<p>The Old Fairfax County Jail was built in 1885, behind the Fairfax County Court House. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1981, expanding the previously listed Fairfax County Court House. It is located in the City of Fairfax Historic District.</p><br>
<h2>Uses</h2><br>
<p>The building operated as a jail for 68 years, until 1953 when jail facilities were added to the courthouse. Since 1956 it has been used for various county offices such as juvenile court, fine board, police dispatch, and recreation.</p><br>
<h2>Historic documents</h2><br>
<p>The former jail was used for the County Clerk&#39;s Office c. 1974, during which time historically important documents were found in the building such as two volumes of early 19th-century registrations of free blacks, as well as the wills of George and Martha Washington.</p><br>
<p>While George Washingtons will remained in the adjacent Fairfax Court House during the Civil War, Marthas did not. When Union troops from the Ohio Volunteer Infantry occupied the original building in 1862, Lt Col David Thompson picked up some papers in the building, and recognizing Martha Washingtons will, kept it. His daughter sold the will after his death to J. P. Morgan. Between 1908 and 1913, the Fairfax County Court Clerk and the Commonwealths Attorney attempted to have the will returned, but were unsuccessful. After Morgans death, the Falls Church chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution took up the effort with a letter to Morgans son, requesting the will. The issue finally rose to the level of the Virginia General Assembly, Governor, Attorney General, Supreme Court, and the U.S Supreme Court. It was returned to Fairfax in 1915, when J. P. Morgan, Jr. decided not to fight the Supreme Court case that had been brought by Virginia.</p><br>
<p>Fairfax Public School, also known as the Old Fairfax Elementary School Annex, is a historic school building located at Fairfax, Virginia. It consists of two sections built in 1873 and 1912, and is a two-story, brick building. The original section lies at the rear of the building, which was later fronted by the two-story, rectangular, hipped roof section. The front facade features a one-story, Classical Revival style portico supported by three fluted Doric order columns at each corner. The building now houses the Fairfax Museum and Visitors Center.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Built in 1873, the building was the first Fairfax Elementary School, and the first brick public school in Fairfax County, Virginia. It was used as a school until 1925 when the building was purchased by the Ku Klux Klan chapter, Cavaliers of Virginia, Inc.</p><br>
<p>The cost of construction was $2,750.</p><br>
<p>A fire damaged the building in 1932, which was repaired in 1937 when the Fairfax County School Board purchased and began using it as a school again. The county held its first special education classes there in the 1950s, after which it was used as a school administration building and then as part of the Northern Virginia Police Academy.</p><br>
<h2>Fairfax Museum and Visitor Center</h2><br>
<p>The Fairfax Museum and Visitor Center opened on July 4, 1992, featuring exhibits covering Fairfax and Northern Virginia history. Prior to opening, the building underwent renovations for just under 5 years, which was publicly funded through a city referendum.</p><br>
<p>The Jersey County Courthouse, located on 201 W. Pearl Street in Jerseyville, is Jersey County, Illinois county courthouse. Built in 1893&ndash;94, the 124 foot  tall courthouse was the third used by the county since its formation in 1839. Architect Henry Elliott of Chicago and Jacksonville designed the building in the Romanesque Revival style. The buildings design features a tall central tower topped by an octagonal cupola, terminal towers at the front corners, and a raised front porch. The building&#39;s limestone exterior, which is intricately decorated on the front face, uses stone quarried at the nearby city of Grafton. The Jersey County Illinois courthouse was the third courthouse designed by Mr Elliott who also designed the Greene County Courthouse  in Carrollton, Illinois; Edgar County Courthouse  in Paris, Illinois; DeWitt County Illinois Courthouse  in Clinton, Illinois and Pike County Illinois Courthouse  in Pittsfield. The DeWitt County Courthouse was demolished in 1987.</p><br>
<p>The courthouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 8, 1986.</p><br>
<p>Thompson Mill Covered Bridge is a covered bridge which crosses the Kaskaskia River 2 mi northeast of Cowden, Illinois. The 160 ft Howe truss bridge is only 10 ft wide, making it the narrowest covered bridge in Illinois. The bridge was constructed in 1868; it was built in Michigan, shipped to Shelbyville, and hauled to the river crossing by horse-drawn wagons. The road the bridge carried was an important transportation corridor connecting Springfield, Taylorville, and Effingham. The bridge also provided area residents access to the Thompson Mill, a corn mill and sawmill which operated from 1843 to 1914.</p><br>
<p>The bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 13, 1975. It is now one of only five historic covered bridges remaining in Illinois. The bridge has been closed to automobile traffic but remains open to pedestrians.</p><br>
<p>Mary&#39;s River Covered Bridge is a covered bridge which crosses Marys River 4 mi northeast of Chester, Illinois. The Burr truss bridge is 86 ft long and 17 ft wide. The bridge was built in 1854 as part of a plank toll road connecting Chester to Bremen; the bridge allowed agricultural products to be transported to Chester, a significant port on the Mississippi River. In the early 1870s, the toll road and the bridge were sold to Randolph County. The bridge served road traffic until 1930.</p><br>
<p>In 1936, the State of Illinois assumed ownership of the bridge in order to preserve it. The bridge is now located in a picnic area and park on the south side of Illinois Route 150. It is the only extant covered bridge in Southern Illinois.</p><br>
<p>The bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 31, 1974.</p><br>
<p>William H. McGuffey Primary School, also known as the McGuffy Art Center, is a historic elementary school located at Charlottesville, Virginia. It was built in 1915-1916, and is a two-story, rectangular, Colonial Revival style brick building. It features single-story Tuscan order porticos that project from each side elevation as well as from the front façade. It is topped by a slate covered, low pitched, hipped roof. It was named</p><br>
<p>for William Holmes McGuffey (1800-1873) the author of the first standard USA reader series who was a staunch advocate of public education and a University of Virginia professor of moral philosophy. McGuffey School ceased to be a public school in 1973.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009. It is located in the Charlottesville and Albemarle County Courthouse Historic District.</p><br>
<p>The Robert Edward Lee is an outdoor bronze equestrian statue of Robert E. Lee and his horse Traveller. Commissioned in 1917 and dedicated in 1924, it is located in Charlottesville, Virginia&#39;s Emancipation Park  in the Charlottesville and Albemarle County Courthouse Historic District. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>In 1917 Paul Goodloe McIntire commissioned the statue from the artist Henry Shrady (1871–1922). It was the second of four works he commissioned from members of the National Sculpture Society. McIntire wanted a public setting for the statue, buying a city block of land and demolishing existing structures on it to create a formal landscaped square, later named Lee Park, the first of four parks he would donate to Charlottesville.</p><br>
<p>Shrady was chronically ill at the time of the commission – he worked on it slowly but it was still unfinished on his death in 1922. Leo Lentelli (1879–1961) completed the sculpture in 1924, and it was dedicated on May 21 of that year. It was cast in the Roman Bronze Works of Brooklyn, New York. Comparison with a surviving model of the proposed statue by Shrady reveals Lentelli&#39;s version is less animated than that intended by Shrady. The sculpture is approximately 26 feet high, 12 feet long, and 8 feet wide at the bottom of the pedestal. The oval granite pedestal was designed by the architect Walter Blair and on its side has the inscription "Robert Edward Lee" with the dates 1807 and 1870.</p><br>
<h2>Proposed removal</h2><br>
<p>In an open-air press conference beside the Robert E. Lee statue in March 2016, Charlottesvilles vice mayor Wes Bellamy called on Charlottesville City Council to remove the statue and rename Lee Park. He said that the statues presence "disrespected" parts of the community, and that he had "spoken with several different people who have said they have refused to step foot in to that park because of what that statue and the name of that park represents. And we can&#39;t have that in the city of Charlottesville"</p><br>
<p>Local NAACP head Rick Turner spoke in support of removal, calling Lee a "terrorist". Others accused the city council and Bellamy of disregarding Lee&#39;s historical significance and how important he was to Virginia, of sowing division, and of trying to rewrite history. A petition to remove the statue was initiated, with wording saying the statue represented "hate" and was a "subliminal message of racism".</p><br>
<p>In April 2016, the City Council decided to appoint a special commission, named the Blue Ribbon Commission on Race, Monuments and Public Spaces, to recommend to city officials how to best handle issues surrounding statues of Stonewall Jackson (Thomas Jonathan Jackson) in Court Square and Lee in Lee Park, as well as other landmarks and monuments. Early in November 2016, the Blue Ribbon Commission voted 6–3 to let both statues remain in place. On November 28, 2016, it voted 7–2 to remove the Lee statue to McIntire Park in Charlottesville and 8–1 to keep the Jackson statue in place, delivering a final report with that recommendation to Charlottesville City Council in December.</p><br>
<p>On February 6, 2017, Charlottesville&#39;s five-member City Council voted three votes to two to remove the Lee statue and, unanimously, to rename Lee Park.</p><br>
<p>In response, a lawsuit was filed on March 20 by numerous plaintiffs, including the Monument Fund Inc, the Sons of Confederate Veterans, and descendants of the statues donor and sculptor, to block the removal of the Lee and Jackson statues. The lawsuit sought a temporary injunction to halt the removal, arguing that Charlottesville City Councils decision violated a state law designed to protect American Civil War monuments and memorials, and that the council had additionally violated the terms of McIntire&#39;s gift to Charlottesville of the statue and the land for Lee Park. The city responded by asking that the temporary injunction be denied, arguing that the two statues were not erected to commemorate the Civil War and therefore the Virginia statute protecting war monuments does not apply.</p><br>
<p>In April 2017, the City Council voted three to two (exactly along the lines of the February vote) that the statue be removed completely from Charlottesville and sold to whoever the Council chooses.</p><br>
<p>On May 2, 2017, Judge Richard Moore issued a temporary injunction blocking the removal of the Robert E. Lee statue for six months, in the public&#39;s interest, pending a court decision in the suit.</p><br>
<p>Sometime overnight between Friday July 7 and Saturday July 8, the statue was vandalized by being daubed in red paint. It had been vandalized before; in June 2016 the pedestal was spray painted with the words "Black Lives Matter".</p><br>
<h3>Protests against its removal</h3><br>
<p>On May 13, 2017, white supremacist Richard B. Spencer led a torch-lit rally in Emancipation Park in protest of the Charlottesville town council&#39;s decision to remove and sell the statue and chanted "Jew will not replace us" and "Russia is our friend." Some of the ralliers procured bamboo tiki torches for a second, nighttime rally, but put out their torches and left as police officers began to arrive to disperse them.</p><br>
<p>Protesters to the rally itself gathered the following day and held a silent candlelight vigil that attracted over a hundred of the towns citizens, and the incumbent mayor of Charlottesville, Michael Signer, who opposed the statues removal, condemned the initial rally the night before, and the funds dedicated to the preserving of the Robert E. Lee statue denied having any involvement in the rally. Despite some conflict, no arrests were made or anyone injured.</p><br>
<p>On July 8, 2017, the Ku Klux Klan held a rally in Charlottesville protesting the city&#39;s plan to remove the statue. The approximately 50 Klansmen were met by several hundred counter-protesters. The police used tear gas to disperse the crowd, and made 23 arrests.</p><br>
