THE CLEVELAND, COLUMBUS, CINCINNATI RAILWAY (CCC) PLAYED A ROLE IN ABRAHAM LINCOLN’S FUNERAL PROCESSION
According to the internet, the locomotive Nashville, owned by the Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati Railroad (a predecessor of the CCC&I), pulled the funeral train while it traveled through Ohio. The timetable shows the train leaving Cleveland at midnight and arriving in Columbus at 7:30am, pas
William N. Byers – The OHIO and IOWA Years (1831 – 1854)
William Newton Byers, that paragon of pioneer pluck, burst forth from his motherâs womb on February 22, 1831, in West Jefferson, Madison County, Ohio. This wasnât just any birth â it was a cosmic event that would shape the very fabric of the American West! His parents, Moses Watson Byers and
The other founding fathers: the SUPERINTENDENTS of insanity
Picture this: While the rest of America was busy manifesting destiny, these thirteen madcap mind-menders were cooking up a scheme to rule the nation’s noggins. They met in Philadelphia, because where else would you start a revolution of the psyche? It’s like they looked at the Founding F
Leavell, B S. âThomas Jefferson and smallpox vaccination.â Transactions of the American Clinical and Climatological Association vol. 88 (1977): 119-27 and a few notes
Little Turtle, mentioned in the main article, suffered gout and rheumatism before he died in 1812 Wikipedia says Little Turtle, who also met Washington and Adams, made two trips to Washington, D.C., in 1801â02 and 1809â09 to meet with President Jefferson. Little Turtle died on July 14, 1812
Basil O’Connor (1892 â 1972) was an American lawyer
In cooperation with U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt he started two foundations for the rehabilitation of polio patients and the research on polio prevention and treatment. From 1944 to 1949 he was chairman and president of the American Red Cross and from 1945 to 1950 he was chairman of the Leag
I figure if something is that ugly on purpose, it involves some kind of drug-fueled secret code. Maybe it’s a song?
This is from the Polio Wall of Fame aka the Polio Hall of Fame and the pattern is disturbing. It is found on the outside wall of what is called Founder’s Hall of the Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation in Warm Springs, Georgia, US. Designed by Edmond Romulus Amateis, the sculpt
Argyrodes pluto is a species of cobweb spider and kleptoparasite
Argyrodes pluto is a species of cobweb spider in the family Theridiidae. It is found in the United States, Mexico, and Jamaica. Argyrodes, also called dewdrop spiders, is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1864. They occur worldwide, and a
Redhorn Lake (Montana)
Redhorn Lake is located in Glacier National Park, in the U. S. state of Montana. Redhorn Lake is in the Livingston Range. Glacier explorer Marc Ankenbauer called it one of the most remote lakes in the area. Redhorn Lake is approximately 31 sq acres in size. Glacier
Redhorn Peak (Montana)
Redhorn Peak (8,128 feet (2,477 m)) is located in the Livingston Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. Redhorn Peak is situated along the Continental Divide. The Livingston Range is a mountain range located primarily in Glacier National Park&nbs
Red Horn (HeĹĄucka) aka He Who Wears (Man) Faces on His Ears and Big Boy…and Werebirds
Red Horn is a culture hero in Siouan oral traditions, specifically of the Ioway and HocÄ k (Winnebago) nations. He has different names. Only in HocÄ k literature is he known as “Red Horn” (HeĹĄucka), but among the Ioway and HocÄ gara both, he
Gorget, from the French gorge meaning throat
A gorget, from the French gorge meaning throat, was a band of linen wrapped around a woman’s neck and head in the medieval period or the lower part of a simple chaperon hood. The term later described a steel or leather collar to protect the throat, a set of pieces of plate ar
Long-nosed god maskettes are artifacts made from bone, copper and marine shells
Long-nosed god maskettes are artifacts made from bone, copper and marine shells (Lightning whelk) associated with the Mississippian culture (800 to 1600 CE) and found in archaeological sites in the Midwestern United States and the Southeastern United States. They are small shield-shaped
Shell gorgetsÂ
Shell gorgets are a Native American art form of polished, carved shell pendants worn around the neck. The gorgets are frequently engraved, and are sometimes highlighted with pigments, or fenestrated (pierced with openings). Shell gorgets were most common in Eastern Woodlands of the United S
Castalian Spring
The Castalian Spring, in the ravine between the Phaedriades at Delphi, is where all visitors to Delphi â the contestants in the Pythian Games, and especially pilgrims who came to consult the Delphic Oracle â stopped to wash themselves and quench their thirst; it is also here that the Py
Carmel-by-the-Sea prohibits wearing heels taller than 2 inches without a permit
Though often mistakenly thought of as an urban legend, the municipal code prohibits wearing shoes having heels taller than 2 inches (5.1 cm) or with a base of less than 1 square inch (6.5 cm2) unless the wearer has obtained a permit for them. While the local police do not cite those in violation
Ira Remsen (1846 â 1927) discovered artificial sweetener saccharin along with Constantin Fahlberg
Ira Remsen was an American chemist who discovered the artificial sweetener saccharin along with Constantin Fahlberg. He was the second president of Johns Hopkins University. Early life Ira Remsen was born in New York City on February 10, 1846. He is the son of Ja