Creek. After surveyors employed by the company determined that the project was feasible, 80 men began construction, and by early winter they had completed 7 mi of the ditch. The companys president, L. W. Brown, a Eugene physician, said the ditch would eventually provide irrigation water to prune orchards in the region and would transport timber to a sawmill in Myrtle Creek, in addition to supplying water for mining.</p><br>
<p>In June 1891, the company hired 100 Chinese laborers to extend the ditch and tap four additional creeks, giving the construction its name. As part of this work, a 400 ft tunnel was constructed through the mountain to connect the new supplies to the existing ditch. This additional construction allowed three giants to operate around the clock by the end of that year.</p><br>
<p>By the time of late spring of 1892, there were still 3 mi of the ditch to construct. To aid in the process, timber was produced temporarily and water was directed around the rocky hillsides. A fourth giant later made its appearance in April 1893.</p><br>
<h2>Debts and dissolution</h2><br>
<p>On June 1, 1893, the glory days of MCCHGMMC began to come to an end when the county Circuit Court issued a writ of attachment against the company. In the following days, other parties were granted writs totaling $4,420 in unpaid wages and $6,000 in other debts. An injunction was issued against the sale of the property or company stock by the ownership, and the county sheriff was ordered to guard the property until the cases could be resolved.</p><br>
<p>Sheriff Dillard decided that it was better to clean out the gravel in the sluices rather than guard the property around the clock. He found just over 9 oz of gold, instead of the 75 oz expected, based on the number of days that the giants had been operating. The company was accused of salting the placers and of hiring more men than necessary for appearances. On July 4, 1893, the court ruled for the miners, causing the company to shut down. On October 19, 1894, the company&#39;s property, mining claims, and the ditch were sold for $7,691.</p><br>
<p>The China Ditch was officially entered into the National Register of Historic Places on May 22, 1991.</p><br>
<p>Cape Tembwe is a promontory on the west shore of Lake Tanganyika, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.</p><br>
<p>The cape rises to a peak with an elevation of about 940 m, above the lake level of 773 m.</p><br>
<p>The Scottish explorer Joseph Thomson visited the region in December 1879.</p><br>
<p>Traveling north, he found the countryside fertile and the people prosperous. He was given a hospitable reception by Sultan Mpala at Lubanda (Mpala).</p><br>
<p>Cape Tembwe is about six hours&#39; walk north of Mpala.</p><br>
<p>When Thomson reached the cape he found the countryside devastated by the effects of slave raiding by a chief known as Lusinga.</p><br>
<p>The large village at Tembwe was full of refugees.</p><br>
<p>The region along the lake shore from Cape Tembwe south into Zambia and inland into the Marungu massif is inhabited by Tabwa people.</p><br>
<p>North of the cape the people identify themselves as Holoholo.</p><br>
<p>The Kelly Hills  are a mountain range at the southern end of the Northern Territory of Australia. It is located directly north of the Musgrave Ranges and about 50 km northeast of Amaṯa. Its highest point is about 870 m above sea level. Mount Robert, at the eastern end of the range, is about 796 m above sea level. The area is known as Aputjilpinya in the native Yankunytjatjara language. It forms part of an important Mala Dreaming track that runs between Uluṟu and Ulkiya.</p><br>
<p>There are a few soakages located within the hills. One of them, Puntitjara, was recorded by several early White explorers travelling through the Kelly Hills. The South Australian governments North-West Prospecting Expedition, led by Lawrence Wells, was brought there by an Aboriginal guide in 1903; one of the expeditions prospectors, Herbert Basedow, recorded the name as "Punndijarrinna" and reported that it was a good source of water. Basedow returned to Puntitjara in June 1926 on another expedition, this one led by Donald Mackay. According to Mackay, they found it dry and covered with a layer of sand. The anthropologist Ted Strehlow visited Puntitjara in August 1936, but founded it covered by mud.</p><br>
<p>The Muganja hills  are a range in the Tanganyika District of Katanga Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south of Kalemie.</p><br>
<p>The Kyimbi River originates in the Muganja plateau at a height of 6,560 ft.</p><br>
<p>It has a series of falls over a distance of 2 mi, with the largest 300 to 500 ft high.</p><br>
<p>The total drop is over 2,500 ft.</p><br>
<p>The Muganja massif contains the Lukuga coalfield near Kalemie.</p><br>
<p>The Muganja hills lie to the north of the Marungu massif, which as of 2008 had almost all been converted to farmland or pasture.</p><br>
<p>However, the Muganja hills in 2008 were surrounded by a large area of Miombo woodland and riverine forest.</p><br>
<p>A survey that year found evidence of chimpanzee, baboon, blue monkey and bushpig in the forest to the north of the hills.</p><br>
<p>About 59 chimpanzees were estimated to be present.</p><br>
<p>The Smith Hotel-Cornelius Hotel, located at 100 Spring St. in Caliente, Nevada, and also once known as Scott Hotel, is a historic 3-story hotel that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.</p><br>
<p>Caliente became economically important in 1907 with railroad connection and mining and agriculture. The hotel was built probably in 1918 or 1919, by Dr. and Mrs. J. Wesley Smith who ran the hotel until 1921. It was called the Scott Hotel from 1969 until 1978 when the business closed. Although the style of the building is simple, its architecture "reflect the design tastes of the period and region", and the building was held to be significant for its architecture in its NRHP listing. It is also important as one of the oldest surviving buildings in the area.</p><br>
<p>The Big Lava Bed, located in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest in the southwestern area of the State of Washington, originated from a 500-foot-deep crater in the northern center of the bed. The Big Lava Bed is the youngest feature of the Indian Heaven volcanic field. The 0.9-cubic kilometer lava flow erupted from the cinder cone about 8200 years ago. The lava flow traveled 13 km from the source crater. Lodgepole pine, alder, and other pioneer plants struggle to grow, seen sparsely growing between and amid towering rock piles, caves, and strange lava formations. Access into the interior of the lava bed is difficult, since there are no roads or trails crossing the lava field. Explorers who wish to venture deep within the lava flow are advised to choose their route carefully. Compasses are not always reliable, since local magnetic influences affect their magnetic performance in the vast expanse of rock.</p><br>
<p>Qishqiqucha  is a lake in the Cordillera Blanca in Peru. It is located in the Ancash Region, Recuay Province, Catac District. It is situated at a height of about 4,284 m, about 0.7 km long and 0.39 km at its widest point. Qishqiqucha lies in the Huascarán National Park, southwest of Mururahu and Qishqi.</p><br>
<p>The lake receives waters from a little river. Upstream it is called Tranka Ruri and downstream Qishqi (Gueshgue, Queshque). It flows along the little village of Qishqi (Gueshgue, Queshque, Queshqui).</p><br>
<p>It is known that the Puya raimondii, a plant with a gigantic inflorescence that may reach up to 10 m in height, grows in the Qishqi river valley. The names of the lake, the village and the river refer to this plant.</p><br>
<p>The Trent Bridge Inn is a pub in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, England. It is an important landmark that is notable as the Trent Bridge Cricket Ground was placed here in a field behind this pub. The ground by the pub was also the first home of the Notts County Football Club. The pub is now operated by Wetherspoons.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The Trent Bridge Inn in West Bridgford existed before there was a cricket ground. It was located just outside the walls of the city of Nottingham where travellers could stay whilst they waited to enter the city the following morning. The inn was owned by the Musters family who owned land in West Bridgford. At the time because of a different boundary the inn was in Nottingham, there was no licensed property at all in West Bridgford.</p><br>
<p>The inn was instrumental in creating the cricket ground which was set up in competition to the one owned by the town council. The first cricket match here was created by William Clarke in 1838 who was the captain of the Nottinghamshire cricket team. He had married Mary Chapman, the landlady of the Trent Bridge Inn, and they had arranged for the land behind the inn to be made available. (Generally land outside the city could not be built on until the law was changed in 1845). The Clarkes had the land cleared and a fence was erected. Matches were held here in preference to the former location within the city which had been used since 1835. The players were able to stay at the inn during the matches.</p><br>
<p>The cricket matches did not attract large crowds and publican William Clarke experimented with other attractions. In 1845 Clarke decided to move to London to found the All England Eleven which became a nationally known touring cricket team. John Chapman who was Clarke&#39;s step son took over the management of the (pub and) ground for some time but he and his successor enjoyed no great success.</p><br>
