Articles related to "Rivers"



Zenas Leonard, Fur Trapper
Like many mountain men, Zenas Leonard was fascinated by the unknown west. Also like many, he did not live a very long life. But what he experienced kept him away from his family for five years at one time.
• zenas leonard • joseph walker • captain bonneville • humboldt river • wind river

Hudson River Park - NY Times Editorial: The Ebbing Hudson River

Streamside Buffers, a Good Idea
streamside buffers, riparian buffers, river conservation, riparian land, riparian, Susquehanna River, forest buffers
• streamside buffers • riparian buffers • river conservation • riparian land • riparian

Film Review: Crimson Rivers II
Welcome to the first installment of Medieval History's Sunday Afternoon at the Movies. Today, it's French action flick Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse.
• france • germany • maginot line • charlemagne • lothair

Musings On Some Rivers
Musings on some rivers, and the role they played, still play, in my life.
• river • fishing • boating • floating • canoeing

Rivers Under Siege

Sailors Battle Indians in Southern Oregon
Nine men came to the southern Oregon coast to establish a town to supply the gold mines inland. But what they found is a hostile Indian tribe that didn't want them there.
• port orford • battle rock • coquille river • umpqua river • rogue river

CLOSE WATERS
Consider close in urban fishing action
• urban fishing • fishing locations • rivers • ponds • lakes

Denial is not a River in Egypt!
Denial is a form of distancing, and what we put at a distance is ourselves.

Income Disparity and the Mississippi River
• income disparity • studies • absolute income • mississippi river

Living on the Banks of the River Denial
Joss Whedon, creator of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Angel," says: "Yes, Doyle is dead. We killed him. Sorry about that." What the fans have to say goes just a bit farther.
• angel doyle wb glenn quinn denial buffy vampire sl

New Jason Morant CD
Jason Morant was in Nashville on business when Hurricane Katrina struck. He found it somewhat surreal watching his own neighborhood on TV in the days that followed.
• jason morant • "open" • vertical music • "city of two rivers" • "abandon"

New Orleans River
Enjoy Thomas Wolfe the novelist? John S. Barnes saw poetry in Wolfe’s work, and through careful selection and a few skillful line breaks, he reveals it to us.
• poetry • thomas wolfe • new orleans • john s. barnes • trochaic

River (1998) by Jamie Soles
My first indie review...
• indie • jamie • soles • mullins • dente

River Projects Threaten Wildlife
Changing rivers threatens wildlife habitat
• wildlife habitat

The Giant River Otter
Found only in small protected areas of the Amazon junge, the Giant River Otter is one of the world's most fascinating endangered creatures.
• giant river otters • south america wildlife • amazoin lodges • south america endangered species • lobos del rio

The River Port of Goolwa
Spend some time exploring Australia's only river port and reliving a bygone era when steam powered the world.
• goolwa • eco-tours • steam trains • paddlesteamers • river

THE SIX NATIONS OF THE GRAND RIVER
The Six Nations of the Grand River is located near Brantford, Ontario. The reserve consists of Native Peoples from the Mohawk, Oneida, Seneca, Tuscarora, Onondaga and Cayuga Nations. If you are ever in southern Ontario be sure to visit this picturesque community. There are many things to see and do here.
• six nations • grand river • culture • people • native

Trail Review, Bronx River Parkway Bicycle Sundays '97 Schedule
Bronx River Parkway
• bronx river parkway • county center in whiteplaines

Trail Review, Bronx River Pathway / Bronxville to Kensico Plaza
Bronx River Pathway / Bronxville to Kensico Plaza
• bronx river pathway • bronxville to kensico plaza • garth woods • westchester county center • mountain bike trails

Ayutthaya, ancient Thai capital.
From 1350-1767, Ayutthaya ruled over more than one million people, more than lived in London in the same period, until it was razed and sacked by the Burmese.
• ayutthaya • ancient capital of thailand • angkor in cambodia • chao phraya river • bang pa-in

Columbia Gorge Wineries
An introduction to Columbia Gorge Wineries: one of the Pacific Northwest's newest wine regions.
• columbia gorge wineries • columbia valley wine • columbia river wine • columbia river gorge • oregon wineries

EARNING A WORLD RECORD
• jim deotis • lake sturgeon • kettle river

Environmental Odds and Ends
This article reviews one man's Mississippi River cleanup and The Nature Conservancy's Adopt An Acre program.
• mississippi river • clean up • chad pregracke • adopt-an-acre • rain forest

Looking at Plants in their Underwear!
Considering how to make the garden look better from inside the house in winter.
• winter gardening • landscaping • trees • shrubs • bark

Marvel Creditor Agreement Unravels
• marvel • creditors • agreement • toy biz • high river

Ontario Elections: Part III, The New Democratic Party
Ontario Elections is comming up! The Third and Final part in the Ontario Election Articles. This week the New Democratic Party and NDP Leader Howard Hampton.
• npd • hampton • ontario • rainy river • new democratic party

PAULINE JOHNSON - NATIVE POETESS
Pauline Johnson was Canada's first Native Poetess. Her poems have strong imaging and each tell a story. In recent years her poems have been included in anthoglogys containing works of other Native Poets and Poetess'. Only now is her work becoming well-known.
• poetess • native • recitals • grand river • chiefswood.

