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A typical WWVA Saturday Midnight Jamboree crowd waiting to enter the Capitol Theatre in Wheeling to witness a stage presentation of this weekly feature which has gained nation-wide fame. Some of the radio artists who participate in the famous WWVA Jamborees are pictured in this booklet in individual groups.
One of the most remarkable features of this outstanding WWVA activity is the fact that a large percentage of each Jamboree's audience is made up of persons living outside of the Wheeling district. It is a common occurance for persons to come from as far as 200 miles to attend a Jamboree. An attendance record of 3400 for a single performance has been set by the WWVA Saturday Midnight Jamboree. These radio shows are held every Saturday night at eleven o'clock at the million dollar Capitol Theatre in Wheeling.
- image from WWVA Booklet, circa 1930s, Ohio County Public Library Archives Vertical Files, WWVA Folder
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Other Name: Finca de Trujilo Alto
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Listed: October 7, 2011
This rural forest-like estate historic district was the residence of Luis Muñoz Marín from the 1940s until his death in 1980. Luis Muñoz Marín was the first Puerto Rican governor elected by the people. Luis Muñoz Marín is also called the “Father of Modern Puerto Rico,” a key figure in the development and implementation of Operation Commonwealth, Operation Bootstrap and Operation Serenity, one of the most revered leaders in Puerto Rico’s history, Luis Muñoz Marín is one of the most important political figures of the Americas in the Twentieth Century.
Previous to his tenure as the first home-rule governor, Muñoz Marín had a distinguished careers in journalism, as both a reporter and director of a newspaper, and political activism. After returning from the United States where he studied as a young man and adult, Muñoz Marín joined the Socialist Party and the Free Federation of Workers of Puerto Rico. Both groups were dedicated to fight against poverty and the inequality suffered by Puerto Ricans, causes that he fervently endorsed. He campaigned across Puerto Rico extensively and participated in workers strikes to better the conditions of workers. During the Great Depression Muñoz Marín and others popular figures effectively convinced President Roosevelt to extend the New Deal and other important efforts into Puerto Rico. All the meanwhile, Muñoz Marín and his associates were taking their political campaign to the next level and established the PPD, the Popular Democratic Party (Partido Popular Democrático), which won twenty-nine out of seventy-six municipalities in the following election. In the 1948 general elections, Luis Muñoz Marín became the first Puerto Rican governor elected by the popular vote. His election as Governor stood up against hunger, injustice, ignorance, sickness and oppression. By the 1950s, after the implementation of Operations Commonwealth and Bootstrap, an “economic miracle” was taking place in Puerto Rico; the Island was now a modern urban-industrial society.
The main house is made mostly of concrete, with the exception of wood doors and windows. One of the most impressive features is an L-shaped balcony accessible from the sizeable living area. The main house and office contain all the furniture, art, books and household items from the time Luis Muñoz Marín and his wife lived on the property.
The library/personal office is another concrete building contributing to this historic property listing. The spaces in the library have all the period furniture, books and items of its owner on display just as he left them when he died. The library/personal office was built in 1965 along with an administrative office and archive building used mostly by Mr. Marín’s staff. Both buildings are significant because these were the spaces which Marín used to write his Memoirs and the other where important documents were first stored and organized.
Down a short pathway is the bohío, built in 1948, where the family gathered for activities and important meeting with dignitaries where held. The bohío was expanded by the family many times over the years and even replaced when it was damaged by a fallen tree in 1998. Though the original bohío does not stand, the historical significance of this space is not lost. Today’s version is a rectangular wooden shed supported by five columns wide, six columns in length and two center columns. All beams and rafters are wood, the floor concrete patterns, and the ceiling is built with Palm tree foliage covered in zinc shingles.
