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Larkspur is located in southern Douglas County in the valley of East Plum Creek. Interstate 25 passes along the eastern edge of the town, with access from Exits 172, 173, and 174. I-25 leads north 11 miles (18 km) to Castle Rock , the Douglas County seat, and 39 miles (63 km) to Denver , as well as south 32 miles (51 km) to Colorado Springs .
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The Research Area is approximately 23,154 acres in size. Properties in the Research Area include much of the southern half of Beaver Island, almost all of Garden Island, all of High Island, [1] all of Hog Island, [2] all of North Fox Island, and most of the northern half of South Fox Island. All of these islands are located in Lake Michigan.
At the time, Hog Island was the largest shipyard in the world, with 50 slipways. In 1918, a 4.5-mile (7.2 km) rail line was built to connect Hog Island with Philadelphia: the 60th Street Branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad. [1] The first ship, named SS Quistconck for the Lenape name for the site, was christened August 5, 1918, by Edith Bolling ...
Hog Island, an uninhabited 2,075-acre (8 km 2) island in Lake Michigan, is the fourth largest island in the Beaver Island archipelago. It is owned by the U.S. state of Michigan as part of the Beaver Islands State Wildlife Research Area and is administered by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. [1]
In 1900 the Colorado and Southern negotiated a trackage rights agreement to run its trains over the AT&SF line. In 1918 during the First World War the United States Railroad Administration dictated that the parallel D&RG and AT&SF lines be operated as a single double-track railroad, with the eastern track carrying all northbound trains, and the ...
The Marines withdrew from their positions to the interior of Noddle's Island, and Stark's men left Crooked Creek to join the main body of his forces on Hog Island. Diana and the other vessels continued northeast up Chelsea Creek in pursuit. By sunset, hundreds of cattle, sheep, and horses had been driven from Hog Island to the mainland. [7]
Hog Island is the second largest island in Berkeley Sound, Falkland Islands.. During the August 1833 events in nearby Port Louis, the surviving members of Luis Vernet's colony sought refuge on the nearby Hog Island to escape the murderous gang of Antonio Rivero, and they regularly sent their boat to neighbouring Long Island for food supplies to bring cattle, pigs, and geese.