Photo Contest #5 Submission Thread (11/5-12/5)

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The theme for Photo Contest #5 is as follows:

Historical Tour - Mopar Style
Every city or town has hisorical places or buildings. Get your Mopar in a picture along with a histortical buiding or place. Feel free to add information about the building or place captured in the photo. This will serve as a little history lesson here on the Z.


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Photos will be accepted until midnight (est) Friday, December 5th.

THIS THREAD IS FOR PHOTO SUBMISSIONS ONLY!!!
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[kit221420]

Hey everyone, I guess Ill go first!

My photo contest picture is of the Thomas Edison and Henry Ford winter estate in beautiful Fort myers, Florida! The whole estate is a total of 17 acres and includes Edison and Fords Winter homes(only a few hundred feet from each other), Edisons chemical laboratory, a botanical garden(which was origonally an experimental garden for industrial products), and museum. As we all know Edison created the lightbulb(a very important part of our cars!),phonograph, and many other inventions. This winter estate was mainly used for his rubber laboratory during WWI because he was concerned of the cost of rubber going up drastically. Here Edison worked with Henry ford as well as Harvey Firestone! This estate is also where Edison contributed a lot of technology to the automobile(including work on the Ford Model T which is at this historical site). I believe this historical site is one of the most important in America as it plays a huge role in the technology we have now in the rubber, lighting, and of couse the automobile industry we have today! Well I think ive said enough dont wanna bore you guys:D

MY PCITURE: My picture with my mopar is at the very beggining of the Edison and Ford Winter Estate. If you look close to the left of the picture(between the 2 potted plants and up a lilttle) you can see the Thomas Alva Edison Statue!! Also in the picture is this amazing Banyan tree! It is the BIGGEST Banyan tree in America!!:D

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[RT Lady MD]

One of our favorite cruises is to visit the battlefield at Gettysburg PA. This battle of the civil war took place July 1–3, 1863. The battle was the result of a chance meeting when Lee's forces entered town to look for supplies and spotted some forward units of the Union Arrmy. More men fought and more men died than in any other battle before or since on North American soil.

This picture was taken as the Charger posed behind one of the restored cannons that line Confederate Blvd.

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[SRTAndy]

REMEMBER THE ALAMO!

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[TXSweet]

OK, I'm finally going to enter one of these things!! :O

Here’s a shot of my Sweet … first in line … in front of the Battleship Texas at the Battleship Texas State Park on the San Jacinto Battlegrounds in LaPorte, TX. This is one of the key locations where TX won her independence!!! The brave efforts at the Alamo enabled troops to assemble on the San Jacinto River & defeat Santa Anna as he tried to advance!! The battle cry at the Battle of San Jacinto was … “Remember the Alamo”!!!

This is actually the 2nd Battleship Texas labeled BB35 to distinguish it from the original commissioned in 1895.
The original was the first bonified United States Battleship. She served in the Spanish American War stationed off Cuba, was instrumental in the bombardment of Guantanamo Bay and took an active part in the Battle of Santiago. In 1911, the original Battleship Texas was renamed the USS San Marcos to allow the name to be given to a new battleship ~ the BB35.
The Battleship Texas BB35 is the last dreadnought in existence in the world and was the first battleship memorial museum in the US!! Upon retirement of the vessel in 1948, on the anniversary of Texas Independence, she was presented to the State and commissioned as the flagship of the Texas Navy!!
This vessel was instrumental in serveral major incidents including the Occupation of Vera Cruz, WWI and WWII. She is the only surviving USN vessel that fought in both World Wars. In WWII she was the only battleship to see combat in Europe, Africa and the Pacific. She is also known as “The Pacific Lone Star” and the “Mighty T”! Only one other vessel has a longer operational history. She was the first ship ever to launch an aircraft and her final duty was the return home of over 4,000 troops in time for Christmas, 1945!! She’s a tough one, true to the Texas spirit & her record of service is one more statement of Texas pride!!

Some interesting facts (I thought) ...
Displacement: 27,000 tons
Length: 573 ft ~ ~ Beam: 95.2 ft ~ ~ Draft: 29.5 ft ~ ~ Speed: 21 kn ~ ~ Complement: 954 Officers & men
(My favorite Statistics!!) Armament: 10 × 14 in (360 mm) guns, 21 × 5-inch (130 mm) guns, 4 × 3-pounders (1.4 kg), 4 × 21-inch (530 mm), submerged torpedo tubes ... she may be old, but she's still BAD A!!!!