<p>1861 saw the launch of the Easter Colts Trials where 22 players were invited to take on the first eleven in competition. This match was arranged by a local solicitor, John Johnson, who since 1859 had reinvigorated the club organising a committee and a first brick pavilion. The new match attracted audiences to see who was the best combined batter and bowler and of the first 22 contestants, seven went on to play first class cricket for Nottinghamshire.</p><br>
<p>Richard Daft was a well known cricketer at Trent Bridge and he ran the inn at one time as he was a partner in the Radcliffe Brewery. He is remembered for captaining the club for ten years but he died a bankrupt in 1900.</p><br>
<p>In 1883 the nearby land was also used by the Notts County Football Club who created a ground on the eastern side. However, by 1895 they were to move grounds regularly until they found their current home in 1910. At the end of the First World War the Musters family sold the Inn and the ground to the cricket club. The club only briefly owned the inn as they resold it to a brewery for a sum in excess of the money they had paid to the Musters. However the Inn was give the right to supply food to the ground in perpetuity.</p><br>
<p>The pub was bought by Wetherspoons and a 3 million pounds was spent in a refurbishment. It re-opened on 24 May 2011 and features four bars.</p><br>
<h2>Notable features</h2><br>
<p>On the outside of the building is a bench mark which records the pub&#39;s precise location.</p><br>
<p>Cerro de los Siete Colores  is one of the hills bordering the Quebrada de Purmamarca which is in turn is a western branch of the Quebrada de Humahuaca up to Cuesta del Lipán, in Jujuy Province, Argentina.</p><br>
<p>Its unique color range is the product of a complex geological history including marine sediments, lake and river movements elevated with the movement of the tectonic plates.</p><br>
<p>Aside from the commonly known name this colourful hill carries, the locals of the town of Purmamarca also refer to it as the Hill of the Seven Skirts. This is an unofficial name, and not many people other than those who live here refer to it this way. The reasoning behind this second name is because of the resemblance between the colours on the hill and that of the traditional, long skirts worn by Andean women.</p><br>
<p>This breathtaking sight is composed of 7 different colours, all of which derive from different types of rocks; leading to its diverse range of colours. Each colour/rock is also said to have formed during different time periods. Firstly, pink is believed to be composed of red clay, mudstone (mud) and arilitas (sand). Its estimated age goes back about 3 to 4 million years. The shade of white surrounding the pink is mostly made up of limestone and is aged about 400 million years. Continuing onto the mix of brown and purples, which are composed of lead, and rich in calcium carbonate, and is 80 to 90 million years of age. On top of the purple-brown colour, there is an earthy brown colour that has been detected in the rock. The rocks making up this colour are the most recent colours appearing on the rocks, aging at 1 to 2 million years old, and is described as ‘fanglomerate composed of rock with manganese belonging to Quaternary.’ As for the red, which is composed of claystones (iron) and other clays belonging to the upper Tertiary, its said to also be aged around 3 to 4 millions years. The shades of green, aging at about 600 million years, are made up of phyllites, and slates of copper oxide. Finally, the yellow mustard colour is made of sandstones with sulfur, and is estimated at 80 to 90 million years.</p><br>
<p>Legend has it:</p><br>
<p>It is said that when the small town of Purmamarca, situated at the bottom of the hills, was formed, they had no colour to them, making them as dull as any other mountain, or hill. To the imaginative minds of the young children of Purmamarca, this was unacceptable. Whilst the adults of the town deemed it as normal, and something to be ignored, or ‘gotten used to’, the children refused to conform to this belief, and decided to do something unbelievable. Despite their warnings to the adults, none of them seemed to take the children seriously. This didn’t make a difference though, and they moved forward with their plan, regardless.</p><br>
<p>For seven nights following their decision to decorate the hillside, the children disappeared from their beds, and every morning the adults would wake with a surprise; a new colour was added to the hill. On the seventh night, all of the adults in the town woke early and found that all the children were missing from their beds. Panicked, the adults began to search the town for their children. After having searched the entire town with nothing to show for it, all of the children began skipping down the hillside, laughing and playing. Since these seven nights, the hill has been completely covered in the seven colours that the children painted onto it.</p><br>
<p>Every year on this day since, the town of Purmamarca has a celebration in honour of the painting of the colourful hillside.</p><br>
<p>Tourism/Access to the hill:</p><br>
<p>The hill is said to be the most beautiful during the first 45 minutes after dawn, and is no stranger to tourists who choose to take advantage of the breathtaking sight. Tours are also offered of the town of Purmamarca, situated at the base of the colourful hills, which include them as one of the biggest attractions. There are also specific tours of the hills themselves via horseback rides, hikes/walks, bike tours and photographic safaris.</p><br>
<p>If you are looking to hike to the mountain, there are two trails that lead to promising lookout points, one that is a ten-minute walk, and the other being an hour walk. Information on how to get to these locations, etc., isn’t difficult to find within the town through the tourism office.</p><br>
<p>The town of Purmamarca:</p><br>
<p>Purmamarca is considered one of the most ‘picturesque villages in the Humahuaca Ravine.’ This town is a quaint little town nudged at the bottom of the famous hills. Largely focused on the tourists that come to see the mountain; the town has a lot of artisan stands selling all kinds of tapestries, hand-knitted clothing, artwork, sculptures, pottery, etc.</p><br>
<p>There are many celebrations honoured through the town, proving the thick culture within its people. Some of which include the “‘misa-chico’, the dead worship, the Pachamama worship or the autochthonous music played with quenas (Indian flute), cajas, erques and sikus.”</p><br>
<p>The Forty Acres, located in Delano, California, was the first headquarters of the United Farm Workers labor union. The union acquired the site of the compound in 1966, and the buildings were built in the ensuing years. The first building constructed on the property was a service station built in 1967, and several smaller service buildings were built soon afterward. The main building on the property, the Mission Revival styled Reuther Hall, was built from 1968 to 1969; the hall was named for United Auto Workers organizer Roy Reuther. A health care clinic and a retirement village were added to the property in the early 1970s.</p><br>
<h2>Background</h2><br>
<p>The Forty Acres is best known as the workplace of labor activist Cesar Chavez during the Delano grape strike of the 1960s. Chavez first drew national attention to the complex in 1968, when he conducted a public fast at the site. In 1970, union leaders and grape growers signed labor contracts ending the grape strike at Reuther Hall; the contracts unionized over 70,000 farmworkers working in the grape industry. After the strike, Chavez moved the union headquarters to a new complex; The Forty Acres continued to function as a service center for farmworkers and a local office for the union.</p><br>
<p>The Forty Acres was designated a National Historic Landmark on October 6, 2008. Other sites for the proposed new park&mdash;which requires Congressional approval&mdash;include the Filipino Community Hall in Delano, California (headquarters of the Delano grape strike), Nuestra Senora Reina de la Paz (also in Delano), McDonnell Hall in San Jose and the Santa Rita Center in Phoenix, Arizona.</p><br>
<p>Montes de Málaga Natural Park  is the name of a natural park in Andalusia, Spain. It is named after the Montes de Málaga range located near Málaga city and was established in 1989.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The park lies at the heart of the Montes de Málaga coastal mountain range. The Guadalmedina river that runs through Málaga, crosses the park area which includes small valleys cut by the Guadalmedina&#39;s tributaries</p><br>
<p>The vegetation is dominated by shrubland with Pistacia lentiscus and Arbutus unedo. The most characteristic tree species is the pine tree, including the stone pine and Monterrey pine. Other trees found in the area are Algerian oak, cork oak, scarlet oak, olive tree and carob tree.</p><br>
<p>The animals in the protected area include the genet, badger, fox, ocellated lizard, Andalusian wall lizard, Mediterranean chameleon and the Iberian ribbed newt.</p><br>
<p>There are also birds of prey such as the eagle, Eurasian sparrowhawk and northern goshawk.</p><br>
<h2>Ethnographic Museum</h2><br>
<p>There is also the Ethnographic Museum (Museo Etnográfico) in an old farm in Torrijos, within the park area.</p><br>
<p>The Hubele Mounds and Village Site are an archaeological site in the southeastern part of the USA state of Illinois. Located near the community of Maunie in White County, the site has received recognition from the federal government because of its archaeological value. Due to the lack of recent excavations, the sites dates of habitation are debated, ranging from 400 BC in some estimates to AD 1000 in others, but all agree on the sites significance to understanding the prehistory of the region.</p><br>
