<p>The Biddeford–Saco Mills Historic District encompasses the historic mill complex that flanks both sides of the Saco River in Biddeford and Saco, Maine. It covers 38 acre of property adjacent to both cities&#39; downtown areas which has seen industrial uses since the 18th century, and presently contains a collection of well-preserved 19th and early-20th century industrial buildings. The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2008. Many of the buildings in the district have been rehabilitated and repurposed for other uses, including residential, commercial, and industrial.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The industrial history of the Saco–Biddeford area begins in the 1760s, when Thomas Cutts, a merchant and ship owner purchased the island in the Saco River between the two city centers. Now within Saco city limits, it became known as Cutts Island, and is now called Saco Island. Cutts established a lumber mill and other businesses on the island, which included an iron works founded by Cutts and Josiah Calef in 1811. In 1826 the first textile mill was built on the island. The oldest building in the mill complex was built in 1832-33 by the York Manufacturing Company. From this beginning the industrial growth of the area proceeded, occupying the entire island and a large adjacent area on the Biddeford shore. The most recent historically significant building was built about 1940.</p><br>
<p>The district has more than forty historically significant structures spread across 38 acre. Six buildings are located on Saco Island, south of Gooch Street and west of Main Street. In Biddeford, the district is bounded on the south by Main, York, and Lancaster Streets, on the west by Lincoln Street, and on the north by Pearl Street. Two of buildings on Saco Island are noted for their length: the York Mills #1 and #4, which are oriented roughly east-west across the center of the island parallel to each other, are more than 500 ft long.</p><br>
<p>The East Main Street Residential Historic District in Miles City, Montana, including 1600-2315 E. Main St., is a historic district that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<p>Its significance dates to 1908. The district includes Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements architecture, Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals architecture, and Late Victorian architecture in 42 contributing buildings over 18 acre.</p><br>
<p>Contributing properties in the district include:</p><br>
<p>2008 Main Street - Two-story house with Queen Anne and Colonial Revival design elements, home of Milwaukee Railroad conductor Newman Fuller and family during 1913-1920</p><br>
<p>Anderson Bungalow (2119 Main Street) - 1916-built by carpenter Ernest Anderson</p><br>
<p>Coleman Residence (2116 Main) - Foursquare home of Irish immigrant James Coleman, saloon manager and owner, and co-founder of Miles City Chamber of Commerce</p><br>
<p>Foster House (1912 Main) - American foursquare, built during 1910-14, designed by architect Brynjulf Rivenes; house was included in 1911 promotional book, Seeing Miles City.</p><br>
<p>Dr. Gray Residence (2019 Main)</p><br>
<p>Harry J. Horton Residence (1918 Main)</p><br>
<p>Kelly Residence (7 N. Cottage Grove)</p><br>
<p>Ed and Doris Love House (2315 Main St.)</p><br>
<p>Lukes / Love House (2302 Main St.) - built 1911</p><br>
<p>Pope House (1906 Main St.)</p><br>
<p>Rinehart House (1917 Main St.) - built in 1913 for dentist Dr. Curtis N. Rinehart</p><br>
<p>Dr. A.J. Schrumpf Residence (2003 Main St.)</p><br>
<p>Stacy Residence (2206 Main St.)</p><br>
<p>The district was listed on the National Register in 1990.</p><br>
<p>The Jackson House is a historic Queen Anne-style house in the vein of Victorian Architecture. It is located at 1700 Ninth Street in Alamogordo, Otero County, New Mexico. It was built in 1903 by A.P. Jackson.</p><br>
<p>A.P. Jackson was on the commission to select the site for the Institute of the Blind in Alamogordo. Being the President of the Jackson-Galbraith-Foxworth Company, dealers in lumber in Alamogordo. He had been one of the most active business men of the town since its establishment in 1898, and his efforts had been of a practical beneficial nature, far-reaching in their extent, scope and results. He was a native of Texas, having been born in Denton county in 1866. He was reared to farm life and educated in the public schools. In 1892, he became connected with the lumber trade, and from that time until 1898 operated lumber yards in Texas. Upon the founding of the new town of Alamogordo he embarked in business there in June, 1898. He had a stock of lumber shipped to this point and unloaded from the first train entering the town. He was there two months before the railroad was built.</p><br>
<p>In 1900, he also served as a Director to the First National Bank of Alamogordo.</p><br>
<p>Most of the frame houses of the town had been erected from lumber furnished by this company. The business is conducted under the name of the Jackson-Galbraith-Foxworth Company, and was incorporated under the laws of New Mexico in January, 1904, with a capital stock of two hundred thousand dollars.</p><br>
<p>The house was used as a tuberculosis hospice briefly during the 1920s.</p><br>
<p>In 2004, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<p>Menoikio  is a mountain range in the eastern Serres and western Drama regional units in Greece. The highest peak of the mountain is Mavromata at 1,963 m. To the west, it is connected with the Vrontous mountain range and to the north via the Mavro Vouno mountain to Orvilos. Menoikio is mostly composed of marble and is almost entirely deforested.</p><br>
<p>The nearest significant settlements are Serres, Nea Zichni, Emmanouil Pappas and Agio Pnevma to the south and Alistrati and Mikropoli to the west and north. Otherwise the mountain is among the least populated in the Balkans.</p><br>
<p>On the mountain is testified the existence, in the Roman (imperial) times, of marble quarries and iron mines.</p><br>
<p>A notable landmark of the mountain is the Byzantine monastery of John the Baptist (founded in 1270), 8 km to the north of the city of Serres. Gennadius, the first Ecumenical Patriarch after the Fall of Constantinople, after his resignation in 1465 lived as monk in the monastery, ended his days and was buried there in 1473. His relics were exhumed in 1854 and the following epigram was erected in the place where his grave stood:</p><br>
<p>Ἣδε μεν ἡ Προδρόμοιο Μονή τήν κόσμος αείδει</p><br>
<p>ἡ πολιή μήτηρ Μακεδόνων ζαθέων</p><br>
<p>ἥδε δε Γενναδίου πατριάρχεω, τοῦ κλέος</p><br>
<p>εὐρύ,</p><br>
<p>νεκροδόχος λάρναξ ἀθανάτου φθιμένου.</p><br>
<p>This is the monastery of Prodromus, which is praised with hymns by the people</p><br>
<p>the hoary mother of sacred Macedonians</p><br>
<p>and this is the coffin of Patriarch Gennadius, whose glory was great,</p><br>
<p>the immortal deceased.</p><br>
<p>Euston House was built on Seymour Street, now Eversholt Street, in London in 1934 as the headquarters of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway. It was later the headquarters of the British Railways Board.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>It was built between 1933 and 1934 as the headquarters of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, to designs by the architects Albert Victor Heal and William Henry Hamlyn. The LMS had recognised the need for several departments to work closely together and the new building was designed to accommodate 1,300 people on 9 floors. Half of the cost of construction was met by the Ministry of Transport in recognition of the company fulfilling its obligations under the scheme for the remission of passenger duty. Construction of the building required the demolition of the disused City and South London Railway entrance building to Euston Underground station.</p><br>
<p>The offices were opened by Hon. Oliver Stanley, Minister for Transport, on 12 February 1934.</p><br>
<p>The building later became the headquarters of the British Railways Board.</p><br>
<p>The Yankeetown Site  is a substantial archaeological site along the Ohio River in the southwestern part of the USA state of Indiana. Inhabited during the prehistoric Woodland period, the site has yielded important information about Woodland-era peoples in the region, but it has been damaged by substantial erosion. Despite the damage, it has been a historic site for more than thirty years.</p><br>
<h2>Geology</h2><br>
<p>Yankeetown lies primarily in Section 21 of Anderson Township in Warrick County. Because of the presence of the Ohio River, this section is a tiny riverside triangle, unlike the mile-square sections to the east and north. The present-day unincorporated community of Yankeetown lies approximately 1.5 mi north of the site; a road runs from the town to the riverside, and the road/river junction marks one end of the site&#39;s core section. This section extends along the riverbank for about 0.75 mi downstream from the road, The riverbank core of the site has experienced extensive damage from erosion by the river: in 1950, landowners along the river stated that approximately 20 ft of the bank were cut away annually.</p><br>
<h2>Excavations</h2><br>
<p>Glenn Albert Black visited Yankeetown in April 1950 with three companions; the four surveyed the site carefully and began cataloging artifacts found there. Heavy erosion permitted them to identify features such as pits and hearths, and artifacts such as clay pellets and bits of charcoal and burned clay were numerous. Four months later, a second survey investigated the site. Among its premier findings was the identification of a layer of daub about 8 in below the surface at the site&#39;s low end; although it was only 10 ft long, the layer was significant for its composition of burned debris, grass, and weeds, as well as for its place as the location of a depression that could have been the site of a house.</p><br>
<h3>Specific artifacts</h3><br>
<p>Many artifacts found at Yankeetown are curated in the museum at Angel Mounds State Memorial in nearby Evansville, although the second 1950 survey kept its findings separate from those at Angel, and the landowner maintained a substantial collection. More than six thousand sherds from Yankeetown are curated at Angel; the majority of those known in 1950 were tempered with clay and/or grit, although six hundred bore evidence of shell tempering, and only about five hundred lacked evidence of a tempering agent. Meanwhile, large numbers of the sherds are plain; hundreds have been found marked with cords or incisions, but approximately 64% of the pottery known in 1950 was completely undecorated. Rarer items found at Yankeetown include flint knives, hammerstones, trowels, lithic flakes, bones, objects of cannel coal, and two damaged pottery effigies of women with everything below the shoulders broken off.</p><br>
<h2>Conclusions</h2><br>
<p>The second 1950 survey named Yankeetown the type site for a variety of pottery that had been subjected both to appliqué and to incision; when found elsewhere, it was called "Yankeetown fillet" or "Yankeetown incised".</p><br>
<p>Yankeetown-like objects have been found far away from Yankeetown; they are known farther north than Vincennes, Indiana on the Wabash, at the Great Salt Spring in Gallatin County, Illinois, and in the Illinois side of the St. Louis metropolitan area. It appears to be related to another Late Woodland manifestation known as the Duffy Complex, which is known from a small group of sites near the mouth of the Wabash; both Yankeetown and Duffy have been found at the Great Salt Spring, but the precise relationship between the two is unclear.</p><br>
<h2>Preservation</h2><br>
<p>Preservation of the Yankeetown Site has been difficult, due to erosion by the river, although the curation of artifacts at the Angel museum has assisted in saving information about the site. In order to facilitate further preservation work, the site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. It is one of eight National Register-listed locations in Warrick County; other county sites with this designation include a portion of the Angel Mounds State Memorial and a nearby Caborn-Welborn Mississippian site, the Ellerbusch Site.</p><br>
<p>The Porter-Vallejo Mansion, located at 29 Bishop St. in Pajaro, California, is a historic Queen Anne style house that was designed by noted architect William Henry Weeks. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<p>It is significant both for its architecture and for its association with John T. Porter, a business leader and "a central figure locally in the complex issues surrounding California&#39;s anti-Chinese movement in 1888."</p><br>
<p>The house was built first as a salt-box in the 1850s by Antone Vallejo. It was moved to its present site and renovated in the 1870s by John T. Porter, bringing it into Gothic Revival style that was then in fashion. Then, during 1895-99, William Henry Weeks designed and supervised modification into Queen Anne style, but saving many elements of the 1874 Gothic Revival building.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. The listing included four contributing buildings.</p><br>