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Highlighted New Listing – March 30, 2012
Riverside County, CA
Steel Development House Number 2 is one of seven all-steel homes-all clustered in the same neighborhood-created by the architectural team of Donald Wexler and Ric Harrison, the structural engineer Bernard Perlin, and the builder Alexander Construction Company. The house is primarily composed of steel and glass on a concrete foundation with no structural wood and represents a unique synthesis of off-site prefabrication and on-site assembly. The house exemplifies simple yet elegant concepts in midcentury modern design plus the novel use of steel construction, demonstrating the possibilities for rapidly-assembled and affordable homes for the middle class that were designed to withstand the harsh desert environment. The property has excellent integrity in all aspects, and appears much as it did as built.
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Other Name: Finca de Trujilo Alto
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Listed: October 7, 2011
This rural forest-like estate historic district was the residence of Luis Muñoz Marín from the 1940s until his death in 1980. Luis Muñoz Marín was the first Puerto Rican governor elected by the people. Luis Muñoz Marín is also called the “Father of Modern Puerto Rico,” a key figure in the development and implementation of Operation Commonwealth, Operation Bootstrap and Operation Serenity, one of the most revered leaders in Puerto Rico’s history, Luis Muñoz Marín is one of the most important political figures of the Americas in the Twentieth Century.
Previous to his tenure as the first home-rule governor, Muñoz Marín had a distinguished careers in journalism, as both a reporter and director of a newspaper, and political activism. After returning from the United States where he studied as a young man and adult, Muñoz Marín joined the Socialist Party and the Free Federation of Workers of Puerto Rico. Both groups were dedicated to fight against poverty and the inequality suffered by Puerto Ricans, causes that he fervently endorsed. He campaigned across Puerto Rico extensively and participated in workers strikes to better the conditions of workers. During the Great Depression Muñoz Marín and others popular figures effectively convinced President Roosevelt to extend the New Deal and other important efforts into Puerto Rico. All the meanwhile, Muñoz Marín and his associates were taking their political campaign to the next level and established the PPD, the Popular Democratic Party (Partido Popular Democrático), which won twenty-nine out of seventy-six municipalities in the following election. In the 1948 general elections, Luis Muñoz Marín became the first Puerto Rican governor elected by the popular vote. His election as Governor stood up against hunger, injustice, ignorance, sickness and oppression. By the 1950s, after the implementation of Operations Commonwealth and Bootstrap, an “economic miracle” was taking place in Puerto Rico; the Island was now a modern urban-industrial society.
The main house is made mostly of concrete, with the exception of wood doors and windows. One of the most impressive features is an L-shaped balcony accessible from the sizeable living area. The main house and office contain all the furniture, art, books and household items from the time Luis Muñoz Marín and his wife lived on the property.
The library/personal office is another concrete building contributing to this historic property listing. The spaces in the library have all the period furniture, books and items of its owner on display just as he left them when he died. The library/personal office was built in 1965 along with an administrative office and archive building used mostly by Mr. Marín’s staff. Both buildings are significant because these were the spaces which Marín used to write his Memoirs and the other where important documents were first stored and organized.
Down a short pathway is the bohío, built in 1948, where the family gathered for activities and important meeting with dignitaries where held. The bohío was expanded by the family many times over the years and even replaced when it was damaged by a fallen tree in 1998. Though the original bohío does not stand, the historical significance of this space is not lost. Today’s version is a rectangular wooden shed supported by five columns wide, six columns in length and two center columns. All beams and rafters are wood, the floor concrete patterns, and the ceiling is built with Palm tree foliage covered in zinc shingles.
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On this, my final Off-Ramp Album of the Week Blog, I want to take space to thank my colleague John Rabe, who took my penchant for decorating my cubicle with old records to undreamt-of heights. His trust that I might have a thing or two to say became a weekly feature spanning 118 albums. I also want to thank my editors, especially Kevin Ferguson and James Kim, who no doubt juggled deadlines with this byline many a time. Thanks for your patience and guidance.
I’m also thankful for the 5,945 views on flickr, and to all those who “liked” and “shared” on Facebook. Those who made a point of seeking this out on the KPCC page, those who left comments, mange takk! In the words of David Ossman, who used the phrase to describe his Firesign Theatre, Album of the Week Blog was “held precious by a precious few.” You know who you are. You are loved.