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[Tymont]

Here is me and TXSweet at the San Jacinto Monumtent. I'm on the left.

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April 1836, General Sam Houston decided his 900 troops would attack Santa Anna’s camp of 1200 Mexican soldiers. After his victory at the Alamo, Santa Anna had become smug and failed to post sentries to watch the Texans’ activities. They were surprised by the Texas soldiers.
Over 600 Mexican soldiers were killed, only 9 Texans were killed.
Santa Anna was found the next day hiding in the grass dressed as a common foot soldier.
The victory of Texas over Mexico led to the United States gaining not only Texas, but also New Mexico, Nevada, Arizona, California, Utah and parts of Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado and Wyoming.
As a result of the battle of San Jacinto, almost a third of what is now the United States of America changed ownership.

You’re Welcome.

A few facts about the monument...
Completed in 1939
The base is 125 feet square
It stands 570 feet tall ( 15 ft taller than the Washington monument) and is the tallest war memorial in the world.
The Star on top is 220 tons of stone, steel and concrete.
Not one life was lost in it's construction.

[azoth99]

This is the Temple of Hercules.

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Tempe of Heracles
The traditional name of this temple comes from another mention by Cicero[2] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valle_dei_Templi#cite_note-1) about a temple dedicated to the classical hero "not far from the forum"; however, it has never been proven the latter (the agora (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agora) of the Greek city) was located in this point.
Styilitically, the temple bleongs to the last years of the 6th century BC. It has been also suggested that this temple was one of first built under Theron. Also the entablature, of which parts have been found, would date it to the 470-460s or the middle 5th century BC (though the more recent remains could be a replacement of the older ones). An hypothesis is that the temple was begun before the Battle of Himera (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Himera), to be completed only in the following decades. Polyaenus mentions a temple of Athena being built under Theron outside the city, which could be identified with that of "Hercules", though also with a new one in the inner acropolis.
The building, with 20th century anastylosis, measures 67 x 25.34 m, with a peristais of 6 x 15 Doric columns and a cella with pronaos and opysthodomus, is located over a three-step basement. It is the first example (later become common in the Agrigento temples) of pylons inserted between the pranos and cella, housing the stair which allowed inspections of the roof. The columns are rather high and have wide capitals (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_(architecture)). On the eastern side are remains of the large altar.

This is located in city of Agrigento in Sicily Italy. Valle De Templi is the area where quite a few temples are all located.

[hawkeye4077]

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"The Cherokee Strip"


The 226-mile tract known as the Cherokee Strip is much more than a parcel of land. It was the setting for the largest, most spectacular competitive event in history -- the Cherokee Strip Land Run of 1893. Cities and towns grew from the dust of that great race, and today their amazing story can still be heard across the Oklahoma plains.
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Oklahoma's Cherokee Strip is one of the few places where the pioneer spirit that settled American is still vibrant enough to experience. Feel it in the wind that sweeps through tallgrass prairies and fields of wheat. See it in the faces of those who live and work on the land their ancestors dreamed of owning when they mounted their horses, buggies and even bicycles and trains, to make the last great race for land on that hot and dusty afternoon of September 16, 1893. This is a story of drama, perserverance, hope and above all, dreams.
The Land


The Cherokee Strip extends 226 miles from east to west and 58 miles north to south -- larger than the states of Connecticut, Deleware and Rhode Island combined. Thirteen northern counties and 9,400 miles make up Oklahoma's portion of the Cherokee Strip, historically designated as the Cherokee Outlet. Looking across the vast horizon of the Cherokee Strip, it's easy to imagine the thousands of buffalo that once roamed the open plains. It is a land as diverse as America itself, with rolling Osage prairies in the east to gypsum sand dunes and the rugged Glass Mountains in the west.
American Indians In The Strip


