Major Edward Edwin Howard Armstrong
MAJOR EDWIN HOWARD ARMSTRONG 1890-1954 "The Man Who Made Radio Sing" YONKERS RESIDENT AND INVENTOR OF THE REGENERATIVE CIRCUIT, GREATLY STRENGTHENING RADIO SIGNALS AND MAKING THEM AUDIBLE TO THE...
- yonkers
- edwin armstrong
- 1890
- 1954
- radio
- 1912
- 1917
- 1933
- 1937
The 40th Street Parklet
Marine Park - Upland Environment
City of New YorkParks and Recreation1999Submitted by @lampbane
- brooklyn
- marine park
- salt marsh
- 1999
Gerritsen Creek - Saltmarsh
MARSH - UPLAND BORDERHIGH MARSHINTERTIDAL FLATGERRITSEN CREEKCity of New YorkParks & Recreation1999Submitted by @lampbane
- brooklyn
- marine park
- salt marsh
- 1999
Who was stationed at Fort Randolph and how did they live?
Major General Kirby Smith chose five artillery batterie to be stationed at the forts. They were known as the Siege Train Battalion and consisted of the 26th, 27th and 31st regiments, and the...
- louisiana
- civil war
- fort randolph
How was Fort Randolph built?
There are no detailed descriptions or illustrations of Fort Randoiph being built. However, it is known from historic al reports that earthwork forts were roughly circular in shape and had outer...
- louisiana
- civil war
- fortification
18th Century Cistern
This well dates from the first third of the 18th century. It was located on property which belonged to the Phillipse family of Phillipse Manor. The well originally extended down to the water...
- new york
- manhattan
- downtown manor
- well
Desertion and the end of the War
In March 1865, bad news reached the forts from other parts of the Confederacy. The worse news arrived on April 15; General Robert E Lee was forced to surrender to Brigadier General Ulysses S....
- louisiana
- civil war
- fortification
Why was Fort Randolph Built? Was there a third fort, Fort Alexandria?
Louisiana had suffered repeated invasions by the Union Army in 1863 and 1864. There were fears that a spring 1865 attack was going to be made. General Edmund Kirby Smith, commander of the...
- louisiana
- civil war
- forts
- fortification
The Cotton Exchange
Built in 1923, by the well-known architect Donn Barber, this building was revolutionary in many ways. Instead of placing the trading floor at street level, Barber placed it at the top. He canopied...
- new york
- manhattan
- downtown manhattan
- cotton exchange
- 1923
- 1984
Fossilized Tree Stumps, Newtown Creek
Wattieza (division Pteridophyta, class Cladoxylopsida) These fossils are stumps of some of the oldest trees known to exist. They are 385 million-year-old fossils of trees that grew in the Gilboa...
- brooklyn
- greenpoint
- newtown creek
- wattieza
- gilboa
The Rosie Lee Davis Memorial Garden
Saint Denis Tomb
Beneath this building, former site of the Church of Saint Francis, the first Catholic Church in Natchitoches, lie the remains of The Chevalier Louis Juchereau de Saint Denis.Born at...
- louisiana
- colonial era
- gravesite
The Red River Campaign
In April 1864, life along tranquil Cane River was brutally disrupted when the Civil War reached area residents. In an operation known as the Red River Campaign, Union naval and land forces...
- louisiana
- civil war
Original Sunrise School
In 1889, W. R. Melton donated a one-acre tract of land at this site "for the cause of Religion and Schools.” The school located here, which served the Sunrise community, was a one-room...
- mississippi
- education
Bay Creek Baptist Church
Established in 1896 by Rev. Joseph Lewis Bryant, a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives (1908-1912). Bryant also served as the cogregation's first pastor. The first sanctuary was...
- mississippi
- church
- religion
Bridging Communities
1)The Huey P. Long Bridge (U.S.190), completed in 1940, allowed both rail and automobile traffic to cross the Mississippi River at Baton Rouge. Approximately 17,000 vehicles use the bridge daily....
- louisiana
- port allen
- baton rouge
- rotary club
- west baton r...
Largest Passenger Sea Plane In U.S.
Submitted by @oranv
Babson Reservoir
Eureka Dye Company
EUREKA DYE COMPANY 1915 COMMERCIAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTED FOR OWNERS CHARLES DOUGLAS MEYERS (1868-1926), MANAGER OF EU- REKA DYE WORKS; AND SISTER, CAROLINE KELLOCH MEYERS (1866-1956). IN 1922,...
- topsy
- elephant
- large quantities
- circus