Paddling Jamaica Bay
Gateway National Recreation Area is the primary steward of Jamaica Bay, home to a complex of wetlands and uplands that support a large diversity of both native and migratory fish, birds and other...
- new york
- brooklyn
- canarsie
- jamaica bay
- kayaking
- canoeing
Lee Shelley
Dedicated to the Memory of Lee Shelley, President of Friends of Penn & Fountain Parks, Inc. His unbelievable vision for these parks will endure forever. And whose vision to transform these...
- new york
- brooklyn
- canarsie
- jamaica bay
- shirley chis...
- lee shirley
Edward Drinker Cope
EDWARD DRINKER COPE (1840-1897) Internationally renowned vertebrate paleontolo- gist and zoologist. Cope lived and worked here in his later years. He wrote many scientific papers...
Norwalk, Conneticut
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JFK Remarks at Amherst College
Twelve Oaks
Built ca. 1896 by Henry Gautier (1848-1921) for his second wife, Laura Canty. Henry Gautier was the eldest son of Fernando Gautier. The house is located in the Helen Moro Spanish land grant...
- mississippi
- settlers
Jennie Orrell House
Built ca. 1907 of long leaf yellow pine by Eugenie Orrell (1850-1932), daughter of Alfred and Ann Lewis, owners of Oldfields Plantation. The old Louisville and Nashville Railroad depot was...
- mississippi
- rail depot
- private home
St. Peter Missionary Baptist Church
Organized in 1819 by Dudley Brooks, a freed slave, this congregation was originally known as First Free Mission Baptist Church and is among the state's oldest continuous African...
- mississippi
- church
Carter~Calloway House
Built in 1906-07 by African American William Louis Carter, this vernacular Queen Anne style house features an unusual exterior shape. It is popularly known as the "Steamboat House” because its...
- mississippi
- steamboat house
- architecture
- national reg...
- nrhp
The Stapp Sisters
Emilie and Marie Stapp were natives of Iowa, where Emilie (1876-1962) began writing children's books and Marie (1880-1960) worked for a newspaper. After living in Boston, they moved to Wiggins...
- mississippi
- writer
- dolls
- letters
H.O.M.E. Consolidated School
In 1912, four rural schools, located in the Hope, Odom, Marion, and Ena communities, were consolidated to form the H.O.M.E. school. The next year, 173 students in ten grades relocated to...
- mississippi
- school
Concord Fight
Projects Dribble and Miracle Play
United States Department of Defense Advance Research Projects AgencyThe Department of Defense and the Atomic Energy Commission were conducted below this spot at a depth of 2700 and 2715 feet in...
- mississippi
- nuclear test
- cold war
- science
Hart Station
Erected by his friends and the Escambia County Bar Association in memory of James Edward Hart, Jr. (1942 – 1992), who contributed much to his community, his church and his profession. He...
- alabama
- trains
- rail
- escambia county
Charles Dickens in Toronto
May 4-6, 1842 - Charles Dickens visited TO, staying at the North American Hotel, 33 Yonge St. While "full of life and motion, bustle, business and improvement", he noted "The wild and...