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Quaker Meadows, also known as the McDowell House at Quaker Meadows, is a historic plantation house located near Morganton, Burke County, North Carolina. It was built about 1812, and is a two-story, four bay by two bay, Quaker plan brick structure in the Federal style.
In the early 1960s, Orchard Park was very diverse, but by 1970 the majority of the complex were low income black families. When racial tensions in the area began to rise in the early 1970s, the Boston Public Schools system began busing black kids from Orchard Park and the nearby Lenox Street complex to other white filled housing projects in ...
Joseph "Pleasant Gardens" McDowell (February 25, 1758 – May 18, 1795) was an American lawyer, soldier, and statesman from Morganton, North Carolina.. His estate was named "Pleasant Gardens", and he was nicknamed "Pleasant Gardens" Joe to distinguish him from his cousin, Joseph "Quaker Meadows" McDowell.
Orchard Park is an incorporated town in Erie County, New York, United States.It is an outer ring suburb southeast of Buffalo.As of the 2010 census, the population was 29,054, [2] representing an increase of 5.13% from the 2000 census figure. [3]
Orchard Park is a village in Erie County, New York, United States. The population was 3,246 at the 2010 census. ... Orchard Park was founded by Quaker settlers in ...
Students (under adult supervision) are responsible for cooking meals, and cleaning the classrooms and public areas on a scheduled basis. Students also work in the campus' organic garden and orchard. The John Woolman School's mascot is the wombat. The students chose this animal in the late 1960s, in part because of the creature is not a predator.
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Joseph "Quaker Meadows" McDowell Jr. (February 15, 1756 – July 11, 1801) was an American planter, soldier, and statesman from North Carolina.He was known as "Quaker Meadows Joe" to distinguish him from his cousin Joseph "Pleasant Gardens" McDowell, who was also a legislator and American Revolutionary War officer from North Carolina.