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The Big Duck is a duck-shaped building in Flanders, New York, 18 by 30 feet (5.5 by 9.1 m) and 20 feet (6.1 m) tall to the top of the head, enclosing 11 by 15 feet (3.4 by 4.6 m) of interior space. [1] The building was designed in 1931 by duck farmer Martin Maurer; shaped like a Pekin duck, it was intended as a farm shop as well as for publicity.
Big Duck Ranch, also known as the Maurer Duck Farm, is a historic ranch located in Flanders, Suffolk County, New York. It operated as a duck ranch and retail store that sold duck products from 1936 to 1984. The principal building on the site is the separately listed Big Duck. [2]
Built in 1931, Riverhead duck farmer Martin Maurer and his wife Jeule decided to construct a giant duck-shaped building to sell ducks they raised to passing motorists. The building is 30 feet from ...
Martin Murphy Jr. (1807–1884) founder of Murphy ranch and Sunnyvale, California Cosumnes River near Murphy Ranch. The Murphy ranch was owned by Martin Murphy Jr. (1807–1884), located north of the Cosumnes River in Elk Grove. Martin Murphy was in a wagon train that was the first to cross the Sierras in 1844. The wagon train was made up of ...
Dos Vientos Ranch — Hidden Valley and the Santa Monica Mountains. Hidden Valley is a valley in the Santa Monica Mountains, in southeastern Ventura County, Southern California. [1] The unincorporated community in the valley is an equestrian ranch community with single family houses on 20-acre or more (8.1 ha) parcels of land. Residents rely on ...
Angelus Oaks is an unincorporated community in San Bernardino County, California, United States, and has a population of 535 as of the 2010 U.S. Census, up from an estimated population of 312 in 2000. [1] It is surrounded by the San Bernardino National Forest and located east of San Bernardino on California State Route 38.
In 2012, they purchased the Dos Rios Ranch for $21.8 million and the replanting process started. [6] The park is in the midst of the state’s largest floodplain restoration project. [9] California governor Gavin Newsom signed a budget allocating $15 million to the project in 2022, making Dos Rios the 281th California state park. [10]
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