Cheshire Public Library Addition
CHESHIRE PUBLIC LIBRARY ADDITION 1996 SANDRA R. MOURIS, MAYOR: EDWARD T. O'NEILL. JR., TOWN MANAGER THOMAS F. CROWE, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR EMMETT SHUTTS, LIBRARY BOARD CHAIRMAN ANN S. WREGE,...
- library
- cheshire
- connecticut
Sherman Line Rosenwald School
The Sherman Line Rosenwald School was established in 1928 for the education of black youth in the Sherman community from Pike and Amite counties. Partial funding for the school was provided by...
- mississippi
- rosenwald school
- education
- pike county
- amite county
Sergei Vassilevich Rachmaninoff
Sergei Vassilevich Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) Lived in this building during the last seventeen years of his life. The Russian-born composer, pianist and conductor settled in New York in 1916. He...
- rachmaninoff
- composer
- pianist
Babe Ruth lived here, and there
George Herman Ruth -- The Babe Resided here until his death in 1948. 110-118 Riverside Drive
- babe ruth
- baseball
Bo Diddley
FrontAcclaimed as the father of rock and roll, Bo Diddley (Ellas Bates McDaniel) was born near Magnolia, south of McComb, on December 30, 1928. Diddley wrote and recorded such hits as "I'm A Man",...
- mississippi
- blues trail
- rock
- pike county
The Legacy of the Medicine Lake Volcano
Medicine Lake Volcano: Colossus of the Cascades
Lava Beds National Monument: Insight into the View
POW's MIA's and Their Families
J. D. Howard Father of Lava Beds National Monument
Klamath Basin Potato Festival
- potato festival
The Big Obsidian Flow
Merrill Lions Club Community Pavilion
- potato festiva
Norfield
Named for Frederick Norwood and John S. Butterfield, founders of the Norwood-Butterfield Lumber Company, Norfield was incorporated in 1894. In 1900, Butterfield became sole owner of the company...
- mississippi
- rail
- lumber
- industry
- settlements