<p>On August 12, 2017, during the Unite the Right rally, clashes broke out between supporters of the statue, who marched under Neo-Nazi flags and shouted slogans including "Jews will not replace us," and counter protesters. During the rally, counter-protester Heather Heyer was killed and 19 injured by a car ramming attack.</p><br>
<p>Granön is an island in the north of the Swedish sector of the Bay of Bothnia, in the Kalix archipelago.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>Granön is about 1 km east of Halsön.</p><br>
<p>The two islands and smaller islets and reefs lie in Halsöfjärden, a stretch of water south of the mainland of the Kalix Municipality.</p><br>
<p>A designated inland waterway from the west to Haparanda and Tornio passes to the north of Halsön and Granön, south of Björn and north of Seskarö.</p><br>
<p>The island consists of two former islands which have merged in the last few centuries due to post-glacial rebound. The highest points are in the centers of the former islands.</p><br>
<p>There are summer cottages at the north and south ends of the elongated island. Most of the island is forested.</p><br>
<p>The Kalix Municipality has said that stated that Granön is of general interest for nature conservation, since it is a botanically valuable island with high natural value.</p><br>
<p>A February 2013 report for the Kalix Municipality recommended a 200 m expansion of the northwestern part of Granön,</p><br>
<p>an undeveloped beach with no buildings made up of barren shingle banks and a sparse forest. The purpose of this and similar expansion of other islands in the municipality was to provide additional land for recreational use while avoiding impact on the natural environment.</p><br>
<p>Albemarle County Courthouse Historic District is a historic courthouse and national historic district located at Charlottesville, Virginia. The district encompasses 22 contributing buildings and 1 contributing object  centered on Court Square. The original section of the courthouse was built in 1803 in the Federal style and is now the north wing. The courthouse is a two-story, five-bay, "T" shaped brick building with a Greek Revival style portico. Other notable buildings include the Levy Opera House , Number Nothing , Redland Club , and Eagle Tavern.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. The district was incorporated into the Charlottesville and Albemarle County Courthouse Historic District in 1982.</p><br>
<p>Charlottesville and Albemarle County Courthouse Historic District, also known as the Charlottesville Historic District is a national historic district located at Charlottesville, Virginia. The district encompasses the previously listed Albemarle County Courthouse Historic District and includes 269 contributing buildings and 1 contributing object in the city of Charlottesville. It includes the traditional heart of the city&#39;s commercial, civic, and religious activities, with early residential development and industrial sites located along the fringe. The commercial core is located along a seven block Downtown Mall designed by Lawrence Halprin . Notable buildings include the Albemarle County Courthouse , Levy Opera House , Number Nothing , Redland Club , Eagle Tavern, United States Post Office and Courts Building , Christ  Church , Beth Israel Synagogue , Holy Comforter Catholic Church , First Methodist Church , McIntire Public Library , and Virginia National Bank . Also located in the district are the separately listed Abell-Gleason House, William H. McGuffey Primary School, Thomas Jonathan Jackson sculpture, Robert Edward Lee sculpture, and Marshall-Rucker-Smith House.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.</p><br>
<p>Rugby Road–University Corner Historic District is a national historic district located at Charlottesville, Virginia. The district encompasses 173 contributing buildings in the city of Charlottesville. It includes a variety of commercial, residential, and institutional structures mirroring the University of Virginias development between the 1890s and the Great Depression. It includes properties on Carrs Hill. Notable buildings include the Chancellor Building , the Minor Court Building , Mincers Shop Building 1920s), the Stevens-Shepherd Building , Buckingham Palace , St. Pauls Episcopal Church , Madison Hall , fraternity houses dating from 1902 to 1928, Fayerweather Hall , the Bayly Museum , Faculty Apartments building , Watts-Hillel House , and Hotopp-Watson House . Also located in the district are the separately listed Anderson Brothers Building, Preston Court Apartments, and Wynhurst.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.</p><br>
<p>Granön is a small island in the Swedish part of the Gulf of Bothnia, near to the town of Sundsvall.</p><br>
<p>It lies to the east of the larger island of Alnön, which is connected to the mainland by a bridge.</p><br>
<p>Both islands are in the bay where the Indalsälven river empties into the gulf.</p><br>
<p>The island is mentioned by Matthias Nordal in 1716, who said that in summertime cattle were sometimes transferred from Alnön to Granön,</p><br>
<p>where they would be safe from bears and wolves.</p><br>
<p>Today the island is mostly used for forestry.</p><br>
<p>In 2012 many of the trees were felled by a major storm, Hurricane Dagmar, as were trees on the neighboring islands of Rödön, Brämön and Kalven.</p><br>
<p>SCA Logistics cleared the fallen trees in 2012 and began harvesting the remaining trees in 2013.</p><br>
<p>The wood is loaded onto a barge and transported to the mill in Östrand at the head of the bay. The cleared land is replanted with seedlings.</p><br>
<p>Wallaceton is a historic home located at Chesapeake, Virginia. The original section was built between 1853 and 1863, as a company store. It was expanded after the American Civil War. It is a 1 1/2-story, rectangular, Greek Revival style frame dwelling. It has flat corner pilasters, a heavy box cornice under the eaves, and a full width front porch. Also on the property are a contributing two-room kitchen building and a dairy. About 1910, it was relocated approximately 100 feet to the east of the Dismal Swamp Canal to remove it from canal property. It was named for John Gallaudet Wallace  a farmer and businessman who fought in the Civil War for the Confederacy, as a Captain of Company C, 61st Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.</p><br>
<p>South Norfolk Historic District is a national historic district located at Chesapeake, Virginia. The district encompasses 668 contributing buildings and 1 contributing site in what started as a planned community of Norfolk County, Virginia and grew to become an independent city. South Norfolk was never part of Norfolk, Virginia. In fact, the two cities are separated by the Eastern Branch of the Elizabeth River. South Norfolk is a primarily residential district that was developed between 1890 and 1930. The dwellings include representative examples of the Colonial Revival, Stick Style, and Queen Anne styles. The district also includes several churches, a school, a park, and a small local business district.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.</p><br>
<p>Sunray Agricultural Historic District is a national historic district located at Chesapeake, Virginia. The district encompasses 188 contributing buildings, 90 contributing sites, 2 contributing structures, and 1 contributing object in the early 20th-century immigrant farming community of Sunray. It includes early 20th century vernacular farmhouses, agricultural buildings, Sunray School , and St. Mary’s Catholic Church . The district also includes a tidal ditch system, the abandoned Virginian Railway Tracks , and agricultural fields laid out with the platting of 1908.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. In 1908, the first long term farming community of Polish Americans was Sunray. Sunray is located in Chesapeake, Virginia, which was Norfolk County at the time. The Piast colony was the original name, commemorating the Piast Dynasty, Poland&#39;s first royal family, but it was renamed Sunray after the name of the 1910 station on the Virginian Railway in the town. Many Polish immigrants worked in factories and mines on the East Coast of the United States.</p><br>
<p>The Southern Homestead Corporation, incorporated in Norfolk in 1907, encouraged the immigrants to move to this farming community by platting the land to individual farm and house plots. The land was a swamp and the farmers purchasing the land had to clear trees and dig stumps out of the wetlands. They had to set up tidal drainage ditches to drain the wetland. The ditches would always have to be maintained for continued farming. The farms let them invest and grow their money from the factories into productive farms. Sophia Barnacks store was a place where community members could gather, it had beer and sodas at a table and Polish American Polka music along with Country music. They continued to welcome Polish Americans through the 1950s.</p><br>
<p>Ånnsjön is a lake in Åre Municipality in Jämtland County, Sweden. By road it is located 154 km northwest of Östersund.</p><br>
<p>The lake and surrounding wetlands are rich in fish, water birds and other wildlife. There are remains of human habitation in the region since the stone age,</p><br>
<p>including petroglyphs that are among the oldest in Sweden. In the late 19th century there were attempts to drain the wetlands for use in agriculture and forestry, but this is now being reversed. The lake and surroundings is a protected Natura 2000 area, and attracts many birdwatchers.</p><br>
<h2>Geography</h2><br>
<p>Ånnsjön is easily accessed via European route E14 through the mountain area of Jämtland, and is therefore one of Sweden&#39;s best known mountain lakes.</p><br>
<p>It is about 59 km&sup2; in area and is 525 m above sea level.</p><br>
<p>Ånnsjön is generally very shallow, around 1 m, with its greatest depth at 40 m in the southern part.</p><br>
<p>It is one of several lakes in a basin-like valley surrounded by mountains except to the northeast.</p><br>
<p>The lake is roughly circular, with a diameter of about 10 km.</p><br>
<p>There is a sandy ridge along 2 km of the shore.</p><br>
<p>The shores include long sandy beaches, pebble beaches, areas of lush vegetation and areas where the lake merges into peat bogs.</p><br>
<p>Ånnsjön is surrounded in part by about 8,000 hectare of marshy areas.</p><br>
<p>Ditches dug to drain some of these bogs are now being filled to restore the water levels.</p><br>
<p>Ånnsjön is fed by the mountain rivers Enan and Handölan.</p><br>
<p>In its lower reaches the Handolan has rapids, waterfalls and gorges.</p><br>
<p>The Enan and Handölan converge just before entering the west of the lake, where the Handöl delta has formed.</p><br>
<p>Other deltas enter the north-west and south-east of the lake.</p><br>
<p>Tributaries draining the mountain area to the south and east of the lake include the Västerån, Bunnerån, Järpån, Rekån and Kärrån.</p><br>
<p>The lake is drained by Landverksströmmen, which exits its northern end. This is the western branch of the Indalsälven river.</p><br>
<p>Ånnsjön is part of the sub-basin called the "outlet of Ånnsjön", which has an average altitude of 561 m above sea level and an area of 144.5 km&sup2</p><br>
<p>When all the upstream drainage basins upstream are counted, the accumulated basin area is 1,562.07 km&sup2;. The catchment area consists mostly of forest (41%), and marshes (14%).</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Archeological remains date from the early stone age to historical times.</p><br>
<p>The oldest settlements are between 6,000 and 7,000 years old. At that time, soon after deglaciation, the climate was warmer than today and the land would have been more wooded.</p><br>
<p>The shallow Ånnsjön lake and surrounding marsh complex would have provided good resources of fish, waterfowl and other wildlife for the ancient population. About 60 fishing settlements have been located on the shores of the lake and on the islands of Granön, Årsön and Bunnernäset.</p><br>
<p>A large number of relics from the Stone Age have been found in the area, mainly around Bunnerviken.</p><br>
<p>Among the finds is a dagger of red stone with a handle carved into a beautiful moose head.</p><br>
<p>There are Petroglyphs at Landsverk and Håltbergsudden.</p><br>
<p>The carvings at Landsverk consists of two of moose 1.5 m meters long, and two smaller moose.</p><br>
<p>The small ones may have been carved several hundred years after the large ones.</p><br>
<p>The large, naturalistic carvings are similar in style and technology to petroglyphs of the Norwegian Nordland coast,</p><br>
<p>and are considered by scientists to be among the oldest rock carvings in Sweden.</p><br>
<p>Fish traps have been found, and burial mounds from the Late Iron Age.</p><br>
<p>Remains from the Viking era (850-1050) have been found in Bunnerviken and Klocka.</p><br>
<p>Records dividing the lake into fishing concessions date to the late 17th century.</p><br>
<p>There are records of disputes over the boundaries of the concessions and over fishing rights, and indications that at times the lake was over-fished.</p><br>
