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Frederick Hilmer Rohr was born on 10 May 1896 in Hoboken, New Jersey, [1] where his father, Henry Gustav Rohr, had recently arrived from Germany. Looking to market his skills in working with sheet metal , Henry Rohr migrated westward with his family in 1898 and founded a metalworking shop in San Francisco .
Busiek State Forest) is a state forest and conservation area in the state of Missouri, located in Christian County near Springfield, Missouri The area consists of forests, glades, and savannas, two streams (the intermittent Camp Creek and the permanent Woods Fork) and offers 18 miles of trails, deer, squirrel, and turkey hunting, primitive ...
Lake Springfield was created in 1957 with the construction of a dam on the James River. The city of Springfield purchased the land before it was submerged. It cost $11.1 million to buy the land and build the dam to create the lake and first two units of the power station. [3] The lake was to be a cooling reservoir for the James River Power plant.
The initial Wonders of Wildlife museum was the result of an intensive lobbying campaign by and financial support from Johnny Morris. He campaigned for a ballot initiative that funded a portion of the $52 million cost of building the original museum and the creation of a museum district to oversee the planning, design, and construction of the museum. [4]
Rohr subway cars manufactured for the Washington Metro. Rohr, Inc. is an aerospace manufacturing company based in Chula Vista, California, south of San Diego.It is a wholly owned unit of the Collins Aerospace division of Raytheon Technologies; [1] it was founded in 1940 by Frederick H. Rohr as Rohr Aircraft.
This is a list of Superfund sites in Missouri designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law. The CERCLA federal law of 1980 authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean up hazardous material contaminations. [1]
In 2009, the Springfield Metro Baseball League moved into the stadium and began play. The open registration league operated in the park with 19 & under, 15 & under, and 12 & under divisions through 2014. Players registered starting each January and new teams are drafted each year in April. The summer season ran from mid-May through the end of July.
Fellows Lake is an 860-acre (3.5 km 2) source of water for the city of Springfield, Missouri. The lake was created by the impoundment of the Little Sac River behind the Fellows Lake Dam. The dam was originally constructed in 1955 and modified in 1991. The earthen and rock dam stands 102 feet (31 m) high.