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Sherman Hill may refer to: Sherman L. Hill (1911–1984), American politician; Sherman Hill Historic District, Des Moines, Iowa, US; Sherman Hill Summit, a mountain ...
The Sherman Hill Historic District is located in Des Moines, Iowa, United States.It is one of the oldest residential neighborhoods in Des Moines. Single-family houses were constructed beginning around 1880 and multi-family dwellings were built between 1900 and 1920.
Sherman Summit or Sherman Hill Summit, elevation 8,640 ft (2,630 m), [9] is a mountain pass about 7.5 miles (12.1 km) north-northwest of the ghost town of Sherman at While not a particularly rugged mountain crossing, it is the highest point of the transcontinental Interstate 80 . [ 10 ]
Major Hoyt Sherman died in January 1904. In 1893, The Sisters of Mercy, [3] from Davenport, Iowa, rented the home and created the first Mercy Hospital. It held 52 beds and operated for nearly two years. The Des Moines Sherman Hill neighborhood is named after Hoyt Sherman Place. [4] The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places ...
The Ames Monument is located about 20 miles (32 km) east of Laramie, Wyoming, on a wind-blown, treeless summit south of Interstate 80 at the Vedauwoo exit. The monument is a four-sided, random ashlar pyramid, 60 feet (18 m) square at the base and 60 feet (18 m) high, constructed of light-colored native granite.
Russin originally erected the sculpture in 1959 nearby on Sherman Hill, overlooking the old U.S. Highway 30 (Lincoln Highway). [2] In 1969, after Interstate 80 was built, state officials moved the monument to become a centerpiece at the Summit Rest Area and Visitor Center between the cities of Cheyenne and Laramie. [1]
Sherman L. Hill (December 4, 1911 – March 8, 1984) [1] was a former Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. [2] Hill was born in Manor Township, Lancaster County, PA. He graduated from Penn Manor High School, Millersville State College, and Temple University.
Adams Sherman Hill (30 January 1833 – 25 December 1910) was an American newspaper journalist and rhetorician. As Boylston Professor of Rhetoric at Harvard University from 1876 to 1904, Hill oversaw and implemented curriculum that came to effect first-year composition in classrooms across the United States.