Before we get to our final LP, I have to obsess slightly over the ones that got away. I had certainly meant to feature New Order, but which album? When their bassist Peter Hook visited for a chat with Take Two’s Alex Cohen, my regret at this omission was personified. No John Coltrane, no Eric Dolphy! For shame! David Crosby’s If I Could Only Remember My Name nearly made it various weeks, as did the seminal Spiritual Unity by Albert Ayler. And then there were discs important by their very neglect: Reverend Overstreet, His Electric Guitar, His Four Sons, and the Church of God in Christ is a little-known gospel gem on Arhoolie Records. Down by Lee Highway by Grayson and Whitter, Farida Khanum, Ram Narayan, Ebenezer Obey and His Inter-Reformers Band…so many deserved albums, so little time.
I’ve one more digression: live concerts I’ve seen that left a mark. The very first incarnation of The Mahavishnu Orchestra, Wendy Waldman in her heyday, The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra and Yvonne Loriod playing Messiaen’s The Awakening of the Birds in the presence of the composer, Bernd Alois Zimmerman’s Die Soldaten at Alice Tully Hall in New York City, Turkish musicians in Los Angeles, Son House, B.B. King, Muddy Waters! Sun Ra every time I saw him. Of course, every live music event leaves its essence and memories.
Carla Bley did a fine job of herding cats when bringing together a disparate group of iconoclasts for Escalator Over the Hill for the Jazz Composers Orchestra Association. It’s an experimental work – more like theater of the mind than jazz. This is probably the only time Linda Ronstadt, Viva, Don Preston, Sheila Jordan, Don Cherry, and Jack Bruce (and many others) share the same album. Carla Bley owes a debt to Kurt Weil, but she is very much her own composer, and the late Paul Haines’ words have a way of sticking around in your head for decades. I can thank him for this gem which helped me quit cigarettes: “You’ve got to give up/What you don’t really want/To get what you do.” - True, that. Listen to the sample for how vocals lead in and out of a blistering electric guitar solo by John McLaughlin on Rawalpindi Blues.
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Other Name: Finca de Trujilo Alto
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Listed: October 7, 2011
This rural forest-like estate historic district was the residence of Luis Muñoz Marín from the 1940s until his death in 1980. Luis Muñoz Marín was the first Puerto Rican governor elected by the people. Luis Muñoz Marín is also called the “Father of Modern Puerto Rico,” a key figure in the development and implementation of Operation Commonwealth, Operation Bootstrap and Operation Serenity, one of the most revered leaders in Puerto Rico’s history, Luis Muñoz Marín is one of the most important political figures of the Americas in the Twentieth Century.
Previous to his tenure as the first home-rule governor, Muñoz Marín had a distinguished careers in journalism, as both a reporter and director of a newspaper, and political activism. After returning from the United States where he studied as a young man and adult, Muñoz Marín joined the Socialist Party and the Free Federation of Workers of Puerto Rico. Both groups were dedicated to fight against poverty and the inequality suffered by Puerto Ricans, causes that he fervently endorsed. He campaigned across Puerto Rico extensively and participated in workers strikes to better the conditions of workers. During the Great Depression Muñoz Marín and others popular figures effectively convinced President Roosevelt to extend the New Deal and other important efforts into Puerto Rico. All the meanwhile, Muñoz Marín and his associates were taking their political campaign to the next level and established the PPD, the Popular Democratic Party (Partido Popular Democrático), which won twenty-nine out of seventy-six municipalities in the following election. In the 1948 general elections, Luis Muñoz Marín became the first Puerto Rican governor elected by the popular vote. His election as Governor stood up against hunger, injustice, ignorance, sickness and oppression. By the 1950s, after the implementation of Operations Commonwealth and Bootstrap, an “economic miracle” was taking place in Puerto Rico; the Island was now a modern urban-industrial society.
The main house is made mostly of concrete, with the exception of wood doors and windows. One of the most impressive features is an L-shaped balcony accessible from the sizeable living area. The main house and office contain all the furniture, art, books and household items from the time Luis Muñoz Marín and his wife lived on the property.
