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At the same time a chapel in the south end block was converted for use by the local police. [6] The building was initially used solely for judicial purposes but in 1850, it also became the meeting place of the local board, which met for the first time under the chairmanship of the dean of Ely Cathedral, George Peacock, on 11 October 1850. [7]
In 1984, Cowan moved to Cincinnati, Ohio to be the Curator of Archaeology at the Cincinnati Museum of Natural History & Science. He has published in the fields of American archaeology and paleoethnobotany. [2] In 1995, he left academia and founded his antiques business, Cowan's Auctions, Inc. in Cincinnati, Ohio. [2]
In 1975 the Ely Echo newspaper described them as having 500 canoes in use with 35 employees and said that they had been "rated as the largest such enterprise in the world". [7] During its early years, CCO was the only canoeing outfitter in Ely [8] although Sigurd Olson's Border Lakes Outfitters was already in operation in nearby Winton. [9]
Nebraska was originally called Hedges' Store, after its proprietor Andrew Hedges. [2] A post office called Hedges Store was established in 1854, the name was changed to Nebraska in 1862, and the post office was discontinued in 1902. [3] Nebraska was named after the Nebraska Territory. [4]
Valley County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska.As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 4,059. [1] Its county seat is Ord. [2]In the Nebraska license plate system, Valley County is represented by the prefix 47 (it had the 47th-largest number of vehicles registered in the county when the license plate system was established in 1922).
From this time the Ely and St Ives Railway Company was simply a financial organisation, and the GER acquired it on 2 Dec 1896. The sale price was £128,000 in GER 4% debenture stock. The last board meeting of the Ely and St Ives Railway was on 3 August 1898. [1] [page needed] [2] [page needed] [3] [page needed]
Stretham / ˈ s t r ɛ t əm / [note 1] is a village and civil parish 4 miles (6 km) south-south-west of Ely in Cambridgeshire, England, about 74 miles (119 km) by road from London. Its main attraction is Stretham Old Engine , a steam-powered pump used to drain the fens.
Burystead. Wilburton is a parish of around 800 acres lying on the important medieval route from Earith to Stretham, and extending south to the River Great Ouse.As much of the land in the region is fenland, the village's position on the ridge between Stretham and Haddenham at the southern end of the Isle of Ely was important in its growth and success. [2]