<h2>Geography</h2><br>
<p>Hubele lies approximately 400 m west of the Wabash River, 17 mi above its confluence with the Ohio River, on land only minimally higher than the riverbank; the site may once have been a riverside sandbar. The site forms part of massive farm fields along the river; a levee on the eastern edge protects the site from flooding, and a line of trees marks the site&#39;s northern edge. Besides the levee, which may sit atop part of the site, historical disturbances to the site have included the construction of a road on the southern edge and the placement of a drainage ditch; however, all of these influences have disturbed less than one-sixth of the site.</p><br>
<h2>Features</h2><br>
<p>Originally, the site was distinguished by a group of seven earthworks, small mounds placed in a north-south line. None of the mounds have survived intact to the present; two were excavated by archaeologists from the Illinois State Museum, and the other five have been worn down by repeated plowing, leaving even the highest less than 4 ft tall. Located east of the mounds, the village site has yielded evidence of numerous features, including postholes, trash pits, and fire pits; many of these have been uncovered by routine plowing.</p><br>
<h2>Excavation</h2><br>
<p>The Illinois State Museum sponsored a two-part excavation project at Hubele in 1950; archaeologists dug a pair of test trenches (each measuring 10 x) in the village area and removed two of the mounds, which were found to have been previously disturbed.</p><br>
<h2>Cultural affiliation</h2><br>
<p>Disputes have arisen over the proper interpretation of pottery from Hubele. The original State Museum researchers identified the villagers as Hopewellian peoples from the Middle Woodland period, Yet later studies suggested a connection with other late Hopewellian complexes, such as the Havana Hopewell and the people of the Mann Site in far southwestern Indiana. Consequently, solid identification of the site as Duffy-related would raise the site&#39;s importance even higher by demonstrating its occupation over many centuries, as well as making it just the fourth site so to be identified, after the type site, the Duffy Site in Gallatin County, and the Pepper and Little Chain sites in White County. Even if further research disproves the concept of a Duffy connection, Hubele will remain significant; its connection to the nearby Hopewellian Wilson Mounds at Rising Sun is undisputed, so it appears to be one of the most important villages associated with the mound group.</p><br>
<h2>Preservation</h2><br>
<p>In August 1978, the Hubele Site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, qualifying because of its archaeological significance. The landmark&#39;s boundaries encompassed six contributing properties (the five mounds and the site as a whole) over 60 acre of land. It is one of eleven National Register-listed locations in White County, along with the Wilson and Bieker-Wilson archaeological sites.</p><br>
<p>Granite Pass on the California Trail, located in what is now Cassia County, Idaho less than half a mile north of Utah, has historic significance dating to 1842 when it was found by Joseph B. Chiles to serve as an adequate emigrant trail route to come west toward California from the Oregon Trail route that went through Fort Hall. Chiles was then returning east to Fort Hall in a small group that dropped out of the Bartleson–Bidwell Party, the first group attempting to emigrate with wagons from Missouri to California. The Granite Pass can be seen from far away, coming from that direction. When Chiles brought a west-bound wagon group through the pass in 1843 it became established. The California Trail eventually evolved and went through this pass; Chiles led seven different groups through the pass. When first used for emigrants as a wagon trail, it was part of Mexico.</p><br>
<p>A 160 acre area at the pass was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.</p><br>
<p>Randolph Historic District is a national historic district located at Randolph in Cattaraugus County, New York. The district encompasses 268 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 1 contributing structure in the hamlet of Randolph. The district includes a variety of residential, commercial, industrial, and institutional buildings primarily dating between 1826 and the 1880s. There are representative examples of Greek Revival and Italianate architectural styles. Notable buildings include the Bordens Condensery , Bordens Caretakers House , Town Hall , Dow Library , Addison Crowley Residence , The Adams Building , State Bank , Alexander Davis House , Thaddeus S. Sheldon Residence , Albert G. Dow House , Resolved Sears House , and St. Patricks Roman Catholic Church . The contributing site is The Point , a public park.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.</p><br>
<p>The scenic Nanwan Reservoir is located within the borough of Xinyang, Henan Province, China, situated on the Shihe river, one of the largest branches of the Huai River. The dam was constructed between 1952 and 1955. The dam has resulted in protection from floods, an increase in agriculture production, electricity production, and improved navigation that benefits tourism.The Nanwan Reservoir scenic spot has rich connotations of mountains and islands. It is known as "The First Lake In Zhongyuan". It is a national forest park and national irrigation works scenery zone.</p><br>
<h2>Specifications</h2><br>
<p>Nanwan Reservoir is a famous natural scenic spot. Nanwan Reservoir and The Nanwan Reservoir national forest park comprise The Nanwan Reservoir Scenic Spot. There are 61 islands which are covered by forests interspersed in the Nanwan Reservoir.</p><br>
<p>Since developed and constructed as a national forest scenic spot since 1991, a total investment of 80 million yuan has been invested to Nanwan Reservoir. Now 4 main scenic areas of Nanwan Reservoir scenic spot has completed,they are the water scenic area, the western hills scenic area,the dam scenic area and the pier scenic area. 42 scenic attractions has been constructed, for example, dragon Pavilion, Bird Island, Summer Island and Monkey Island,etc.</p><br>
<p>The dam is 816 metres long, 38.3 metres tall, and 8 metres wide at the crest.</p><br>
<p>The reservoir holds 16.3 cubic kilometres of water, and drains an 1100 square kilometers area. This capacity will reduce the frequency of major downstream flooding from once every ten years to once every 100 years.</p><br>
<h2>Impact</h2><br>
<p>An important function of the dam is to control flooding, which is a major problem for the seasonal river of the Huai River. Plenty of critical infrastructure is situated downstream of the dam, like Beijing-Guangzhou railway, Nanjing-Xi&#39;an Railway, 107 State Road, 312 National Road, Beijing-Zhuhai Expressway, Beijing - Kowloon fiber optic cable, and Western Union fiber optic cable.</p><br>
<p>There are approximate 20 million tourists come to Nanwan Reservoir each year, bring 30 million yuan of tourism revenue to the local government. The basic tourism system of "dinner, housing, transportation, traveling, shopping and entertainment" has been established integradedly in Nanwan Reservoir scenic spot.</p><br>
<h2>Natural and Cultural Resources</h2><br>
<p>Nanwan Reservoir is famous of lush forest resources, the vast expansion of green water, many exotic islands and harbor, numerous exotic animals，beautiful and fascinating flowers and plants, long history, strong folk culture. It is a multi-function eco-tourism zone which gathers natural landscape, culture sight, economic education, forest health hygienical spot.</p><br>
<p>Hundreds of smart and lovely wild monkeys live in the Monkey Island, tourists like them much. Folk songs and dances performances and snakes technical performances on the Summer Island have unique local style. Wild boar, camels, lions, tigers and other animals lived in Baishou Gardon feast the visitors eyes.</p><br>
<p>Fish grown in Nanwan Reservoir are not only delicious but also rich in trace elements. The anti-cancer element "Se" in the fish of Nanwan Reservoir is 3-5 times more than the common fish. Especially the silver carp grown in Nanwan Reservoir which has rich DHA in its head is popular health treasures.</p><br>
<p>Upstream area of Nanwan Reservoir is the authentic origin of Xinyang Maojian, which is a precious kind of green tea. It was imperial tribute since Tang Dynasty</p><br>
<p>The East Windsor Academy, now known as the Scantic Academy-East Windsor Historical Society Museum, is a historic school building at 115 Scantic Road in East Windsor, Connecticut. Built in 1817 as a private academy, it has seen use as a parish hall, apartments, and a public school before its conversion to a museum. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The East Windsor Academy building is located in East Windsor&#39;s Scantic village, on the east side of Scantic Road (Connecticut Route 191). It is a two-story brick building with a gable roof and a brownstone foundation. Its front facade is six bays wide, with entrances in the outer bays, and sash windows elsewhere. The side elevations feature fully pedimented gables with fanlights at the center. Windows are set in rectangular openings, with brownstone sills and splayed soldier brick headers.</p><br>
<p>The school was built in 1817 as a private academy, a role it served until 1871, when the building was sold to the First Congregational Church for use as a parish hall. The prominent educator Ezra Stiles taught here for a time, and one of its better known pupils was Junius Morgan, father to financier J. P. Morgan. In 1896 the building again became a school, which eventually became a public school. This period of use closed in 1938, and it was later converted to apartments before being given to the local historical society. The property now also includes other buildings used as exhibit spaces by the society.</p><br>
