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White Horse Tavern: William Mayes, Sr. Newport: Rhode Island Oldest restaurant in America (non-continuous) ... Alexandria: Virginia (second tavern on site built 1785 ...
Bucephalus (/ b juː. ˈ s ɛ. f ə. l ə s /; Ancient Greek: Βουκεφᾰ́λᾱς, romanized: Būcephắlās; c. 355 BC – June 326 BC) or Bucephalas, was the horse of Alexander the Great, and one of the most famous horses of classical antiquity. [1]
Moreover, certain animals such as the crocodile may have been familiar to ancient authors, seeing as the Physiologus source of bestiaries was written near Alexandria. [5] The list of animals known in the Middle Ages includes a number of hybrid beings such as mermaids, centaurs, [8] and the Bonnacon, a bull-headed horse with ram's horns. [5]
Later, Meade became known for his forays throughout Virginia, especially by horse even during severe weather, preaching among diverse parishes, until he ceded to old age and used a carriage (which some joked dated from his father's service with General Washington). [19] In 1818, Meade and Wilmer helped organize an education society in Alexandria.
St. Asaph Racetrack was a horse racing facility that operated from the late 1800s until 1905 in the Del Ray neighborhood of Alexandria, Virginia.. Built under the name Gentlemen's Driving Club at St Asaph, the track was renamed St. Asaph Racetrack after an 1894 renovation. [1]
Dominant white has been studied in Thoroughbreds, Arabian horses, the American White horse, the Camarillo White Horse, and several other breeds. There are 32 identified variants of dominant white as of 2021, plus sabino 1 , each corresponding to a spontaneously-white foundation animal and a mutation on the KIT gene.
Fendall family coat of arms. The Lee–Fendall House is a historic house museum and garden located in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia, United States, at 614 Oronoco Street.. Since its construction in 1785, the house has served as home to thirty-seven members of the Lee family (1785–1903), hundreds of convalescing Union soldiers (1863–1865), the prominent Downham family (1903–1937), the ...
Boston was a heavy limbed horse, with knees and hocks let down close the ground and unusually short pasterns that were at the same time extremely flexible. No set of measurements seems ever to have been taken of him, but his forearm was abnormal in its size, as were his stifle and gaskin, his length from point of hip to point of hock superior ...