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1790 map of Albany by Simeon De Witt Albany's 1794 plan for future street grid, by Simeon De Witt. After the American Revolution, Albany began to grow both physically and commercially, but also culturally. The first post office in Albany was established in 1784 on the east side of Broadway, north of Maiden Lane.
Google Earth Outreach offers online training on using Google Earth and Google Maps for public education on issues affecting local regions or the entire globe. In June 2008, training was given to 20 indigenous tribes in the Amazon rainforest, such as the Suruí , to help them preserve their culture and raise awareness for the problem of ...
Corpus Christi (/ ˌ k ɔːr p ə s ˈ k r ɪ s t i / KOR-pəs KRIS-tee; Latin for 'Body of Christ') is a coastal city in the South Texas region of the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat and largest city of Nueces County [5] with portions extending into Aransas, Kleberg, and San Patricio counties.
In 1860, Clotilda, the last known ship to arrive in the Americas with a cargo of slaves, was abandoned by its captain near Mobile. A number of these slaves later formed their own community on the banks of the Mobile River after the American Civil War , which became known as Africatown .
The institute was founded in 1833. Delaware County Courthouse (1871) on Front Street; First National Bank of Media (1900) on State Street at Veterans Square, designed by Albert Dilks; Media Armory (1908) on State St., designed by William Lightfoot Price and M H. McClanahan. Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.
Its population rose from 16,988 in 1860 to 80,865 by 1900. [33] African-Americans increased from being 23 to 38 percent of the population between 1860 and 1870. [34] Meanwhile, the Nashville chapter of the Ku Klux Klan was established by Confederate veteran John W. Morton, who initiated General Nathan Bedford Forrest. [35]
Denton, TX city map.Outlines and buildings updated in the year 2023. Denton is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of Denton County.With a population of 139,869 as of 2020, [12] it is the 20th-most populous city in Texas, the 177th-most populous city in the United States, and the 12th-most populous city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex.
Portal to Texas History. University of North Texas Libraries. 20 July 2023. Items related to El Paso, Texas, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America) Fun in the 1890s: The McGinty Club Borderlands (EPCC) "Historical Maps of Texas Cities: El Paso". Perry–Castañeda Library Map Collection. University of Texas at Austin. "El Paso".