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Wheatfield is a town in Niagara County, New York, United States. The population was 18,117 at the 2010 census. The population was 18,117 at the 2010 census. The name stems from the agricultural use of the town lands, the growing of wheat .
Jenkins had a house constructed on the property and named it "The Wheatlands", either after the surrounding wheatfields or because the site of the house used to be a wheatfield. [7] Jenkins sold 17 acres (68,797 m 2) and 25 3 ⁄ 4 square perches (7,010 ft 2; 651 m 2) of land, including the house, to his son-in-law Thomas Fuller Potter in 1836. [8]
Wheatfield — A Confrontation is a 1982 artwork by conceptual artist Agnes Denes. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The work, a 2.2-acre field of wheat , was grown on the empty Battery Park landfill in Manhattan, next to the World Trade Center , for four months from 1 May to 16 August 1982.
VitaNova Brands, based in San Antonio, Texas, was an operator of a number of American national buffet chain restaurants including subsidiary company Furr's.. All of their Old Country Buffet, HomeTown Buffet, Ryan's Buffet, and Curry House locations have closed.
A cover of the 1909 Santa Fe Railway pamphlet describing Fred Harvey hotels, dining rooms and sample menus. The Fred Harvey Company was the owner of the Harvey House chain of restaurants, hotels and other hospitality industry businesses alongside railroads in the Western United States.
The Gettysburg campaign was a military invasion of Pennsylvania by the main Confederate army under General Robert E. Lee in summer 1863. It was the first time during the war the Confederate Army attempted a full-scale invasion of a free state.
Thomas Francis Meagher (/ m ɑːr / MAR; 3 August 1823 – 1 July 1867 [1]) was an Irish nationalist and leader of the Young Irelanders in the Rebellion of 1848.After being convicted of sedition, he was first sentenced to death but received transportation for life to Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania) in Australia.
The gunfight at the O.K. Corral pitted lawmen against members of a loosely organized group of cattle rustlers and horse thieves called the Cowboys on October 26, 1881. While lasting less than a minute, the gunfight has been the subject of books and films into the 21st century.