The library/personal office is another concrete building contributing to this historic property listing. The spaces in the library have all the period furniture, books and items of its owner on display just as he left them when he died. The library/personal office was built in 1965 along with an administrative office and archive building used mostly by Mr. Marín’s staff. Both buildings are significant because these were the spaces which Marín used to write his Memoirs and the other where important documents were first stored and organized.
Down a short pathway is the bohío, built in 1948, where the family gathered for activities and important meeting with dignitaries where held. The bohío was expanded by the family many times over the years and even replaced when it was damaged by a fallen tree in 1998. Though the original bohío does not stand, the historical significance of this space is not lost. Today’s version is a rectangular wooden shed supported by five columns wide, six columns in length and two center columns. All beams and rafters are wood, the floor concrete patterns, and the ceiling is built with Palm tree foliage covered in zinc shingles.
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Highlighted New Listing – April 27, 2012
Dickinson County, KS
The ATSF Steam Locomotive #3415 is a Class 3400 Pacific-type passenger engine built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1919. It was operated by the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (ATSF) Railroad for 34 years and was donated to the City of Abilene in 1955. It sat in Eisenhower Park until 1996 when it was removed from the park for restoration. The locomotive is now situated on an abandoned segment of the Rock Island Railroad track that is used by the Abilene-Smoky Valley Railroad, a not-for-profit organization that operates a railroad museum and excursion train. When not in use, the locomotive is stored in the engine house at 411 South Elm Street in Abilene, Dickinson County, Kansas.
Locomotive #3415 is a Pacific-type 4-6-2 passenger engine built in 1919. The 4-6-2 designation refers to the engine's wheel arrangement - the first number notes the number of leading wheels, the second number notes the number of driver wheels, and the third number notes the number of trailing wheels. It is one of only three 4-6-2 3400 class Pacific type steam locomotives remaining in Kansas, and the only member of the class that is operational.
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Highlighted New Listing – September 16, 2011
Knox County, Maine
Land’s End Historic District, located on Marshall Point in Port Clyde, Maine, on the west side of picturesque Penobscot Bay, is a summer cottage colony developed by Russell W. Porter between 1907 and 1919. Built around a sheltered harbor, the village has traditionally focused on fishing, and more recently, low-key tourism. Marshall Point is an irregular peninsula that extends southwest from the mainland in Point Clyde- the point is less than half a mile long and a quarter mile wide. At the southwest tip of the point the Marshall Point Light Station, listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1987, occupies five acres; the remainder of the approximately 50 acres on Marshall Point were developed as Land’s End. The point is accessed via the paved Marshall Point Road, roughly paralleling the cost. The historic district, which includes those cottages that retain historic integrity, span the point from Teel’s Cove on the northwest to lower Penobscot bay on the southeast.
Within two years of purchasing the property in Port Clyde, Russell W. Porter divided much of his property into lots and pursued a vision of an enclave of seasonal residents dedicated to experiencing nature, living a simplified existence and nurturing artistic talents. At Land’s End Porter built cottages and created a summer community with lasting cohesion. Unlike other colonies characterized by a specific aesthetic for their buildings (i.e. log cabins or large Shingle Style estates) the cottages at Land’s End are an eclectic mix of Craftsmen, Shingle Style, Chalet, and (English) Colonial Revival style-buildings.
Highlighted New Listing – April 27, 2012
Dickinson County, KS
The ATSF Steam Locomotive #3415 is a Class 3400 Pacific-type passenger engine built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1919. It was operated by the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (ATSF) Railroad for 34 years and was donated to the City of Abilene in 1955. It sat in Eisenhower Park until 1996 when it was removed from the park for restoration. The locomotive is now situated on an abandoned segment of the Rock Island Railroad track that is used by the Abilene-Smoky Valley Railroad, a not-for-profit organization that operates a railroad museum and excursion train. When not in use, the locomotive is stored in the engine house at 411 South Elm Street in Abilene, Dickinson County, Kansas.
