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Oregon Hill is a historic working-class neighborhood in Richmond, Virginia. Oregon Hill overlooks the James River and Belle Isle , and provides access to Hollywood Cemetery . Due to the neighborhood's proximity to the Monroe Park Campus of Virginia Commonwealth University , the neighborhood is sometimes referred to as a student quarter because ...
1284 – The Statute of Rhuddlan was enacted, introducing English common law to the Principality of Wales. 1875 – Bizet's Carmen premiered at the Opéra-Comique in Paris, with mezzo-soprano Célestine Galli-Marié in the title role (pictured). 1891 – Shoshone National Forest in Wyoming was established as the first national forest in the ...
The Oregon Vortex is a roadside attraction that opened to tourists in 1930, [1] located on Sardine Creek [2] in Gold Hill, Oregon, in the United States.It consists of a number of interesting effects, which are gravity hill optical illusions, but which the attraction's proprietors propose are the result of paranormal properties of the area.
Greenville (formerly, Oregon Hill) is a former settlement in Yuba County, California, United States. It was located on Little Oregon Creek 4.25 miles (6.8 km) southeast of Challenge, [2] at an elevation of 2182 feet (665 m). A post office operated at Greenville from 1857 to 1860. [2]
The Samuel Pleasants Parsons House is a historic dwelling located at 601 Spring Street in Richmond, Virginia.It is best known for being the home of quaker, abolitionist, and prison superintendent Samuel Pleasants Parsons.
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The Big "O" is a hillside letter representing the University of Oregon, located at Skinner Butte in Eugene, Oregon. Built in 1958, [2] the sign was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 23, 2010. [3] Every year, members of the university community hike up the butte to give the sign a fresh coat of paint. [citation needed]
Arents also established a night school for working children, built public baths and playgrounds, and funded numerous social programs. She supported the formation of the Instructive Visiting Nurse Association. Her legacy continues in the activities of St. Andrew's Church, St. Andrew's School, and the William Byrd Community House in Oregon Hill." [5]