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The Big Duck is a duck-shaped building in Flanders, New York, 18 by 30 feet (5.5 by 9.1 m) and 20 feet (6.1 m) tall to the top of the head, enclosing 11 by 15 feet (3.4 by 4.6 m) of interior space. [1] The building was designed in 1931 by duck farmer Martin Maurer; shaped like a Pekin duck, it was intended as a farm shop as well as for publicity.
Big Duck (Flanders, New York) Built in 1931, Riverhead duck farmer Martin Maurer and his wife Jeule decided to construct a giant duck-shaped building to sell ducks they raised to passing motorists ...
Big Duck Ranch, also known as the Maurer Duck Farm, is a historic ranch located in Flanders, Suffolk County, New York. It operated as a duck ranch and retail store that sold duck products from 1936 to 1984. The principal building on the site is the separately listed Big Duck. [2]
Martin Murphy Jr. (1807-1884) [4] moved to California with his family in 1844, becoming part of a pioneering wagon train that was the first to cross the Sierra Mountains in 1844. The Stephens–Townsend–Murphy Party wagon train was composed of the Stephens family, Townsend family, and the Murphy family, and used oxen to pull their covered wagons.
Martin Murphy Jr. (1807–1884) founder of Murphy ranch and Sunnyvale, California Cosumnes River near Murphy Ranch. The Murphy ranch was owned by Martin Murphy Jr. (1807–1884), located north of the Cosumnes River in Elk Grove. Martin Murphy was in a wagon train that was the first to cross the Sierras in 1844. The wagon train was made up of ...
The "Duck Savior" has sacrificed his marriage, his job and soon, his house, all for the purpose of saving ducks across California. This Riverside County man is on a mission to save California's ...
A search is underway for two teen brothers who went missing over the weekend after one of their kayaks overturned while duck hunting in Northern California. Rescue teams are searching the ...
Martin "Marty" Maher, Jr. (June 25, 1876 – January 17, 1961) was an Irish immigrant from Ballycrine near Roscrea, County Tipperary, Ireland, who joined the United States Army in 1898 and rose to the rank of master sergeant. He served as a swimming instructor at the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York, from 1899 to 1928.