<p>A settlement was made in 1833.</p><br>
<p>A dispute over fishing rights reached the Supreme Court in 1891, and another Supreme Court ruling on fishing rights was issued in 1912.</p><br>
<p>Soapstone artifacts have been manufactured around Handöl village and the west of the lake since at least 1600,</p><br>
<p>and this is still an important industry. To the west of Handöl there are open pits in the mountain side that testify to mining operations. Copper ore was extracted for some time in the mid-1700s. Beside Handöl there is a stone monument erected in 1911 to the memory of over 600 Caroleans who were buried at the site on 20 January 1719 during the Carolean Death March. A small timbered chapel was built in 1806 to minister to the Sami from Undersåker and Åre, the oldest such chapel in Jämtland. The pulpit and altar with triptych came from the Frösö church. It also has a tablet commemorating the 600 soldiers who died in 1719.</p><br>
<p>In 1897 the English Admiral Sir William Robert Kennedy and his brothers came to Ånnsjön, drawn by the fishing and hunting.</p><br>
<p>His family were to stay for the next sixty years.</p><br>
<p>Although foreigners, they were allowed to purchase both property and fishing rights on the lake.</p><br>
<p>In July 1909 the Östersundsposten reported on a "naval battle on Ånnsjön", an altercation between Edward Kennedy and the admiral&#39;s daughter Elise (Alice) in one boat, and Olof and Mattias Eriksson from Ånn in another boat. The dispute was over fishing rights in the northeastern part of the lake, and was eventually taken to court.</p><br>
<p>Today there are a few villages and farms adjacent to Ånnsjön.</p><br>
<p>Ånn, Klocka and Landverk are located on the lake&#39;s northern shore.</p><br>
<p>Handöl is in the southwest, while Bränna and Bunnerviken are on the southern shore.</p><br>
<h2>Environment</h2><br>
<p>The lake islands and surrounding country contain broad leaved deciduous woodland, mixed woodland, coniferous woodland, wooded tundra, grassland and tundra.</p><br>
<p>There are fens, transition mires and springs, rivers and streams and standing freshwater.</p><br>
<p>In the second half of the 19th century the villagers dug drainage ditches in the bogs in the hope of converting them into agricultural or forestry land.</p><br>
<p>The drained peat land contained too much organic matter and was abandoned after a few years, but did not rebound.</p><br>
<p>As of 2013 the county was starting work to reverse the process by cutting down the birch trees and using them to fill the ditches.</p><br>
<p>It was hoped that this would restore much of the partially drained wetlands, with corresponding ecological benefits.</p><br>
<p>In winter the ice forms quickly on Ånnsjön, and the exposed position keeps snow from accumulating for some time.</p><br>
<p>Even when the ice is thin, the depth along the beaches is only knee-high, so the lake is favored for training by competitive speed and distance skaters.</p><br>
<p>Usually Ånnsjön experiences lemming migrations every four years. Many of the small rodents are picked off by birds as they cross the ice.</p><br>
<p>The lake is well stocked with char and trout, including native trout and Canadian brown trout.</p><br>
<p>Fishing is allowed in designated areas, but a local fishing license is required.</p><br>
<p>The island of Järpön contains the small lake of Renattjärn.</p><br>
<p>This lake has brown trout and char. Fishing is not allowed.</p><br>
<p>Fishing is best in mid summer when insect larvae hatch, but is good in August. Ice fishing is also possible in winter, until May.</p><br>
<p>Ånnsjön is a Natura 2000 area, and is protected by the European Union Habitats Directive and Birds Directive.</p><br>
<p>Ånnsjön boasts a rich bird life, and is visited by many bird watchers each year.</p><br>
<p>There are signs, paths, a bird watching tower, hides and long boardwalks.</p><br>
<p>The area around Ånnsjön and Storlien is the third largest Important Bird Area (IBA) in Sweden with an area of about 90,000 hectare.</p><br>
<p>BirdLife International considers Ånnsjön-Storlien an internationally significant area for 26 different species of birds, and of global importance for eleven species that include snipe and ptarmigan.</p><br>
<p>The lake is home to the near-threatened great snipe (Gallinago media) and vulnerable long-tailed duck (Clangula hyemalis).</p><br>
<p>Other resident or breeding birds include the black grouse, western capercaillie, greater scaup, red-throated loon, Arctic loon, common kestrel, merlin, northern harrier, rough-legged hawk, common crane, Eurasian golden plover, Eurasian dotterel, whimbrel, spotted redshank, common redshank, wood sandpiper, Temminck&#39;s stint, purple sandpiper, broad-billed sandpiper, ruff, red-necked phalarope and long-tailed jaeger.</p><br>
<p>Lobos de Tierra is a Peruvian island situated 19 km from the mainland close to the Illescas Peninsula and the boundary between the departments of Piura and Lambayeque regions. Its area is 16 km², its approximate length is 10 km, and its approximate width is 3 km.</p><br>
<h2>Natural resources</h2><br>
<p>In 1863 the island was estimated to have guano deposits of almost 7 million metric tons, which were then exploited without any control. The number proved to be an overestimate and today that wealth has almost disappeared and the little remaining guano does not have the same quality as before.</p><br>
<p>The climate of this island is very warm and is home to birds like kelp gulls, boobies (Blue-footed, Nazca, and Peruvian), and Guanay cormorants. The last two species were of great importance during the heyday of guano. Lobos de Tierra Island owes its name to its proximity to the coast and the presence of otariids. At times blue whales can be seen.</p><br>
<h2>Geography</h2><br>
<p>Around the island there are several islets such as El León and Albatros.</p><br>
<p>Lake Cannon, an almost round lake, has a surface area of 333 acre. Lake Cannon is in a highly urbanized area. On the north shore is a some vacant land and the Boys Club is on the northeast shore. The rest of the lake is surrounded by residential areas. About 300 ft to the lake&#39;s east is Lake Mirror and 500 ft to the southeast is Lake Howard.</p><br>
<p>The lake was first mapped by Dr. John Westcott for the United States government. Dr. Westcott was a deeply religious man, and originally gave it the name Lake Canon. However, the United States Army renamed it to Lake Cannon during the Seminole Wars.</p><br>
<p>There are no public boat ramps or swimming areas on Lake Cannon&#39;s shores. However, on the northeast shore, along East Lake Cannon Drive, is Lake Cannon Public Park. This park has picnic tables and a fishing dock. On the northwest shore, just south of the Boys Club, is a public boat ramp. Boats may reach Lake Cannon from four canals. One connects this lake to Mirror Lake, another connects it to Howard Lake, a third connects it to Lake Idylwild, to the north, and a fourth connects to Lake Blue, to the west. This lake is part of the south system of the Winter Haven Chain of Lakes, so it may be reached by boats coming from a number of public boat ramps in the system. The Take Me Fishing website says Lake Cannon contains largemouth bass, bluegill and black crappie.</p><br>
<p>Covington Historic District is a national historic district located at Covington, Virginia. The district encompasses 108 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 1 contributing structure in the historic core of the city of Covington. It includes late-19th and early-20th-century commercial buildings, dwellings that date from around 1820 until 1940, and governmental, educational, religious, industrial, and transportation-related</p><br>
<p>buildings. Notable buildings include Merry Stand (c. 1817), the James Burk House (1824), Callaghan House (1840s), William W. Lawrence House (1850s), Rinehart Building (c. 1895), Covington Savings Bank (1910s), I. O. O. F. Building, Covington Post Office (1914), Hotel Collins (1910), Hippodrome Theater (1920s), C&O Railway and Freight Station (1914-1915), Alleghany County Courthouse (1910), Alleghany</p><br>
<p>County Jail, Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Emmanuel Episcopal Church, First Presbyterian Church (1924), and Covington Baptist Church (1902).</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.</p><br>
<p>Granön is the largest island in lake Ånnsjön in Jämtland County, Sweden.</p><br>
<h2>Physical</h2><br>
<p>Granön lies roughly in the center of Lake Ånnsjön.</p><br>
<p>It is about 3 km from east to west, and 1.5 km from north to south. The island is low-lying and partially wooded. The lake is generally shallow, but there are depths of up to 40 m to the south of Granön.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Stone Age fishing settlements have been located on the shores of the lake and on the islands of Granön, Årsön and Bunnernäset.</p><br>
<p>In 1906 a large shale tip was found on the island.</p><br>
<p>A settlement was registered on the island in 1834.</p><br>
<p>In the late 19th century the region became popular with English sportsmen.</p><br>
<p>In the 1890s Admiral Sir Houston Stewart leased fishing rights on Granön for three years.</p><br>
<p>In 1905 Admiral Sir William Robert Kennedy bought the island, including the homestead and fishing rights.</p><br>
<p>In 1945 some parts of the fishing rights were assigned to a corporation, allowing use by the local villagers.</p><br>
<p>A fishery was established on the Granön water in 1959 with 18 shareholders.</p><br>
<p>It came to be regulated in terms of number of nets that could be used, restrictions that continue to apply.</p><br>
<h2>Protection</h2><br>
<p>Today Ånnsjön is a Natura 2000 area, and is protected by the European Union Habitats Directive and Birds Directive.</p><br>
<p>However, forestry continues on Granön, since this activity has marginal impact on bird life.</p><br>
<p>Granön contains a shelter that may be used in winter by visitors to the lake.</p><br>
<p>There was a large 2-story hunting lodge on the island, but it burned down in October 2012.</p><br>
<p>The Picture Rock Pass Petroglyphs Site is in northern Lake County, Oregon, United States. The site is located near the summit of Picture Rock Pass on land administered by the Bureau of Land Management. The designs were scraped into a basalt boulder by ancient Native Americans, probably between 7,500 and 12,000 years ago. No one knows the meaning of the petroglyph designs. Because of its unique archaeological and cultural significance, the Picture Rock Pass Petroglyph Site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.</p><br>
<h2>Prehistoric environment</h2><br>
<p>Following the retreating glaciers of the last glaciation period of the Ice Age, melt water accumulated in the closed basins of what now is south central Oregon. As a result, pluvial lakes covered much of the high desert. This included the Summer Lake basin south of Picture Rock Pass and the Silver Lake basin north of the pass. The marshes and meadows that surrounded these lakes were ideal habitat for wildlife including bison, deer, antelope, mountain sheep, and many varieties of waterfowl. The abundant wildlife drew prehistoric hunters to the area.</p><br>
<p>No one knows when the first people arrived in south central Oregon. However, there is evidence that Native Americans have lived in this area for over 12,000 years. Little is known about the people who occupied the land at that time, except that they camped and hunted near the ancient lakes around Picture Rock Pass. This was confirmed by Clovis Period artifacts found at Fort Rock Cave and Paisley Caves. These archeological sites are both close to the pass. In addition to leaving artifacts in caves, the area&#39;s early inhabitants created rock carvings at sites throughout south central Oregon including Picture Rock Pass.</p><br>
<h2>Petroglyphs</h2><br>
<p>The Picture Rock Pass petroglyphs are carved on a south-facing basalt boulder near the summit of the pass. No one knows when the Picture Rock Pass petroglyphs were created or who carved them. However, they were probably created during either Clovis Period (10,000 and 12,000 years ago) or the Stemmed Point Period that followed (7,500 to 10,000 years ago), placing the likely period of the rock carvings sometime between 7,500 and 12,000 years ago.</p><br>
<p>The meaning of the Picture Rock Pass petroglyphs is unknown. The most common explanations are that they were used in hunting ceremonies or marked the migration routes of native peoples. Alternatively, the petroglyphs may have been created to identify tribal territory, record myths, or commemorate important tribal events. Perhaps the simplest explanation is that the petroglyphs were just fanciful designs cut into the rock by a prehistoric artist. While all these theories are possible explanations for their creation, no one knows for sure what motivated the petroglyph maker.</p><br>