Locomotive #3415 is a Pacific-type 4-6-2 passenger engine built in 1919. The 4-6-2 designation refers to the engine's wheel arrangement - the first number notes the number of leading wheels, the second number notes the number of driver wheels, and the third number notes the number of trailing wheels. It is one of only three 4-6-2 3400 class Pacific type steam locomotives remaining in Kansas, and the only member of the class that is operational.
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Published on Independence Day 1863, in the immediate aftermath of the Battle of Gettysburg, this issue of Harper's Weekly featured several articles concerning recent action in the field by black troops fighting for the Union cause.
The uppermost image represents the June 1863 raid along the Combahee River by the Second South Carolina Volunteers (Colored) - led by Colonel James Montgomery, with assistance from Harriet Tubman - that freed hundreds of slaves and resulted in the confiscation or destruction of Confederate-held property and supplies.
The portraits at the bottom of the page illustrate an account of Gordon's escape from bondage and his subsequent military service. Based on photographs, the images document Gordon's metamorphosis from fugitive slave to U.S. soldier, punctuated by a view of his horribly scarred back.
This wood engraving is now on display at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C.
Highlighted New Listing – May 11, 2012
Maricopa County, AZ
The Dr. Lucius Charles Alston House is associated with the history of the development of the African American community in Mesa, Arizona and the community’s future after World War I. The home, located north of the town center in the black neighborhood known as Washington Park was used as Dr. Alston’s office while practicing medicine in Mesa. Lucius Charles Alston was born September 2, 1892, in Louisburg, North Carolina. In 1918, he graduated from the University of West Tennessee with a medical degree. At this time, it was very difficult for an African American to go to medical school. In World War I, Lucius Alston served as a Private First Class in the Army’s 802nd Pioneer Infantry, and was deployed overseas. Dr. Alston married Velma Young, a nurse. They moved to Mesa, Arizona in 1929. The black community living there was segregated from the larger white community, and so the African American residents had their own churches, shops and stores. After years of serving the community, Dr. Alston passed away in Los Angeles, California, on September 16, 1958, and his wife went to live with their son. The Dr. Lucius Charles Alston House is a 1920s Late Craftsman Style Bungalow, characterized by its high-pitched gables that are parallel to the front and sides of the house, and its large, deep, front porch supported on stucco and concrete columns with an arch that extends the entire width of the porch, A second story addition was added during the 1940s.
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Other Name: Finca de Trujilo Alto
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Listed: October 7, 2011
This rural forest-like estate historic district was the residence of Luis Muñoz Marín from the 1940s until his death in 1980. Luis Muñoz Marín was the first Puerto Rican governor elected by the people. Luis Muñoz Marín is also called the “Father of Modern Puerto Rico,” a key figure in the development and implementation of Operation Commonwealth, Operation Bootstrap and Operation Serenity, one of the most revered leaders in Puerto Rico’s history, Luis Muñoz Marín is one of the most important political figures of the Americas in the Twentieth Century.
Previous to his tenure as the first home-rule governor, Muñoz Marín had a distinguished careers in journalism, as both a reporter and director of a newspaper, and political activism. After returning from the United States where he studied as a young man and adult, Muñoz Marín joined the Socialist Party and the Free Federation of Workers of Puerto Rico. Both groups were dedicated to fight against poverty and the inequality suffered by Puerto Ricans, causes that he fervently endorsed. He campaigned across Puerto Rico extensively and participated in workers strikes to better the conditions of workers. During the Great Depression Muñoz Marín and others popular figures effectively convinced President Roosevelt to extend the New Deal and other important efforts into Puerto Rico. All the meanwhile, Muñoz Marín and his associates were taking their political campaign to the next level and established the PPD, the Popular Democratic Party (Partido Popular Democrático), which won twenty-nine out of seventy-six municipalities in the following election. In the 1948 general elections, Luis Muñoz Marín became the first Puerto Rican governor elected by the popular vote. His election as Governor stood up against hunger, injustice, ignorance, sickness and oppression. By the 1950s, after the implementation of Operations Commonwealth and Bootstrap, an “economic miracle” was taking place in Puerto Rico; the Island was now a modern urban-industrial society.