Although the flags of many countries have flown symbolically over the untamed lands of the Cherokee Strip, American Indians were its original owners. In 1828, the U.S. government gave the land to the Cherokees, calling the area the Cherokee Outlet because the tribe could cross freely to hunting grounds in the west. The Cherokees were assigned lands in northeastern Oklahoma (then Indian Territory), and never lived in the Cherokee Strip.
In 1866, the United States asked the Cherokees to sell portions of the Strip to "friendly" Indians. Tribes or parts of tribes, such as Osage, Pawnee, Kaw, Ponca, Tonkawa, Nez Perce, Otoe and Missouria, settled in the region. When the Strip was opened to white settlement, tribes living there -- with the exception of the Nez Perce, who were previously moved to their Oregon homeland -- were sold individual allotments not to exceed 80 acres, half of the allotment amount offered to settlers who made the run. Museums and attractions throughout the Cherokee Strip tell the poignant story of American Indians and how their cultures and spirituality have persevered during the last 100 years.
The Cattle Trails


After the Civil War, Texas had some six million head of longhorn cattle but virtually no market for the beef. Demand for their product by hungry Easterners led Texas ranchers to drive their cattle through the Cherokee Strip to railhead markets in Kansas and Missouri. Several cattle trails crossed the Outlet, but the best known is the namesake of Jesse Chisholm, a Scotch and Cherokee trader. Chisholm made his first trip up the trail in 1865, and millions of cattle thundered across the Strip over the next 20 years, driven by men who had spurred a new occupation -- the cowboy. Remnants of the famous Chisholm Trail can still be found across the Cherokee Strip. In 1993, at the commemoration of the Centennial Anniversary of the opening of the Strip, this colorful era returned when many people participated in cattle drives, wagon trains and trail rides that made their way through the region.
The Great Ranches


When it became obvious raising cattle on the lush grass of the Outlet was more profitable than driving herds from Texas, sprawling ranches appeared in the Strip. In 1883 the Cherokee Strip Livestock Association was formed and six million acres were leased from the Cherokees. Seven years later, President Benjamin Harrison ordered the ranchers to remove all cattle from the Strip. Plans were in place to open the expansive ranchlands for settlement by eager pioneers.
The Race

http://bjsbytes.com/manstrip.jpg They came to the land that would be Oklahoma by train, horseback, wagon and on foot, from every state and territory in the nation and abroad. Texas and Kansas had the most settlers represented. Most had few material possessions but all came with a dream: to stake a claim and make a home on the vast, virgin prairie known as the Cherokee Strip.

http://bjsbytes.com/mapstrip.jpg President Cleveland and Secretary of Interior H. R. Smith hoped they learned something from earlier "stampedes" for land. They hoped that with better planning they could avoid the troubles and confusion that accompanied the 1889 land rush. Prior to opening the land they established county seats and opened four land offices at Enid, Perry, Alva and Woodward. Homesteaders were to go to these offices and pay a filing fee ranging from $1.00 to $2.50. Filing fees were based upon the quality of land. However, the Strip was to be settled by the horse-race method. To eliminate "sooners," they set up makeshift offices just inside the Cherokee Strip border. Homesteaders were to register and produce filing fee affidavits to be eligible for the run.
On the day of the run, it was hot and dry. Dust, whipped by wind, and thousands of feet, made it unbearable. To add to the misery, soldiers were doing their best to keep order, and see that no one "jumped the gun." The run was to begin only when troopers shot their pistols at high noon. There were several reports of persons shooting a gun in the crowd. Many homesteaders excitedly took off on hearing any gun shot. Such excitement could only lead to trouble for some. One fellow heard the wild shot at four minutes before noon, and took off. Troopers reportedly chased him for a quarter mile before shooting him dead.
Finally, at noon September 16, 1893, a shot rang out and more than 100,000 determined settlers raced for 42,000 claims. By sunset, there would be tent cities, endless lines at federal land offices and more losers than winners. The Cherokee Strip Land Run was a tumultuous finale to what many have called the last American frontier.
http://bjsbytes.com/hse1strp.jpg Making the race and staking a claim must have seemed simple when compared to establishing a home in the sometimes formidable Cherokee Strip. Many settlers carved sod homes and dugouts from the prairie while others lived in their covered wagons. The first winters were harsh as the land tested the endurance and character of its new inhabitants. Many of the settlers could not endure the harsh conditions, and after weeks, or months, gave up their dream.
The hard times gave way to better days as crops flourished and communities, schools and churches rose from the windswept plains. Over 100 years later, agriculture remains the strenth of the economy and way of life. The stories of these brave homesteaders still echo through the Cherokee Strip. Walk through the only remaining sod house, explore the many Cherokee Strip Museums, or visit with people whose ancestors, through grit and determination, settled this untamed frontier.
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Black Gold


