Field Museum, museum in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., established in 1893 as the Columbian Museum of Chicago with a gift from Marshall Field, from whom in 1905 it derived its present name. It was established to house the anthropological and biological collect
In addition, the greater Chicagoland area—which encompasses northeastern Illinois and extends into southeastern Wisconsin and northwestern Indiana—is the country’s third largest metropolitan area and the dominant metropolis of the Midwest. downtown Chicago(more) The original site for Chicago was ...
June-August 2023 marked thehottest meteorological summerever documented in the Northern Hemisphere, with temperatures roughly 2.5 degrees Fahrenheit above average. But May 2024 has already been noted as one of the hottest in the U.S., and with meteorological summer still to come, temps this ...
June-August 2023 marked thehottest meteorological summerever documented in the Northern Hemisphere, with temperatures roughly 2.5 degrees Fahrenheit above average. But May 2024 has already been noted as one of the hottest in the U.S., and with meteorological summer still to come, temps this ...
on March 13, 1993, it was covered in 20 inches of snow. The extreme weather was termed the "Superstorm of 1993" by the National Weather Service because of its strength (equal to a Category 3 hurricane) and size. At one point, the storm system ran from Eastern Canada to Central America...
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE FRONTIER IN AMERICAN HISTORY 1 In a recent bulletin of the Superintendent of the Census for 1890 appear these significant words: "Up to and including 1880 the country had a frontier of settlement, but at present the unsettled area has been so broken into by isolated ...
Peloponnese in Southern Greece features one of the most spectacular rack trains in the world, “Odontotos”. The short route connects a seashore town (Diakofto) with the mountainous Kalavryta plateau (700m altitude), up and through the impressive Vouraikos Gorge. Visited it for the first time...
With deepest thanks to Jeff Congdon for the generous donation of a scanner. Without the immense contributions of the Jewish community throughout
Interstate Highway. He was also a lifelong friend of U.S. President, and former army colleague, Dwight D. Eisenhower (reference to M1903's The Eisenhower skin). https://www.breakthroughassault.co.uk/great-war-us-bretts-brawlers-gusab01/ Great War US Brett’s Brawlers (GUSAB01) ...
In Boston, Alexander Graham Bell transmits the first complete message - "Mr. Watson, come here, I want you!" - with the use of his invention, the telephone. American Telephone and Telegraph Co. is established. The Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) assumes jurisdiction over interstate ...