the countryside", surrounded as it is by green space with remnants of the ancient Forest of Middlesex to the south and north and Alexandra Park to the east.WHAT THERE IS TO BUY Muswell Hill has mainly Edwardian semi-detached and terrace houses, plus a smattering built in the Twenties an...
Here are some friendly family historians, who took these photos in 1994, inspecting some headstones in the Churchyard, which is built on a sandy mound. Just across the fields is the village of Morebattle. And it was at Morebattle that Peter’s great grandfather Adam Tailford married Sarah H...
音频:《种树的牧羊人》 音频Many years ago, I set out on a working tour,high in the Alps, a region quite unknown to travellers, where ancient mountains thrust down into Provence.The trek began on barren moors, 1,200 or 1,300 meters above sea level, through land that was bleak and monot...
Scott built a solid reputation with his work for producers Jerry Bruckheimer and the late Don Simpson on several of the highest grossing films, starting with "Top Gun" (1986), a high-concept action movie that made a mega-star out of the film's lead, Tom Cruise. Scott also scored a ...
Bricks paved roads built on dangerously soft ground; tulips thrived in the silty reclaimed soil; cows grew fat on rich moist grass; glasses of milk and beer were safe to drink when clean water was in short supply; people grew tall from drinking all the milk; and thick wooden clogs kept ...
Manhattan contracted its first military defense contract with the U.S. War Department. The company built the Field Artillery Barracks and a Warehouse at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, one of the most important bases in the region. Within months of the attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States Army issu...
It makes sense that a lighthouse would be built on an island that's proven treacherous for sea vessels. It's clearly where a guiding light is needed most. But the tallest lighthouse in New England—Boon Island Light—was established on a site of a shipwreck so tragic the only way the ...
William Ayers is considered the first settler in the county and Major Isaac Lyman who built one of the first roads was the second. Many of the present citizens of the county are descendants from Major Lyman. Another famous settler was John Peet who came to the county in 1811. But prior...
25 Captain Ross had built the city of Medicine Hat stern wheeler. He equipped this boat with the very best of everything, including special silverware, and spring bunks. They were coming down the river to The Pas. Some measurements or something happened passing Saskatoon. The fine new boat ...
From the time they met until the outbreak of World War I in 1914, Doda and Nopcsa were often on the road. Nopcsa became fluent in local Albanian dialects and built friendships with the tribesmen. He was fascinated by their sense of honor. In a letter to Smith Woodward, ...