Quabbin Park Cemetery was developed in 1931-32 to house 7,613 graves from the disincorporated towns of Greenwich, Dana, Prescott and Enfield, after a land taking (81,000 acres in total including...
We dedicate Avengers Campus to the incomparable STAN LEE "That person who helps others simply because it should or must be done, and because it is the right thing to do, is indeed without a doubt...
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IN MEMORY OF MARINUS GILBERT SMITH GEORGE ASA ANDREWS AND ANTHONY ARNETT CITIZENS OF BOULDER WHO IN 1872, WHEN THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO WAS STILL A DREAM, DONATED THE LAND UPON WHICH IT WAS...
In 1736, Claude Dubreuil initiated a canal at this site, from the Mississippi River to Bayou Barataria. One hundred years BEFORE the Harvey Canal, it was the FIRST man-made waterway accessing New...
FREMONT PASS ON CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BETWEEN ARKANSAS AND BLUE RIVER DRAINAGES ALTITUDE 11,316 FEET WESTERN BOUNDARY OF THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE OF 1803. NAMED IN HONOR OF JOHN C. FREMONT...
Designed by De Verges and garrisoned in 1754, but abandoned in 1792, because of strategic value it was rebuilt by Latour in 1808 and garrisoned to defend New Orleans; Destroyed by Adm....
About 18 miles below Ft. Jackson at Head of Passes, the Mississippi River branches into Southwest Pass, South Pass and Pass A Lutre before emptying into the Gulf of Mexico. As early as 1723 French...