Powhatan's Kingdom
Powhatan's first proven contact with whites came in 1607, when Jamestown was established a few miles from Powhatan's capital of Werowocomoco. He attempted to control the
• powhatan’s kingdom • jamestown • werowocomoco • algonquian-speaking tribes • virginia tidewater

Product Review: Rainforest Rhythms cassette
My parrot Braynon's opinion of the Rainforest Rhythms cassette.
• music • rain forest • amazon • macaw • amazon river

St. Petersburg White Nights
Enjoy the midnight sun in St. Petersburg, in the summertime.
• midnight sun • st petersburg • russia • neva river • venice of the north

Summer Reggae Festivals Hit High Gear
A quick rundown of numerous summer reggae festivals that have proven to be quality year after year.
• teva spirit of unity tour • reggae on the river • reggae on the rocks

The “Empress of Ireland”
The "Empress of Ireland" collides with a Norwegian Collier in the St. Lawrence River, with great loss of life.
• empress of ireland • storstad • collision at sea • canadian shipwrecks • shipwrecks

Tragedy in the Three Gorges
An "introductory briefing" regarding the crisis and controversy surrounding the Three Gorges Dam Project underway at Sandouping, China.
• three gorges • dam • watershed • yangtze • river

Water, Water No Where
Water is the most vital resource to mankind, yet the Middle East lacks sufficient water resources for growth and stability. The next major war in the Middle East will probably be over water, not oil.
• water • resource • hydrogeological • resevoir • table

We Are No Longer Islands
Diseases on the other side of the world can now visit our back yard (Nile River Fever). For better or worse the world is getting smaller every day.
• nile • river • fever • virus • encephalitis

Wenatchee and Whale Editorial
Wenatchee, Washington, the Apple Capitol of the World, is a city known for its agriculture and great sites to see. It is located in Chelan County east of the Cascade Mountains in Washington.
• chelan county • apples • leavenworth • ohme gardens • ardenvoir

What do Mark Twain and your depth sounder have in common?
Samuel Clemens was a master paddle wheel operator. Find how he discovered his pen name.
• nautical history • boating • river boating • mark twain • leadsman

Serengeti and Ngorongoro
Tanzania is Africa's top safari destination with the Serengeti National Park and the Ngorongoro Crater Conservation Area heading the list.
• serengeti national park • ngorongoro crater conservation area • serengeti • ngorongoro • ngorongoro crater

Mount Shasta City: Off the Beaten Track
Nestled at the foot of Mystical Mount Shasta is Mount Shasta City. Second in the series " Off the Beaten Track" Mount Shasta City offers good restaraunts, accomodation, and a myriad of outdoor activites all year round. Surrounded by the pine forest of Shasta Trinity National forest, Shasta City sits in the Shadow of the most magnificent mountain in the US. The valley and surrounding area, are renown for their scenic natural beauty, high mountain lakes, birds and wildlife and whitewater rivers. It is my favorite place to stop off the I-5.
• mount shasta mount shasta city • mount shasta ski park • mountain biking • winter outdoor sports • summer oudoor activities

The beginning of Ancient Egypt
This article explains and describes how the rule of the Pharoahs and the beginning of the Ancient Egyptian civilisation came about, in a way that would be understandable to (older) children.
• ancient • egypt • civilisation • nile • palestine

The USS Cairo at Vicksburg
The Ironclad Cairo was sunk during the US Civil War by two Confederate sailors and their homemade naval mines, ushering in a new era in naval warfare
• uss cairo • vicksburg battle • yazoo river • ironclad • river mississiippi battle

Young George Washington
George Washington, first American President: Early life in Virginia on Rappahannock and Potomac Rivers. Great-grandfather known by Indians as Destroyer of Villages.
• george washington • george washington the boy • early family life of washington near the potomac r • john washington as destroyer of villages • washington’s birth place in westmoreland county

Author Snapshot: Twain, Mark
A brief snapshot biography of the life and works of American Author Mark Twain (Samuel Clemmens)
• mark twain • samuel clemmens • huckleberry finn • tom sawyer • winston churchill

Cairo, Egypt’s Vibrant Capital
Modern Cairo has a history as old as time. Mosques, churches and museums compete for attention with Shisha pipes, a pulsating nightlife and belly dancers.
• cairo • egypt • cairo egypt • egypt tours • egypt travel

Camels in the West
Many people thought bringing camels to use in the southwest was a good idea, but nobody acted on it until 1853. Secretary of War Jefferson Davis thought that camels had many practical applications, especially military use.
• camels • edward fitzgerald beale • virginia city • nevada • camp verde

Coca to Iquitos
Of all the river routes in the Amazon, this is one gets you far away from modernity as you could ever imagine.
• coca ecuador to iquitos • amazon river travel • boats • coca ecuador • iquitos

Cologne's Charms Below Surface
While Cologne has its share of churches and museums, it's the less tangible, cultural aspects that make this city in northwestern Germany truly unique and worth a visit.
• cologne beer • cologne cathedral • cologne germany • german culture • german beer kolsch

Des McAnuff Resigns
Des McAnuff has announced his resignation from the La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego, and rumours will be starting about what he will do next.
• des mcanuff • la jolla playhouse • tommy • big river • stratford festival

Devil's Island
Thousands of prisoners served time on Devil's Island and thousands died there, whether by starvation, overwork, execution or disease.
• devil's island • hell hole • penal colony • ghost • prison


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