<p>There are ten figures in the Picture Rock Pass petroglyph group. Three are human-like figures. One of these is a small stick figure in the lower left corner of the grouping. The second human figure is a middle-size figure along the bottom to the right of center. The largest bipedal figure is more interesting. While it appears to be a human figure, it also has large horns and what may be a second set of arms. This suggests it may represent a spirit figure. The other seven figures depict four-legged animals. They could be game animals or hunting dogs. One of the animals in the center of the petroglyph grouping appears to have a rider. However, experts note that the patina of the riding figure is different than the four-legged animal it is riding on or any of the other figures. This indicates that the rider was probably added after the original carving was done. If that is true, the original figure may have been a mountain sheep or another game animal.</p><br>
<h2>Protection</h2><br>
<p>Fortunately the Picture Rock Pass site has been free from vandalization, but the petroglyphs remain very fragile and must be protected. Because prehistoric petroglyph sites have great archeological value and are often associated with Native American cultural practices, they are identified for protection when located on United States Government lands. A majority of the government-owned petroglyph sites have been officially designated as Areas of Critical Environmental Concern. This ensures that these cultural resources are preserved and protected.</p><br>
<p>Because of its cultural significance and unique archaeological value, the Picture Rock Pass Petroglyphs Site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on 28 August 1975. The Bureau of Land Management has mapped and documented the Picture Rock Pass Petroglyphs Site to record its condition. Photographs are used to compare site conditions over time. Volunteers from the Archaeological Society of Central Oregon help Bureau of Land Management cultural and law enforcement specialists monitor the site.</p><br>
<h2>Location</h2><br>
<p>The Picture Rock Pass petroglyphs are located on Bureau of Land Management property just south of Oregon Route 31 between the small unincorporated communities of Silver Lake and Summer Lake. The location of the petroglyphs is not well marked, but the site is less than 100 ft from the highway.</p><br>
<p>The Silas Ferrell House is a historic residence in the village of Shiloh, Ohio, United States. Built in the closing decades of the nineteenth century as the home of a wealthy businessman, the house exemplifies the economic prosperity of 1880s Shiloh. Its distinctive architecture has qualified it for designation as a historic site.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Shiloh was platted in September 1852 around a rural station of the Sandusky and Mansfield Railroad at a three-way junction with the Cleveland and Columbus Railroad and with the road between the cities of Tiffin and Wooster. Originally named "Salem Station" because of its location near the short-lived village of Salem, it was given its present name in 1862, soon after the Battle of Shiloh in the Civil War. By the end of the century, Shiloh was a flourishing locality: with the presence of the railroads, the villages commerce grew to the point that parts of the business district were three stories tall. Further contributing to local prosperity was the presence of natural gas deposits, which were sufficient to supply all local needs while leaving some for export to surrounding communities. Within such an environment was the Silas Ferrell House constructed in 1880. Ferrell was a well-to-do village merchant: he owned the general store and a factory that produced agricultural equipment, and he had a share in the operation of Shilohs grain elevator. Since Ferrell&#39;s day, his house has not always been used as a residence; for a time, it was the location of the McQuate Funeral Home.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<p>The Ferrell House is a square Italianate residence with a cupola atop the center of the hip roof. Two stories high, the weatherboarded structure rests on a foundation of limestone; its roof is tin, and additional elements are made of wood. A small porch is attached to the front, and the roofs feature cornices with brackets. Such elements are clear examples of the Italianate style, along with the symmetrical three-bay facade, the decorative milling on the cornice and the windows, and the hoods atop the rounded windows. No other building in Shiloh retains such a high degree of integrity in the Italianate style, and its location on Main Street increases the house&#39;s prominence. Completing the property are a small shed and a two-story carriage house behind the house itself.</p><br>
<h2>Preservation</h2><br>
<p>At the end of 1987, the Silas Ferrell House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, qualifying because of its well-preserved historic architecture. More than sixty buildings and historic districts throughout Richland County have been given this distinction, but most are located in the county seat of Mansfield, and the Ferrell House is the only one in or near Shiloh.</p><br>
<p>The proposed Sites Reservoir would be a large offstream reservoir in the Sacramento Valley in Northern California, a project of the California Department of Water Resources. Its primary purpose is to collect winter flood flows from the Sacramento River, diverting the water upstream of the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta and pumping it into an artificial lake located west of Colusa. The estimated water yield would be between 470000 to 640000 acrefeet per year, depending on yearly rainfall and environmental regulations.</p><br>
<p>The reservoir would be operated as part of the California State Water Project (SWP) and is projected to cost between $2.3–3.2 billion. According to a 2013 Bureau of Reclamation study, it would provide economic benefits of between $248.8–276.2 million per year, while annual operating costs would be in the range of $10–20 million.</p><br>
<p>The state Department of Water Resources received an approval to study water storage north of the delta in 1996, and more funding was approved every several years since then. As of 2014, $52 million has been spent on studies.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The first proposals for Sites appeared in the 1980s as part of the State Water Projects Stage II. Stage I, which comprised the projects primary features, including the Oroville Dam, California Aqueduct and associated hydroelectric plants and pumping stations, was completed during the 1960s to mid-1980s, to provide an annual water yield of 2.23 e6acre.ft. Stage II, which included Sites Reservoir, the Peripheral Canal and various proposals to divert other Northern California rivers was intended to bring the SWP to its full yield of 4 e6acre.ft. Due to political and environmental opposition, these projects have not been built. Sites Reservoir went through federal review in 1996 but did not receive authorization.</p><br>
<p>However, the 21st century has experienced a growing threat of serious water shortfalls due to drought and rapid population growth in California; by 2020 the annual deficit of supply to demand could be as much as 3 e6acre.ft. Current studies refer to the reservoir officially as the North-of-Delta Offstream Storage Project. The DWR has noted that between 2002 and 2011, SWP water supply delivery reliability declined, and that NODOS could improve water supply reliability during drought periods (when operated in conjunction with existing reservoirs).</p><br>
<h2>Specifications</h2><br>
<p>The 14,000 acre reservoir would be formed by several dams located in the east foothills of the California Coast Ranges, flooding the long and narrow Antelope Valley. The main dams, Sites and Golden Gate, would be built across Stone Corral and Funks Creeks, respectively; the larger of the two, Sites, would stand about 310 ft high. Six smaller saddle dikes would hold in the north end of the lake. The total capacity would be between 1.27 to 1.81 e6acre.ft, which could be further expanded in the future by raising the surrounding dikes. Up to 5,900 cuft/s of water would be supplied to the reservoir via the existing Tehama-Colusa and Glenn-Colusa Canals as well as a new pumping station on the Sacramento River.</p><br>
<p>Sites would be operated as a pumped-storage hydroelectric plant, similar to San Luis Reservoir in Central California&#39;s San Joaquin Valley, and as a result would be a net power consumer. However, a hydroelectric power plant here would help in the generation of peaking power for the Northern California grid.</p><br>
<h2>Potential environmental impacts</h2><br>
<p>Unlike other proposed reservoir projects in California, Sites would not directly affect fish migration because it is not located on a major river, and could be a source of additional cold water for fall-run chinook and coho salmon.</p><br>
<p>However, diversions could take more than 60 percent of the Sacramento&#39;s flow at certain times, with potential harm to salmon and other migrating fish. The reservoir itself would affect habitat for 23 sensitive, threatened or endangered wildlife species. The exposed location would also cause the annual evaporation of about 30,000 acrefeet of water.</p><br>
<p>The project would be operated in the interest of protecting fisheries, with such installations proposed as advanced fish screens at the pumping stations along the Sacramento River; potential modifications to upstream Shasta Dam to increase the supply of cold water available there; and modifications to the existing Tehama-Colusa and Glenn-Colusa Canal intakes that would be used by the project.</p><br>
<p>In October 2013, in Sangrampur  village in the Unnao district of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, a local seer named Shobhan Sarkar dreamt that over 1000 tonnes of gold were buried under the ruins of an old fort of a 19th-century king, Ram Baksh Singh. Sarkar wrote to the President of India, the Ministry of Mines  and the Archaeological Survey of India  to consider excavation for the supposed hoard. The excavation work began on 18 October 2013. On 29 October 2013, the ASI announced that there was no gold buried in the location and stopped excavation work. More news was released on 29 October 2013, saying that ASI Director General Pravin Srivastava said the digging area was now planned to be widened, but clarified that the excavation work by his 12-member team had not been stopped. On 18 November 2013, ASI stopped the excavation and began filling up the trenches.</p><br>
<h2>Village history</h2><br>
<p>Sangrampur, also known as Daundia Khera, is a village located in the Bighapur tehsil of Unnao district, about 100 km south of Lucknow city in Uttar Pradesh, India. According to the 2011 census of India, it has 469 households and a population of 2672.</p><br>
<p>In the 19th-century, Alexander Cunningham, the founder of the Archaeological Survey of India, speculated that the site referred to as Hayamukha by Hiuen-Tsang, a 7th-century Chinese traveller, might be the present day Daundia Khera. Hiuen-Tsang had recorded visiting Hayamukha, where he noted five Buddhist monasteries housing over 1000 members of the Buddhist sect Saṃmitīya. Cunningham considered it "almost certain" that the two places were the same, but acknowledged that there were significant differences between the early descriptions and what he saw then. He also relied upon the thoughts of James Tod, another British scholar who is nowadays not considered a reliable historian.</p><br>
<h2>Background of incident</h2><br>
<p>In September 2013, a local priest named Shobhan Sarkar, who is also revered as a Mahant, claimed that a 19th-century king of Daundia Khera, Ram Baksh Singh, had come to him in a dream and told him that 1000 tons of gold treasure were buried under his palace. In an interview to Wall Street Journal, Sarkar said that the ghost of Singh is worried about the Indian economy and he wants the treasure to be used for the economic growth of the country. Sarkar called the dream "a divine intervention" but refused to tell how, when and why only he learned about the buried treasure. The British had hanged Singh during the 1857 rebellion and destroyed his palace. Sarkar wrote to the Prime Minister, President and the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) about his dream but his letters went ignored. Some sources say that Sarkar then approached Charan Das Mahant, a Minister of State for agriculture and the food processing industry in the Government of India, while other sources say that the minister heard of the story from a pandit in Kanpur who regularly kept in touch with him.</p><br>
<p>Minister Mahant visited the alleged treasure trove site on 22 September and 7 October 2013 and convinced the ASI and the Geological Survey of India (GSI) to inspect it. A team from the ASI visited the site on 12 October 2013 and drilled two holes at locations shown to them by Sarkar. The ASI said that they detected metal around 20 meters below the ground. The GSI report also confirmed a prominent non-magnetic anomalous zone occurring at 5–20 m depth, indicative of possible non-conducting, metallic contents or alloys. The ASI announced the excavation of the site which began on 18 October 2013.</p><br>
