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Inside the caverns. Howe Caverns is a solutional cave formed by the dissolution of limestone rock. [2] The cave, like many on the Helderberg Plateau, such as Secret Caverns, which is also operated as a show cave, and Tory Cave, is composed of thickly bedded Lower Devonian aged Coeymans Limestone and thinly bedded Upper Silurian aged Manlius Limestone, both part of the Helderberg Group.
Earl Howe is a title that has been created twice in British history, for members of the Howe and Curzon-Howe family respectively. The first creation, in the Peerage of Great Britain , was in 1788 for Richard Howe, 4th Viscount Howe , but it became extinct upon his death in 1799.
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Howe is an English surname. Howe, when derived from the Old Norse: haugr, means hill, knoll, or mound and may refer to a tumulus, or barrow. [1] However, when derived from Old English: hol, it can refer to a hollow or dell. [2] Historically the surname was most commonly found in the Northeast of England and the Orkney and Shetland islands.
William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe, KB, PC (10 August 1729 – 12 July 1814), was a British Army officer who rose to become Commander-in-Chief of British land forces in the Colonies during the American War of Independence. Howe was one of three brothers who had distinguished military careers.
Portrait of Countess Howe is an 1834 portrait painting by the British artist Margaret Sarah Carpenter of the English aristocrat Harriet Georgiana Brudenell, Countess Howe. [1] It depicts Harriet Brudenell (1799–1836), the daughter of the Earl of Cardigan and his wife Penelope .
Howe Tavern (College Corner, Ohio), on the National Register of Historic Places Wayside Inn (Sudbury) , originally called the Howe Tavern, part of the Wayside Inn Historic District in Sudbury, Massachusetts
Elizabeth Jackson Howe was born 14 May 1637 near Rowley, Yorkshire, the daughter of William and Joanne Jackson. Elizabeth married James Howe on 13 April 1658 in Ipswich, MA; the couple had six children, and resided in Topsfield, Massachusetts. James Howe (b. 1659) Elizabeth Howe Jr. (b.1661) Mary Howe (b. 1664) Deborah Howe (b.1667) John Howe ...