<p>Al-Hatab Square  is one of the oldest squares in the Syrian city of Aleppo. It is located in the old Jdeydeh Quarter, outside the historic walls of the Ancient City of Aleppo. The square suffered catastrophic damage occurring during the Syrian civil war.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>In 1400, the Mongol-Turkic leader Tamerlane captured the city of Aleppo from the Mamluks and massacred many of its inhabitants. After the withdrawal of the Mongols, the Muslim population returned to Aleppo. In contrast the Christian residents, unable to resettle back in their own city quarters, established a new neighbourhood just to the north of the city walls in the early 1420s. This area became known as Aleppo&#39;s al-Jdeydeh (Jdeideh) Quarter (for "new district" in Arabic).</p><br>
<p>Al-Hatab Square became the centre of this newly established quarter and was surrounded with many churches, hammams, khans, caravanserais and caeserias. Many Christians chose this area as a number of fifteenth century churches had been located there. A number of structures here were built on earlier Byzantine foundations. A mosque, waqf, khan and coffee house were established around the square by the seventeenth century to help service the local inhabitants and visitors. Many Armenians also settled in the area as early as the 1600s to develop the growing silk trade with Persia.</p><br>
<p>The square and khans quickly became one of the busiest commercial hubs of the city. Many European traders would also come to do business here as many of their local agents and translators lived in this area.</p><br>
<p>The 1850 massacre of Christians and others in Aleppo also originated in the area around Al-Hatab Square.</p><br>
<h2>Renovation and Revitalisation</h2><br>
<p>By 2011 Sahat al Hatab square, and the Jdeideh neighbourhood around it, had underdone a revitalisation process. It became home to many boutique hotels housed in historic buildings such as the Zamaria House, museums such as the Beit Ghazaleh and Beit Achiqbash, and number of noted restaurants that celebrated the local cuisine.</p><br>
<p>The square, which had once been previously been built over with trader´s sheds, was rehabilitated as a shared and open public space. Its expanse, and the streets around it, went on to foster a vibrant mix of Syrian families and foreign tourists.</p><br>
<p>This civic project, as part of a plan to protect the Old City of Aleppo, began in 1995 came with some controversy regarding land speculation, land use and its impact on existing residents. The project was also a recipient of international award for urban planning and renewal.</p><br>
<p>The square became a popular destination, especially for visitors passing through the narrow alleyways of Aleppo&#39;s Old City—it was home to many shops of antiques and handmade jewellery.</p><br>
<p>The famous ful parlor Abu Abdo was also located near the square.</p><br>
<h2>Recent Developments</h2><br>
<p>Sahat Al Hatab suffered catastrophic damage during the Syrian civil war that began in Aleppo in 2012. A series of huge underground explosions conducted by the armed opposition under the square in April 2015 devastated it along with the surrounding historic buildings.</p><br>
<p>Al Hatab Square, and its al-Jdayde (Jdeideh) Quarter, found itself on the front line from the beginning in what became a war of attrition between combatant forces.</p><br>
<p>The area, like much of the old city, remained a closed militarized zone for most of this period and was heavily damaged from fighting. Official damage assessments conducted after the evacuation of rebel forces determined Sahat al Hatab to have been "highly affected" by civil war fighting.</p><br>
<p>The Jdayde Hotel along with other buildings surrounding the square have mostly been destroyed.</p><br>
<h2>Sources and Further Reading</h2><br>
<p>Bruce Masters (1991) in Edhem Eldem, Daniel Goffman, and Bruce Masters (1999), "The Ottoman City between East and West: Aleppo, Izmir, and Istanbul." Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 17–78.</p><br>
<p>Jean-Claude David (1990) (1750-1850) Revue du monde musulman et de la Méditerranée Année 1990 Volume 55 Numéro 1 pp. 150–170</p><br>
<p>Masters, Bruce (February 1990). "". International Journal of Middle East Studies. Cambridge University Press. 22: 3–20.</p><br>
<p>Burns, Ross,. London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.p. 197, 231-2.</p><br>
<p>Mansel, Philip,. London: I.B. Tauris, 2016.</p><br>
<p>MİROĞLU, EBRU ARAS (2005). MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY. Thesis: pp. 60–5.</p><br>
<p>Francesco Lanyafame and Eduardo Rojas(Eds)(2011). Washington DC: Inter-American Development Bank. Publication Code IDB-MG-121, 377pp.</p><br>
<p>Bernadette, Bairs-Zars (2010). Thesis Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning.</p><br>
<p>Auquihuato  is a volcano in the Andes of Peru, 4,980 m high. It is situated in the Ayacucho Region, Paucar del Sara Sara Province, on the border of the districts Colta and Oyolo. Auquihuato lies northeast of Sara Sara volcano.</p><br>
<h2>Geology</h2><br>
<h3>Context</h3><br>
<p>Auquihuato is surrounded by a Pliocene volcanic plateau, the cone formed on the plateau&#39;s southern margin. Sara Sara lies 30 km southwest and Firura lies 10 km farther east. Auquihuato lies east of the main volcanic arc and is aligned with several other volcanic centres in a northwest-southeast line.</p><br>
<h3>Volcano</h3><br>
<p>Auquihuato is 400 m high and a lava flow extends southward from the cone, reaching a length of 12 km. The lava flow has a pahoehoe texture. It has well developed levees.</p><br>
<h2>Activity</h2><br>
<p>The noticeable lava flow is of Holocene age.</p><br>
<p>Ground deformation has been observed by InSAR observation, centered 7 km southeast of Auquihuato and with a circular shape. The ground deformation may be caused by changes in the pressure within the volcano&#39;s magma system, at depths probably exceeding 1 km.</p><br>
<p>The B. V. Sargent House, also known as Sargent House and located at 154 Central Ave. in Salinas, California, is a historic house that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places that is believed to have represented a great change in local building styles and to have opened popularity in the area for colonial decorative architecture.</p><br>
<p>It was built in 1897 and is a work of architect William H. Weeks. Its NRHP nomination asserts it is an "excellent example of changing tastes in architecture at the turn of the twentieth century</p><br>
<p>in rural California", and that the house "is also perhaps, the most fully realized expression of architect William H. Weeks(1864-1936) early modified colonial&#39; style". It cost $7,500 to be built by contractor L.U. Grant.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.</p><br>
<p>In 2014 it was purchased by the Episcopal Diocese of El Camino Real and renovated as the diocesan headquarters, which was moved there from Seaside, California in January 2015.</p><br>
<p>The Rockhouse Cliffs Rockshelters  are a pair of rockshelters in the far southern region of the USA state of Indiana. Located amid broken terrain in the Hoosier National Forest, the shelters may have been inhabited for more than ten thousand years by peoples ranging from the Early Archaic period until the twentieth century. As a result of their extensive occupation and their remote location, they are important and well-preserved archaeological sites and have been named a historic site.</p><br>
<h2>Geology</h2><br>
<p>The shelters are located in western Union Township just south of the Leopold Township line in central Perry County; their PLSS location is Section 24, Township 5 South, Range 2 West. This portion of the county is extremely difficult of access: Perry County is the hilliest part of Indiana, and the land surrounding the shelters is isolated even by Perry County standards. The area was once heavily cultivated, but during the 1930s, the Civilian Conservation Corps engaged in a reforestation program on the former farmsteads. Rockshelters are common in the region; a cursory field survey found 70 shelters countywide in 1953.</p><br>
<p>Between the two shelters, 50 ft away from the southern shelter, lies a small spring. A road formerly ran atop the cliff edge, but when the area became a forest preserve, the road was abandoned, and it was inaccessible to all wheeled vehicles by the 1950s.</p><br>
<h2>Archaeological investigations</h2><br>
<p>Some of the earliest digging at the site appears to have occurred during the 1930s: the foreman of a reforestation team active in the area was an avid pothunter, and every new rockshelter that he encountered was subject to "exploration" by his crewmen. The Rockhouse Cliffs Rockshelters were recorded by the first scholarly archaeological survey of Perry County. Conducted by a team led by University of Georgia archaeologist James H. Kellar in mid-1953, the survey operated under the sponsorship of the Indiana Historical Bureau and the guidance of Indiana University archaeologist Glenn Black.</p><br>
<h2>Conclusions</h2><br>
<p>Rockhouse Cliffs was occasionally inhabited during the Early Archaic period, although neither Rockhouse Cliffs nor other shelters in the Hoosier National Forest has produced signs of house construction. Among the distinctive forms of Archaic points found at the site is the Elk River Stemmed type; Rockhouse Cliffs is one of the most important sites known to have yielded this point, which has been found as far away as Russell Cave in northern Alabama as well as in prominent closer sites such as western Kentucky&#39;s Indian Knoll.</p><br>
<h2>Preservation</h2><br>
<p>The shelters were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in April 1986 because of their archaeological importance; they are two of just three National Register-listed rockshelter sites in Indiana, along with the Potts Creek Rockshelter to the north in Crawford County.</p><br>
<p>The Miles City Main Post Office located at 106 N. Seventh St. in Miles City, Montana, is a historic post office building. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as USA Post Office-Miles City Main.</p><br>
<p>It was built in 1916 by Hiram Lloyd Co. Its design is credited to USA Supervising Architect Oscar Wenderoth. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.</p><br>
<p>It is one of 18 Federally funded post offices built in Montana during 1900-1941, all of which survived until 1985 when they were reviewed for historic registry eligibility. In the 1985 study, it was noted that a post office may have significance at a state level because it is a first or excellent example of a standardized design. The Miles City post office, completed in 1916, is from a standardized design, and is actually nearly identical to the post office in Kalispell, Montana (completed in 1918); three others in the state are also excellent examples of standard designs.</p><br>
<p>The Miles City post office also is notable for its association with the economic growth of Miles City, while others are not significant for representing such associations. Miles City had been reached by the Northern Pacific railroad in 1881, but it grew rapidly later; in 1909 its land office was processing 1200 land claims per month.</p><br>
<p>The Miles City post office was funded by the federal Public Buildings Omnibus Act of June 25, 1910, which allowed for site acquisition and building cost under a limit of $75,000.</p><br>
<p>The Kirkpatrick House, also known as the Bradley House, is a historic house located on USA Route 331 west of Highland Home, Alabama. The house is one of only two buildings remaining from the Highland Home College, one of over 100 institutes of higher learning founded in Alabama in the 1880s. Colonel M. L. Kirkpatrick, a founder of the school, built the house sometime before 1870. When the Highland Home Institute was founded in the early 1880s, the house became a dormitory for the new school. The school changed its name to the Highland Home Male and Female College in 1889 and operated until 1916; during this time, it was the only institute of higher learning in Crenshaw County. The Kirkpatrick House is the only surviving building from the school&#39;s first years as well as the oldest building in Highland Home.</p><br>
<p>The Kirkpatrick House was added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 25, 1975.</p><br>
<p>Innlandet is an island in Kristiansund Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The island is the smallest of the four main islands of the town of Kristiansund . The island is connected to the island of Kirkelandet  by the Sørsund Bridge. The 73 hectare island sits east of the Bremsnesfjorden and west of the island of Nordlandet. Most of the island is urban, except for the 64 m tall hill on the eastern end of the island which is forested.</p><br>
<p>The island was barely affected by the bombings during World War II, so the island is full of the characteristic old wooden buildings that were prevalent in the 1800s and early 1900s.</p><br>
<h2>Other uses</h2><br>
<p>Innlandet is also one of several names proposed for a future administrative region consisting of Hedmark and Oppland. The two counties are slated to be re-merged after having been split in 1781 (then called Hedemarkens amt and Kristians amt, respectively). Historically, the region was commonly known as "Opplandene".</p><br>