<p>The Erwin Home, originally the Erwin Home for Worthy and Indigent Women, is a charitable organization providing housing for women of limited means in New Britain, Connecticut. Managed by the South Church of New Britain, it operates a number of apartment houses between Bassett Street and Cornelius Way. It was founded in 1885 with a bequest from local businessman and philanthropist Cornelius Erwin. Its original main building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places for its distinctive Queen Anne architecture.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The Erwin Home is located south of downtown New Britain, on an entire city block bounded by Edson, Bassett, and Ellis Streets, and Cornelius Way. The complex includes the original main building, which has been repeatedly enlarged and now houses 66 units for single women, and a series of additional buildings which are designed for single women with children.</p><br>
<p>The organization was founded in 1885, funded by a bequest from Cornelius Erwin which provided for the establishment of homes for "worthy women of limited means". Erwin was a prominent local businessman and a member of the South Church, to whose administration he left the bequest. The first portion of the main building, with its distinctive Gothic Queen Anne turret, opened its doors in 1892. It underwent enlargements in a stylistically similar manner in 1894 and 1914, and was enlarged to its present U shape by further additions in the 1970s. In the 21st century it acquired further properties for supporting women with children.</p><br>
<p>When the home opened its doors, rents were fixed at $2/month, and now stand at $250 for eligible women.</p><br>
<p>The West End Library, now the Unionville Museum, is a historic library and museum building at 15 School Street in the Unionville village of Farmington, Connecticut. It is a single-story building, with load-bearing brick walls finished in stucco, and a red tile roof. Its main facade is seven bays wide, with a projecting gable-roofed entry portico in the center bay. The other bays have tall round-arch windows, with small rectangular transom-like windows set above, just below the roofline, with diamond grillwork.</p><br>
<p>The Renaissance style building was designed by New York City architect Edward Tilton, and completed in 1917 with funding from Andrew Carnegie. In the 1960s library services moved from the building and in 1984 the building opened as a museum. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.</p><br>
<p>The Pitalkhora Caves, in the Satamala range of the Western Ghats of Maharashtra, India, are an ancient Buddhist site consisting of 14 rock-cut cave monuments which date back to the third century BCE, making them one of the earliest examples of rock-cut architecture in India. Located about 40 kilometers from Ellora, the site is reached by a steep climb down a flight of concrete stairs, past a waterfall next to the caves.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The caves are cut in a variety of basalt rock, but some of the caves have crumbled and are damaged. Out of the 14, four are chaityas (one housing votive stupas, one apsidal and single-cell) and the rest are viharas. All the caves belong to the Hinayana period, but the reasonably well preserved paintings are of the Mahayana period. The caves are in two groups, one of 10 caves and the second of four. It is believed that Pitalkhora can be identified with Ptolemy’s "Petrigala" as well as the "Pitangalya" of Mahamayuri, a Buddhist chronicle. The inscriptions date from c. 250 BCE to the 3rd and 4th centuries CE.</p><br>
<p>The site shows statues of elephants, two soldiers of which one is intact, a damaged Gaja Lakshmi icon, and an ancient rainwater harvesting system. These caves have been significant in helping establish the chronology of cave building in the Ajanta-Ellora region.</p><br>
<h2>Chronology of the Chaitya hall (Cave 3)</h2><br>
<p>The Chaitya hall, Cave 3 of Pitalkhora, represents an important marker in the chronology of the Chaitya hall design in western India. It is thought that the chronology of these early Chaitya Caves is as follows: first, in the 1st century BCE, Cave 9 at Kondivite Caves and then Cave 12 at the Bhaja Caves, which both predate Cave 10 of Ajanta. Then, after Cave 10 of Ajanta, in chronological order: Cave 3 at Pitalkhora, Cave 1 at Kondana Caves, Cave 9 at Ajanta, which, with its more ornate designs, may have been built about a century later, Cave 18 at Nasik Caves, and Cave 7 at Bedse Caves, to finally culminate with the "final perfection" of the Great Chaitya at Karla Caves.</p><br>
<p>Scandinavian Methodist Church is a historic Methodist church at 203 Fifth Avenue West Kalispell, Montana.</p><br>
<p>It was started in 1896 in a Late Gothic Revival style and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.</p><br>
<p>It was described in its NRHP nomination as "a good example of an early church in Kalispell with relatively simple details; almost all of the original wood frame churches have been demolished and replaced." It is a one-story wood building with one-over-one double-hung windows with pointed transoms. It had a steeple at its northwest corner which was removed sometime after 1955. It has clapboard siding and it has diamond and fishscale wood shingles in its gable ends. A rear wing was added sometime between 1903 and 1910; the north end of that rear wing had a wrap-around porch which was enclosed by 1955.</p><br>
<p>The Fulton–Mock–Blackmer House is a historic home built in 1820 in Salisbury, North Carolina whose most famous resident was actor Sidney Blackmer. It burned in 1984 but completed a restoration in 2015. It is located in the West Square Historic District, a local historic district designated by the city in 1975, and is a contributing structure to the Salisbury Historic District.</p><br>
<p>John Fulton, for whom Fulton Street was named, built the Federalist style house in Salisbury in 1820. An ad in the January 1, 1821 Western Carolinian said, "The subscriber is now finishing a large and commodious house in this place, on the western side of the town, situated between the Male and Female Academies, which he intends as a boarding-house for young ladies." Fulton died in 1827 and his stepson Maxwell Chambers inherited the property. President Andrew Jackson appointed Fulton&#39;s nephew William S. Fulton governor of Arkansas. Girls who attended Salisbury Academy lived in the house, and later the house became a school. Davidson College owned the house at one time. The A.J. Mock family owned the house and added Italianate brackets above the front windows. They also replaced original Federal style windows, of which one remained.</p><br>
<p>Actor Sidney Blackmer bought the house in 1931 and the family lived there. Blackmer planted cedar trees, a holly tree and a cucumber magnolia. The 5000-square-foot house at Fulton and Innes Streets sat vacant after a December 1, 1984 fire, after which Suzanne Blackmer could not afford a restoration. Four ionic columns added between 1906 and 1908 were stored, though contractor Al Wilson left the base of one as a guide in case the columns were put back. Wilson also fixed the roof and foundation in 1989, actions credited with keeping the house from falling down during years of neglect. In 2008, Jonathan Blackmer, son of Sidney and Suzanne, asked that the house either be torn down or restored for "any public use", such as a museum devoted to his father&#39;s career. In June 2012, Historic Salisbury Foundation, which had done some work on the house over the years, agreed to buy it, paying $109,611 to Jonathan Blackmer.</p><br>
<p>Glenn and Beth Dixon previously restored one house on South Ellis Street and wanted to move back to the West Square Historic District. To encourage her husband to restore a home she liked, Beth Dixon asked to look at other houses. One of those was the Fulton–Mock–Blackmer House, which she thought her husband would think was too far gone. Instead, since the foundation had done so much work, Glenn Dixon said, "Oh, no, this is perfect." He actually wanted a house where everything would be new except the basic structure. The restored 20-foot columns were returned July 14 but still needed capitals.</p><br>
<p>Old photos and Jonathan Blackmers memories helped determine what needed to be done. As much as possible, each section of the house would look as it had it some point in its history. Glenn Dixon said, "Historically, its 100 percent original." Interior doors dating to 1820 are still in use.</p><br>
<p>Renovation was completed in early 2015. The Fulton–Mock–Blackmer House won a 2015 historic preservation award from Historic Salisbury Foundation, in the category Private Preservation & Neighborhood Revitalization.</p><br>
<p>Shafter Research Station is an agricultural research station in Shafter in the San Joaquin Valley, within Kern County, California.</p><br>
<p>The station, which was established in 1922, was used by the USA Department of Agriculture to research cotton. Initial research at the station focused on growing long-staple cotton, which was used to make airplane wings at the time.</p><br>