<h2>Excavation</h2><br>
<p>The Ministry of Culture stated that the excavation would take 2–3 weeks to reach the depth of any deposits, A team of twelve archaeologists from the ASI, led by its Deputy Director, PK Mishra, began excavation at the alleged gold treasure site in the presence of the Unnao Sub-Divisional Magistrate. The excavation took place in 10 pits, each measuring about 100 square feet. Hundreds of onlookers, Outside Broadcasting B vans, and dozens of journalists from different media organizations were also present. Heavy police security was deployed and night vision cameras were installed to enhance security. Considering the heavy crowd of onlookers, CCTV cameras were installed for security. Until 24 October 2013, ASI has excavated 217 centimeters of ground. Til 2 November 2013, ASI has excavated 571 centimeters of ground.Sub-divisional magistrate Vijay Shanker Dubey said 70 cm and 30 cm were dug up respectively in two blocks after breaking the rocky base at the fort at Daundiya Kheda village on Saturday, but there is still no sight of the treasure on the 15th day of excavation.</p><br>
<h2>Development</h2><br>
<p>Following media reports that the Government of India was carrying out an excavation on the basis of Shobhan Sarkars dream, the Ministry of Culture issued a statement to clarify that the excavation was being carried out on the basis of a report by GSI which conducted a Ground Penetrating Radar Survey at the site and reported the presence of "non-magnetic anomalous zone at 5-20 meter below the ground indicative of possible non-conductive metallic contents and/or alloys". Several interested parties came out to claim a stake in the treasure. One of the kings descendants, Navchandi Veer Pratap Singh expressed his interest. The All India Kshatriya Mahasangha also staked a claim, saying that they are rightful claimants because Ram Baksh Singh belonged to their Kshatriya community. Sarkar had another dream and claimed that 2,500 tons of gold was hidden beneath Shiva Chabutara of Brahm Ashram at Adampur village in Fatehpur district, Uttar Pradesh. It was reported that Sarkar had written to Fatehpurs district magistrate informing about the dream. On the night of 19 October 2013, caretaker Swamy Mohandas was locked up at gunpoint inside an ancient Shiva temple at Gangaghat in Adampur village. The people responsible dug up the ground in search of the alleged treasure. Some villagers claimed that they took away hidden gold.</p><br>
<p>A Public-interest litigation (PIL) was filed in the Supreme Court of India seeking directions from the court to make proper arrangements for safety and protection of alleged hidden treasure. On 21 October 2013, the court rejected the PIL saying that it cannot pass order on the "ground of assumption".</p><br>
<h3>Reaction</h3><br>
<p>Former President A. P. J. Abdul Kalam said that, "according to me, science doesnt allow any guess. It must have some logical conclusion." Bharatiya Janata Partys politician Narendra Modi mocked the government saying that, "The whole world is laughing at us over this bizarre exercise. Somebody dreamt and the government has launched an excavation." Nationalist Congress Partys leader Sharad Pawar said that, "this will lead to rise in buwabaji (promoting superstition by godmen) in society" and further added that, "government agencies should not participate in such work." Thousands of onlookers were gathered to watch the excavation. Dozens of domestic and foreign TV journalists telecast the event live. Some media houses compared the media circus&#39; with that of the 2010 Black comedy film Peepli Live. A journalist from Al Jazeera summed up the spectacle saying that, "We had heard that India is the land of snake charmers. After this we are ready to believe it." The weekly magazine India Today called the excavation "moronic madness" and added, "if this gold hunt ends in finding even a kilo of the yellow, we are doomed. An already overtly superstitious country will rush to self-declared saints and shower them with gold."</p><br>
<p>Buford Tower  is a tower standing along the north shore of Lady Bird Lake in downtown Austin, Texas. The structure was originally built in 1930 as a drill tower for the Austin Fire Department, but it now serves as a bell tower and landmark. Named after fire department Captain James L. Buford, the structure has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 2016.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Austin first established a professional fire department in 1916. On December 26, 1929, City Council authorized construction of a fire drill tower on a parcel of land along the Colorado River downtown, where the river could provide water for testing fire hoses and extinguishing training fires. The tower was built in 1930 at a cost of $6,200, and immediately began to be burned and flooded regularly during training exercises and the testing of equipment. It also served as a backdrop for fire department photographs, social events, and public firefighting demonstrations.</p><br>
<p>As decades passed, firefighting technology advanced, and Austins buildings grew taller. In the 1960s, snorkel trucks gave the citys firefighters access to higher windows than could be reached with traditional ladders, and the tower&#39;s value as a training facility declined. At the same time, the growth of the city meant that the drill tower, originally built near the southern edge of town, was now crowded by tall modern buildings and heavy traffic, making the training fires a growing hazard to downtown. Finally, in 1974 the fire department opened a new training tower in southeast Austin, and the original Fire Drill Tower was closed.</p><br>
<h3>Restoration and carillon</h3><br>
<p>The tower stood unused and untended for years, and its unglazed windows allowed it to become infested with pigeons; eventually the city marked the structure for demolition. In 1978, however, Effie Kitchens (the widow of the towers original builder) led a public campaign, together with the Austin chapter of the National Association of Women in Construction, to raise funds for the towers restoration. The campaign raised $45,000, of which Kitchens personally contributed $30,000.</p><br>
<p>These funds allowed the towers brick facade to be cleaned, its roof repaired, and its windows glazed to keep wildlife out. Decorative iron grillwork was added to the doors at ground level and to the highest level, where an electronic carillon bell system was installed, transforming the fire drill tower into a working bell tower. After the renovations were completed, on August 23, 1978 the tower was rededicated as Buford Tower, named after Austin Fire Department Captain James L. Buford, the first Austin firefighter to die in the line of duty. The bell system was named the Kitchens Memorial Chimes, after the towers builder, Rex D. Kitchens.</p><br>
<p>Today, the bells chime the hours and play Christmas carols during the Christmas season. The tower has also become the site of the Austin Firefighters Associations annual memorial service for first responders who lost their lives during the 9/11 attacks.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<p>Buford Tower is a freestanding six-story concrete tower clad with reddish-brown brick with limestone accents, 67 ft tall with a 14 ft square cross-section. Built in the style of an Italianate campanile, it features a low-pitched square hip roof and round-arched Romanesque Revival doors and windows. The tower was designed by local architect J. Roy White for the Austin-based Hugo Kuehne architecture firm; its construction contractor was local builder Rex D. Kitchens.</p><br>
<h3>Exterior</h3><br>
<p>At its base, the tower rests on a 4 ft white concrete plinth. The entrance faces the street on the north side, with three concrete steps leading up to the arched doorway from street level. The doors are covered by black cast iron grillwork gates and flanked by a pair of cast iron light fixtures. On the first five floors, each face of the building is penetrated by one centered window (excepting the first floor, where the north face instead has the front doorway, and the south face is a solid brick wall). The windows are now glazed, though they were originally left open to facilitate airflow to the training fires. The doorway and all of the windows are topped by semicircular brick arches; the windows have concrete sills, matching the steps below the doorway.</p><br>
<p>Above the fifth level, the tower is wrapped by a stone cornice supported by brick corbels, separating the sixth floor from the lower levels. Each wall of the top level features a wider, double-arched opening set into a recessed rectangular bay; the round central column and the arches are of limestone, and square brick pilasters with limestone capitals frame the openings to the sides. The arches were originally open, but since the 1978 restoration they have been filled with metal mesh and cast iron grillwork. Above these openings, another ring of brick corbels supports the hipped red tile roof.</p><br>
<h3>Interior</h3><br>
<p>Inside, the ground level has a floor of pavers, white walls, and a flight of concrete steps leading to the second level. The second through fifth levels are all largely alike, with bare concrete floors and ceilings, and exposed brick walls; they connect to each other by a central steel staircase. The sixth level is accessed from the fifth by an attic ladder; it has the same concrete floor and brick walls as the lower levels, but a wooden plank ceiling hides the rafters supporting the roof. The top level houses the loudspeakers of the electronic carillon; the system&#39;s controls are below, on the second floor.</p><br>
<p>The Crittenden Farm is a historic farm-and-ranch complex in far northern Ashland County, Ohio, United States. Once home to an internationally prominent sheep farmer, the complex includes some of the regions most distinctive agricultural architecture as well as scattered pieces of land that have seen almost no changes since the area was first settled. It has been named a historic site because of its place in the areas history.</p><br>
<h2>Crittenden family</h2><br>
<p>In 1836, New York natives Medad and Sarah Crittenden removed westward to the present site of Chicago, where they purchased a full square mile of land. Upon becoming dissatisfied with the place, they returned eastward and settled near Sarahs parents, who were among the earliest and most prominent settlers in Ashland Countys Ruggles Township. Medad took up sheep breeding and ultimately purchased large areas of land to accommodate his flocks, which frequently numbered one thousand head. Among their ten children was Alvin, who succeeded his father in the stock-raising business before moving eastward near the Troy Township line and establishing the present farm in 1882. Here, he established an extensive modern farm complex and made his name as an internationally prominent breeder: Crittendens Delaine sheep were exhibited at the local and state fairs, and both at these levels and at Worlds Fairs his animals were crowned champions. As a result, there was great demand for his sheep: annually he shipped many to every state in the Union, and he even sent large flocks as far as South Africa; by 1909, some of his animals commanded prices as high as $500, or $ in 2013 dollars.</p><br>
<h2>Farm</h2><br>
<p>A full century after Crittenden established his farm, it remained Ashland Countys largest, measuring 665 acre in area. When it was constructed, the farmhouse was one of the most conspicuous features of the property, and in 1909 it was regarded as one of the finest in the region. Built of wood, this Second Empire structure has been exceptionally well preserved: by the end of the century, the farmhouse remained in excellent condition, retaining many components that combine to make it unequalled among late nineteenth-century farmhouses throughout the northern half of the state. Other significant portions of the property include an intact family cemetery and one of the regions few pieces of virgin forest.</p><br>
<h2>Preservation</h2><br>
<p>In April 1982, the Crittenden Farm was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a historic district, qualifying both because of its historically significant architecture and because of its place in local history. Composed of eighteen contributing properties (fourteen buildings, three other structures, and a site with no buildings), the district includes the farmhouse, various outbuildings, and miscellaneous other structures; unlike the farmhouse, some of the buildings feature the Italianate style of architecture. It is one of sixteen National Register-listed locations in Ashland County; many of the others are located in or near the county seat of Ashland, far to the south, although the John and Michael Crumrine Farms are a short distance to the east near the community of Nova.</p><br>