<p>Calhan Paint Mines is an archeological district located on the eastern plains of Colorado in El Paso County, one mile south of Calhan. The Paint Mines Interpretive Park is "a unique blending of geological, archaeological, historical and ecological resources".</p><br>
<h2>Park</h2><br>
<p>The park has a diverse ecological system, with a combination of prairie, badlands and wetlands that attracts coyote, mule deer, song birds, horned toads, falcons, and hawks.</p><br>
<p>The park has 4 mi of trails that rise over 500 ft in elevation. It covers 750 acres, containing grassland and geological formations of hoodoos, colored clay and sandstone-capped spires. The site is protected by law because of the fragile environment, as well as the geological and archaeological significance of the artifacts, rocks, animals and plants.</p><br>
<p>Each year the park is visited by birdwatchers and hikers. It is also an outdoor geological lab.</p><br>
<h2>Archaeological District</h2><br>
<p>Archaeological evidence, such as arrow heads and stone dart tips, has found that there was prehistoric and historic occupation by Native American peoples. The earliest occupation was about 9,000 years ago. The clay was used in prehistoric and historic times to create and paint pottery and as paint for ceremonial purposes. The selenite clay was used for arrowheads. The "channels" were used to herd buffalo into a gulch where they could be easily hunted with bows and arrows. In the 1800s Euro-American people settled in the park property.</p><br>
<p>The Calhan Paint Mines Archaeological District was designated by the National Park Service. The land is protected by the El Paso County Parks Department, with funding by the State Historical Fund for master planning and an archaeological survey.</p><br>
<p>Ticsani or Tixani is a volcano in the Andes of Peru, about 5,408 m high. It is situated in the Moquegua Region, Mariscal Nieto Province, in the districts of Cuchumbaya and San Cristóbal. Ticsani, Ubinas and Huaynaputina sit on a volcanic lineament slightly oblique to the main volcanic front, and Ticsani and Huaynaputina are the product of discrete silicic eruptions and appear to share a geochemical source. The volcano is of dacitic composition and has been K-Ar dated to be 190000 years old. The volcano was constructed in several steps, starting from lava flows and volcaniclastics. This system collapsed westward leaving a 3 km long NW-SE ridge. In the middle Holocene, three andesitic lava domes formed with explosive eruptions. These were later overlaid with brown pumice and bombs from a later phreatomagmatic eruption. The activity of this system ended with the emplacement of the Ticsani lava dome. One dacitic pumice fall of 0,4 km has been dated ca 11600 yr BP.</p><br>
<p>Ticsani was one of the volcanoes ascended in summer 1902 by Francisco Alayza Paz Soldan.</p><br>
<h2>Recent activity</h2><br>
<p>In May 1999, inhabitants of the neighbouring towns of Calacoa, Cuchumbaya and Carumas noticed earthquake swarms with the maximum strength magnitude 3.5 at a minimum depth of 50 km, raising fears of a reactivation of the volcanic system. Between November 2005 and September 2006 a swarm of earthquakes on the NE side was observed, resulting in surface deformation in the northwest sector of the volcano and subsidence in its southeast sector.</p><br>
<p>Quimsachata  is an extinct volcano in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Cusco Region, Canchis Province at about 24 km northwest of the town of Sicuani. This volcano is constructed from two separate centres, one active 11,500 years ago which formed a scoria cone and a lava field and another active 4450 BCE which formed two lava flows and a lava dome.</p><br>
<h2>Geological context</h2><br>
<p>Volcanism in southern Peru occurs as part of two distinct volcanic systems, the stratovolcanoes of the Western Cordillera and the Altiplano volcanoes which are typically small systems with surface areas of less than 50 km&sup2;. Of these Altiplano volcanoes, a number of them are potassium enriched or ultrapotassic rocks and are arranged along various lineaments. One of these lineaments is associated with the Cusco and Vilcanota faults which separate the Altiplano into a western and eastern portion. Quimsachata is located along this central and still active lineament, whereas the other two lineaments on each side of the fault system were active in the Oligocene and Miocene. A variety of rock types occur in association with these lineaments.</p><br>
<h2>Geology</h2><br>
<p>The Quimsachata group consists of two volcanoes, Quimsachata itself and Oroscocha. Situated along the foot of the Eastern Cordillera, they are the northernmost young Peruvian volcanoes and lie far away from the principal volcanic arc. Local Inka myths may refer to volcanic activity at Quimsachata.</p><br>
<p>Quimsachata was formed by a scoria cone and a lava field, next to the Vilcanota valley. It erupted about 11,500 years ago. Oroscocha (14&deg;05&prime;48&Prime;S latitude, 71&deg;22&prime;00&Prime;W longitude) is a dome with two associated lava flows that reach thicknesses of 20 m. The volcano covers a surface area of 1.5 km&sup2;. Oroscocha was erupted from a fissure about 4450 BCE, and the flow modified the course of the Vilcanota river.</p><br>
<p>Oroscocha is formed by phenocryst-rich, felsic porphyritic rocks with a composition of peraluminous rhyolite in the flows and trachydacite in the dome, of which the dome is darker than the lava flows. Mafic inclusions with sizes larger in the lava flows than in the dome are also found. The magma that gave rise to the rocks was probably modified by the injection of lamprophyres while still in the magma chamber. Quimsachata is formed by -rich andesite.</p><br>
<p>Brooks Mountain is the highest peak in the York Mountains range on the Seward Peninsula in the USA state of Alaska. It is located in the central part of the Teller Quadrangle, about 25 mi east of Cape Prince of Wales. It has an elevation of 2,918 ft. It has tin ore deposits, and high-grade uranium has also been found in the form of zeunerite.</p><br>
<h2>Geography</h2><br>
<p>Brooks Mountain is an extension of the York Mountain Range and is its highest peak. The York Mountains range forms the watershed divide between north flowing rivers which flow into the Arctic Ocean and the streams that flow into the Bering Sea on the south. The principal rivers rising from the Brooks Mountain are the Mint River, York Creek which joins the Pinauk River, Anderson Creek tributary of the Don River and the Crystal River which is a tributary of the Lost River.</p><br>
<p>The mountain is located about 11 mi north of the mouth of Lost River and is approachable by a road starting from the beach. An alternate route is from Port Clarence along a road that follows the Don River course. There is a small airstrip near the mountain above the Crystal Creek, and also two more airstrips near the mouth of the Lost River.</p><br>
<h2>Geology</h2><br>
<p>Geology of the mountain has been studied since 1902. The mountain formation has been reported to be an igneous sedimentary rock formation with granite (in a limited area of 1.75 square miles), felsic and mafic dykes. Granites in the southwest face of the mountain contain Zeunerite, a form of uranium. Its age is conjectured to be Mesozoic with intrusions of black slate formations which are in turn dated to the formations of the Cambrian and Pre-Cambrian age. The limestone formations of the Fort Clarence Limestone series are dated to a different set of formations of the Ordovician, Silurian and Devonian age.</p><br>
<p>Geological mapping of the mountain also indicates that exposed bed rock formations are of highly altered limestones rocks and black slates, similar to the formation noted of slates near York Mountains. These are sedimentary formations which are interspersed with many dykes of granite and rhyolite, generally oriented in an east and west strike. Tourmaline and garnet are also recorded. Tin Creek and Cassiterite Creek, about 1 mi south of Brooks Mountain, have tin ore deposits in tourmaline and garnet rocks.</p><br>
<h2>Uranium</h2><br>
<p>Radiometric survey and mineralogical studies have been carried out since 1950, which has assessed that the mountain formation contains high-grade uranium. Detailed investigations were also carried out during July–August 1951. Uranium was found mainly in the form of zeunerite at three locations though other rock types showed a certain degree of radioactivity.</p><br>
<p>Ear Mountain is an isolated mountain located on the Seward Peninsula in the USA state of Alaska. The mountain, with an elevation of 2,329 ft , has a belt of Cretaceous tin "granites." Though the mountain is located in an area long known for its tin deposits, it was only in 1953 and 1954 during a survey by the US Bureau of Mines that tin deposits were confirmed to be on Ear Mountain.</p><br>
<h2>Geography</h2><br>
<p>Located on the Seward Peninsula, the Ear Mountain is 50 mi north of Teller, and 10 mi southwest from Shishmaref Inlet. It is an isolated mountain formation surrounded by coastal flats and valleys of streams with elevation ranging from 100 -. The mountain is free-standing, with a summit altitude of 2,329 ft above sea level. Its northeast slopes are moderate and it forms three peaks of 2,000 ft, 2,292 ft and 2,329 ft. The streams rising from this mountain flow into the Arctic Ocean. However, the Arctic River and its tributaries which rise on the eastern and northeastern slopes of the mountain drain into the Shishmaref Inlet. The mountain stands on a well-marked plateau surface that has an elevation of around 1,000 ft. This plateau has been correlated (matched to similar rock strata indicating a common age of formation) with the Kugruk Plateau, and is the result of erosion further into the past than that which created the York Plateau.</p><br>
<p>The vegetation in the valleys of the plateau is thinly spread with small willow bushes. Tundra forest envelops the mountain. Below this vegetation, the soil cover consists of peat and debris of varying thickness, of a few inches to 40 ft or more. The bedrock is permanently frozen. The mountain experiences more rain and fog than at the Shishmaref Inlet.</p><br>
<h2>Geology</h2><br>
<p>The sedimentary rocks surrounding Ear Mountain consist mainly of quartzites and dark slates, which resemble the slates near York and have been correlated with them. The core of the mountain is a granite boss or stock intruded in these slates. Radiating from the main granite mass there is a fringe of intrusive quartz-porphyry and rhyolite dikes which arc regarded as offshoots from the main intrusion.</p><br>
<p>Rock samples collected from the northern slopes of the mountain and streams rising from the mountain have revealed traces of tin. The mountain has an established belt of Cretaceous tin "granites". It was noted that this tin content matched well with the degree of "greisen alteration". Analyses of samples of unaltered granites pointed to a tin content of less than 80 ppm, as against the disturbed granites which showed a tin content of 950 ppm. It was also reported that the tin concentrations in "unaltered granitic rocks increase progressively from porphyritic to seriate to some equigranular rocks, indicating a progressive concentration of tin with fractional crystallization." Cassiterite is found in large quantities in placers enveloping the pluton. At the beginning of the 20th century, there were plans to lay a railroad up to Port Clarence for the purpose of tin mining.</p><br>
<p>Hamburger Hallig  is an area on the westcoast of Nordfriesland district in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, that is not protected by sea dikes. It is therefore counted among the Halligen islands.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The island was named after two merchants from Hamburg, the brothers Rudolf and Arnold Amsinck. They were granted a privilege to purchase and maintain land in the northeastern area of Strand island, where they constructed dikes in the years 1624 to 1628. The newly secured land was called the Amsinck polder. However, the Burchardi Flood of 1634 destroyed the dikes, leaving only one artificial dwelling hill with "Hamburger Haus" on it intact. Afterwards the dikes were restored at high financial costs. In 1661, the house was torn down and replaced by a smaller building. In 1711, the island had again become an undiked Hallig. It remained property of the Amsick family until 1760.</p><br>
<p>The name "Hamburger Hallig" was first recorded in 1781. The house on the island was eventually destroyed in the February flood of 1825.</p><br>
<p>In 1855 a causeway was planned to connect the island with mainland North Frisia. It was built in 1859/60 but it broke already in 1860. In 1866/7, a fascine dam was constructed between the Bordelum sluice and Hamburger Hallig. This dam was paved in 1874 and got a spillover vent, which was removed though in 1875. The interruption of tidal current by the causeway led to a considerable increase in sedimentation on both side of the dam. The experience gained from the construction of the Hamburger Hallig dam became influential for the further development of land reclamation in North Frisia. In 1878, the fiscal authority purchased the Hallig and leased it to local farmers. In 1880, an artesian well was constructed on the island, and the causeway became traversable in 1901.</p><br>