<p>By 1925, the researchers had determined that Acala cotton was the highest-quality variety of long-staple cotton; they then developed the "one variety" method of cotton production, in which every California cotton producer would grow Acala cotton. As a result of this research, the state of California enacted the California One Variety Cotton Act, which mandated that California cotton producers could grow only Acala cotton. The law spurred the growth of Californias fledgling cotton industry, which now forms a major part of the states agricultural economy. The success of the "one variety" policy caused the station to earn an international reputation for its research, and procedures developed at the station have been used in the Australian and Israeli cotton industries.</p><br>
<p>The Shafter Research Station was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 17, 1997.</p><br>
<p>Meadow Grounds Lake was completed in 1965 and is a 204-acre reservoir located within State Game Lands 53 in Fulton County, Pennsylvania. The dam and lake areas are leased to the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission  by the Pennsylvania Game Commission. The dam was designed and built by the PFBC and construction of the dam was complete in June 1964. As the permit holder for the Meadow Grounds Dam the PFBC is responsible for its safe operation and maintenance. Meadow Grounds Dam is categorized by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection  as a High Hazard , size class B structure. The drainage area of the dam’s watershed is 3.2 square miles on Roaring Run. The zoned earth embankment creates a 204-acre reservoir and at normal pool stores 3130  of water. A normal pool elevation of 1495.3’ is maintained throughout the year via the principal and auxiliary spillways. The zoned earth fill dam is 39 feet in height and 530 feet long. The auxiliary spillway at Meadow Grounds Dam is a trapezoidal-shaped concrete chute cut into rock though a natural saddle about 200 feet to the right of the dams right abutment. The spillway is provided with a 67 foot long trapezoidal-shaped weir that discharges into a concrete lined stilling basin and then into a riprap lined earth channel.</p><br>
<p>Meadow Grounds Lake is currently being drained indefinitely until funding to repair the dam are available. Repairs to the dam are estimated to cost $2.25 million to $3 million.</p><br>
<p>Midway High Lakes Area, also known as High Lakes Area is a United States Forest Service designated area located in Washington’s Cascade Mountains. It lies on a high plateau on Mount Adams&#39; northwestern flank. It is between the Goat Rocks on the north and Mount Hood to the south and contains Takhlakh Lake along with several other lakes. The area offers five scenic high elevation lakes all within a seven mile radius. It is administered by the Gifford Pinchot National Forest. While even the most visited areas at Mount Adams pale in comparison to nearby St. Helens or Rainier, it is by its own standards one of the most popular recreational areas around Mount Adams. Some of the lakes offers photogenic views of Mount Adams from across the lake.</p><br>
<h2>Geography</h2><br>
<p>The Midway High Lakes Area lies below the volcanic peak of 12,276 ft Mount Adams, and Adams Glacier cascading from the summit in a series of icefalls. It is the second largest glacier in the State of Washington, after Carbon Glacier on Mount Rainier. The area is characterized by several volcanic features in addition to Mount Adams, such as the Takh Takh Lava Flow, the Muddy Fork Lava Flows, and Potato Hill, a small 200 foot tall cinder cone below the Muddy Fork Lava Flows. There are some meadows and marshes, with Takh Takh Meadows being the most well known. Muddy Meadows is another named meadow in the High Lakes Area, near Riley Horse Camp and Muddy Meadows Trail accessing the Pacific Crest Trail and the Mount Adams Wilderness.</p><br>
<h3>Major lakes</h3><br>
<p>The table below lists the five major lakes within the Midway High Lakes Area.</p><br>
<h2>Recreation</h2><br>
<p>The High Lakes Area includes several lakes offering hiking, backpacking, fishing, non-motorized boating and canoeing, scenic driving, and developed and primitive camping experiences. The area offers several campgrounds including the popular Takhlakh Lake Campground. Other campgrounds are Olallie Lake Campground, Horseshoe Lake Campground, Killen Creek Campground, Council Lake Campground, Chain of Lakes Campground, Cat Creek Campground, Twin Falls Campground, and Adams Fork Campground. The popular and developed Walupt Lake Campground is also nearby, northeast of the Midway High Lakes Area at the southwestern base of the Goat Rocks. The area is the highlight of the 79-mile High Lakes Loop, a scenic driving loop in the White Pass National Scenic Byway beginning at Randle.</p><br>
<p>There are several waterfalls nearby, including Twin Falls, Steamboat Falls, Babyshoe Falls, Big Spring Creek Falls, and Riley Creek Falls.</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>Mount Tagapo, also known as Susong Dalaga mountain, is a conical peak on the lake island of Talim on Laguna de Bay, the largest lake in the Philippines. The mountain ridge is 438 m in elevation and the highest point of Talim Island. The peak falls under the jurisdiction of the towns of Binangonan and Cardona in Rizal province.</p><br>
<h2>Etymology</h2><br>
<p>The name is derived from the Tagalog word taga, meaning "to chop". The islands name, talim (also in Tagalog), means "blade" in English, probably named after its outline on maps, which looks like a short sword. The peak is also locally known as Bundok Susong Dalaga (Maidens breast mountain), due to its conical shape.</p><br>
<h2>Geography</h2><br>
<p>The peak falls under the jurisdiction of the towns of Binangonan and Cardona, which divide the island almost into two halves, the west (Binangonan) and east (Cardona). In the middle of the 15 km long Talim Island island is a volcanic ridge with Mount Tagapo, its highest peak. The island forms the southwestern rim of the Laguna Caldera, a large caldera that occupies the middle section of Laguna de Bay. Mount Sembrano range, across the lake on the Jalajala Peninsula, forms the eastern and the highest peak of the caldera.</p><br>
<p>Mount Tagapo lies at the latitudinal center of Talim Island at the point, about a third of the island from its southern tip, where a shorter ridge intersects the island on its eastern side forming a T-junction. Southeast and west of Mount Tagapo peak are craters formed after the formation of the caldera.</p><br>
<h2>Climbing the mountain</h2><br>
<p>Mount Tagapo is a worthwhile destination among local climbers as it is not tall mountain to climb, and climbers are rewarded by the one-of-a-kind panoramic views because of its location at the center of the large Laguna de Bay. The hike to Mount Tagapo starts with a ferry boat ride from the Port of Binangonan. The boat trip could take a while as boats do not leave unless they are full and stop at every barangay ports of Talim Island till it encircles the island before returning to Binangonan Port.</p><br>
<p>The peak can be reached in 1.5 to 2 hours and can be ascended from either the Binangonan or Cardona side of the mountain, depending on the difficulty desired. The trail on western side of the mountain is an easy to moderate hike starting in Barangay Janosa in Binangonan. Climbers register and pay the fee at the barangay hall where guides are also available for hire. A steeper, more difficult hike to the top is available if coming from the eastern side of the mountain starting at Barangay Lambac in Cardona, where guides can be hired as well at the barangay hall. It is also possible to traverse the mountain from one town to the other, but guides are only available uphill as they have to return to their hometowns afterwards.</p><br>
<p>The climb to the top could be very hot during summer as there are no shades in the upper slope. The initial part starts with a trek through forests of trees and lots of bamboos. Villagers make their livelihood by manufacturing bamboo products. Near the middle of the hike, the trail changes into a field of tall cogon grass, which could grow up to 5 ft. Their leaves can be very sharp and could cut skin or poke someone&#39;s eyes especially on windy days.</p><br>
<p>Upon reaching the barren top, a 360-degree view of the entire Laguna Lake and its coastal towns can be behold, including the skylines of Metro Manila to the northwest. Mountains visible include nearby Mount Sembrano to volcanic mountains like the three peaks of Mount Banahaw volcano complex (from left to right, Mounts Banahaw de Lucban, Banahaw and San Cristobal) in the southward direction with Mounts Atimbia and Kalisungan (aka Mount Nagcarlan) before the complex; to the southwest, Mount Makiling with the farther Mount Macolod and Mount Sungay to its right; to the far north, Mt. Arayat on a very clear day; and eastward are the nameless mountains of the Sierra Madre mountain range.</p><br>
<p>The Omaha Hotel is a former railroad hotel in Neillsville, Wisconsin, that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It was built in 1893 near a railroad depot to serve middle-income and business travelers. It continued to operate as a hotel until the 1940s, during which time it was renamed the Hotel Paulus and later the Hamilton Hotel.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Entrepreneurs Peter and Ed Weber saw an opportunity to cater to railroad travelers in Neilsville in the late 19th century. The Webers purchased a lot to the immediate south of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway, less than a block away from the Neilsville depot. The hotel was built by August Schoengarth; construction began with the foundation in November 1892 and finished in 1893. The Webers chose the name Omaha Hotel, which created the perception that it was affiliated with the railroad. The rear of the hotel was visible from the depot platform and used as a billboard to travelers, advertising its rate. The hotel operated on the European Plan, excluding meals from the room price. The hotel was not intended for luxury, instead catering to middle-income and business travelers.</p><br>