With the first commercial oil well in 1897 came fortune seekers from around the world to strike it rich in the teeming oil fields. Many found and lost their wealth in the Cherokee Strip, and left a legacy of architecture, art and culture in towns like Barlesville, Ponca City and Enid. Today, the Strip's abundant oil reserves continue to make petroleum a dominant industry.
The Celebration

Towns, communities and schools throughout Oklahoma's Cherokee Strip celebrate the anniversary of the Land Run on September 16 with festivals, parades, and reenactments of the Race for Land, lest we forget why our ancestors traveled from far and away to stake a claim in history. Ancestors from the CUTTER, GIBSON and PIPER families all contributed to the settlement of the Cherokee Strip. Joseph P. Gibson and his brother-in-law, Simon Irey, husband of Ellen Cutter, made the run together, Joe riding a sorrel mule, and staked their claims east of Douglas, OK. John Piper and his family were here soon after the land was settled. None of those original pioneers are living today, but many of their descendants still live in the Cherokee Strip. Families whose members still live on the original claims are honored as "100 Year Families. In 1997, Everett Ray Cutter, will qualify as one of those families. He lives on the land of his Great-Grandmother, Caroline Fry Cutter. Winston Cutter also qualified in 1994 as one of those families.


My late wife's greatgrandfather was one of the thousands to participate in this great adventure. He settled on some land that was to become part of the Three Sands Oil Field, one of the biggest finds of 'Black Gold' in the country. His particular land was not one they drilled on at the time. However my wife's family retained the mineral rights to a portion of the land and earlier this year oil was found on it.

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[greggnice]

This is a piece of Civil War history! This is the Hampton-Preston House built in 1818. This house once served as the Headquarters for Union General J.A. Logan in 1865.

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[Fire49EMT]

Ok.. here's my submission... I wasn't able to go to my second spot.. which I think will be a better photo due to the following.. A police officer was killed, yet again, in Philly this past week. The funeral is today, and along with that, is the 15th annual Philadelphia Marathon.... So.. Ben Franklin Parkway was pretty much closed down and I wasn't able to get a great photo with the Art Museum.. however.. I will go next week for the hell of it. My next location was to go to 6th and Market. There resides the birthplace of our nation, Independence Hall (Where the Declaration of Independence was drafted and signed.) I went there, went to take a photo, but realized I couldn't do what I wanted to do (get a shot of the Liberty Bell, with my Charger and Independence Hall in the backround... I think I can get it.. it's just a timing issue and I'll need the wife to take the photo.

The third and final spot I went is where my submission has arrived. The shot is at Broad and Sansom Streets in Center City Philadelphia. The building is City Hall. The building is one of the world's tallest and largest all-masonry, load bearing structures without a steel or iron frame.

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Original: The New Public Building
Present: Philadelphia City Hall

Although City Hall construction began in 1871, the building's history can be traced back to Philadelphia's founding. When William Penn envisioned his City of brotherly Love in 1682, he planned a city that would stretch for approximately one mile north and south between the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. Penn's plan set-aside five parcels of land as public squares with centrally located "Center Square" reserved as a site for public buildings. (City Controllers office)

City Hall Pre-History
Despite Penn's design for a city that would stretch from river to river, early development in Philadelphia was concentrated along the Delaware riverfront, spreading north and south beyond the original city limits. The buildings that functioned as City Hall were, therefore, sited in the neighborhood currently known as Old City. One building used as a City Hall was located at the head of the city market at 2nd and High (Now Market) Streets, while Center Square remained countryside, awaiting the City's eventual westward expansion. (City Controllers office)

Splendors of City Hall
City Hall is both an historic, architecturally significant building and the functioning home of Philadelphia's city and county offices and courts. It is located at the intersection of Broad and Market Streets, in Center Square, the center of downtown Philadelphia. This is one of five squares included in William Penn's original 1682 plan for Philadelphia. City Hall is the center of Philadelphia's government and politics, and has been the focal point of Philadelphia itself for more than a century.