<p>In 1908, the area of Hamburger Hallig measured 96 hectare. Growing steadily, it amounted to 216 hectare on 16 April 1930. On this day, Hamburger Hallig was declared a nature reserve to protect the local populations of pied avocets. Today, Hamburger Hallig, together with the floodplains and salt marshes off the Sönke-Nissen-Koog polder, encompasses an area of roughly 1,000 hectare and is maintained by Naturschutzbund Deutschland (NABU).</p><br>
<h2>Geography</h2><br>
<p>Strictly speaking, Hamburger Hallig is no longer an island because it has been connected to the mainland by the causeway. Today, it adjoins to the floodplains off Sönke-Nissen-Koog, and like the latter it is part of the Reußenköge municipality. Until 1899 though, Hamburger Hallig was administered as an unincorporated estate. Modern coastal management protects the west coast of Hamburger Hallig from further erosion.</p><br>
<h2>Artificial hills</h2><br>
<p>Today, there are three artificial hills (Warft) on Hamburger Hallig including one hill on the floodplains and one without buildings.</p><br>
<h3>Main Warft</h3><br>
<p>The main Warft is located four kilometres west off the sea dike of Sönke-Nissen-Koog. It does not have a proper name. On it, there are three buildings:</p><br>
<p>The Hallig Krog inn that is open to visitors from Easter to 31 October,</p><br>
<p>an outpost of the National Park Service (NPS),</p><br>
<p>Watt-Werkstatt, the Wadden Workshop of the NPS.</p><br>
<h3>Kuhberg</h3><br>
<p>Kuhberg, the "cow hill", is located 300 m south of the main Warft. It is a flat hill without buildings that serves as refuge for cattle and sheep during light floodings of the island.</p><br>
<h3>Schafsberg</h3><br>
<p>"Sheeps&#39; hill" is a hill two kilometres west off the mainland, halfways between Hamburger Hallig and the mainland. Located on the salt marshes, it serves as an information post for NABU. Throughout the year, the lodge at Claus-Jürgen Reitmann-Haus is only temporarily used by voluntary NABU wardens.</p><br>
<h2>Further reading</h2><br>
<p>Central Elementary School is a historic school in Albemarle, North Carolina whose current main building opened in 1925 as Albemarle High School, and whose previous building  located next door was named to the National Register of Historic Places in 2015. Additions to the 1925 building were constructed in 1936 and a renovation and expansion completed in 2007. When the renovation was completed, Central Elementary moved from its original building next door. The renovation resulted in the Stanly County&#39;s school board being honored by Preservation North Carolina in 2008. The school has 561 students in grades pre-kindergarten to 5th grade and is SACS-accredited.</p><br>
<h2>History of the original building</h2><br>
<p>The original Central School (previously Albemarle Graded School) was built in 1900 at North Third Street and East North Street on the site of another building built in 1875. The school burned November 18, 1920 but was renovated and expanded.</p><br>
<p>When a new high school opened in 1925 next door, the older building became Central Elementary School. Additions were made in 1952 and 1965. While the main entrance had faced North Street, the 1965 addition included a new entrance on Third Street.</p><br>
<p>By 1990, the oldest building needed replacing. A new building next door was considered, but the decision was made to renovate and add to the Albemarle Middle School building already on that site. The old Central School building has been empty since students were moved to the renovated building next door in 2007. In December 2013, after several offers, the Stanly County School Board voted to sell the old building to the city for $150,000.</p><br>
<p>The old Central School buildings are part of a downtown revitalization project funded partly by tax credits for historic preservation of the school buildings. The Albemarle Graded School/Central Elementary buildings were named to the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.</p><br>
<p>Albemarle Central School Apartments, intended for people over 55 meeting income requirements, opened in August 2016.</p><br>
<h2>History, expansion and renovation of the 1925 building</h2><br>
<p>Charles C. Hook designed Albemarle High School. The design included "carved Indian-influenced geometric limestone patterns." The new building was described as "one of the handsomest structures in the city... built of the best grade of brick... three stories and... practically fireproof." It was opened in the Fall of 1925.</p><br>
<p>A gym completed in 1936 was considered "one of the most modern structures of its type in North Carolina high achools."</p><br>
<p>A football stadium with 2300 permanent seats and 700 temporary bleachers opened in 1947.</p><br>
<p>A new high school was built on Palestine Road in 1958, and the old high school building became Albemarle Junior High School. A stadium was added in 1978.</p><br>
<p>Albemarle Junior High became Albemarle Middle School in 1985.</p><br>
<p>A 2000 bond referendum called for the 1925 building to be demolished, but a number of people in the community wanted the historic building preserved.</p><br>
<p>The National Institute of Historic Preservation offered financial help. Two of the 1936 additions would also be kept—the gymnasium and a section next to the football field.</p><br>
<p>A 2-story building with a new cafeteria was planned on the site of the other 1936 addition. Students were expected to move in by Fall 2004 and the construction costs were anticipated at $6.8 to $7.3 million. The $7.9 million cost of the project was $1.2 million more than expected.</p><br>
<p>With a new middle school building completed on Badin Road in 2003, the former middle school building was expected to house 500 students, with larger classrooms than many schools had, and kindergarten and first-grade students would have classes on the first floor. Plaster moldings were still able to be used. No structural cracks were found in the 1925 building, despite the lack of expansion joints. Onxley said the gym "has all the look of a modern movement with simplified precast concrete detailing to match the carved limestone."</p><br>
<p>The project ran into numerous delays. A contractor went bankrupt, lead and asbestos were bigger problems than expected, and steel beams in the new section were bent. The target date was August 2006. Then a slab between the old and new sections had problems. Work stopped until a new contractor could be found. The project resumed in October 2006. The cost had increased to between $11 and $12 million. The basement of the old school had been removed and the third floor of the 1925 building was left for future expansion. The stage and balcony of the 1924 auditorium were restored, and original brickwork that had not been visible can now be seen, showing the skill of those who built it. Students moved into the new 99,433-square-foot Central Elementary on November 13, 2007.</p><br>
<p>In 2008, Preservation North Carolina honored the Stanly County School Board with its Carraway Award of Merit.</p><br>
<p>Hecker Pass is a low mountain pass across the Santa Cruz Mountains of central California, connecting Watsonville on the Pacific coast to Gilroy and the Santa Clara Valley. It is traversed by Hecker Pass Road, the western part of California State Route 152, which continues east from Gilroy across Pacheco Pass and into the Central Valley. Mt. Madonna County Park lies to the north of the pass. The pass&#39;s elevation is 408 m.</p><br>
<p>Santa Clara County supervisor Henry Hecker, a nephew of Friedrich Hecker, became the namesake of the pass on May 27, 1928, at the opening of the "Yosemite-to-the-Sea Highway" over it. In the 1930s, flooding on creeks near the highway caused the collapse of a bridge and the closing of the pass. In 1941, a landslide closed the pass, and in 1947 and 1959, the pass was again closed because of landslides caused by earthquakes.</p><br>
<p>The Hecker Strawberry, a strawberry variety introduced in 1979 in Davis, California, is named after the pass.</p><br>
<p>Manitou Springs Historic District in Manitou Springs, Colorado is roughly bounded by US 24, Ruxton Avenue, El Paso Boulevard and Iron Mountain Avenue. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places, it is one of the country&#39;s largest National Historic Districts.</p><br>
<h2>Overview</h2><br>
<p>Manitou Springs, also called "Saratoga of the West", was established as a resort community, known for its mineral springs and "spectacular setting" and at the base of Pikes Peak.</p><br>
<p>Manitou Avenue is the main thoroughfare and location for most of the district&#39;s businesses. Some businesses are located on Ruxton Avenue and Canon Street. Residences are located along winding streets on hills that overlook the center of town.</p><br>
<p>The houses cling to the mountain slopes, sometimes creating a look of stacked boxes. The feeling close-up, on foot, or from a car, is often of a precarious and cramped context. Lacking flat land for lawns, Manitou is a town of decks, porches and stone-walled terraces.</p><br>
<p>Buildings in the historic district include homes, churches, the public library, hotels and lodges, the town&#39;s springs, Rainbow Falls and more. Homes are "picturesque" 19th century Victorian frame houses, Queen Anne homes, cottages, stone High style homes and cabins. Cliff House, with wide verandahs, is one of the historic resort hotels.</p><br>
<p>Manitou Springs maintains much of its 19th-century appearance due to its geographic location and the town&#39;s strong preservation efforts. The town developed within a tight valley surrounded by hillsides that are developed to their potential; There is no room for expansion. In addition, the town optimizes preservation of historical buildings. To a large extent, the 19th century homes and hotels are prevalent, although many have been renovated or expanded. Changes since the 19th century include loss of some commercial buildings and accommodation of automobile traffic and parking.</p><br>
<p>In 1979, Manitou Springs residents founded the Historic Preservation Commission to oversee "...the protection, enhancement and perpetuation of districts of historic and cultural significance and to instill and foster civic pride in the legacy and achievements of the past."</p><br>
<p>The following year the Manitou Springs Historic District was formed. In 1981 the commission administered their Design Review Guidelines. It has the "authority to review and approve, conditionally approve, or deny alterations to existing resources or new construction in the Historic District." Seven commissioners and up to three alternate commissioners are appointed by the City Council. In 1983, the district was added to the National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<h2>Natural springs</h2><br>
<p>The town has several mineral springs, called manitou for the "breath of the Great Spirit Manitou" believed to have created the "effervescence" in the spring water. The springs were considered sacred grounds where Native Americans drank and soaked in the mineral water to replenish and heal themselves. There were 9 or 10 natural springs. As whites moved in there were "skirmishes" for access to the historical resort area until the Native Americans were removed from the area and placed on reservations.</p><br>
<p>Explorer Stephen Harriman Long made note of the water&#39;s healing properties in 1820.</p><br>
<p>Forty-eight years later, a plan for a health resort was developed by Dr. William Abraham Bell and William Jackson Palmer, a general during the American Civil War: "They had a vision of dreamy summer villas nestled in the mountains, with grand hotels and landscaped parks clustered around the springs." Railroad transportation brought people into the area, first called Fountain Colony and La Font. The town was not built as envisioned by the two men. Storefronts and homes were built in the town. It became the first resort town in the state.</p><br>
<p>In 1873 Henry McAllister, a developer working for Palmer, touted the medicinal benefits of the springs and that Manitou Springs had the necessary components of a successful spa resort, including "incomparable climate and scenery".</p><br>
<p>Medical practitioners, such as Dr. Edwin Solly, promoted the health benefits of the "pure air" and sunny Rocky Mountain climate as the "worlds best suited therapeutic environment" for the treatment of tuberculosis. He also believed in the benefits of mineral spring water which drew tourists and the infirm, particularly people with tuberculosis, to the area. Some springs were enclosed as the town grew. One of the enclosures, in red sandstone and under a "conical roofed structure", is the Cheyenne Spring House. There were more than 50 drilled wells and springs after the turn of the century. Since then, more were enclosed. After a period when the towns popularity diminished, some springs were closed, capped or paved over. Then the Mineral Springs Foundation was formed in 1987 to restore some of the springs and promote the benefits of the towns spring water. Walking tours of the towns springs are called "Springabouts".</p><br>