The main house is made mostly of concrete, with the exception of wood doors and windows. One of the most impressive features is an L-shaped balcony accessible from the sizeable living area. The main house and office contain all the furniture, art, books and household items from the time Luis Muñoz Marín and his wife lived on the property.
The library/personal office is another concrete building contributing to this historic property listing. The spaces in the library have all the period furniture, books and items of its owner on display just as he left them when he died. The library/personal office was built in 1965 along with an administrative office and archive building used mostly by Mr. Marín’s staff. Both buildings are significant because these were the spaces which Marín used to write his Memoirs and the other where important documents were first stored and organized.
Down a short pathway is the bohío, built in 1948, where the family gathered for activities and important meeting with dignitaries where held. The bohío was expanded by the family many times over the years and even replaced when it was damaged by a fallen tree in 1998. Though the original bohío does not stand, the historical significance of this space is not lost. Today’s version is a rectangular wooden shed supported by five columns wide, six columns in length and two center columns. All beams and rafters are wood, the floor concrete patterns, and the ceiling is built with Palm tree foliage covered in zinc shingles.
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Highlighted New Listing – May 11, 2012
Maricopa County, AZ
The Dr. Lucius Charles Alston House is associated with the history of the development of the African American community in Mesa, Arizona and the community’s future after World War I. The home, located north of the town center in the black neighborhood known as Washington Park was used as Dr. Alston’s office while practicing medicine in Mesa. Lucius Charles Alston was born September 2, 1892, in Louisburg, North Carolina. In 1918, he graduated from the University of West Tennessee with a medical degree. At this time, it was very difficult for an African American to go to medical school. In World War I, Lucius Alston served as a Private First Class in the Army’s 802nd Pioneer Infantry, and was deployed overseas. Dr. Alston married Velma Young, a nurse. They moved to Mesa, Arizona in 1929. The black community living there was segregated from the larger white community, and so the African American residents had their own churches, shops and stores. After years of serving the community, Dr. Alston passed away in Los Angeles, California, on September 16, 1958, and his wife went to live with their son. The Dr. Lucius Charles Alston House is a 1920s Late Craftsman Style Bungalow, characterized by its high-pitched gables that are parallel to the front and sides of the house, and its large, deep, front porch supported on stucco and concrete columns with an arch that extends the entire width of the porch, A second story addition was added during the 1940s.
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Highlighted New Listing – April 6, 2012
Chattooga County, GA
Listed: 04/06/2012
Paradise Gardens in Pennville, Georgia, is a visionary-art environment that contains several hundred pieces of art created by visionary artist Howard Finster (1915-2001) during his residency there between 1961 and 1991. The property, historically significant on the national level due to the exceptional and largely intact example of Finster’s visionary-art environment, includes several Finster houses, studios and a chapel where the artist lived, worked and conducted religious ceremonies. The buildings are interconnected by a series of covered bridges, concrete walkways, and concrete sculptures.
Howard Finster is among the most significant artists in Georgia history and is recognized as one of the most important American folk artists of the 20th century. Born in Valley Head, Alabama, Finster, along with being a Baptist preacher, held a variety of jobs. His work changed dramatically in January 1976 when he received a vision that commanded him to “paint sacred art,” which he followed by painting biblical scenes. In 1982, the Athens, Georgia, rock band R.E.M. filmed the music video for the song “Radio Free Europe” at Paradise Gardens. Finster who had previously met Michael Stripe, the band’s founder and lead singer, appeared in the video. Stripe later asked Finster to design the cover for the Reckoning album. In 1985 he painted the cover album art for the Little Creatures record by the new wave band Talking Heads. Finster’s fame continued to grow, and in 1996, the Coca-Cola Company commissioned Finster to decorate a massive Coca-Cola bottle that was displayed during the Atlanta Summer Olympic Games. After Finster moved to nearby Summerville, Georgia, in 1991 he continued to paint and add to Paradise Gardens until his death in 2001. Paradise Gardens, which is less than 50 years of age, has been recognized by art historians, art museums, art critics, preservation advocates, and government agencies as an exceptional example of a 20th-century visionary-art environment in America.