<p>The Anita Willets Burnham Log House, located at 1140 Willow Rd. in the Crow Island Woods of Winnetka, Illinois, United States, was the home and studio of artist and author Anita Willets-Burnham. The log house, which is 2 1/2 stories tall and made of hand-hewn, squared oak logs, was built approximately 1836 on a farmstead in south central Winnetka. In 1917, Willets-Burnham purchased the house and moved it to 1401 Tower Road in northwest Winnetka; she placed an addition on the home in the same year. Willets-Burnham was a prominent painter whose work was based on Impressionism and realism, and she often painted outdoors; in fact, she discovered the log house while on a painting expedition. She continued her artistic career until the 1930s, when she became a writer and authored Round the World on a Penny, an account of her travels in the 1920s. Willets-Burham lived in the cabin until her death in 1956.</p><br>
<p>Willets-Burnham placed a great importance on preserving the house due to its age and place in early Winnetka settlement, and she furnished the house with period 1800s furniture rather than contemporary items. Her preservation efforts predate any other attempts to save North Shore log cabins by over fifty years, and the cabin is now the largest and likely the oldest surviving log cabin in the area. After her death, her two daughters lived in the home until their deaths in 1978 and 2000. The Winnetka Historical Society then inherited the home and relocated it to Crow Island Woods to save it from demolition. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 2, 2005.</p><br>
<p>The Matawin River is a 161 km river, flowing from west to east through the administrative regions of Lanaudière and Mauricie, in Quebec, Canada.</p><br>
<p>Matawin River is the main tributary of the Saint-Maurice River. Other major tributaries are the rivers Vermillion and Manouane, for which their respective mouth is located North of La Tuque.</p><br>
<p>On its way, the Matawin River feeds mainly the Taureau Reservoir which is surrounded by the Regional Park of Taureau Lake.</p><br>
<p>Since the mid-19th century, forestry has been the dominant economic activity of the Matawin River watershed, with tourism taking place as a secondary role.</p><br>
<h2>Geography</h2><br>
<p>Matawin river&#39;s main source is lake Matawin in Rouge-Matawin Wildlife Reserve, in Charland Township, about 8 miles southwest of Lake Charland, which is created by an expansion of "Rivière-du-milieu. Matawin ouest river flows prior to the South and cross many lakes up to the boundary of Mont-Tremblant National Park. Then the river goes toward East up to the village of Saint-Michel-des-Saints). The river empties into a large bay, in the village, at the south of the western part of réservoir Taureau (Taureau Reservoir). Lac-Taureau is an unorganized part of the Matawinie Regional County Municipality, which is part of the administrative region of Lanaudière territory.</p><br>
<p>From the discharge of the latter lake, Matawin river continues its course by flowing Eastward. Finally, the river flows into the Saint-Maurice River approximately midway between La Tuque and Grand-Mère. The mouth of Matawin River is located one kilometer south of Matawin Island located in the middle of Saint-Maurice River.</p><br>
<p>Between Taureau Reservoir and Saint-Maurice River, Matawin River forms the northern boundary of the La Mauricie National Park.</p><br>
<h2>Toponymy</h2><br>
<p>The name Matawin (sometimes referred as Mantawa or Mattawin ) is originally in Algonquin derived from the word "Matawane" which means "river falling fast". The Abenaki called the river Madôwaizibo which also means water meeting or confluence. This noun appears as "Mataouan" or "Mattaouan" in the Journal of the Chevalier de Troyes in 1686 designating a fork of river. This word has a very general sense, because it can be used to describe many river situations.</p><br>
<p>The name "Matawin River" appears in various cartographic representations or otherwise, since the early nineteenth century. The name "Matawin River" is in the book "A topographical dictionary of the Province of Lower Canada", designed by surveyor Joseph Bouchette, published in 1832. In 1854, H. Legendre stands Plan of part of the Matawin River in the Lordship of Cap-de-la-Madeleine. Theophile Stanislas Provost, pastor of Saint-Alphonse-Rodriguez, cites "Mantawa River" in a letter to the journalist André Montpetit Napoleon in 1862. Some reference books indicate, in 1914 and 1925 "Mattawin river".</p><br>
<p>The name of the "Réserve faunique Rouge-Matawin" (Rouge-Matawin Wildlife Reserve) was taken from the name "Matawin River" in concert with the "Rivière Rouge" (Red River), through which it flows.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The forest industry caused the early wealth of Matawinie (Matawin River Valley). In 1839, a project was established north of the river. In 1860, the Government of United Canada invested in the development of the river to allow entrepreneurs to exploit pine forests in the region that was already being called Matawinie. At the same time, colonization of this part of the country began where the parish of Saint-Michel-des-Saints was founded in 1863.</p><br>
<p>At the beginning of the 20th century, the forestry industry used the Matawin river to transport timber from the waterline cuts in the region, floating logs down the stream to reach the Saint-Maurice River and downstream pulp mills Grand-Mère, Shawinigan and Trois-Rivières.</p><br>
<h2>Sporting and tourist activities</h2><br>
<p>Matawin river offers the longest segment of continuous rapids of class 3 and 4 in Quebec. Ideal for practicing water sports, this river is famous for rafting, river kayaking and hydrospeed. This river is suitable for multi-day expeditions, since several sites camping can be found on its shores and offer various services for various water activities.</p><br>
<p>The Lusatian Border Ridge , also called the Lusatian Border Wall, is a natural region in Saxony and South Brandenburg. It lies not far from the town of Weißwasser and is bounded in the south and west by the Muskau Heath and in the north by the Cottbus Sand Plateau. To the west it transitions at the River Dahme into the Lower Fläming; to the east it continues on the far side of the border river of the Lusatian Neisse into Poland as the Wał Trzebnicki  as far as the River Bóbr .</p><br>
<p>The Lusatian Border Ridge and the Muskau Fold Arc consist of about 150,000 year old shove end moraine arcs of the Warthe Stage of the Saalian glaciation, that are characterized by several parallel valleys and ridges. In the area of the push moraines, layers of Cenozoic rock have been pushed up to the surface. The heavily rounded to flat slabs are covered by areas of sandur in the south. The longitudinal valleys are partly filled with water.</p><br>
<p>By historical times the coal seams in strata near the surface were already being exploited for fuel.</p><br>
<p>The potential natural vegetation is mixed sessile oak-hornbeam-pine woodland, oak and beech forest and mixed beech-sessile oak-English oak woodland.</p><br>
<p>The Lusatian Border Ridge also forms the boundary between Lower and Upper Lusatia, hence the name, which literally means "Lusatian Border Dyke".</p><br>
<p>The Ourimbah Creek, a perennial river of the Central Coast catchment, is located in the Central Coast region of New South Wales, Australia.</p><br>
<h2>Course and features</h2><br>
<p>The Ourimbah Creek rises on the southern slopes of the Hunter Range, about 1.6 km south of. The river flows generally south southeast and east northeast, before reaching its mouth within Tuggerah Lake, about 4.8 km southeast of. The river descends 304 m over its 37 km course.</p><br>
<p>The merged flows of the Ourimbah Creek and the Wyong River together with Tuggerah Lake, flow into Toowoon Bay in the Tasman Sea of the South Pacific Ocean east of.</p><br>
<p>The Pacific Motorway and the Central Coast Highway both cross the river, at.</p><br>
<h2>Etymology</h2><br>
<p>The name of the river is derived from the Australian Aboriginal word meaning bora or ceremonial ground; or the word for "the sacred circle on the initiation site for investing the Oorin or belt of manhood".</p><br>
<p>The Middleton-Pinckney House is a historic three-story home built on a raised basement at 14 George Street, Charleston, South Carolina in the Ansonborough neighborhood. Frances Motte Middleton  began construction of the house in 1796 after purchasing a second lot adjacent to one bought by her father on George St. The house was completed by her and her second husband, Maj. Gen. Thomas Pinckney, whom she married in 1797.</p><br>
<p>The couple lived in the house at least from 1801 until, on February 26, 1825, the couple sold the house to Mrs. Pinckney&#39;s son, John Middleton, for $10,000. One exception occurred in 1816, when the family resided on Legare Street, perhaps to permit the reworking of the house in the then-popular Regency style.</p><br>
<p>John Middleton died in 1826, and the house was sold to Mrs. Juliet Gibbes Elliott, at which time the house became known as the Elliott Mansion. The house remained a private residence until Jesse W. Starr, Jr. bought it from Mrs. Elliott&#39;s estate in 1879 and resold it to the Water Works Company of Charleston in 1880. The water company was a private company until the City took over its operation in 1917.</p><br>
<p>In 1988, the house became the location of the headquarters of the Spoleto Festival USA. The City of Charleston donated the house to the festival in 2002, which undertook a rehabilitation of the property. The house is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a contributing property to the Charleston Historic District.</p><br>
<p>Agia Galini  is a village in Rethymno regional unit, Crete, Greece.</p><br>
<h2>Name</h2><br>
<p>Regarding the origin of the name of the village, the tradition says that some Byzantine princess or queen, sailing in the region never arrived at prayer calmed the sea and the boat anchored on the opposite shore where outgoing she ordered the building of the temple in honor Our Lady of the so-called Tranquillity. This tradition is carried as blatantly copying of that Our Lady of the Hundred Gates.The historical truth must be related to the Convent of Christ Galen, who during the testimony of Joseph Bryennios, existed in the area. Regardless of these the weather at the bay and the sea area of Agia Galini is almost eternally peaceful.</p><br>
<h2>Geography</h2><br>
<p>Agia Galini is a large village, which occupies the extreme SE. end of Rethymno to the Libyan Sea. Located at the limits of Heraklion prefecture, built amphitheatrical on an east faced rocky extreme,</p><br>
<p>and it has a great environment and a wonderful climate. The community is classified as a rural lowland settlement, with an area of 11,812 km ² and a weighted average altitude of 25 (20 the settlement). Distanced about 55 km from Rethymno and 68 km from Heraklion.</p><br>
<h2>Sources</h2><br>
<p>Papyrus Larousse Encyclopædia Britannica, 1978, 2006</p><br>
<p>Papyrus Larousse Encyclopedia, 1963 Edition</p><br>
<p>Encyclopedia Structure, 2002-4</p><br>
<p>Agency publications Greece maps (Varelas)</p><br>
<p>Magazine Holiday, ed DOL, 2010</p><br>
<p>Maps «ROAD»</p><br>
<p>Greek Statistical Authority (EES)</p><br>
<p>http://www.statistics.gr/portal/page/portal/ESYE/BUCKET/General/</p><br>
<p>eetaa.gr</p><br>
<p>Lake Smerdiacheje  is a small lake in Moscow Oblast of Russia near Shatura 4 km north from the nearest village Bakhscheevo .</p><br>
<h2>Lake</h2><br>
<p>The Lake is situated in a pine forest. It is round (diameter 300–400 m.) and appeared thousands years ago as a meteor crater. Depth is 35–40 meters. The condition of the lake is slowly degrading. The water, here is changing colour, level and purity with seasons and years, pine trees come very close to the shore of the lake. Smerdiachee is surrounded with a wall-like ring which is common for craters.</p><br>
<h2>Transportation and tourism</h2><br>
<p>The Lake can be accessed from Moscow by car (closest city is Roshal), but last miles must be done by foot through the forest (people usually park their cars in Bakhscheevo village. Several tens of extremal tourists visits Smerdiacheje each year, pond is also popular among strange people who are fond of UFO and mystics. Locals from the village Bakhscheevo use the lake sometimes for fishing and seeking berries near the lake.</p><br>