Planning for Philadelphia's City Hall began before 1870, when a commission was established to oversee the construction of new public buildings. After much debate and several design competitions Center Square was selected for the location. The commission chose a Scottish architect named John McArthur, Jr. to design the new building. Work began in 1871, and the building was completed thirty years later in 1901. (Greta)

Architecture
City Hall's architecture is of the elaborate Victorian style referred to as French Second Empire. The Palais des Tuileries and the New Louvre in Paris influenced the building's design. Second Empire motifs are evident in the turreted courtyard stair towers; the slate mansard roof with dormer windows; the paired columns, which help to make it look three stories instead of eight; the integration of the hundreds of sculptures; the projecting corner pavilions; and the grand staircases in the North and South portals. City hall's style is also often referred to as High Victorian Picturesque Eclecticism or French Renaissance.

Its elaborate architecture has made City Hall controversial from the beginning. Some have wondered why there is a building of such decadence at the center of a city of Quaker heritage. There have even been proposals to demolish City Hall. The most recent of these was considered in the 1950's. Demolition of the building was looked into, but it was found that the cost would have come to a prohibitive twenty-five million dollars, the amount that was spent to build City Hall by 1901. At that cost, there would not have been enough money left to build a new City Hall, so the building was saved.

City Hall is a square building arranged around a central public courtyard. Its four exterior facades are all of similar appearance, and include the four monumental arched portals leading to the courtyard from the outside. The north façade is considered the ceremonial "front "of the building.

The north side is also where the famous tower is located. The tower rises 548 feet above the ground, terminating at the top of the hat on William Penn's statue. Just below the statue is the visitors' observation deck, approximately forty stories above the ground. There are massive twenty-six foot diameter clocks on all four sides of the metal portion of the tower. Below this area of the tower and throughout the remainder of the building are walls of solid brick covered with white marble and granite. The walls supporting the tower are twenty-two feet thick at the bottom. The building is one of the world's tallest and largest all-masonry, load bearing structures without a steel or iron frame.

Gentlemen's Agreement
To reflect Philadelphia's importance, McArthur intended City Hall to be the tallest structure in the world. Unfortunately, City Hall never held that title because the Eiffel Tower and Washington monument were both completed before City Hall and both are taller than the building. Since neither of those structure are true buildings, Philadelphia's City Hall did remain the tallest occupied building until 1909, when New York built the Metropolitan Life Building. It was, however, the tallest building in Philadelphia until 1987, when a long-standing "gentlemen's agreement," discouraging constructing higher than Penn's hat, was broken with the construction of the sixty-one-story Liberty Place.

City Hall Sculptures
On of the most remarkable features of City Hall is its many sculptures. Inside and out, the building has over 250 relief and freestanding sculptures, all created by Alexander Milne Calder. The original clay designs were sculpted and cast in plaster in the City Hall basement studio. Next, the plaster forms were copied by stone carvers in marble. Nine large figures were cast in bronze. The sculptures represent a wide range of topics, including historical, allegorical, mythological, people and animals from throughout the world, and figures that symbolize wisdom and attributes, virtues, and vices. A few examples include a keystone of Moses over the South portal, representing law and justice, a pair of Swedish settlers found just above the clock level, representing the original European inhabitants of the area. This comprehensive sculptural decoration is said "to express American ideals and develop American genius."

The most famous sculpture is that of William Penn. The statue of Penn stands thirty-seven feet tall, and weighs twenty-seven tons. He is the tallest sculpture on top of any building in the world. His five-foot long hand is pointing northeast towards Penn Treaty Park, where William Penn made a treaty of friendship with the Native Americans in 1682. The hand appears to be making a humble gesture of blessing and welcome. The bronze statue has magnificent details including decorated buttons and lace cuffs. He carries the Charter of Pennsylvania from King Charles II, which has legible words written on it. The Charter rests on a tree stump, symbolizing the first tree cut from his "Greene Country Towne."

With close to 700 rooms, City Hall is still the largest municipal building in North America and maybe the world. The building houses three branches of government, the Executive Branch, the Legislative Branch and the Judicial Branch's Civil Courts. Many people come to see City Hall because of its history and architectural significance, but it is still a fully functioning municipal building. Consequently, City Hall's interior is constantly being worked with. While the hallways and many rooms have been altered with dropped ceilings and new lighting, as well as many rooms having their original walls covered with wood paneling or sheet rock, a number of the building's most important rooms have been preserved or restored.
The exterior of the building remains relatively unchanged from its original form and details. The current cleaning and restoration of the stone and cast iron should leave City Hall looking its best after more than a century of use (Greenberger 7-9).