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Highlighted New Listing – April 27, 2012
Dickinson County, KS
The ATSF Steam Locomotive #3415 is a Class 3400 Pacific-type passenger engine built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1919. It was operated by the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (ATSF) Railroad for 34 years and was donated to the City of Abilene in 1955. It sat in Eisenhower Park until 1996 when it was removed from the park for restoration. The locomotive is now situated on an abandoned segment of the Rock Island Railroad track that is used by the Abilene-Smoky Valley Railroad, a not-for-profit organization that operates a railroad museum and excursion train. When not in use, the locomotive is stored in the engine house at 411 South Elm Street in Abilene, Dickinson County, Kansas.
Locomotive #3415 is a Pacific-type 4-6-2 passenger engine built in 1919. The 4-6-2 designation refers to the engine's wheel arrangement - the first number notes the number of leading wheels, the second number notes the number of driver wheels, and the third number notes the number of trailing wheels. It is one of only three 4-6-2 3400 class Pacific type steam locomotives remaining in Kansas, and the only member of the class that is operational.
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Highlighted New Listing – April 13, 2012
Prince William County, VA
Prince William Forest Park (PRWI) is a 10,000-acre National Park located approximately thirty-five miles south of Washington, DC. Within the park, there are several different multi-cabin camps dating back to the 1930s when the park was referred to as the Chopawamsic Recreational Demonstration Area (RDA). These camps reflect the history and legacy of the New Deal and Depression-era relief programs, while the park itself is a testament to history dating back to 8,000 BC. Over 500 resources were recorded in the PRWI Historic District, and 199 resources have been listed previously on the National Register of Historic Places. Prince William Forest Park Historic District is listed for these significant contributions to American history, from Native Americans to the New Deal, from spies of the Central Intelligence Agency to urban campers escaping from the city. The PRWI Historic District’s Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) buildings are architecturally significant in NPS rustic style. They remain in use today and have historic integrity.
PRWI Historic District is nationally significant as a model for the NPS Recreational Demonstration Area (RDA) program that was a product of the New Deal era. NPS used Prince William Forest Park to illustrate how RDAs could restore agriculturally depleted land, employ the labor of the newly established Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), and benefit the impoverished children and families of the inner city with its campgrounds. PR WI was also one of the first RDAs in the country and the first of the RDAs in southern states to designate camps for African Americans. Chopawamsic is illustrative of the efforts of the NPS to provide equal accommodations for African-American campers during a time when most parks only offered facilities and campgrounds exclusively for whites.
National Register of Historic Places
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Highlighted New Listing – April 13, 2012
Prince William County, VA
Prince William Forest Park (PRWI) is a 10,000-acre National Park located approximately thirty-five miles south of Washington, DC. Within the park, there are several different multi-cabin camps dating back to the 1930s when the park was referred to as the Chopawamsic Recreational Demonstration Area (RDA). These camps reflect the history and legacy of the New Deal and Depression-era relief programs, while the park itself is a testament to history dating back to 8,000 BC. Over 500 resources were recorded in the PRWI Historic District, and 199 resources have been listed previously on the National Register of Historic Places. Prince William Forest Park Historic District is listed for these significant contributions to American history, from Native Americans to the New Deal, from spies of the Central Intelligence Agency to urban campers escaping from the city. The PRWI Historic District’s Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) buildings are architecturally significant in NPS rustic style. They remain in use today and have historic integrity.
PRWI Historic District is nationally significant as a model for the NPS Recreational Demonstration Area (RDA) program that was a product of the New Deal era. NPS used Prince William Forest Park to illustrate how RDAs could restore agriculturally depleted land, employ the labor of the newly established Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), and benefit the impoverished children and families of the inner city with its campgrounds. PR WI was also one of the first RDAs in the country and the first of the RDAs in southern states to designate camps for African Americans. Chopawamsic is illustrative of the efforts of the NPS to provide equal accommodations for African-American campers during a time when most parks only offered facilities and campgrounds exclusively for whites.
National Register of Historic Places
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