<p>Manitou Springs water was sold "worldwide".</p><br>
<h2>Churches</h2><br>
<p>There are three churches in the historic district: St. Andrews Episcopal Church, First Congregationalist Church and Our Lady of Perpectual Help Catholic Church. The Congregational Church, believed to have been designed by Robert S. Roeschlaub, built of stone and ashlar, is located on 101 Pawnee Street. It was built in 1880 by the Gillis Brothers. The English Gothic Episcopal church at 808 Manitou Street, funded in part by William Bell and his wife, co-founders of the town, was built in 1905. H. A. Macomb was the architect. The Gothic Catholic Church on 218 Ruxton Street, is surrounded by walls and a cobblestone grotto; one access point to the church is a bridge that crosses over Ruxton Creek.</p><br>
<h2>Hotels and motels</h2><br>
<p>Current hotels/Inns include the Craftwood Inn, Cliff House, McLaughlin Family Lodge and Sunnyside Hotel.</p><br>
<p>Sunnyside Hotel, which was located on Pawnee Street, began as a cottage and was expanded over time.</p><br>
<p>As people began to take vacations by automobile, their lodging requirements changed. El Colorado is an example of a motel that was built for parking and access convenience.</p><br>
<h2>High style buildings</h2><br>
<h3>Inns</h3><br>
<p>El Paso Boulevard is home to several "High style" houses, which are now inns. One is Red Crags, a red sandstone building built about 1890s, which is "dramatically sited on a slope". It is at 302 El Paso. Next are Rockledge Country Inn and Onaledge Bed and Breakfast at 328 El Paso. Both buildings were designed in 1913; are Elizabethan architecture with stucco, stone and wood; and have stone walls. Craftwood Inn, at 404 El Paso, is also Elizabethan with clipped gables.</p><br>
<h3>Homes and museum</h3><br>
<p>Aside from the "High style" houses that have become inns, there are a few others that are traditional residences. Nolan House and Redstone Castle are Queen Anne architecture, both with prominent turrets. Miramont Castle is an eclectic mix of architectural styles, but primarily Queen Anne. There are five other High style houses in the Manitou Springs Historic District; Several are Shingles style, but there are also Second Empire, chalet, a mixture of styles and a Pueblo type house.</p><br>
<h2>Commercial</h2><br>
<p>Manitou Springs&#39;s historic district was built in the 19th century. Historic preservation has made for "quaint boutiques", galleries and restaurants.</p><br>
<p>Manitou and Pike&#39;s Peak Railway (Cog Railroad)</p><br>
<h2>Industrial</h2><br>
<p>Manitou Incline</p><br>
<p>Midland Terminal Railway</p><br>
<p>Midland Railroad</p><br>
<p>Cog Railroad</p><br>
<h2>Other</h2><br>
<p>Stone bridge over Fountain Creek in Memorial Park</p><br>
<p>The Women&#39;s Improvement Club of Hueneme is located at 239 E. Scott St. in Port Hueneme, Ventura County, California. It is a historic club whose building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<h2>Club</h2><br>
<p>In 1989, the club was the oldest women&#39;s clubhouse in all of Ventura County and was still active. It was founded in 1909 by 15 women with goals to improve the town and to create a library. The club opened a library in 1909 at the A.O.U.W.</p><br>
<h2>Clubhouse</h2><br>
<p>The Bungalow style clubhouse building was opened in 1915 as a clubhouse and library. It served as the town&#39;s library until 1935.</p><br>
<p>In 1935 it succeeded in having a regular public library opened.</p><br>
<p>Also known as Women&#39;s Improvement Club, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. The listing included one contributing building and one contributing site.</p><br>
<p>Charles Springer Tavern, also known as the Oak Hill Inn, Four Mile Inn, and Sign of the Three Tons, is a historic inn and tavern located near Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware. The building is a two-story, log and stone building that evolved</p><br>
<p>in four major construction phases during the period from 1750 to 1850. The oldest section is a two-story, two-bay, gable-roofed log section. A stone, two-story, two-bay, gable-roofed section was added about 1780; the roof level, window and door openings and floor levels were subsequently raised on the original log section; and a stone, 1 1/2-story lean-to was added on the rear wall of the log section. It has been a residence since the early 20th century. It is in a vernacular Federal style. Also on the property are the contributing ruins of a stone barn built in 1852, the ruins of a stone springhouse, and a stone mileage marker identifying the location as being four miles from the City of Wilmington.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.</p><br>
<p>The Hamilton Hotel, formerly known as the Hamilton Crowne Plaza, is an AAA 4-diamond luxury hotel in downtown Washington, D.C., United States, located at 1001 14th Street, N.W., just to the north of Franklin Square. In September 2017, the hotel became independent from the Crowne Plaza hotel chain.</p><br>
<p>Hamilton Hotel is a member of Historic Hotels of America, the official program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Designed by local architect Jules Henri de Sibour, construction of the Beaux-Arts style Hamilton Hotel was completed in 1922. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 17, 2013.</p><br>
<p>In 1996, French hotel developer Albert Cohen bought the Hamilton and an adjacent office building. The office building was converted into additional rooms and meeting space for the Hamilton Hotel. Cohen sold the hotel building to the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company in 1997.</p><br>
<p>In September 2017, Massachusetts Mutual Life sold the hotel building to a new owner, EOS DCH Owner LLC, for $106.5 million. The hotel disassociated from the Crowne Plaza brand, and became an independent hotelier.</p><br>
<h2>Location</h2><br>
<p>The 320-room Hamilton Hotel is located in downtown Washington, D.C., and features a 1920s art deco look. It is an AAA 4-diamond luxury hotel. The hotel is located five blocks away from the White House and one block from the McPherson Square WMATA metro station. It is within walking distance of the Smithsonian Institution museum, the National Mall and the Corcoran Gallery of Art.</p><br>
<h2>Features</h2><br>
<p>The hotel contains the 14K Restaurant which allows guests to hold parties with up to 150 people there at one time. The hotel includes an on-site Starbucks café, which has views of K Street and Franklin Square.</p><br>
<p>The Hamilton Hotel provides 17,500 ft&sup2; to 18,000 ft&sup2; of space for events and meetings. In the hotel there are 17 suites, 207 single rooms, 111 double rooms, 318 non-smoking rooms and 17 accessible rooms. There also are executive floors and rooms. In total there are 14 floors.</p><br>
<p>Selworthy Beacon is a hill and Marilyn of Exmoor in Somerset, England. It lies within the boundaries of Exmoor National Park, to the north of the village of Selworthy and northwest of Minehead. A road leads to the top, where there is a National Trust plaque and a view of the south coast of Wales across the Bristol Channel. The South West Coast Path also climbs the hill and ends slightly shy of the summit.</p><br>
<h2>Geography</h2><br>
<p>Selworthy Beacon is located in northern Somerset in southwestern England, about 4 mi northwest of Minehead, north of the village of Selworthy. Selworthy Beacon is one of three peaks in Somerset, the other two being Dunkery Beacon and Periton Hill. Its elevation is 1,013 ft. Behind the hill, there are precipitous cliffs. Selworthy Beacon is situated within the National Trust-owned Holnicote Estate. Nearby are the Macmillan Way, Coleridge Way, and a fourteenth-century tithe barn. A signposted walking route to the hill goes through a wooded area of Allerford and Holnicote Plantations, and is 2 mi northeast of Porlock.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Near the summit are a series of cairns, thought to be the remains of round barrows, and the British Iron Age Bury Castle. The round cairns have been scheduled as an ancient monument. In the sixteenth century, Selworthy Beacon was (as its name implies) the site of a beacon to warn of impending invasions. The mausoleum of Sir Thomas Dyke Acland is located about 0.25 mi from Selworthy Beacon.</p><br>
<h2>Wildlife</h2><br>
<p>Exmoor coastline is part of the Exmoor National Park (area 267 square miles) and Selworthy Beacon is on Exmoor’s stiff eastern slopes. It is approached from Porlock via Allerford.</p><br>
<p>Typical coastal plants are present, such as Sea Campion and Thrift (Armeria maritima), as well as gorse and heather (Calluna vulgaris).</p><br>
<p>The PICO Building, also known as the PICO Hotel, is an historic 2-story redbrick building located at 209 North Oak Avenue, corner of West Commercial Street, in Sanford, Florida. Built during 1886-1887 for Henry B. Plant of Plant Investment Co.  to serve travelers arriving in Sanford on his railroad and steamship lines, it was designed by local architect William T. Cotter in the Romanesque Revival and Moorish Revival styles of architecture and built by the H. M. Papworth Construction Company. In 1906 the building was remodeled and sold to the Takach family, which had operated the restaurant for Plant. Their restaurant continued in the building for about 50 years. The building&#39;s original onion dome was destroyed in a 1950s storm. The building then went on to become an office building used primarily for law offices.</p><br>
<p>In 1989, it was listed in A Guide to Florida&#39;s Historic Architecture prepared by the Florida Association of the American Institute of Architects and published by the University of Florida Press.</p><br>
<p>The building is a contributing property in the Sanford Commercial District, which was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 15, 1976.</p><br>
<p>The Bieker-Wilson Village Site is an archaeological site in the far southeastern section of the USA state of Illinois. Inhabited during multiple periods over more than five hundred years, the village has been designated a historic site.</p><br>
<h2>Geographic context</h2><br>
<p>Bieker-Wilson occupies river bottomland near the mouth of the Wabash River. It was previously located on the riverside, but the river has shifted and now flows farther to the east; the old river is now a slow-moving bayou locally known as Sandy Slough. Today, the site is farmland; it lies about 2.5 mi northeast of the small community of New Haven. One of numerous archaeological sites on the Illinois side of the lower Wabash valley, it lies in a region inhabited for thousands of years before Columbus.</p><br>
<h2>Archaeological work</h2><br>
<p>In the 1960s, regional interests proposed the construction of the Cross Wabash Valley Waterway, which would have required extensive construction projects along the river in order to make it more accessible to riverine shipping. Before the project was cancelled, the Corps arranged with the University of Illinois to conduct a field survey of the river valley. Under the direction of Robert Clouse, surveyors discovered the Bieker-Wilson Site in 1972, and further study was performed one year later by Southern Illinois University scholar Ronald Pulcher. While neither survey conducted any excavations, simple observation of the site and collection of artifacts from the surface has shown it to have been a significant settlement at one time: a portion of the site slightly less than 4 acre in area has soil much darker in color than the rest of the field, which the surveyors interpreted as evidence of a substantial midden in the darkened area.</p><br>
<h2>Research conclusions</h2><br>
<p>Although the site has not been excavated, the surface collections performed by the original surveyors have enabled scholars to form some conclusions about Bieker-Wilsons inhabitants. It is known that the site was occupied during the Middle and Late Woodland Period as well as by peoples of the later Mississippian culture; the site was inhabited for at least five hundred years, and occupation for more than a millennium is possible. Multiple major Woodland sites have been found in the immediate vicinity; two such sites, Hubele and Wilson, are located about 5 mi to the northeast. During the succeeding Late Woodland period, people of a culture known as the Duffy Complex lived on the Illinois side of the Wabash near its mouth; Bieker-Wilson, like Hubele, is one of the few sites that has been identified as a potential Duffy village site. Because the Duffy Complex is known from so few sites, comparatively little is known about its people; their distinctively plain pottery is well attested, but their chronological place in relation to other Woodland cultures is uncertain, as is their relationship (if any) with other peoples living at the same time period. Even the cursory surveys performed at Bieker-Wilson were able to demonstrate that Duffy peoples lived there, and as such it is deemed important because of the possibility that excavation of its large midden could clarify much that remains unknown about the culture. The sites uses were apparently minimal during the Middle Woodland; it was seemingly employed for toolworking purposes or used as a campsite, but even such a slight occupation has the chance of expanding current knowledge about Middle Woodland campsites. Finally, because the site was used during multiple phases of prehistory, the surveyors suggested that it would hold clues to cultural transitions: how did the Late Woodland peoples of the area come to participate in what today is known as the Mississippian culture? The chance that Bieker-Wilson might be able to answer this and similar questions was central to its importance for regional archaeology.</p><br>