The Future of City Hall
City Hall is a dominant structure in Philadelphia even though it must vie for attention with the new postmodern buildings that command the City's skyline. The structure itself, however, is in need of attention if the building is to survive another 100 years. Yet even if City Hall's deterioration is reversed, the building must perform better as an asset for the City and its citizens if its next century is to be a prosperous one. (City Controllers office)

Cultural and historical attractions, commercial entities, and thousands of hotel rooms rind City Hall. The ongoing commitment to expand Philadelphia's attractiveness as a tourist destination and improve the quality of life for residents and workers is reshaping the City. Looking into the future, Philadelphia's vibrant central business district will be enhanced by the addition of the Regional Performing Arts Center, Independence National Historical Park's Gateway Visitor's Center, and the National Constitution Center. The potential addition of new entertainment venues, an expanded Convention Center, new museum space, and a new major department store could invigorate Center City. (City Controllers office) Physical History:


see the discussion thread for all the photos i took...

[gurry624]

Here is my submission guys and gals, it's at the Chalmette Battlefield. The pic is of my car, the battlefied monument to the right, the American Flag to the left and far left in the distance is the Beauregard House. A brief description of the Chalmette Battlefield and the Beauregard House follows the picture.

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The Battle of New Orleans in 1814–1815, the last battle of the War of 1812, forever ended any attempt by England to regain control of the American Colonies, lost during the American Revolution, the War of Independence. It was here that General Andrew Jackson, and local volunteers, including Jean Lafitte (the pirate) and his men, defended the city from the invading British. The British troops were under the command of General Pakenham, who died in the final battle, January 8, 1815. Also located on the Chalmette Battlefield grounds, and serving as a museum and visitor center, is the Beauregard House. Beauregard House was never used as a plantation, and was built in 1830. It is named for René Beauregard, its last owner, the son of the Civil War Confederate General, P. G. T. Beauregard.

[Pyrate]

New Orleans is called by many names, but inside the city are 40+ above ground cemeteries called cities of the dead.
Read more about them here
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[Krazy Kim]

Here's my entry with the plum in front of the Ormond Garage. This is not the original garage. The information below will explain. Ormond Beach, FL has been called "The Birthplace of Speed."

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Ormond Beach - The Birthplace of Speed

At the dawn of the 20th Century, many dignitaries wintered in Ormond Beach at the Ormond Hotel. This site is now the Ormond Heritage Condominium, on East Granada Boulevard and the Halifax River. One of several hotels built by Henry Flagler to compliment his train service to the Sunshine State, the Ormond Hotel was frequented by such people as Henry Ford, Harvey Firestone, Thomas Edison, and John D. Rockefeller. Rockefeller subsequently purchased a home across the street from the Ormond Hotel and called it The Casements. Today this home has been renovated as a community cultural center. The original cupola from the Ormond Hotel is the centerpiece of Fortunato Park on the Halifax River.

The automobile had just been invented and men were searching for places where they could drive on hard surfaces. The existing "roads" were horse trails and posed problems for the cars. In 1902, a retired businessman named J.F. Hathaway distributed photographs of the beach and sent them to leading automobile journals and newspapers along with a story extolling the hard packed sand of Ormond Beach as the ideal race course. This information was picked up by William J. Morgan who was a correspondent for Automobile Magazine. Morgan arrived in Ormond in February, 1903 and met John Anderson and Joseph Price, managers of the Ormond Hotel. The three men decided that a winter automobile racing event was the perfect promotional tool for the Hotel. Morgan secured the help of a hastily formed Daytona and Seabreeze Automobile Association and the plans were underway.

Without much lead time the turnout for that first race series was small. On March 26, 1903 the first timed trials were held. Entrants were Alexander Winton in his Bullet no. 1 and H. T. Thomas driving the Ransom E. Olds' Pirate. That day the men drove in separate classes, but two days later they met in the Ormond Challenge Cup. After an exciting race, which the Bullet won by one-fifth of a second, all agreed that the sands of Daytona and Ormond were the perfect place for racing. Ormond Beach had earned its title as the "Birthplace of Speed."

The newly formed Florida East Coast Automobile Association built a clubhouse at the Silver Beach approach, and this became the starting point for the runs headed northward. Succeeding years saw an influx of millionaires such as William K. Vanderbilt Jr. and Henry Ford. The course was expanded to include a run all the way to Ponce Inlet and back to Ormond Beach.

