New Orleans, Louisiana.
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Founded 1886 as the Coordinate Women's College of Tulane University by Josephine Louise Le Mommier Newcomb (1816-1901) in memory of her daughter Harriott Sophie Newcomb (1855-1870). Originally located in the former Thomas . . .
(Architecture • Education • Women) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
Founded 1886 as the Coordinate Women's College of Tulane University by Josephine Louise Le Mommier Newcomb (1816-1901) in memory of her daughter Harriott Sophie Newcomb (1855-1870). Originally located in the former Thomas . . . (Architecture • Education • Women) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
The Newcomb Pottery Garden honors the artistic legacy of Newcomb Pottery, a quasi-commercial enterprise established in the late 19th century in association with the curriculum of Newcomb College...During its forty-five years . . . 
First Came Steam - The first tugboats in the Coos Bay area had steam engines, and steam powered tugs were in service up to the 1950s. Steam power had some advantages: wood and coal to burn to make steam were abundant and . . . 
An Engineer’s Moment “Every curve, every switch has a story that goes with it...” Donovan Gray, “Oregon, California & Eastern” (1990) For most of its first thirty miles, the OC&E follows gentle grades to climb steadily into . . . 
I've been a pretty tough old bird, but I wouldn’t want to go through that again! Grace Miller August 1959 Survival Tactics Seventy-something-year-old Grace Miller was a self-professed “tough old bird.” When she found . . . 
Working On Water Koos No. 2 was the second of several tugboats with the Koos name to work for the Knutson Towboat Company. Built in 1924 by Frank Lowe at his Marshfield shipyard, Koos No. 2 went to work with her sister tug . . . 
A boat designed to push or tow. Tugboats have a lot of power and are versatile. A tug can push or tow something a lot bigger than itself and can go backward or sideways almost as well as forward. Screw propellers are . . . 
Imagine what it was like... A lake that tipped...a woman who leaped from her home just in time...a performer who didn't let an earthquake stop her...cabins swallowed by waves that came out of nowhere...a highway that . . . 
The tugboats of the Coos Bay waterways work on shipping related jobs of towing log rafts, moving big ships in and out of harbor, and moving barges. Coos Bay is more than a port – it’s also an estuary. Estuaries are places . . . 
The first tugs on Coos Bay were steam-powered, usually towing log rafts or piloting sailing ships in and out of port. Gasoline and diesel internal combustion engines arrived in the early 1900s and began to replace steam . . . 
This house originally built by the Corsens and was later inhabited by the Gunther family. It was aquired by the town of Clifton in 1973 as a location for town meetings.
Built on a lot owned by a freed slave. This house was in the Pitkin family for over 60 years. A major addition in 1995 changed the focus to a brick courtyard in the rear of the house.
Something is Terribly Wrong Fourteen-year-old Darwin Steffler was in bed in his family’s lakeside lodge about 5.5 miles east of here, when he felt the earthquake strike. After checking on his little brothers, he race . . . 
Martires y héroes que ofrendaron sus vidas por defender los derechos de los Pueblos en Resistencia, durante el conflicto armado interno en Guatemala, 1960 1996. Augustín Alvarado · Agustín Calel Ajanel · Agustina Velasco · . . . 
Today, the Coos Bay harbor continues to serve as a connection to the rest of the world, and as a working waterfront. In addition, it has become a source of identity for the people living near its waters. The timber industry . . . 
Donated by Menasha Corporation To the City of Coos Bay 340 years old, 210 feet tall Logged by: LA Logging Inc. Tree Faller: Silver Creek Logging 2000 Trees Replanted 
By 1893, Audubon Park was starting to resemble a modern city green space. As interest in improving the park grew, its leaders corresponded with several well-known designers, including Frederick Law Olmsted, to discuss the . . . 
George Sand trouva refuge dans cette maison lors de son procès en séparation de son mari le baron Casimir Dudevant en 1836 Le 25 mai 1836, elle écrivait à son amie Marie D'Agoult: "un jardin de quatre toises carrées, plein . . . 
Built in 1910 by Clifton lumber merchant J. M. Fulmer. Two times mayor of Clifton, 1920 — 1924 and 1930 — 1936, Fulmer was known as the town strong man. This house is an excellent example of the Carpenter Gothic . . . 
The 27-foot tug named Irene was built in 1938 by a family friend, C.J. Sessions, for Henry Sause, Sr. and Curtis Sause. It was designed along the lines of a Columbia River gillnetter with a four-cylinder, 40 horsepower . . . 