<h2>Preservation</h2><br>
<p>Immediately after the sites discovery, when no formal protection had been applied to it, Bieker-Wilson was being well maintained; the owner was employing it as part of his farm, and no substantial evidence of damage could be found. In order to give the site additional protection, the Illinois Archaeological Survey produced an application in June 1977 for the site to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and the National Park Service granted this designation in November 1978. While National Register designation does not infringe on private landowners rights to use their properties as they wish, it prohibits federal agencies and federally funded projects undertaken by other agencies from damaging the property without first engaging in a lengthy review process. Bieker-Wilson is one of eleven National Register-listed locations in White County; the Hubele and Wilson village sites are among the other ten, and most of the remainder are located in the city of Carmi.</p><br>
<p>Dumlong mountain in Belaichori, Rangamati, Bangladesh may be the second highest mountain in the country, as claimed by Md.Wadud Mohosin Rubel with his three travel fellows, Asif Aminur Rashid, Nagib Meshkat & Abdul Haq in 2011. On the basis of Garmin GPS they have measured the height of the mountain which is 3314 feet. The location he recorded, 22°02′02.1″N 92°35′36.3″E, accurately matches the location given by Google Earth.</p><br>
<p>A few months after his expedition, the Travelers of Bangladesh team led by Zaqiul Deep measured this peak as 3,312 feet. After that Fahim Hasan of BD Explorer reached the summit of Dumlong as a 3rd team. There is little doubt about the height of Dumlong peak but whether it is 2nd or 3rd highest peak in the country, is not confirmed yet. It is the highest peak of Rangamati hill district and also the one of three 1000 metres peaks in Bangladesh.</p><br>
<p>The F.M. Walcott House, located at 431 N. Hall St. in Valentine, Nebraska, United States, is a historic Classical Revival style house that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register in 1982. According to its NRHP nomination, the house was deemed locally significant architecturally "as an example of a vernacular Neo-Classical Revival dwelling, based upon earlier upright-with-wing or templeform houses common to the Greek Revival style in the eastern and midwestern states" and for association with F. M. Walcott, a county attorney and county judge who had one of the largest legal practices in Nebraska.</p><br>
<p>The vacant property was bought by Walcott in 1892 for $137.50 and the house was built that year.</p><br>
<p>It is now the Walcott Inn.</p><br>
<p>Comalcalco is an ancient Mayan archaeological site in the State of Tabasco, Mexico, adjacent to the modern city of Comalcalco and near the southern coast of the Gulf of Mexico. It is the only major Maya city built with bricks rather than limestone masonry and was the westernmost city of the Mayan civilisation. Covering an area of 7 km&sup2, Comalcalco was founded in the Late Classic period and may have been a satellite or colony of Palenque based on architectural similarities between the two. The city was a center of the Chontal Maya people.</p><br>
<h2>Etymology</h2><br>
<p>The name is linked to the adjacent modern city of Comalcalco and derives from the Nahuatl words comalli (comales) calli (house) and the locative co, literally meaning "At the House of the Comales" or "Place of the House of the Comales". This name is a reference to the bricks of the ruined Maya site, which later people thought resembled comales.</p><br>
<h2>Location</h2><br>
<p>Located in the Chontalpa region on an extensive alluvial plain once covered by low evergreen rainforest interspersed with mangrove swamps, Comalcalco lies2 km west of the modern city of Comalcalco on a small rise surrounded by lowlands. It is 51 km from the city of Villahermosa, and approximately 100 mi north of Palenque.</p><br>
<h2>Economy</h2><br>
<p>The city&#39;s strategic placement on the old Mezcalapa River meant that Comalcalco controlled the important trading link between Yucatán and the Gulf Coast and the highlands of Chiapas and Guatemala.</p><br>
<h3>Pottery</h3><br>
<p>Comalcalco was also an important centre of clay figurine production and commerce between 600 and 1000 CE In and around the site, archaeologists have found identical clay moulds and figures, as well as tools, pit kilns and dumping grounds, indicating standardized mass production. Figurines found on Jaina Island, approximately 350 km away on the Yucatán Peninsula, use clay with the same chemical composition as those of Comalcalco. Unlike the funerary objects used on Jaina Island, the figurines of Comalcalco seemed to be meant for daily use. Certain representations appear more frequently in the ceremonial core (rulers, dwarfs, articulated figures), while others (women) are more common in residential areas.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The site reached its peak during the classic period in around 500 CE, although the area had been inhabited long before this date. The oldest item found on the site has been dated to August10, 561 CE.</p><br>
<p>The only known ruler of Comalcalco was Ox Balam, who appears in an inscription from the Tortuguero archaeological site. According to that text, Ox Balam was defeated by Tortugueros Balam Ahau on December20, 649 CE. In later times, Comalcalco used the Emblem Glyph of Baakal associated with Palenque and Tortuguero, presumably due to conquest by the latter polity.</p><br>
<p>A tomb found in Temple II (see below) references numerous late 8th century rituals associated with rain deities. The city possibly suffered from the severe drought that may have occurred throughout the region, and may have been at least partly responsible for the Classical Maya collapse.</p><br>
<p>The last date found on inscriptions at the site is March7, 814, although habitation continued into the post-classic period until the site was abandoned around 1000 CE.</p><br>
<h3>Modern history</h3><br>
<p>Désiré Charnay was the first person to bring outside attention to the ruins following his 1880 visit. He reported "Thousands of pyramids of colossal dimensions." Charnay examined what would later be termed the Great Acropolis in some detail, noting the architectural affinities of the palace with that of Palenque.</p><br>
<p>Comalcalco native Pedro Romero was the first Mexican to report on a dig at the site. He discovered that the buildings were made of bricks in 1892.</p><br>
<p>Frans Blom and Oliver LaFarge, conducted a survey of the site in 1925 and refuted Charnay&#39;s claims about its monumental size. Later, in the 1950s, Gordon Ekholm excavated other buildings and removed some bricks that are still stored in the American Museum of Natural History.</p><br>
<p>Ponciano Salazar Ortegón also worked extensively at the site beginning in 1972 until his death. Later, Ricardo Armijo was in charge of excavations in the 1990s.</p><br>
<p>A site museum was opened in 2012.</p><br>
<h2>The Site</h2><br>
<h3>Architecture</h3><br>
<p>The most unusual feature of the ancient city is its use of fired clay bricks for construction as opposed to the quarried limestone common in the vast majority of Classical Maya sites. The bricks are of irregular sizes and seem to have been made by cutting longer sections of clay rather than with moulds. Many have designs and inscriptions painted, printed or etched into them. The bricks were joined by mortar made of calcinated seashells and oysters possibly gathered at the nearby Mecoacan Lagoon.</p><br>
<p>Archaeologists have identified two distinct construction stages so far. After conducting his 1966 survey, Andrews concluded that the lack of significant differences in architectural style between the buildings indicated that they were built within a relatively short period of time. Buildings of the first stage were made with flattened earth covered with lime, while those of the second were covered with brickwork.</p><br>
<p>Palenque-style architecture was apparently superimposed on the local buildings, giving further credence to the theory that Comalcalco was conquered by Palenques Baakal kingdom and perhaps even became a successor state. Similarities with Palenque&#39;s architecture abound and include floor plans of temples, vaulted ceilings and built-in altars. Several bricks show drawings of temples with roof combs, another feature of Palenque, though no roof combs have survived into modern times.</p><br>
<p>Well executed stucco decorations, once painted in bright colours, are another characteristic of the site. As in Palenque, these refer to religious, mythological or ceremonial elements.</p><br>
<h3>General Site Description</h3><br>
<p>To date, 432 structures have been identified at the site, including temples, an administrative building, elite dwellings and functional buildings such as a pib&#39;naah (sweat bath) and a popol naah (council chamber). These dot the ceremonial core of the site and cover an area of 1,000 m&sup2; surrounded by residential complexes, which can consist of individual mounds, groups of mounds surrounding a central "plaza" or complexes of two to five plazas. These mounds are made of flattened earth and covered with stucco. Beyond these complexes, rural dwellings were built from perishable materials on mounds of flattened earth.</p><br>
<p>Three great complexes forming the ceremonial site core survive: the North Plaza, the East Acropolis and the Great Acropolis. The ceremonial center displays the key features of Maya architecture: terraces with temples, palaces, platforms and plazas. Several temples have vaulted inner chambers, which allowed them to also function as tombs.</p><br>
<h3>North Plaza</h3><br>
<p>The western end of the North Plaza is Temple I, a large brick pyramid that dominates the complex. Its central stairway rises 20 m from the plaza floor, passing through ten tiers with slanted sides and narrow ledges. The three upper tiers were once decorated with stucco, and were built at a later stage than the lower seven. Atop the pyramid there was a structure with three openings leading to an entryway, from which a sanctuary with a built-in altar was entered.</p><br>
<p>The North Plaza itself is a rectangular enclosure aligned so that the long side runs from east to west. Along the northern and southern edges are raised terraces. Temples II, IIa and IIb sit along the northern terrace, with Temple II on the western end closest to Temple I. On the opposite side of the plaza, the southern terrace also has a temple on its western end (Temple III), followed by temples IIIa, an opening and then temple IIIb. Three small altars are placed along an east–west axis in the center of the plaza. On the eastern end are the remains of Temples IIIc and IIId. The complex has a typical Palenque layout, while the grouping is one of the features of early classical Maya architecture. Temples I, II and III have been excavated, yielding some of the complex&#39;s most important tablets inscriptions and funerary bone objects.</p><br>
<p>Temple II was reached from the plaza through a single staircase leading into a room with three entrances, and in turn an inner chamber. In 1998, the remains of a man identified as Ah Pakal Tan (alternatively spelled Aj Pakal ) were discovered between Temples II and IIb in a funerary urn. Two factors lead archaeologists to speculate that he was an important religious personage: the similarity of objects in the burial with those used by modern Mayan shamans, and inscriptions on burial objects found with him. These associate him with religious ceremonies rather than with the events more typical of a ruler. In total, 260 glyphs appear written on conch pendants and stingray barbs, covering 14 years of Ah Pakal Tan&#39;s life. They reference self-sacrifice and bloodletting rituals and narrate events where Ah Pakal Tan was accompanied by rain deities. Only 80 of the 260 glyphs found on the inscriptions have been translated by epigraphers.</p><br>
<p>The gap on the southern terrace, in between Temples IIIa and IIIb, opens onto to the Great Acropolis.</p><br>
<h3>Great Acropolis</h3><br>
<p>South of the Northern Plaza is a large artificial platform measuring 35 m in height with diverse buildings on top. It was named the Great Acropolis by Gordon Ekholm.</p><br>
<p>Temple VII is on a protruding spur of the Great Acropolis that forms its northern edge. The temple is on a small base with a north-facing central staircase. Like many temples at the site, the structure at the summit had an entryway with three openings into a sanctuary with a constructed altar. It is also known as the Temple of the Seated Chieftains because of the seated figures modeled from stucco that can still be seen on the two upper tiers of the Temple&#39;s sloped sides.</p><br>
