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Another Endicott-program fort was built in Rhode Island, part of the Coast Defenses of Long Island Sound. This was Fort Mansfield, on Napatree Point in Westerly. The fort was intended to guard the strait between Westerly and Fishers Island. It was one of the smallest Endicott forts, with two 8-inch disappearing guns and four 5-inch guns.
Round Top Festival Institute, music institute for young musicians and faculty; Shakespeare at Winedale, Shakespeare-in-Performance study program administered by the University of Texas at Austin English Department; Round Top is the home of the oldest building in Fayette County, Moore's Fort, which was moved there from nearby La Grange.
The E-J story is dominated by George F. Johnson (1857–1948), or George F as he was popularly called, who rose through the shoe factory ranks to become the half-owner of E-J, and its highest executive until his death in 1948.
A former Endicott park has a more complicated history than you might think. Inside the multiple transformations of En-Joie Park. First Casino, then Ideal, then En-Joie: History of Endicott park
Endicott Period battery with two guns on disappearing carriages 10-inch disappearing gun at Battery Granger, Fort Hancock, New Jersey. In 1885, US President Grover Cleveland appointed a joint Army, Navy and civilian board, headed by Secretary of War William Crowninshield Endicott, known as the Board of Fortifications (now usually referred to simply as the Endicott Board).
Endicott, Virginia (GNIS FID: 1477306) is a small community in Franklin County, Virginia. Also known as "Long Branch, Virginia". [1] There are only a few buildings left in the community. The elevation of Endicott is 1,158 feet. Endicott appears on the Endicott U.S. Geological Survey Map. [2] Franklin County is in the Eastern Time Zone (UTC -5 ...
John Endecott (also spelled Endicott; 1588 – 15 March 1665), [1] regarded as one of the Fathers of New England, [2] was the longest-serving governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, which became the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. He served a total of 16 years, including most of the last 15 years of his life.
The village of Endicott is named after Henry B. Endicott. George F. Johnson was a brilliant businessman and under his direction the Endicott Shoe Company became very prosperous very quickly. His early adoption of a new machine that could stitch "uppers" to "lowers" was the key to his success, meaning that for the first time in history unskilled ...