<p>In 1908, James Paulus purchased the hotel and renamed it the Hotel Paulus. "Hotel Paulus" was added to the west face of the hotel, the sign remains today. Beginning in the 1920s, the hotel was operated by Clarence Hamilton and known as the Hamilton Hotel. The hotel was vacant by the early 1940s. Furniture dealer and undertaker Herbert Lowe bought the building in July 1945; he converted the second floor into apartments and used the first floor to store furniture.</p><br>
<p>The 2003–2004 Neillsville Architectural Survey identified the hotel as possibly eligible for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places. The building was listed on the Register on March 20, 2013., the Omaha Hotel is one of two historic hotels that survive in Neillsville. The owners of the building intend to rehabilitate the structure and turn it into residential and retail space.</p><br>
<h2>Design</h2><br>
<p>The building is located at the western edge of the town&#39;s commercial district, at the northeast corner of the intersection of 7th Street and Clay Street. It is a two-story, late Victorian rectangular building measuring 45 by with a 10 by one-story wing along the east wall. The exterior consists of red clay bricks manufactured locally and laid in running bond. The foundation is stone with a full basement. The south and west walls face the street and are topped with a bracketed metal cornice. The north and east faces of the building are utilitarian in appearance. The property includes one "non-contributing" garage built circa 1970. A non-original one-story aluminum addition extends from the north wall of the wing flush to the north face of the building.</p><br>
<p>The Santa Fe Passenger and Freight Depot is a former Santa Fe Railroad station located at 150 Central Valley Highway in Shafter, in the southern San Joaquin Valley within Kern County, California.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The station was built in 1917 to serve Shafter, which was at the time a small farming community.</p><br>
<p>The building&#39;s design followed the "standard combination freight depot" Number 2-A plan developed by Santa Fe Railroad engineers in 1911. The design originally included a porch supported by columns, a ticket office, a waiting room, a freight room, and a baggage room.</p><br>
<p>In 1938, the porch was enclosed and became the new waiting room so the inside of the station could be used for office space, which was needed to handle increased freight service.</p><br>
<p>The Santa Fe Railroad closed the station in 1978.</p><br>
<h2>Museum</h2><br>
<p>The Santa Fe Railroad donated the station to the Shafter Historical Society in 1979 which relocated it in 1980. The station now functions as the historical society&#39;s Shafter Depot Museum.</p><br>
<p>The depot was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 19, 1982.</p><br>
<p>San Mateo Peak is the unofficially named 3,591 ft peak, at the western end of the ridge running west then northwest from Elsinore Peak to Morrell Canyon, south and west of the Morrell Potrero in the Elsinore Mountains of the Santa Ana Mountain Range. The peak name was given by Sierra Club Lower Peaks Committee Guide, originally named by Ken Croker who for 20 years maintained trails in the Santa Ana Mountains with volunteers from the Sierra Club. It remains officially nameless despite being the highest summit in the Elsinore Mountains, higher than Elsinore Peak, at 3536 ft., the highest named peak in those mountains.</p><br>
<p>San Mateo Creek has its source at an elevation of 2800 feet, in the canyon on the western face of this peak. A fork of Morrell Canyon Creek, a tributary of San Juan Creek, has its source on the northeast face of this peak as do several arroyos descending to the west from the peak into that same creek. An unnamed arroyo, also tributary to San Mateo Creek has its source on the southwest face of ridge descending to the south from this peak.</p><br>
<p>Kern Branch, Beale Memorial Library, also known as the Baker Street Library, is a library located at 1400 Baker St. in Bakersfield, California. The library was constructed from 1913 to 1915 and replaced Bakersfields original library building. Architect O. L. Clark designed the building in the Classical Revival style; the library is the only surviving building designed by Clark in Bakersfield. The library is designed as a central block with two wings at the east and west ends. The librarys main entrance is located on the east wing; the entrance is a portico supported by columns and topped with a pediment and a frieze reading "PUBLIC LIBRARY". The ornate interior decorations incorporate classical and Renaissance themes.</p><br>
<p>The library was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 1, 1981.</p><br>
<p>The Errea House is a historic house located at 311 S. Green St. in Tehachapi, California. The house is the only surviving building from the settlement of Tehichipa, the first town in the Tehachapi area. Tehichipa was founded in 1869, and the house was built sometime between 1870 and 1875. In 1876, the Southern Pacific Railroad bypassed Tehichipa, instead establishing a new townsite at Tehachapi Summit, which later became Tehachapi. The railroad led to the decline of Tehichipas shipping industry, and the towns residents gradually moved to Tehachapi. The Errea House was moved to Tehachapi as well around 1900. No buildings from the original settlement survive at the site of Tehichipa, and the Errea House is the only building remaining from the town. The Errea House is now located across from the Tehachapi Museum, where it helps illustrate the city&#39;s early history.</p><br>
<p>The Errea House was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 29, 1997.</p><br>
<p>The Tehachapi Railroad Depot was a railroad station in Tehachapi, California. The depot was built in 1904 along a Southern Pacific Railroad line built in 1876; the railroad founded the town of Tehachapi and drew the residents of nearby Tehichipa to the new settlement. The depot served a significant section of railroad, as it was located near the Tehachapi Loop and was one of the most active rural stations during World War II. The station later served as a warehouse and a railroad office.</p><br>
<p>In 2008, the depot burned down; it was rebuilt in 2009 and now serves as the Tehachapi Depot Railroad Museum with historic railroad artifacts.</p><br>
<p>The original depot was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 20, 1999. Although the original depot no longer exists, it remains on the National Register.</p><br>
<p>The Green Hotel, also known as the Shafter Hotel, is a historic hotel building located at 530 James St. in Shafter, California. The hotel was built in 1913 by the Kern County Land Company as lodging for prospective buyers at the Shafter Townsite. It was both the first building built at the townsite and the first commercial building in Shafter. The wood frame hotels design a gable roof with overhanging eaves, a Palladian vent at the front of the attic, and an open front porch. While the hotel was formally known as the Shafter Hotel, its forest green paint led it to be nicknamed the Green Hotel. Herndon and Marion Hitchcock bought the hotel in 1917 and operated it until Herndons death in 1951. In 1938, the Hitchcocks rotated the hotel 90 degrees to face James Street. After Herndon&#39;s death, Marion leased the hotel as a residence until donating it to the city in 1961.</p><br>
<p>The hotel was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 16, 1989.</p><br>
<p>The Courtlandt Gross House is a historic house located at 18600 Courtlandt Court in Tehachapi, Kern County, California.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Courtlandt Gross, president and board chairman of the Lockheed Corporation, owned the house. It was completed in the Tehachapi Mountains in 1942.</p><br>
<p>The Courtlandt Gross House was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 22, 1987.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<p>The house was designed by noted Los Angeles architect Donald Parkinson of Parkinson & Parkinson. The house is unusual among the Parkinsons&#39; buildings, as they rarely designed residences, and mainly worked in the Los Angeles area. The Courtlandt Gross House is the only Parkinson-designed home outside of the Los Angeles area.</p><br>
<p>The stone house&#39;s design includes a steep gable roof and a prominent chimney at the end of the house. The design was influenced by the Dutch Colonial Revival and Cape Cod styles. Both styles are unusual in California architecture, and the house resembles 17th- and 18th-century houses in the northeastern United States.</p><br>
<p>While stone construction is typically avoided in California due to the risk of earthquake damage, the house survived the 1952 Tehachapi earthquake with only minor damage.</p><br>
<p>The Blaine County Courthouse in Hailey, Idaho is a historic building built in 1883 to serve Alturas County, which later became Blaine County. It is a three story building that held county offices, a jail, and a courtroom, and, at $40,000 building cost, was the most expensive building in the Idaho Territory, hurting Alturas County financially. Located at 1st and Croy Sts., it was designed by Horace Greeley Knapp in Italianate style. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.</p><br>
<p>The brick building stands on a raised cutstone basement. According to its National Register nomination, its "most striking features are its cast iron window sills. Originally cast iron pediments capped these windows as well."</p><br>
