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Appleton City was originally called Arlington, and under the latter name was platted in 1870. [5] The present name is after D.S. Appleton (1824-1890) of the D. Appleton & Company, who contributed a $500 library to the city. [6] The Hudson City School was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. [7]
306 W. Washington St. 44°15′46″N 88°24′32″W. / 44.2629°N 88.4090°W / 44.2629; -88.4090 ( Appleton Post-Crescent Building) Appleton. Stylish printing plant with Art Deco exterior, designed by Foeller, Schober & Berners and built in 1932 for a paper with roots going back to 1852.
History of Missouri. The Louisiana Purchase Exposition, informally known as the St. Louis World's Fair, was an international exposition held in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, from April 30 to December 1, 1904. Local, state, and federal funds totaling $15 million (equivalent to $509 million in 2023) [1] were used to finance the event.
Location. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City. Fur Traders Descending the Missouri is an 1845 painting by George Caleb Bingham. It is one of his most famous paintings, and is owned by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. He had brought it to St. Louis, Missouri on June 4, 1845, along with several other pieces of artwork.
Missouri Fur Company. The Missouri Fur Company (also known as the St. Louis Missouri Fur Company or the Manuel Lisa Trading Company) was one of the earliest fur trading companies in St. Louis, Missouri. Dissolved and reorganized several times, it operated under various names from 1809 until its final dissolution in 1830. [1]
The International Colonial and Export Exhibition (Dutch: Internationale Koloniale en Uitvoerhandel Tentoonstelling; French: Exposition Universelle Coloniale et d'Exportation Générale) was a colonial exhibition (a type of World's Fair) held in Amsterdam from May 1 to October 1, 1883. The event drew at least a million visitors and was the first ...
72000746 [1] Added to NRHP. March 16, 1972. (1972) The Bordeaux Trading Post near Chadron, Nebraska was built during 1845–46 by James Bordeaux. It has been reconstructed faithfully, in the same location with the same post-holes, using weathered old lumber from a nearby ranchhouse. It is now the Museum of the Fur Trade.
Updated August 22, 2024 at 5:51 PM. In a touching moment, the youngest child of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz had an emotional reaction during a speech from his dad during the Wednesday night program of ...