<p>On the same spur, immediately east of Temple VII and also facing north, is Temple VI, or Andews&#39; Temple. During the first constructive stage identified at Comalcalco, the upper structure had mud walls. Later, it was replaced by two rectangular rooms made of bricks. The upper structure is the same design as that of Temples I, V and VII. In the remains of the central stairway, archaeologist Román Piña Chán discovered a mask of the sun God Kinich Ahau in stucco. The mask is still visible to visitors and has earned the temple the nickname Temple of the Mask.</p><br>
<p>The terrace of Temples VI, VII and their ruined neighbour, Temple VIII, is on the northern edge of the Plaza of the Great Acropolis. The Palace (Structure 1) is on a larger terrace at the eastern end of the plaza and is the centrepiece of the acropolis. The Palace could once entered through eight framed doorways which led to a 2.5 m main gallery oriented on a north–south axis. The gallery connected with a long room on the north end, and other rooms on its south end. It was separated from another parallel eastern gallery by a wall with five openings. From this gallery, nine bays exited to the rear of the palace. Two of these bays had built-in benches or altars. The roof of the two galleries of the palace has collapsed, but its corbel vault is still hinted at by some standing walls, as are window-like openings. The inner spaces of the galleries show evidence of adaptation through the placement and removal of inner diving walls.</p><br>
<p>At the palace&#39;s southeast exit lies the Sunken Patio Group at the southern end of the Great Acropolis terrace. On the north side are the ruins of a residential building (Structure 2). To the east was a long building whose exposed remains seem to indicate two construction phases. The south boundary is Temple IV.</p><br>
<p>Temple IV is also known as the Stucco Tomb. In ancient times, the central staircase leading to the sanctuary covered the entrance to a vaulted funeral chamber that was once decorated with stucco figures.</p><br>
<p>Temple V is in very poor condition but shares the same features as Temple IV. It had an inner tomb and a sanctuary with two spaces. It is west of the southern end of The Palace.</p><br>
<p>West of Temple V, Temple IX was built above the Tomb of the Nine Lords of the Night. The tomb&#39;s walls were decorated with nine stucco figures, now badly eroded.</p><br>
<p>On the western side of the Great Acropolis plaza are the overgrown remains of a ballcourt.</p><br>
<h3>East Acropolis</h3><br>
<p>No brick buildings are immediately visible in this complex, which is a smaller version of the Great Acropolis. Like the North Plaza, it is also aligned to the cardinal directions and the main axis is very close to that of the plaza.</p><br>
<h3>Burials</h3><br>
<p>As in Palenque, funerary offerings contain jade beads, obsidian blades and inscribed manta ray barbs.</p><br>
<p>In late 2010, a survey of a site 2.8 km north of the Great Acropolis led to the discovery of the largest burial ground found in the region to date. Three mounds yielded 116 sets of skeletal remains, with 66 individuals found in urns showing signs of belonging to the Maya elite through features such as cranial deformation, teeth filing and tooth incrustations. Another 50 people were buried around these urns. Preliminary studies led archaeologists to conclude that the remains were approximately 1,200 years old when discovered, placing the burial to the late classic period.</p><br>
<h2>2012 "Doomsday scenario" claim</h2><br>
<p>In November 2011, Mark Stevenson authored an article in the Seattle Times claiming that Mexicos National Institute of Anthropology and History revealed that there may be a reference to the December 2012 "doomsday" date on a second glyph found at their Comalcalco ruin site. The inscription is on the carved or molded face of a brick, called The "Comalcalco Brick." The brick has the same Calendar Round as the completion of the thirteenth bak&#39;tun.</p><br>
<p>Zachariah Ferris House is a historic home located at Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built between 1718 and 1749, and was an example of an early farmhouse continually occupied by professional and working families. It is a two-story, brick dwelling measuring 29 feet wide and 18 feet deep with a gable roof. It features a panel of brickwork between the two windows of the second floor, where two rows of numerals and letters are built in with dark glazed headers. The house was owned by Congressman Louis McLane and USA Senator Outerbridge Horsey.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1970. In 1976, it was moved to Willistown Square to save it from demolition. It is now owned by the Delaware Historical Society and is part of the Old Town Hall Commercial Historic District.</p><br>
<p>Woodward Houses are two historic homes located at Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware. The house at 701 West Street was built about 1745, and is a 3 1/2-story, three bay, quarried granite dwelling with a gable roof. It has an L-shaped, side-hall plan. The house at 703 West Street was built about 1760, and is a 3 1/2-story, three-bay, stuccoed stone dwelling with a gable roof. It is three feet shorter in both length and width than 701. Its interior was altered in the mid-19th century and then in the 1930s to accommodate apartment dwellings. They are</p><br>
<p>excellent examples of the Georgian style. The houses were probably built by Joseph Woodward, a Quaker ropemaker from West Chester, Pennsylvania. There is a legend that the</p><br>
<p>house at 703 contains a hearthstone which was a section of the platform where Thomas Jefferson stood to read the Declaration of Independence to the people of Philadelphia.</p><br>
<p>The houses were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.</p><br>
<p>The Colusa Carnegie Library, at 260 Sixth St. in Colusa, California, is a Carnegie library built in 1906 that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It has also been known as the Carnegie Library Building and the City of Colusa Police Department.</p><br>
<p>The library was one of 13 Carnegie libraries built in the Sacramento Valley during 1903-17, and the oldest one surviving in its original appearance. It was built with $10,000 Carnegie funding for a total of $13,158. It served as library from 1906 to 1964, and as police department since 1977. It was designated a Colusa Historic Landmark in 1981, at which time features specifically noted worthy of preservation were its Sites sandstone veneer and parapet, its metal pediment and entablature upon pilasters, its segmental arched windows at the basement level, its main floor rectangular windows with transoms and its carved stone lintels with famous authors&#39; names.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.</p><br>
<p>The Brewer Bridge, near Valentine, Nebraska is a historic Pratt through truss bridge that was built in 1899. It was designed by the Wrought Iron Bridge Co. of Canton, Ohio, was fabricated by the Jones & Laughlin Steel Co., and was built by the Wrought Iron Bridge Co. Also known as the Niobrara River Bridge and denoted NEHBS No. CE00-226, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.</p><br>
<p>It was built as a replacement of a former "Berry Bridge" in 1899 at contract cost of $4580. It was one of just four Cherry County bridges that survived a flood involving winter ice breakup in 1916. It was moved in 1921 about five miles to the site of the former Brewer Bridge that had been destroyed in that flood. The Berry State Aid Bridge, also NRHP-listed, was built in its place. The move and the new bridge were handled by the Pioneer Construction Company of Omaha.</p><br>
<p>According to its NRHP nomination, the Brewer Bridge "is technologically significant as the oldest remaining of Cherry County&#39;s remarkable group of trusses and one of the oldest remaining vehicular trusses in the state. Although the structure has been moved from its original location, it has functioned in place at its current site for more than 50 years, and has developed a sense of time and place."</p><br>
<p>Mount Cooroora is located in the town of Pomona in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. The peak is a 439 metres high intrusive volcanic plug. The Electoral district of Cooroora is named after the mountain.</p><br>
<h2>Festival</h2><br>
<p>Mount Cooroora plays host to the King of the Mountain Festival. The main event at the festival is a footrace straight up the mountain drawing participants from all over the world. Winners of the race complete the run to the summit in a little over 20 minutes. The first run by a local footballer to the top of the mountain occurred in 1958. The Mountain Challenge race began in 1979 and has been run every year since.</p><br>
<h2>Access</h2><br>
<p>A maintained path helps guide hikers to the mountain&#39;s peak, where good views of the surrounding area are available. The walk takes about two hours and is graded moderate to hard. One section of the climb includes steep metal ladders.</p><br>
<p>The A. K. Smiley Public Library is a public library located at 125 W. Vine St. in Redlands, California. Built in 1898, the library was donated to Redlands by philanthropist Albert K. Smiley. Architect T. R. Griffith designed the library in a style which has alternately been described as Mission Revival and Moorish Revival and includes a variety of elements from additional styles. The building has a tile roof and parapets topping arcades on its sides, which suggest a Mission Revival influence; however, the battlement and the curves in the parapet are Moorish Revival elements. In addition, elements of the arches in the arcade, the windows, and the roof ridge were borrowed from classical, Gothic, Spanish Romanesque, and Oriental themens. The library still serves as the Redlands public library. In addition, it houses a collection of materials on native tribes in California donated by Andrew Carnegie, as well as a collection of rare materials about Southern California and local history.</p><br>
<p>The library was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 12, 1976. It was designated a California Historical Landmark on August 17, 1990.</p><br>
<p>The Boardman–Mitchell House is a three-story, six-bedroom Italianate villa located at 710 Bay Street, Staten Island, New York. It also has the address of 33 Brownell Street since it connects to both streets. It is a New York City Landmark and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012. It is known as a good example of a suburban architectural style used in an urban setting, as well as its connection to the piloting history of that portion of Staten Island.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The house was built by Dr. James Boardman of the Seaman&#39;s Retreat hospital. His widow sold it to Captain Elvin Eugene Mitchell, a founder of the Sandy Hook Pilots Benevolent Association and known for his dramatic rescue of 176 people from the SS Oregon sinking in 1886. It remained in the Mitchell family until 1968 and has been sold several times since. In 2009, it was given to Barnett Shepherd, a local preservationist who started restoring the building.</p><br>
<p>Blackdown Hill is a prominent elevation, 215 m high, 5 miles south west of the town of Crewkerne, in the county of Dorset in the south west of England. Its prominence of 34 m means it is listed as one of the Tumps. It runs parallel to the B3165 towering over the hamlets of Kittwhistle and Blackdown at the foot of the eastern flanks of the ridge.</p><br>
<p>The open summit of the hill lies at the northern end of a mile-long north-south ridge. The Jubilee Trail runs along the ridge line initially before dropping just below it to the west and then descending steeply down Venn Hill, a northwestern spur of Blackdown, towards the village of Thorncombe on the far side of the River Synderford that runs past the foot of Blackdown Hill to the west. Pilsdon Pen (277 m), formerly thought to be Dorset&#39;s highest point, lies about 2 miles to the south east. To the east is the Temple Brook which rises north of the col between Blackdown and Pilsdon Pen.</p><br>
<p>Louviers, also known as Upper Louviers and Black Gates, was a historic home located at Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware. The original section was built in 1833, as a two-story stone dwelling measuring 31 feet, 8 inches, wide and 35 feet long. Additions were made in 1833, 1837, after 1837, and after 1901. The second addition included a third floor and the facade with Greek Revival style porch. Also located on the property are contributing gate houses and an iron bridge  that joined Louviers to the powder yards. It was the home of Admiral Samuel Francis Du Pont from 1837 to 1865.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. The house has since been demolished, and its site incorporated into the DuPont Country Club, but the gate houses along Rockland Road and the iron bridge over the Brandywine remain.</p><br>
