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Mill Grove is a historic house and estate on Pawlings Road in Audubon, Pennsylvania. Built in the 1760s, it is notable as the first home in America of painter and naturalist John James Audubon (1785-1851), for whom the community is named.
John James Audubon (born Jean-Jacques Rabin, April 26, 1785 – January 27, 1851) was a French-American self-trained artist, naturalist, and ornithologist.His combined interests in art and ornithology turned into a plan to make a complete pictorial record of all the bird species of North America. [1]
John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove: Audubon: Montgomery: Delaware Valley: Historic first U.S. home of John James Audubon, museum features a combination of nature, art, and history and houses all of Audubon’s major works including “Birds of America”; 5 miles of trails. It also serves as the headquarters for Audubon PA.
Audubon is a census-designated place (CDP) in Lower Providence Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. It was named for naturalist John James Audubon, who lived there as a young man. The population was 8,433 at the 2010 census.
The Double Elephant Folio: The Story of Audubon's Birds of America. Amherst, MA: Zenaida Publishing. ISBN 0-977-08290-3; Low, Susanne (2002). A Guide to Audubon's Birds of America. New Haven: William Reese Co. & Donald A. Heald. ISBN 0-939-22609-X; Rhodes, Richard (2004). John James Audubon: The Making of an American. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.
Around 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, emergency responders were called to John James Audubon School No. 33, 500 Webster Ave., to assist a 15-year-old boy in medical distress, ...
James Wallace Pinchot. In 1875, Gifford's father, James Wallace Pinchot (1831–1908), retired after a successful career in the wallpaper and window shade business. He bought 3,000 acres (1,200 ha) overlooking the Delaware in Dingman Township, just outside the borough. [9]
ALTOONA, Pa. (WTAJ) — The driver of a car that crashed in Altoona, killing 17-year-old Lundyn Treese in October, was jailed this week, unable to post his six-figure bail. Jared Paul Detwiler, 19 ...