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 24 Hour History  The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, the Pennsylvania University, and California University of Pennsylvania need your help in determining the locations of paddlefish. These fish can grow as large as 7 feet and weigh up to 100 pounds. If you happen to catch one of these rare fish, please return it to the water as soon as possible. We would like to know where, when, and how you caught this fish. Contact us by email - paddlefish@psu.edu or by phone 814-865-3972 Please check out our website for updates: pacfwru.cas.psu.edu |
Bradford Pennsylvania is home to some unique and beautiful architecture. An area in the downtown section is considered to be an Historic District. Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000, it is roughly bounded by Central Alley (beats me), Barbour St., Bushnell St., Howard Place, Davis St., and Boylston St., Bradford (530 acres, 129 buildings, 1 structure, 5 objects). It's historic significance in Architecture / Engineering in the Romanesque and Italianate styles. The Period of Significance are 1850-1874, 1875-1899, 1900-1924, 1925-1949, 1950-1974. It is divided by, Historic Function: Commerce/Trade, Defense, Domestic, Education, Recreation And Culture, Religion, Social Historic Sub-function: Arms Storage, Library, Meeting Hall, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store, Theater Current Function: Commerce/Trade, Defense, Domestic, Government, Recreation And Culture, Religion, Social Current Sub-function: Arms Storage, City Hall, Meeting Hall, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store, Theater Below are some examples of the architecture around Bradford. For larger images, click on the pictures. I hope to add more and better pictures in the near future.
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Sites known to install SPYWARE on your Computer 90% of the continental United States is still open space or farmland. Do you have an article you want to see here? An essay? An editorial? Complaint? Do you want to write an article about , ? Here is a little tidbit you can appreciate. It's from Peter Drew at peterdrewvo.com. Hope you get as big a kick out of it as I did. Thanks to webproworld for pointing to this. 5-12!! April 16, 2005 Birthdays1867 - Wilbur Wright1889 - Sir Charlie Chaplin 1924 - Henry Mancini 1935 - Bobby Vinton 1939 - Dusty Springfield 1947 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 1971 - Selena Deaths1850 - Marie Tussaud1948 - Babe Ruth 1991 - David Lean 1995 - Cheyenne Brando Hit Songs1946 - Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief - Betty Hutton1955 - The Ballad of Davy Crockett - Bill Hayes 1964 - Hello, Dolly! - Louis Armstrong 1973 - The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia - Vicki Lawrence 1982 - I Love Rock ’N Roll - Joan Jett & The Blackhearts 1991 - Down Home - Alabama Other Events1851 - A lighthouse was swept away in a gale at Minot’s Ledge, off Boston’s south shore, just outside Boston Harbor.1900 - The first book of U.S. postage stamps was issued. 1947 - America’s worst harbor explosion occurred in Texas City, Texas, when the French ship Grandcamp, carrying ammonium nitrate fertilizer, caught fire and blew up, devastating the town. 1964 - Nine men were given sentences of between 25 and 30 years for their roles in England’s Great Train Robbery of 1963. 1972 - Two giant pandas arrived in the U.S. from China. 1985 - Mickey Mantle, banned from baseball in 1983 because of his association with an Atlantic City casino, was reinstated on this day. 1996 - Oprah Winfrey hosted her syndicated show and included a segment on mad cow disease. A group of Texas cattle ranchers later sued her for her comments. |
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