<p>The Ironton Norfolk and Western Depot is a former train station in downtown Ironton, Ohio, United States. Constructed at the beginning of the twentieth century, it served the transportation needs of its community for more than half a century, and it has been named a historic site because of its place in local history.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Ironton and the surrounding Hanging Rock region were once among Ohios most prominent industrial regions, due to extensive deposits of iron ore that were worked in the regions numerous charcoal-fired blast furnaces. For part of this period, land transportation in the region was served by the Scioto Valley Railroad, which enabled the Norfolk and Western Railway to gain access to the area in 1881 by purchasing the smaller railroad. By this time, industry was transitioning away from traditional iron smelting toward more modern methods of steel manufacturing, requiring the construction of improved trackside facilities in Ironton. As a result, the N&W erected the present station, beginning in 1906 and finishing construction in the following year. While it was built to furnish transportation for industrial purposes, the station also served the citys ordinary freight and passenger traffic needs. Trains ceased using the station when it closed in 1969. Since that time, the depot has been purchased by Irontons city government, which leases it for commercial purposes; a series of restaurants has operated out of the building since its closure. In preparation for one such occupant, extensive renovations were performed in 2007, including refinishing of the hardwood floors, repairs to the roof, and replacement of older windows.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<p>Built of brick on a brick foundation, the depot is a single-story building with a simple plan: shorter wings radiate out from both sides of the taller central structure. Separate hip roofs cover the central and side sections, except for the section above the main entrance, at which the roofline deviates to provide shelter as far as the edge of the street. Covered with a gabled roof, this extension features a four-pillar facade topped with a pediment and entablature. Smaller and simpler entrances are located to the sides of the building, which has a total area of approximately 5,000 ft&sup2;. Elements such as the main entrance combine to make the building a clear example of the Neoclassical style of architecture.</p><br>
<h2>Preservation</h2><br>
<p>In 1978, the Ironton Norfolk and Western Depot was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, qualifying both because of its place in the areas history and because of its historic architecture. Thirty-one years later, much of downtown Ironton was designated a historic district and listed on the National Register; this zone, the Downtown Ironton Historic District, includes several blocks around the depots location at the junction of Park Avenue and Bobby Bare Boulevard.</p><br>
<p>The Doughty House is a private house located at 301 Chippewa Street in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. It was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1973</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The plat of land on which this house stands was owned by Harvey and Cordelia Morton until 1864, when they sold it to I.A. Fancher. Although the construction date of this house is unrecorded. it is likely to have been shortly before the 1864 sale, due to the unusually high price of the sale.</p><br>
<p>In the fall of 1869, the brothers Wilkinson and Jared Doughty moved to Mount Pleasant. Wilkinson Doughty purchased this house on September 26, 1869, and the two brothers opened a general store in downtown Mount Pleasant. The store was destroyed in a large 1875 fire, and Wilkinson Doughty went on to open a dry goods store.</p><br>
<p>Doughty was an early civic leader in Mount Pleasant, and served as one of the first town trustees and was active in the Mt. Pleasant Improvement Company. He was also a founder of Central Michigan Normal School (now Central Michigan University). Wilkinson Doughty lived in this house until his death in 1909. After that, both the house and the dry goods store passed to his son Ralph. Ralph died in 1920, leaving the house to his daughter Margaret, who lived there until at least the early 1970s.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The Doughty House is a prime example of balloon frame pioneer architecture. It is a two-story gabled-ell structure clad in clapboards on a fieldstone foundation. It is roughly T-shaped in plan, measuring 48 feet by 70 feet. The house has two porches, one on the front and one on the side. Both porches have thin square-section posts with delicate curvilinear brackets.</p><br>
<p>The interior of the house has undergone extensive renovation. However, the exterior is nearly identical to the original plan when built. Part of the side porch has been enclosed, and a small garage added, but otherwise the house is original.ref name="nom"/&gt</p><br>
<p>The Michigan Condensed Milk Factory, also known as the Borden Creamery, is a factory building located at 320 West Broadway Street in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Samuel Whaley Hopkins was born in 1845 in Exeter, Rhode Island, the youngest child of Samuel and Freelove Burlingame Hopkins. At age 11, his family moved to Connecticut, where Hopkins attended school. At age 16, he taught school, then moved to Charleston, South Carolina and then Cleveland, Ohio to attend school. He graduated from Union Business College in 1865, and spent the next few years teaching, working in retail, and studying law. After graduation, he took up law practice in Mount Pleasant, later serving as Isabella County prosecutor and representing the area in the state legislature.</p><br>
<p>In 1906, seeing a need for a milk factory in Mt. Pleasant, Hopkins negotiated with the Ann Arbor railway and the Michigan Condensed Milk Factory (owned by the Borden family) to locate a milk factory on a plot of land owned by the railroad. Hopkins successfully completed negotiations, and Borden constructed this creamery, designed by William D. Kyser, Superintendent of the Borden Creamery in Fairport, New York in Mount Pleasant. The building was completed in 1908 and operated as a creamery until 1960.</p><br>
<p>After the closure of the creamery, the building was sold to Burton Bader in 1965. Bader used it primarily for storage, and sold it in 1982. The building remained vacant, and went through a series of owners and proposed redevelopment attempmts, until it was acquired by the city in 2002. The building was completed in 2009, and now houses the offices of the City of Mount Pleasant.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The Michigan Condensed Milk Factory is a rectangular red brick two-story Commercial Italianate structure with a low, gable roof sitting on a concrete block foundation pad. All four facades have paired, four-over-four double hung sash windows in each bay on each story, surrounded by brick piers. The windows are in bowed arches formed by triple rows of header brick, and corbeled rows of stretcher brick form a cornice line above. The long gable roof supports eight wood cupolas with "witches cap" roofs and knobbed spires. The interior of the creamery has two levels of open factory space.</p><br>
<p>Carlisle Gymnasium is an indoor arena on the campus of the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It was the home of the New Mexico Lobos basketball team from its opening in 1928 until the completion of the larger Johnson Gymnasium in 1957, and was also the original venue of the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra. The building currently houses the university&#39;s Elizabeth Waters Center for Dance.</p><br>
<p>The building was designed by the firm of Gaastra, Gladding and Johnson in the Pueblo Revival architectural style, which was the de facto official style for all new buildings on campus. In a novel application of the style, the architects used stepped massing, vigas, and other Pueblo details to mask the rectilinear form of the gymnasium. The building was completed at a cost of approximately $85,000 and was named after Hugh Carlisle, a UNM student who died in World War I. Carlisle Gymnasium was added to the New Mexico State Register of Cultural Properties and the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.</p><br>
<p>The Marlborough Historic District is a cement factory located on James Road in Pleasant Plains Township, Michigan. It was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1971 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>In the 1890s, the Great Northern Portland Cement Company constructed a cement plant at this site to produce cement from the local marl. Production boomed, and in 1902, the company also began construction of a nearby village, dubbed Marlborough, for plant workers. By 1905, Marlborough had 400 citizens. However, problems quickly arose, as the produced cement was inferior, production was costly, and the enormous energy demands of the plant required construction of the largest power plant in the Lower Peninsula. The Great Northern Portland Cement Company entered receivership in 1906, and the village houses were sold for salvage. The plant was dynamited for scrap iron, and by 1910 only the ruins of the plant remained.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The ruins of the Great Northern Portland Cement Company plant and the nearby town of Marlborough are spread over an 80 acre plot of land. Marlborough once contained 72 houses, an opera house, school and post office, and an 88-room hotel. none remain. The cement plant was constructed almost entirely using reinforced concrete; the storage warehouse was several hundred feet in length, and the plant held six kilns and fourteen grinding mills.</p><br>
<p>Wind Springs Ranch is a historic ranch complex located in the Wind Springs Creek Valley in Sioux County, Nebraska. The present ranch, which was built around 1910, was the third European settlement constructed on the property. The ranch has mainly raised cattle and sheep. Settlers constructed two homesteads on the property in the 19th century, neither of which lasted long; the two homesteads only survive as archaeological remains. In addition, the Fort Laramie to Spotted Tail Agency Road ran across the property in the 1800s, and Wind Springs was likely a campsite along the road; wagon ruts still remain along the road&#39;s path through the ranch. Researchers have determined the existence of eighteen sites related to European settlement on the ranch; aside from the ranch itself, all are archaeological sites.</p><br>
<p>The ranch is also the site of fifty-four archaeological sites which remain from Native American settlement in the area. A number of Paleoindian artifacts and a multitude of Archaic period projectile points indicate that settlement in the Wind Springs Creek Valley dates back several thousand years. Archaeologists separate the known sites in the area into sites in uplands and on butte tops, valley sites, and rock cairns. Two particularly significant sites, one located atop a butte and one located near its base, have yielded artifacts such as tools and bison bones.</p><br>
<p>The ranch was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 22, 2000, under the name Wind Springs Ranch Historic and Archeological District.</p><br>
<p>Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History, also known as the William T Sutherlin Mansion and the Confederate Memorial, is a historic home and museum building located at Danville, Virginia. It was built for Major William T. Sutherlin in 1857-1858, and is a two-story, five-bay, stuccoed building in the Italian Villa style. It features a one-story wooden porch, a shallow hipped roof surrounded by a heavy bracketed cornice and topped by a square cupola ornamented with pilasters and a bracketed cornice.</p><br>
<p>While at the house, which served as his temporary residence from April 3 to April 10, 1865, on April 4, President Jefferson Davis signed his last official proclamation as President of the Confederate States of America. On April 10, Davis was at dinner at the house when he learned of the surrender at Appomattox.</p><br>
<p>The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1969. It is located in the Danville Historic District.</p><br>
<p>The house is owned by the city and was used as the Danville Public Library from 1928 to 1972.</p><br>
<h2>Museum</h2><br>
<p>Established in 1974, the museum focuses on art, history, and culture in the Dan River region. Exhibits include the historic home itself with period furnishings, five art galleries, and a permanent Civil War exhibit.</p><br>
<p>Hylton Hall was a historic dormitory building located at Danville, Virginia. It was built about 1918, and was a six-story, five-bay, "H"-shaped brick and frame building in the Classical Revival style. The front facade featured a full-height entry portico supported by classical columns and the building was topped by a roof with various shapes and pitches. Also on the property was a contributing a one-story shop building built about 1928. It was built as a hotel-style dormitory for single female workers of The Riverside & Dan River Cotton Mills, Incorporated . It continued as a residential facility until 1948 when it was converted to offices.</p><br>
<p>On April 15, 2012, a fire ruled to be arson destroyed Hylton Hall. During demolition, a secret room filled with records from the 1800s until 2004 was located.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.</p><br>