The Ormond Garage, known as "Gasoline Alley," was built in the summer of 1904 to accommodate the racers and their mechanics. A plaque commemorates this site at 113 E. Granada Blvd. The garage burned to the ground on January 7, 1976.

A garage at 48 W. Granada Blvd. currently bears the name “Ormond Garage.” This was built in 1919 by Robert E. Lowe. The management of the original Ormond Garage did not want repairs done there, so Lowe, a mechanic, moved west of the bridge and built the brick building which still exists. In its heyday, it also bore the name Ormond Garage. Presently it contains a large collection of period artifacts and pictures of the famous cars and people who frequented the garage.

[Plum Krazy]

While I was in St Charles MO this weekend, I got a good pic to enter. Below the pic is some information I got about the site. Enjoy!!! :4-wavey:
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Operated by the Discovery Expedition of St. Charles, the new Lewis & Clark Boat House and Nature Center (a certified site of the Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail) is the Discovery Expedition's permanent home replacing their old facility on 710 Riverside Drive. Located on the banks of the Missouri River at Bishop’s Landing and only a five minute walk from the downtown historic district, the site features hand-crafted replicas of boats used by the Corps of Discovery, exhibits relating to the Expedition and the Missouri River ecosystem, and a gift shop.
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http://www.greatriverroad.com/lewclark/lcimages/lcinmo.gifThe Lewis and Clark Connection
"Arrived Opposite of St. Charles at 12 oClock, this village is at the foot of a Hill from which it takes its real name Peeteite Coete [Petite Côte] or the little hill, it contains about 100 indefferent houses, and abot450 Inhabetents principally frinch, those people appear pore and extremely kind …” William Clark made this entry when the Corps arrived at St. Charles on Wednesday, May 14, 1804.
Clark and the Corps waited for Lewis, who was in St. Louis attending to last minute details. Lewis arrived in St. Charles in the evening of Saturday, May 20, 1804 in the company of some local dignitaries from St. Louis. After attending Mass the next morning and making sure all preparations had been completed, the Corps of discovery departed St. Charles on the afternoon of Monday, May 21, 1804. Clark noted this event in his journals as he wrote "Set out at half passed three oClock under three Cheers from the gentlemen on the bank and proceeded on ... " The departure from St. Charles marked the setting out of the expedition with all its members and the last that they saw of a significant European settlement until they returned in September of 1806.
"at 4 P M we arived in Sight of St. Charles,the party rejoiced at the Sight of this hospital village plyed thear ores with great dexterity and we Soon arived opposit the Town, this day being Sunday we observed a number of Gentlemen and ladies walking on the bank, we Saluted the Village by three rounds from our blunderbuts and the Small arms of the party, and landed near the lower part of the town.we were met by great numbers of the inhabitants, we found them excessively polite." William Clark made this entry when the Corps arrived at St. Charles on Sunday, September 21, 1806. The Corps spent the night at St. Charles and two days later ended their journey when they arrived in St. Louis on September 23, 1806.
http://www.greatriverroad.com/lewclark/lcimages/lccoverage.gifVisit our special Lewis and Clark Section (http://www.greatriverroad.com/lewclark/lewhome.htm) to learn more about the Corps of Discovery’s experience during their stay in the Middle Mississippi River Valley. greatriverroad.com’s special coverage includes information on all of the region’s sites and events as well as supplemental articles relating to the expedition’s experience during the winter of 1803-04.
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The Discovery Expedition of St. Charles has put together a modern museum to interpret the Lewis and Clark's experience in St. Charles as well as the Corps of Discovery in general. The lower level of the Boat House is home to full size replicas of a keelboat and two pirogues with workspace and displays. The lower level has a flow through design, permitting the boats to be easily moved and preventing damage to the building from floodwaters. The boats are often on tour, making an annual journey retracing portions of the Lewis and Clark’s journey and attending special events. When the boats are not on tour, visitors will be able to get up close to these vessels as well as talk to informed volunteers about their use and construction.
The upper level features the contents of the old Lewis and Clark Museum, as well as dioramas (photo left) by museum artist Evangeline Groth that illustrate the story of the Lewis and Clark expedition and the Native American tribes they encountered, examples of the flora and fauna Lewis and Clark encountered on their journey, and life in early 19th-century Saint Charles. A classroom accommodates class field trips, and tours and The Trading Post, the facility’s gift shop offers many historical books and unusual gift items. The Boat House is adjacent to Frontier Park which has picnic facilities and is the trail head for the Katy Trail, a 225 mile bike trail that starts in St. Charles and runs parallel to the Missouri River and the route that Lewis and Clark took.