<p>Last Chance Canyon is a canyon in the El Paso Mountains near Johannesburg, California. The canyon runs from Saltdale in the south to Black Mountain in the north; part of it lies within Red Rock Canyon State Park. The canyon includes a variety of archaeological sites, including pictographs, villages, rock shelters, mills, and quarries. Historic sites such as gold mining camps are also located in the canyon.</p><br>
<p>The canyon is owned by the USA Bureau of Land Management and is open for recreational use. Hiking, camping, and 4-wheel drive vehicles are permitted in most parts of the canyon.</p><br>
<p>The canyon was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 5, 1972.</p><br>
<p>Bickel Camp cabin.JPGCabin at Bickel Camp</p><br>
<p>Bickel Camp workshop.JPGWorkshop at Bickel Camp</p><br>
<p>Otto Adams placer gold mining claim.JPGOtto Adams&#39; gold mining claim</p><br>
<p>South end of Last Chance Canyon.JPGSouth end of the canyon</p><br>
<p>Looking up the canyon.JPGThe canyon near Cudahy Camp</p><br>
<p>The John Morgan House  is a historic house in Heflin, Alabama. The house was built circa 1880 by John Francis and Louise Perryman Morgan, on land given to John for his service in the Mexican–American War. After Heflin was incorporated in 1892, Morgan was elected its first mayor.</p><br>
<p>The house originally featured two rooms and a central hall. It was expanded around 1900, adding 13 rooms, a second floor, and a wraparound porch. The upper floor features twin gable-fronted dormers and gives the house its Victorian Cottage appearance. The sides of the porch were removed and a 16th room was added on the second story in 1933.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage in 1991 and the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.</p><br>
<p>Alameda Island is an island in the San Francisco Bay in California. It is south and west of, and adjacent to Oakland, and across the bay eastward from San Francisco. Located on the island is most of the city of Alameda, a city in Alameda County. Also located on the island is the Naval Air Station Alameda, a defunct naval air station, as well as a small uninhabited part of San Francisco. The island was originally a peninsula and a part of Oakland, and is now separated from the mainland by the Oakland Estuary. The island is connected to the mainland by four bridges: the Park Street Bridge, Fruitvale Bridge, High Street Bridge, and Bay Farm Island Bridge. The Posey and Webster Street tubes also connect Oakland to Alameda Island.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The island was originally a peninsula connected to Oakland. Much of it was low-lying and marshy, but on higher ground the peninsula and adjacent parts of what is now downtown Oakland were home to one of the largest coastal oak forests in the world. The area was therefore called Encinal, Spanish for "oak grove". Alameda is Spanish for "grove of poplar trees" or "tree-lined avenue", and was chosen in 1853 by popular vote.</p><br>
<p>The inhabitants at the time of the arrival of the Spanish in the late 18th century were a local band of the Ohlone tribe. The peninsula became part of the vast Rancho San Antonio granted to Luis Peralta by the viceroyalty under King Ferdinand VII of Spain. The grant was later confirmed by the new Republic of Mexico upon its independence from Spain.</p><br>
<p>Over time, the place became known as Bolsa de Encinal or Encinal de San Antonio. The island was created by the dredging of a shipping canal on the northside. Landfill was added around the island and stopped once the island had been extended over the San Francisco border.</p><br>
<p>The island contains many Victorian homes built in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Nearly the entire island has been developed. There are several miles of beaches along the south side.</p><br>
<p>The Myron Angel House is a historic house located at 714 Buchon St. in San Luis Obispo, California. Built circa 1880, the house has a vernacular design which does not follow a particular architectural style. The two-story wood frame house has redwood siding, a shingled gable roof, and some Eastlake details in the window surrounds and gable ends. The house was the home of Myron Angel, the main figure in the establishment of California Polytechnic State University. Angel, who lived in the house from 1889 to his 1911 death, proposed and lobbied for the creation of a polytechnic school in California; it was mainly due to his campaign that Cal Poly was founded in San Luis Obispo. In addition to his educational activism, Angel was also an influential journalist and historian.</p><br>
<p>The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 22, 1982.</p><br>
<p>The Presbyterian Parsonage is a historic parsonage in the Central College neighborhood of Westerville, Ohio, United States. Constructed in the 1840s, when Central College was a separate community, it has been named a historic site.</p><br>
<p>The parsonage is an aluminum-sided structure, two stories tall with a multi-level gabled roof. Two chimneys sit near the roofline, while both the front and side are divided into three bays with windows. The main entrance, placed near the center of the facade, is trabeated, and sidelights are placed on both sides of the doorway, along with high-style pilasters, an entablature, and a frieze. These elements combine to make the house an example of the Greek Revival style of architecture. Despite the aluminum siding, the house&#39;s core structure is frame.</p><br>
<p>Timothy Lee platted Central College in 1849, surrounding a Presbyterian college founded seven years earlier, but financial problems saw the college close in 1850; although it was resurrected as a prep school for the College of Wooster, the school again closed and was sold to a group that operated it as a retirement home for the deaf. Lee had owned much land in the vicinity before platting the village; he reduced his holdings in 1841 by donating the land upon which the parsonage sits, across Sunbury Road from the former college building, and one block north of the Central College Presbyterian Church. Although it was used as a parsonage for much of the nineteenth century, it has since been sold to private owners, who in 1927 moved the house 100 ft to the east and turned it to face westward, toward the road.</p><br>
<p>In 1980, the Presbyterian Parsonage was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, qualifying because of its place in local history and because of its historically significant architecture. It was part of a small multiple property submission of Central College buildings, along with the Central College Presbyterian Church, the old college building, and the Ebenezer Washburn House to the north.</p><br>
<p>Salem Presbyterian Church is a Presbyterian church at 147 Washington College Road at the Washington College Academy in Tennessee. It was started in 1894 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Salem Presbyterian Church is a historic church in Washington College, Limestone, Tennessee, affiliated with the Holston Presbytery and Presbyterian Church (USA).</p><br>
<p>The congregation was formed in 1780 under the leadership of Reverend Samuel Doak. It was the first Presbyterian church established in the area that was later to become the state of Tennessee. The congregation served the adjacent Washington College for many years before becoming a separate congregation.</p><br>
<p>Construction of the church&#39;s current building began in 1894. Its sanctuary has several large stained glass windows. It was designed by architect A. Page Brown.</p><br>
<p>The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. It was also included as a contributing property in the Washington College Historic District, which was listed in 2002.</p><br>
<p>Serra de São Mamede  is a mountain range in Portalegre District, Portugal. This range is named after Saint Mammes. Together with the Serra de Arraiolos the Serra de São Mamede is one of the few places in the Alentejo region where there might be snow in the winter.</p><br>
<p>This mountain range separates the drainage basin of the Tagus to the north from the basin of the Guadiana to the south. The main rivers that have their sources in this range are the Sever and Nisa flowing towards the Tagus, as well as the Caia River and its tributary, the Arronches, flowing towards the Guadiana.</p><br>
<p>The town of Marvão is an ancient fortified town located on a ridge of the range. Its emblematic castle is an archetype of medieval castle-building. It dates back to the times of the Reconquista, the reconquest of the Iberian Peninsula from the invading Moors. Besides Marvão, Portalegre, Castelo de Vide, Arronches and Alegrete are other important towns in the area of the range.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The Serra de São Mamede stretches for about 25 km in a NE/SW direction between Castelo de Vide and La Rabaza, Cáceres Province, Extremadura, at the border with Spain. It rises in the area of the Alto Alentejo to the west of the parallel Sierra de San Pedro across the border and is relatively lower than the latter.</p><br>
<p>Its highest point is 1,025 m high Pico de São Mamede, the highest summit in Continental Portugal south of the Tagus. Other important peaks are Fria, Pico de Marvão and the Penha da Castelo de Vide. Physiographically this range is part of the western end of the greater Montes de Toledo, one of the main mountain systems of the Iberian Peninsula.</p><br>
<p>The climate of the range is between the Atlantic and the Mediterranean climate. Shrubland and trees such as cork oak and Pyrenean oak are prevalent in the areas covered with natural vegetation. Some of the higher altitudes have rocky outcrops where shrub grows between the crags. Holm oak is found on xeric sites and Sweet chestnut grows at higher elevations.</p><br>