<p>Langhorne House, also known as the Gwynn Apartments, is an historic late 19th-century house in Danville, Virginia later enlarged and used as an apartment house. Its period of significance is 1922, when Nancy Langhorne Astor, by then known as Lady Astor and the first woman to sit in the British Parliament, came to Danville to visit her birthplace and promote Anglo-American relations.</p><br>
<p>The original dwelling was built in 1874 as a one-story, central-passage plan structure with a rear ell. It was enlarged in 1878 to add a second story and Italianate-style porch. In 1921, the house was moved to the next lot and further enlarged, with conversion for use as four apartments. The house was attached to a three-story apartment building constructed at its original site. The front facade features a two-tier porch with fluted Doric columns in the Classical Revival style and multiple entries. In 1990, the structure was restored to its appearance in 1922, when Lady Astor made a speech to 5,000 people from the second-story porch of the house.</p><br>
<p>Named after Civil War veteran and business magnate Chiswell Langhorne, the dwelling was the birthplace of his and his wife&#39;s several daughters, all noted for their beauty. Nancy Langhorne (1879-1964) moved to England as a young woman, married Waldorf Astor and won his former seat in the British Parliament in 1919. She returned to Virginia in 1922 to visit her birthplace and to promote relations between the important allies. Her visit to Danville received national coverage in the United States and is significant in local history.</p><br>
<p>The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006. Owned by the Lady Astor Preservation Trust, it is located in the Danville Historic District and is open to the public on Saturday afternoons or by appointment.</p><br>
<p>Schoolfield School Complex is a complex of historic school buildings located at Danville, Virginia. The complex consists of Building A, built in 1912 or 1913, Building B, built in 1936 or 1937, and Building C, built in 1939 or 1940. Building A is a 2 1/2-story, Prairie School style brick building with deep eaves that cap a narrow elongated structure, multi-paned massed windows, and horizontal masonry banding. It has an entry tower and addition built in 1933. Building B is a vernacular brick building that operated as a vocational center. Building C is a one-story, brick Colonial Revival style elementary school building. It was originally built as a Public Works Administration project and housed Schoolfield High School. The complex was built by the Riverside & Dan River Cotton Mill Company as part of the mill worker neighborhood called “Schoolfield Village.”</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.</p><br>
<p>Schoolfield School Complex Building A.jpgBuilding A</p><br>
<p>Schoolfield School Complex Building B 2.jpgBuilding B</p><br>
<p>Schoolfield School Complex Building C.jpgBuilding C</p><br>
<p>The Downtown Danville Historic District is a national historic district located at Danville, Virginia. The district includes 48 contributing buildings in the central business district of Danville. It includes a wide range of commercial, industrial, and institutional building types dating from the 1870s to the present. The district includes notable examples of the Late Gothic Revival, Tudor Revival, and Romanesque Revival styles. Notable buildings include the Danville City Auditorium , Morotock Manufacturing Company , J. T. Stovall Tobacco Factory , Kingoff Building , American National Bank & Trust Co , Woolworth&#39;s Building , Southern Amusement Building , Elks Home , Danville Post Office , Masonic Building , and Danville City Market . Located in the district are the separately listed Hotel Danville and the Danville Municipal Building.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.</p><br>
<p>Holbrook–Ross Street Historic District is a national historic district located at Danville, Virginia. The district includes 107 contributing buildings in a primarily African-American neighborhood of Danville. It includes a full range of late 19th and early 20th century residential, commercial, and institutional structures. The majority of the houses are single-family dwellings that were built between 1880 and 1910, and includes notable examples of vernacular Italianate and Queen Anne styles. Notable buildings include the Williams House , Hargraves-Geary House , Tisden House , Leroy Johnson House , Broadnax Apartment , Calvary Baptist Church , Holbrook Street Presbyterian Church , Loyal Baptist Church , Wesley AME Church , Westmoreland Middle School , and the Annex Building . Located in the district are the separately listed Hotel Danville and the Danville Municipal Building.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.</p><br>
<p>The Danville Tobacco Warehouse and Residential District is a national historic district located at Danville, Virginia. The district includes 532 contributing buildings, 3 contributing sites, and 2 contributing structures in the city of Danville. The district reflects the late-19th century and early-20th development of Danville as a tobacco processing center and includes residential, commercial, and industrial buildings reflecting that growth. It also includes archaeological sites related to early Native American settlements in the area. Notable buildings include the American Tobacco&#39;s Harris Building, the Imperial Tobacco Company Building, Cabell Warehouse, Patton Storage Units , Crowell Motor Company, Municipal Power Station , Riverside Cotton Mill #1 , and a variety of "shotgun" houses and bungalow workers housing. Located in the district are the separately listed Danville Municipal Building and Danville Southern Railway Passenger Depot.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982, with a boundary increase in 2009.</p><br>
<p>Dan River Inc. Riverside Division Historic District and Dan River Mill No. 8 is a national historic district located at Danville, Virginia. The district includes 23 contributing buildings and 13 contributing structures in the city of Danville. The district includes buildings and structures associated with the Riverside Division, one of two historic textile mill complexes in Danville developed by Dan River Inc. and its predecessor, Riverside Cotton Mills. The building and structures are characterized by multistory industrial buildings of mostly brick construction dating from the 1880s through the 1910s. Dan River Mill No. 8 is a four-story, reinforced concrete building constructed in the 1920s.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000, with a boundary increase in 2010. It was delisted in 2016.</p><br>
<p>The John and Katharine Tunkun Podjun Farm is a farm located at 9581 East 1 Mile Road in Ellsworth, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>John Podjunus emigrated from Lithuania in 1897 or 1898, shortening his name (to Podjun) on arrival and settling in Boston. He eventually moved to the coal-mining region of southern Illinois, and built a house in Johnston City, Illinois. In 1904 he married Katharine Tunkun, the sister of a friend and fellow emigre. Some years later, the couple had had two children and considered moving. They saw an advertisement in a Lithuanian-language newspaper for land in Lake County, Michigan. Other Lithuanians had already settled in the area in the late 19th century, drawn by the timber industry and farming.</p><br>
<p>John and Katharine Podjun purchased the land this farm sits on in 1914, and moved there in the summer of that year. At the time, the land was recently cut timber. John Podjun immediately began clearing the land, developing crop fields, an orchard, pasture areas and a large garden plot. The Podjuns also constructed a small dwelling (now the rear portion of the main house) and then the main section of the barn, completing the barn in 1916. They slowly constructed a complex of farm buildings over the next 15 years, adding a granary, corn crib, machine shed, chicken house, and an addition to the barn.</p><br>
<p>John Podjun retired from farming in 1953 and died the following year. Katherine Podjun continued living there until her death in 1973, and the couples daughter Amelia Podjun Baker Yost lived there until her death in 1995. After Amelias death, the farm passed to her surviving children, Paul Ross Baker, Amelia C. Jayne, and Kathleen McNeel.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The Podjun Farm is an L-shaped tract of land covering 120 acre. The farm also includes crop fields, an orchard, pasture, a woodlot, red pine plantations, areas of cedar swamp, and a farmstead with a collection of buildings. The buildings include an I-house-style farmhouse, a gambrel-roof barn, a granary/corn crib, and a machine shed. Springs on the property form the headwaters of the Little Manistee River.</p><br>
<p>House: The Podjun house is a two-story side-gable I-house with a one-story rear ell. The rear ell is the original living quarters, built in 1914. The house is covered with clapboard with plain corner- and frieze boards. A porch is located in the center of the front facade, supported with brick piers. The front section of the house measures 28 feet by 16 feet, and contains a living room and bedroom downstairs, with two bedrooms upstairs. The rear ell contains a kitchen and a utility room.</p><br>
<p>Barn: The barn consists of two sections connected to form an L shape, The original section of the barn, constructed in 1914-15, is a gambrel-roof structure with sliding entrance door on a fieldstone foundation, measuring 60 feet by 40 feet. A 1930 gable-roof addition on a concrete foundation, measuring 42 feet by 32 feet, projects to one side. Both sections are framed with beech timbers in a combination of post and beam and plank framing, and sided vertically. The basement level of the original portion contains thirty oak stanchions for cows and two double and two single stalls for horses, set on either side of a center aisle. The addition&#39;s basement level contains a calf barn with its pens and animal-feeding facilities. The upper portion contains space for hay storage, and an upper loft for bedding straw.</p><br>
<p>Machine Shed: The machine shed is a 16 foot by 30 foot asymmetrically gables structure built in the 1920s. It has a concrete foundation and vertical board siding with three sets of doors. The interior contains a workbench and the base for an electrical generator used until 1940 to supply electricity to the farm.</p><br>
<p>Granary / Corn Crib: The granary is a gable roofed building measuring 18 feet by 10 feet, with a granary on one end and corn crib in the other. The granary portion is clad in vertical boarding, the corn crib in wooden slats. The building rests on individual fieldstones at each corner.</p><br>
<p>The farmstead area also contains foundations for a round wooden silo and a small chicken coop, the remains of a well and pump, and a 1970s garage. THe remains of a farm lane run from the barnyard to One Mile road, with a small concrete slab bridge built in 1931 crossing the Little Manistee River.</p><br>
<p>Aris ob Kien Castle  is a ruined medieval castle from the 12th Century. It is located in the municipality of Reichenbach im Kandertal in the Swiss canton of Bern.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The castle was probably built in the 12th century as the family seat of the Freiherr von Kien. In the 13th century they abandoned the castle and moved to their second castle, the nearby Mülenen Castle. In 1934 the ruined castle was restored.</p><br>
<h2>Location and description</h2><br>
<p>The castle is located near the Kiene stream, a tributary of the Kander river.</p><br>
<p>The 1934 renovation cleared and repaired the remaining castle. Today it is still well preserved, with parts of the castle tower, the moat, earthen walls and two ditches still visible. However, a third trench is no longer visible.</p><br>
<p>Greensville County Courthouse Complex is a historic courthouse complex located at South Main Street  between Hicksford Avenue and Spring Street in Emporia, Virginia. The three contributing buildings are the two-story, porticoed courthouse built in 1834, the clerks office built in 1894, and the former Greensville Bank Building, now the county administrators office, in 1900 and 1907. The courthouse originally took a Palladian form, but was remodeled between 1907 and 1910 to take a Beaux-Arts appearance. The clerks office was considerably enlarged in 1916 and the Georgian-style facade added in 1961. The interior of the county administrators office features elaborate pressed-tin walls and ceilings manufactured by the local concern, H.J. Klugel. The buildings are set upon the courthouse square, which includes a cannon honoring residents who participated in World War I, a Confederate monument.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. The complex is also located within the Hicksford–Emporia Historic District.</p><br>
