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Elk Rock Gardens of the Bishop's Close are located on a hillside estate overlooking the Willamette River in Dunthorpe, Oregon, in the United States. Peter Kerr started the gardens in 1916 on a 13-acre (5.3 ha) estate that passed to the Episcopal Diocese of Oregon after his death in 1957. [ 1 ]
In 1960, sisters Grace and Mary Innis purchased a 38-acre slice of land that would become Inniswood Metro Gardens. [2] In 1961, they moved onto the property bringing with them mementos from their childhood home on Cleveland Avenue in Linden Heights. Grace had a fondness for horticulture and studied art and horticulture at The Ohio State University.
Milwaukee Harbor entry N. pier, SE. corner of H.W. Maier Festival Park 43°01′34″N 87°53′43″W / 43.0260°N 87.8953°W / 43.0260; -87.8953 ( Milwaukee Pierhead 42-foot lighthouse built in 1906 on the end of a pier in Milwaukee's harbor.
Living Desert Zoo and Gardens State Park, ... Old MacDonald's Farm, Rapid City; Reptile Gardens, Rapid City; ... Menominee Park Zoo, Oshkosh; Milwaukee County Zoo, ...
Milwaukee County Parks and Friends of Boerner Botanical Gardens sponsor a free-admission day at the botanical gardens, 9400 Boerner Drive in Hales Corners, on May 19 from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.
March 26, 1973 (19130 Lot Whitcomb Drive [7: Oregon City: John C. Ainsworth (1822–1893), businessman and co-founder of the Oregon Steam Navigation Company, built this house in 1851, where he lived until Portland supplanted Oregon City as the commercial center of the Northwest.
Elk Rock Island is an island on the Willamette River in the U.S. state of Oregon. [2] The 12- to 13-acre (4.9- to 5.3-ha) island, formed 40 million years ago by a volcano, was given to Portland by Peter Kerr in 1940. [3] [4] [5] The city of Milwaukie took ownership of the park in April 2016. [6] The island is accessible via Spring Park.
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