<p>The Khurnak Fort is a ruined fort in western Tibet Autonomous Region, China. It is in the disputed Aksai Chin region claimed by India.</p><br>
<p>The boundary between India and China was considered to be at the Khurnak Fort China has controlled the Khurnak Fort since July 1958, according to most sources. However two sources give earlier dates for establishment of Chinese control: June 1958 and the early 1950s.</p><br>
<p>During the 1960 talks between the two governments on the boundary issue, India submitted among other official records as proof of jurisdiction, the 1908 Settlement Report regarding revenue in kind, which showed the amount of revenue collected at Khurnak. The Chinese claim line of 1956 did not include the Khurnak Fort, but the 1960 claim line included the Khurnak Fort.</p><br>
<p>The fort lies close to the northern bank of the Pangong Tso and has an elevation of 4257 meters above sea level.</p><br>
<p>The Gianella Bridge was a swing bridge that brought CA 32 across the Sacramento River at Hamilton City, California, between Glenn County and Butte County. It was built in 1937 by Cotton Brothers & Co., Contractors. Also known as Sacramento River Bridge at Hamilton City, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. The bridge was documented by the Historic American Engineering Record  in 1984. It was demolished in 1987 but remains NRHP-listed.</p><br>
<p>While a bridge was desired by both counties, there was disagreement about the location. Glenn County favored the Hamilton City location to support Hamilton, in Glenn County, and the sugar beet industry; Butte County favored a location closer to Chico, in Butte County. The deadlock was broken by influence of Swiss-born Vincenzo Gianella, a Butte County large landowner and sugar beet farmer.</p><br>
<p>It was replaced by a concrete highway bridge and was removed in 1987.</p><br>
<p>Nonetheless, the swing bridge remains listed on the NRHP as of 2013.</p><br>
<p>Whittier Friends Meeting House  is a historic church building at the junction of County Roads E34 and X20 in Whittier, Iowa. It was built in 1893.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. It was deemed significant in the areas of religion and architecture. The National Register nomination noted:The building reflects the religious and architectural heritage of a small but locally significant religious group, the Conservative Wilburite Friends of Iowa. The building embodies their conception of right building, which maintained a predilection for unadorned simplicity. The meeting house meets the requirements of Criteria consideration A for significant religious properties. It is a tangible reflection of the broad patterns of Midwestern religious development. The Whittier Friends cemetery is immediately adjacent the meeting house and is included as a contributing element to the nomination.</p><br>
<p>Payne&#39;s Down is a prominent hill, 211 m high, some 10 kilometres east-northeast of Axminster and 1 kilometre northwest of Birdsmoorgate, in the county of Dorset in southern England. Its prominence of 62 m means it is listed as one of the Tumps. It is located within the Dorset Downs.</p><br>
<p>The summit forms an elongated, mainly wooded northwest-southeast oriented ridge, with a lane running along its northeastern flank along which there are some scattered cottages. There is a junction between the B 3165 and B 3165 in Birdsmoorgate. About 3 kilometres to the southwest is the hill fort of Lamberts Castle (258 m) and, across the valley of the River Synderford to the northeast is Pilsdon Pen (277 m) and further north, Blackdown Hill. The Wessex Ridgeway passes just to the west of Paynes Down.</p><br>
<p>Bookham Knoll is a rounded hill, 211 m high, about 1 kilometre southeast of the village of Buckland Newton in the county of Dorset in southern England. Its prominence of 43 m qualifies it as one of the Tumps. It is located within the Dorset Downs.</p><br>
<p>The hill is largely treeless farmland. It is bounded to the west by B3143, and on the other three sides by a minor road passing through the hamlets of Rew, Sharnhill Green and Bookham, after which it is named. To the east, beyond the lane, a tributary of the River Lydden rises below the col separating the knoll from Church Hill, the western spur of Ball Hill. The Wessex Ridgeway runs from east to west along the ridge formed by Ball and Church Hills and about a kilometre south of Bookham Knoll.</p><br>
<p>Seaborough Hill is a prominent ridge, 204 m high, on the Dorset-Somerset border in the Yeovil Scarplands in southwestern England. It has a prominence of 80 m which classifies it as one of the Tumps.</p><br>
<p>Seaborough Hill rises immediately north of the village of Seaborough and about 3 kilometres southwest of the town centre of Crewkerne. A minor road traverses the summit from north to south and there is a trig point (201 m) by the lane at the northern end of the summit ridge, near Honeydown Farm. There are scattered woods on the western and eastern flanks of the hill. The River Axe runs past the hill to the south and two major trails - Liberty Trail and Monarch&#39;s Way bypass it to the north and south respectively. The county boundary runs along the ridgeline before swinging around the northern spur of the hill and heading away to the southeast.</p><br>
<p>Povington Hill, at 198 m high, is one of the highest points on the chain of the Purbeck Hills in south Dorset on the southern coast of England. Its prominence of 107 m means it is listed as one of the Tumps, although map sources suggest this honour should go to Ridgeway Hill further east.</p><br>
<p>Povington Hill lies within the danger area of the Lulworth Ranges and is out of bounds during the week, but becomes a popular viewing point and picnic site at weekends and public holidays. From the top there are good views of Worbarrow Bay, the abandoned village of Tyneham, St. Aldhelm&#39;s Head, Swyre Head and the English Channel beyond Gad Cliff to the south. In good visibility Portland Bill may be seen. To the north the view extends over the firing ranges on the Dorset Heaths. The hill is largely treeless, being covered in rough pasture and scrubland.</p><br>
<h2>Access</h2><br>
<p>Povington Hill is accessible when the ranges are open to the public. A minor road from East Lulworth to Creech runs over the summit where there is a free car park and picnic area. From the car park, range walks lead westwards along the ridgeline to Whiteway Hill and Flower&#39;s Barrow, branching south into Tyneham, and eastwards to Ridgeway Hill.</p><br>
<p>Woodstock, also known as Banning Park, is a historic home located at Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware. The house was restored in 1929.</p><br>
<p>The "Woodstock" house stands at the highest point of the park. From this height can be seen the Delaware and Christina Rivers and their surrounding marshes. The house is of brick, with a two-story east wing said to have been built in 1743, and a two-and-one half story west wing built-in 1833. The addition of porches (front, side, and rear) and a kitchen shed during the 1930s are the only modern changes. On the roof of the newer and/taller wing is a "widow&#39;s walk" surrounded by a balustrade.</p><br>
<p>Two sheds attached to the eastern wing are old but cannot be dated. Granite hitching posts and a mounting block stand near the entrance. The inside of the building presents contrast between its 18th and 19th century sections. The older section has rough-finished walls and low ceiling. The newer section is more refined, indicating not only the passage of one hundred years, but also the increased fortunes of the owners. On the lower floor of the 1743 wing is located the kitchen/parlor of the original building. A winding staircase leads to the floor above, and there is a root cellar underneath. A Dutch oven with original hardware and wrought iron door can be found in the fireplace of this room. The hardware in both sections is original. On the westerly side of the main floor in the newer section can be found large nine-over-nine windows. These rooms are distinctive for their imported marble fireplaces and original wood trim and hardware. The larger section features a side-hall, double-pile plan. The classic stairwell and broad passageways add to the spacious feeling of the interior. The second floor also contains handsome fireplaces, but made with wooden mantels. The one-half story above the newer section also contains two rooms which are notable for their inside shutters. Behind a doorway in the hall is a stairway leading to the second attic and the "widow&#39;s walk."</p><br>
<p>Tradition states that one of Delaware&#39;s most famous ghosts still lives in "Woodstock," haunting on the full moon and leaving signs of his tragic death at the foot of the stairs.</p><br>
<p>156 acres of parkland comprise the present-day Banning Park. This is the last remaining intact plantation^ property along the Christina River. The land title can be traced back through records to approximately l659, when the Swede Andries Andriessen settled on the north bank of the Christina.</p><br>
<p>The property changed hands several times until 1687 when John Richardson, a Quaker merchant from New Castle, purchased the property. Richardson planned to develop a milling community under the name of Middleburg, or Middleboro. It is believed that his son, John Richardson, II, lived on or near the property from about 1704. Richardson II, built a new and larger house further up on the hill at the present site of "Woodstock."</p><br>
<p>The exact date of this new house is not known; however, we do know he built an addition in 1743, as he referred to it in his will of 1752. This addition is thought to be the smaller east wing of the present building. The older section, built between 1704 and 1743 was torn down in 1833 when the present main house was built. John Richardson II, and his several brothers developed on the northern bank of the Christina a series of mills, farming properties, and warehouses and docks. John Richardson II, passed on the property to John Richardson IV, his grandson. Since John Richardson, IV, left no will, the property went to Ann, daughter of John II. She married Dr Henry Latimer in 1779. Dr. Latimer was an active participant in the Revolution and a central figure in early Delaware politics. The Latimers were often guests of Presidents Adams and Jefferson, and "Woodstock" was the center of society and influence along the Christina. The home and farm were passed on intact through the Latimer family to James Latimer Banning.</p><br>
<p>Previous to his acuiring the property, "Woodstock" had remained vacant for some time. In 1929 Mr. Banning and his wife, Jane E. Gray Banning, set about restoring it.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.</p><br>
<p>The Woodstock house is currently occupied as part of a resident curator ship program run by New Castle County.</p><br>
<p>The Ironstone Plateau  is a region in the south and west of South Sudan.</p><br>
<h2>Topology and rainfall</h2><br>
<p>The land in the south and west of South Sudan slopes down to the northeast from the Nile-Congo Divide towards the Bahr el Ghazal swamps. The divide is formed by a plateau rising 800 to 1000 m above sea level, with some peaks that rise to 1,700 m. Rainfall is higher on the plateau than in the lower clay floodplains.</p><br>
<p>The rainy season lasts from May until November. Annual rainfall is 700 to 900 mm.</p><br>
<p>The plateau drains into the floodplain through rivers that cross an ironstone peneplain and then spread out into deltas and swamps.</p><br>
<p>The soils of the plateau have little capacity to hold water, so most of the run-off drains into the floodlands.</p><br>
<p>The many streams draining the plateau have formed steep and narrow valleys.</p><br>
<h2>Soil and vegetation</h2><br>
<p>The Ironstone Plateau takes its name from the hard red lateritic soil called ironstone that covers almost the entire area.</p><br>
<p>These soils are often thin and may be unsuitable for agriculture, except in the Green Belt in the extreme southwest of Western Equatoria and in a region around the Acholi Mountains in the Torit County of Eastern Equatoria.</p><br>
<p>The country north and east of the ironstone plateau is covered in clayish black cotton soil, mostly grasslands that are prone to flooding. The black cotton soil cracks when it is dry, but expands and becomes sticky in the rain, making travel difficult. The ironstone plateau has more trees and travel is easier.</p><br>
<p>The plateau and peneplain are mostly wooded.</p><br>
<h2>People and economy</h2><br>
<p>The people of the plateau generally speak Bantu languages while the people of the floodplains are Nilotic.</p><br>
<p>The plateau population includes Zande in Western Equatoria and Bari speakers in Central Equatoria on either side of the Nile.</p><br>
<p>They raise some livestock and engage in rain-fed agriculture, growing cereals such as Sorghum and pearl millet, vegetables and cassava in mixed croppings.</p><br>
<p>Other crops are oil seeds, groundnuts, sesame, cowpeas and okra, and mangoes, citrus and melons.</p><br>
<p>The best soil for agriculture is beside the streams that drain the plateau.</p><br>
<p>The forests yield mahogany from the Raga region and plantation teak.</p><br>
