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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. The building is 30 feet from ...
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.
The principal building on the site is the separately listed Big Duck. [2] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2008 [1] as part of plans to build a heritage park, picnic area, museum and rest stop. [3] The Big Duck Ranch hosts various events, such as historic car shows, [4] and is open year-round. [5]
Map of the Awaswas area. The Boulder Creek area is in the traditional tribal territory of the Achistaca, an Awaswas-speaking people [10] of the Ohlone cultural unit, who were a group of contiguous bands that inhabited the coastal region of present-day California from the San Francisco Bay to the Monterey Peninsula and down to San José and Salinas Valley.
In 1999, 100 elk from Tomales Point were moved to the Limantour wilderness area of the Seashore and above Drakes Beach to Ranch A, as that ranch's long-term lease expired and was not renewed. [11] The drought in 2012–2015 was also a threat to the elk confined north of the fence on Tomales Point, with nearly half the elk there dying from lack ...
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 ...
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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 ...