© Dr. Galen Royer Frysinger
United States
The Franklin Delano Roosevelt memorial is a
presidential memorial dedicated to the memory of U.S.
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and to the era he
represents. For the memorial's designer, landscape
architect Lawrence Halprin, the memorial site
represents the capstone of a distinguished career,
partly because the landscape architect had fond
memories of Roosevelt, and partly because of the sheer
difficulty of the task.
Dr. Jim Hoy tells us the history of the Ghost Towns
a program on Prairie Grasses
Dr. Hoy of the Folklore and Songs
Amish, North American Protestant group of Mennonite
origin. The Amish have maintained a distinctive and
conservative agricultural way of life despite the
influences of modern industrial society.
Five horse hitch on the manure spreader
Auction of Pie Safe furniture crafted by the Amish
Patchwork Fabric at Auction
Ollie entertains the diners
The "Golden Spike" is the ceremonial final spike driven
by Leland Stanford to join the rails of the First
Transcontinental Railroad across the United States
connecting the Central Pacific and Union Pacific
railroads on May 10, 1869, at Promontory Summit, Utah
Territory. The term "Last Spike" has been used to refer
to one driven at the usually ceremonial completion of
any new railroad construction projects, particularly
those in which construction is undertaken from two
disparate origins towards a meeting point.
Jupitur from the Union Pacific
Central Pacific engine coming from the West
Babyland General Hospital is the birthplace of Cabbage
Patch dolls located in Cleveland, Georgia. Xavier
Roberts converted an old clinic into a facility from
which to sell his dolls, originally called "Little People."
The facility is presented as a birthing, nursery, and
adoption center for premium Cabbage Patch Kids.
Although the fad surrounding the dolls has largely died
down, Babyland General is still heavily trafficked by
diehard fans and curiosity seekers.