[Yomenow]

Ok heres my submission for the Historical......
Missouri's first legislature met in this building of the First missouri State Capital State Historic site to undertake the territorial goverment into a progressive state system from June 4 1821 to Oct 1, 1826. Heated debates of states rights and slavery filled the rooms of this temporary Capital.
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[TxChargerChik]

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Point Bolivar Lighthouse
After the Civil War, Galveston became the point through which many European immigrants entered the American Southwest. So it was only natural that an important lighthouse (http://travel.howstuffworks.com/americas-lighthouses.htm) -- the Point Bolivar lighthouse -- be raised and maintained at the entrance to Galveston Bay.


The Gulf coast of Texas (http://maps.howstuffworks.com/maps-of-texas.htm) is quite similar to the Atlantic coast of North Carolina (http://maps.howstuffworks.com/maps-of-north-carolina.htm). In both cases, a series of offshore barrier islands, and an intervening bay-like waterway, offer substantial protection to the state's mainland.
Scattered among the barrier islands are various passes and inlets through which maritime traffic can safely proceed. These entryways provide access to the intracoastal waterways as well as to a number of important ports, most notably Port Arthur, Galveston Bay, and Corpus Christi Bay.

Galveston Bay is probably the most famous of the three. It is protected by the Bolivar Peninsula to the north and Galveston Island to the south. It was on the Bolivar Peninsula that the Point Bolivar lighthouse was raised in 1852, during the heyday of lighthouse construction along the Gulf and Atlantic coasts.
The first tower at Point Bolivar was dismantled during the Civil War by Confederate troops, who used the tower's iron to make cannon balls and mini-balls for rifles.
In 1873 a new 116-foot tower was raised at Point Bolivar. It was again constructed of cast-iron plates, but this time a brick lining was installed inside the tower.

The Point Bolivar lighthouse gained national recognition in September 1900 and then again in August 1915 when a number of local residents sought refuge in the tower from deadly storms. During the 1900 hurricane (http://science.howstuffworks.com/hurricane.htm), more than 120 people found shelter in the tower -- literally huddled in the tower's spiral stairway.
During the 1915 hurricane, some 60 people sought refuge in the same place from the hurricane. It was the infamous September 1900 hurricane that killed more than 8,000 of Galveston's 30,000 residents.
In the years that followed the disastrous 1900 hurricane, the Army Corps of Engineers raised a ten-mile-long and 17-foot-tall sea wall around Galveston, which has since become Galveston's version of the Ocean City boardwalk.

The Point Bolivar lighthouse was decommissioned during the 1930s. Although the lighthouse is not currently in operation and is on private land, it is a popular site for people visiting the greater Galveston area.

It has also most recently survived Hurricane Ike!

[billster]

Heres my photo...

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About the Parthenon

The Parthenon stands proudly as the centerpiece of Centennial Park, Nashville's premier urban park. The re-creation of the 42-foot statue Athena is the focus of the Parthenon just as it was in ancient Greece. The building and the Athena statue are both full-scale replicas of the Athenian originals.
Originally built for Tennessee's 1897 Centennial Exposition, this replica of the original Parthenon in Athens serves as a monument to what is considered the pinnacle of classical architecture. The plaster replicas of the Parthenon Marbles found in the Naos are direct casts of the original sculptures which adorned the pediments of the Athenian Parthenon, dating back to 438 B.C. The originals of these powerful fragments are housed in the British Museum in London.
The Parthenon also serves as the city of Nashville's art museum. The focus of the Parthenon's permanent collection is a group of 63 paintings by 19th and 20th century American artists donated by James M. Cowan. Additional gallery spaces provide a venue for a variety of temporary shows and exhibits.

check out the chic thats housed in here...
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The above pic of Athena was not taken by me. It was on wikipedia and is free to use. I havnt been inside there since I was in elementary school. After seeing this photo, I want to go check it out again someday...