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During the 20th century, Long Island (and the US as a whole) saw a pattern of mass suburbanization. [1] Levitt and Sons – one of the most famous real estate firms of the 20th century – built many housing developments across Long Island (and the US, as a whole), including Levittown, New York – which is widely considered as being America's first mass-produced suburb, and also as the ...
Ohio from 1800 to 1900 went from 95% forest to 10%. [24] At the same time farmers eradicated varmints that posed threats to their own safety, or to livestock, or to crops. Rattlesnakes were an immediate danger to the family. Bears, wolves, and wildcats threatened the cattle, hogs and chickens. Deer, raccoons, and squirrels devoured young crops.
In the spring and fall, ranchers held roundups where their cowboys branded new calves, treated animals and sorted the cattle for sale. Such ranching began in Texas and gradually moved northward. Cowboys drove Texas cattle north to railroad lines in the cities of Dodge City, Kansas and Ogallala, Nebraska; from there, cattle were shipped eastward ...
Last Catskill fire tower still in use when it was closed in 1990 after 70 years; first one restored and reopened in the late 1990s. 1931 observer's cabin is one of the oldest extant in New York. Part of the Fire Observation Stations of New York State Forest Preserve MPS 146: Reformed Church of Shawangunk Complex: Reformed Church of Shawangunk ...
New York City: Demolished in 1911 for the Knickerbocker Club: Henry Osborne Havemeyer House 1890 Romanesque: Charles Coolidge Haight: New York City: Demolished in 1930 Collins P Huntington House 1894 Romanesque: George B Post: New York City: Demolished in 1926 George Crocker House 1899 Beaux-Arts: Brigth & Bacon: New York City: Demolished in 1930
The cattle drives died out in the 1880s, as quarantines were imposed to stop the tick disease some herds carried. Furthermore cattle ranches in Kansas, Nebraska and the Dakotas grew rapidly in size, and produced better quality beef cattle which could be shipped east on the other land grant railroads.
Huntington, Long Island: c. 1750 Ireland-Gardiner Farm: Greenlawn, Long Island: c. 1750 Isaac Losee House: Huntington, Long Island: c. 1750 One of the oldest private residences on Long Island Henry Smith Farmstead: Huntington Station, Long Island: 1750 Built about 1750 and remodelled in the 1860s Steenburgh Tavern: Rhinebeck: 1750
This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Ontario County, New York. The locations of National Register properties and districts (at least for all showing latitude and longitude coordinates below) may be seen in a map by clicking on "Map of all coordinates". [ 1 ]