<p>On the lower slopes there are large areas of olive and Maritime pine. There are also scattered patches planted with non-native species such as eucalyptus.</p><br>
<p>The Serra de Sao Mamede Natural Park is a protected area located within the limits of the range. The park features one of the largest bat colonies in Europe. The Griffon vulture and the Bonelli&#39;s eagle are also found in the range.</p><br>
<h3>Geology</h3><br>
<p>Quartzite and Dolomite are predominant, especially in the higher levels of the range. Granite is present in the southwestern area of the mountains between Portalegre and Fortios.</p><br>
<p>Elsinore Mountains, a ridge of mountains within the larger range of the Santa Ana Mountains, in the Cleveland National Forest, Riverside County, California, United States. the tallest peaks within the range is the unofficially named San Mateo Peak at 3,591 ft. Second is officially named Elsinore Peak at 3536 feet. The Elsinore Mountanins run in a ridge from just east of El Cariso, southeast to Elsinore Peak. Beyond that peak the ridge begins to descend and curves to the east. From Elsinore Peak, a ridge runs to the west and then northwest to San Mateo Peak, enclosing the Morrell Potrero on the south and west.</p><br>
<p>Decker Canyon Creek and Morrell Canyon Creek, tributaries of San Juan Creek, and San Mateo Creek have their sources on the western face of the Elsinore Mountains. Los Alamos Canyon Creek, and its tributary Wildhorse Canyon Creek, tributaries of San Mateo Creek, drain its south facing slopes. The ephemeral streams on the eastern slopes drain into Lake Elsinore (tributary to the Santa Ana River), except on the far southeastern ridge, where they are tributary to Murrieta Creek, a tributary of the Santa Margarita River.</p><br>
<p>Mir Samir, also called Mir Simir or Simirdar, is a mountain in the Hindu Kush in Afghanistan. It was first climbed in 1959 despite a local tradition that it was unclimbable. The English traveller Eric Newby and the diplomat Hugh Carless attempted to climb Mir Samir in 1956, as described in the humorous book A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush.</p><br>
<h2>Geography</h2><br>
<p>Mir Samir lies on the east side of the upper Panjshir Valley, Afghanistan and the border of Nuristan. It is about 90 miles (150 km) due north of the city of Jalalabad as the crow flies, and more practically about 100 miles (160 km) northeastwards up the Panjshir Valley from the town of Charikar.</p><br>
<p>Until 1966, Mir Samir was thought to be 19,878 ft (6,059m) high,</p><br>
<p>Afghanistan was surveyed by the British during the Second Afghan War of 1878–1880. However the surveyors had to work under fire, and were unable to cross the Hindu Kush. The surveyor Mr. Scott was able to climb the 15,620 ft mountain Sikaram in the Safid Koh, from where he noted to the north "a pyramid standing far above the heads of all the surrounding peaks of the Hindu Kush". The mountaineer Boleslaw Chwascinski writes that this was "most probably" Mir Samir.</p><br>
<h2>Mountaineering</h2><br>
<p>Eric Newby and Hugh Carless "almost climbed" Mir Samir in 1956, as described in Newby&#39;s humorous book A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush, though in mountaineering terms their reconnaissance of the Central Hindu Kush was a "negligible effort". Newby describes his first sight of the mountain: "What I could see was awe-inspiring enough. Mir Samir, seen from the west, was a triangle with a sheer face."</p><br>
<p>Harald Biller, the leader of the 1959 Nürnberg Hindu Kush Reconnaissance expedition, climbed Mir Samir together with his wife and two companions on 24 July 1959, encountering Grade V rock pitches. The mountain was believed at that time to be 6,059 metres high. Biller&#39;s success was not only the first ascent of Mir Samir but "the first ascent of a great peak in Afghanistan." Several unsuccessful attempts were made at a second ascent; the 1965 Hitotsubashi University H.K. Expedition, led by Jiro Amori, succeeded on 26 August 1965 using a new route.</p><br>
<p>In January 2012, an expedition under the auspices of the British Mountaineering Council attempted the first winter ascent of Mir Samir, but it was cut short by an equipment theft and deep snow.</p><br>
<h2>In Afghan culture</h2><br>
<p>In his 1999 book An Unexpected Light: Travels in Afghanistan, Jason Elliot records that Afghan villagers believed that "Mir Samir could not be climbed by man", which was the reason that foreigners who had tried had not succeeded.</p><br>
<p>Bald Mountain Hot Springs in Ketchum, Idaho was a historic resort. Located at Main and 1st St. in Ketchum, the complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. In 2003, plans had been approved for a new 80-room hotel complex on the site.</p><br>
<p>The original complex was built as the Bald Mountain Hot Springs Motel in 1929 by Carl E. Brandt, manager of the J.C. Penney store in Hailey, Idaho, who had bought a different, decrepit hot spring resort enterprise northwest of Ketchum in 1827. Rather than fixing that up, he moved the hot water to the new resort location on Main Street in Ketchum.</p><br>
<p>While the original resort was planned to have 30 tourist cabins, the NRHP listing included just five contributing buildings and one contributing structure on 2 acre. In 2003, three of the historic structures had been moved to a hunting club location near Hagerman, Idaho.</p><br>
<p>Mills Mill was a textile mill in Greenville, South Carolina  that in the 21st century was converted into loft-style condominia. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Mills Manufacturing Company was organized during the mid-1890s by entrepreneur Otis Prentiss Mills (1840-1915), a native of Henderson County, North Carolina, and a former Confederate officer. The corporation received its charter and began construction of the brick mill in 1896—just outside city limits to avoid paying city taxes, and near Brushy Creek to have water for steam generation and a holding pond. Mills convinced the Southern Railway to put in a siding, and in 1897, he opened the mill with 5,000 spindles and about two hundred employees, mostly former tenant farmers from the mountains of North and South Carolina. By 1903, there were 120 houses and a thousand residents in the mill village; in 1907 there were 450 employees and 27,000 spindles in a mill that produced cotton bed sheets, twills, and satin. Workers pastured their cows on the flood plain and put outhouses, pig sties, and chicken coops behind their residences. The mill also built a company store, a church used alternately by Baptist and Methodist congregations, and a YMCA that employed two paid social workers.</p><br>
<p>After O.P. Mills died in 1915, he was succeeded by his son-in-law, Walter B. Moore, who had both textile mill experience and a paternalistic style of management typical of the era. Moore hired an English "gardener," a landscape architect, to beautify the grounds and provided running water and a sewer system for all the mill village houses.</p><br>
<p>After Moore&#39;s death in 1918, the mill was sold to Alan Graham, who in 1920 sold it to the Reeves Brothers Company of Spartanburg. In the 1920s the mill built more houses in the village and sponsored the Mills Mill Millers textile league baseball team. In the late 1930s the village had about 1,200 residents.</p><br>
<p>The Great Depression came early to the textile industry, and management instituted what employees called the "stretch-out," an attempt to increase productivity from the mill hands. In May 1929 five hundred workers walked out, demanding an end to the stretch-out, a 20% raise, and no discrimination against union members. Mill president Arthur Ligon pleaded with workers to return to their jobs, but they refused until July, after the local manufacturers&#39; association pledged to eliminate night work for women and minors under eighteen. Otherwise, the workers gained nothing. Mills Mill employees did not participate in the national textile workers strike of 1934.</p><br>
<p>During World War II the mill operated on three shifts, seven days a week to produce herringbone fabric for Marine uniforms. Mills Mill continued to prosper in the immediate postwar era, though Reeves Brothers sold the village houses and discontinued support for the sports teams and for community maintenance and security. During the 1970s, domestic textile production came under increased foreign competition. In 1977, Reeves Brothers dismissed two hundred workers, and the following year, the plant was closed.</p><br>
<h2>Post-closure</h2><br>
<p>Like many textile mills built at the turn of the 20th century in the Piedmont, Mills Mill was not easily modernized for textile production, but the building had a "singularly elegant design" and was located near I-185 and the expanding campus of the Greenville Hospital System. In 1982, the mill was listed on the National Register. In 1985 the Greenville County Redevelopment Authority made extensive changes to the village&#39;s water supply and drainage system and provided financing to renovate ninety houses near what had become a major Greenville thoroughfare. The YMCA was converted to apartments, and retail outlets and restaurants operated from the former mill from 1979 to 1996.</p><br>
<p>In 2004, Centennial American Properties converted the mill to condominia that boasted "16-foot ceilings, 9-foot window bands, giant heart of pine beams, and exposed red brick walls." Developers also provided a club room, a gym, a pool, and "professionally landscaped common areas."</p><br>
<h2>Photographs</h2><br>
<p>Photographs of the mill, village, and community can be viewed in the Greenville County Library System digital collections.</p><br>
