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The name "Wyoming" comes from a Delaware Tribe word Mechaweami-ing or "maughwauwa-ma", meaning large plains or extensive meadows, which was the tribe's name for a valley in northern Pennsylvania. The name Wyoming was first proposed for use in the American West by Senator Ashley of Ohio in 1865 in a bill to create a temporary government for ...
Chemic Tavern (formerly Chemical Tavern), Leeds, West Yorkshire. Named for the workers at the nearby Woodhouse Chemical Works, (C. 1840–1900) it was a beer house on the 1861 census when the licensee was James Lapish. [207] [208] Custom House Tavern, Wisbech: (now closed) named for the local customs post in the port. [3]
A mountain range that seems to be a bunch of air? Alabama, New York: A township and small community in Genesee County, New York. New York has a number of places named after other states or countries. Alabaster, Alabama: Who's talking crap now, SHELBY?! Aladdin: A place in Wyoming probably filled with street rats. Also a ghost town in California.
Mount Lowe is a mountain on the southern fold of the San Gabriel Mountains.Originally named Oak Mountain, it was renamed for Professor Thaddeus S.C. Lowe, who is credited for being the first person to set foot on and plant the American flag at its peak, and who built the Mount Lowe Railway to its foot in 1896.
The encirclement parent is found by tracing the contour below peak A's key col and picking the highest mountain in that region. This is easier to determine than the prominence parent; however, it tends to give non-intuitive results for peaks with very low cols such as Jabal Shams which is #110 in the list.
name: Name of the mountain. photo: Name of the image file, preferably providing a view that shows the bulk of the mountain. Do not include the File: or Image: prefix as this is done automatically by the template. photo_size: Width in pixels (px) of the photo. If this template line is not included, the default width is 285px.
The legacy of taverns and inns is now only found in the pub names, e.g. Fitzroy Tavern, Silver Cross Tavern, Spaniards Inn, etc. The word also survives in songs such as "There is a Tavern in the Town". [4] The range and quality of pubs varies wildly throughout the UK as does the range of beers, wines, spirits and foods available.