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Azalea National Historic District Historic Tyler, Inc. has coordinated efforts since 1994 to research and document thousands of historic properties in Tyler culminating in listing hundreds of properties on the National Register and historic districts such as Charnwood. Historic Tyler, Inc. is enclosing an application form for ordering a National Register of Historic Places Plaque for properties that are eligible. She later identified the Azalea District as another strong candidate for National Register listing. www.historictyler.org /azalea_national_historic_distric.htm

National Historic District, Lake Wales, Florida: A Directory National Historic District, Lake Wales, Florida: A Directory The historic 'old town' is conserved within the National Historic District, and is surrounded by a growing and vibrant city. We also include news of Special Events and Activities happening within the National Historic District, like the Mardi Gras, Caribbean Cultural Festival, FallFest, Lake Wales Ridge Folk Arts Festival, Veteran's Day Parade and Patriotism Celebration, Art on StuArt, and Christmas Festival. www.historiclakewales.com

Granite Historical Society - National Historic District The Granite National Historic District is a rural quarrying community located in the Patapsco Valley of western Baltimore County, Maryland. Some 62 properties within the District contribute to its National Historic District status, including two churches, a school, a social hall, and over fifty houses and outbuildings. In 1994, Granite was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. www.granitehistory.org /natlhistoric.html

Cities in Black History The Martin Luther King, Jr., National Historic Site, which includes the King Center for Social Justice, his birthplace, and the Ebenezer Baptist Church, has helped make Atlanta a major tourist attraction for those interested in black history. Birmingham's first black mayor, Richard Arrington, elected in 1979, helped create a historic district devoted to the civil rights movement. Some of the most powerful and influential photographs documenting the civil rights movement were taken during a demonstration in Kelly Ingram Park—the brutal images of Bull Connor's police dogs attacking black marchers helped wake up the world to southern racism. www.infoplease.com /spot/bhmcities1.html

USATODAY.com - Colorado town bets big on road to gambling riches But Central City, much of it a National Historic District, lacked elbow room to grow. Crews have moved more than 14 million tons of dirt and rock for an 8½-mile road to bring more tourist traffic to Central City, a historic mining village whose Main Street gambling enterprises are poor neighbors to those in the more prosperous Black Hawk township. Once a mill town and home to the workers who processed Central City's ore, it had few historic landmarks to protect — and more room for the big slot-machine emporiums that dominate today. www.usatoday.com /news/nation/2004-07-22-colo-casinos_x.htm

About the National Register of Historic Places Authorized under the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Register is part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect our historic and archeological resources. The National Register of Historic Places is the Nation's official list of cultural resources worthy of preservation. National Register properties are distinguished by having been documented and evaluated according to uniform standards. www.cr.nps.gov /nr/about.htm

Green Springs (National Park Service) Green Springs National Historic Landmark District encompasses over 14,000 acres in the western piedmont of central Virginia. It is a shallow basin created by the erosion of a volcanic intrusion, geologic activity that created the particularly fertile soil which has sustained farming for almost three centuries. Here the landscape has been enhanced, rather than despoiled, by the presence of civilization. www.nps.gov /grsp

Lincoln Mountaineering Club (Links) National Geographic Society maps - Maps & Geography: Online Maps, Games, Information (National Geographic). Our stores in the Peak District hold an even greater range of stock, and are run by knowledgeable and experienced staff. Find almost any place with online National Geographic atlases, order maps, get information about countries & states, print maps, play geography games. www.lincolnmountaineeringclub.org.uk /links.asp

Lancashire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lancashire is divided into a number of local government districts. The modern administrative area is now rather smaller than that of the historic county due to a local government reform. Warrington and surrounding districts including the villages of Winwick and Croft and Risley and Culcheth were annexed to Cheshire. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lancashire

HistoryLink Essay: Seattle Neighborhoods: Georgetown -- Thumbnail History Walt Crowley, National Trust Guide, Seattle: America's Guide for Architecture and History Travelers, (New York: Preservation Press, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1998); Greg Lange, "King County's First White Settlers," (www.historylink.org); "Georgetown Beginnings: D'wamish Post Office opens on June 24, 1874," (www.historylink.org); June Peterson Robinson, The Georgetown Story: That Was a Town 2nd Ed. In 1980, it was declared a Historic American Engineering Record site, and it reopened as a dynamic museum and teaching facility. In 2002 the Georgetown Community Council obtained title to the historic structures and in December 2003 moved them to Oxbow Park at 6400 S Corson Avenue. www.historylink.org /_output.cfm?file_id=2975

The Fort Worth Stockyards National Historic District Fort Worth Stockyards Business Association Members are responsible for the restoration and maintenance of Fort Worth's greatest treasure, the Fort Worth Stockyards National Historic District. The area was designated as an historical landmark in 1976, and is considered one of Texas&; most popular tourist attractions. Lodging, shopping, night life, restaurants, and entertainment will make your visit to Fort Worth eventful. www.fortworthstockyards.org

Most of Lewisburg placed on National Historic Register - October 30, 2004 The designation as a historic district recognizes the borough for its significance as a center of commerce, education, politics and architecture. Even then, said Gray, borough officials were thinking about a spot on the National Historic Registry. In 1985, Lewisburg enacted an ordinance designating portions of town a historic district. www.dailyitem.com /archive/2004/1030/local/stories/04local.htm

National Historic District He never let up until the Federal Government declared our neighborhood a National Historic District! Thanks to them we now live in a nationally recognized historic district! The North Slope Historic District was officially created with the passage of a Tacoma city ordinance. www.tacomanorthslope.com /NationalDistrict.htm

Ybor City Chamber of Commerce Welcome to Ybor City, Tampa's National Historic Landmark District. Today, Ybor City is a shopping, dining and entertainment district where the ancient art of premium hand-rolled cigar making lives on. Wrought iron balconies, globe streetlights, brick-lined walkways and the majestic architecture of cigar factories, social clubs and other unique buildings, provide a glimpse into an era rich with culture and history. www.ybor.org

Natchitoches.net : Historic District The thirty-three block Historic District of Natchitoches, which includes more than fifty centuries-old buildings, has been designated a National Historic Landmark by the U.S. Department of the Interior. These historic sites have also attracted the movie industry. St.Jean Baptiste symbolizes colonial days in Natchitoches, while the mercantile buildings and houses with the cast iron grillwork galleries overlooking Cane River Lake are reminiscent of the days of the Cotton Kingdom and Natchitoches' old river port. www.explorenatchitoches.com /historicdistrict.php?task=view&articleID=90

Welcome to Huguenot Street Huguenot Street, a National Historic Landmark, is the site of a collection of colonial and early National period stone houses owned and operated as historic house museums by the Huguenot Historical Society in the Village of New Paltz, New York. The Huguenot Historical Society invites you to journey back in time by exploring the historic house museums of Huguenot Street and the nearby Locust Lawn mansion and farm complex. While the original portion of many of the homes date to the 1680s, continuous family ownership through the centuries resulted in modifications to meet changing needs, offering the visitor a unique chance to experience the history of a Hudson Valley village through the ages. www.hhs-newpaltz.org

Independence National Historical Park (National Park Service) For complete information about Independence National Historical Park and the President's House Forum, visit our expanded pages by clicking the In Depth button. Independence National Historical Park, located in downtown (called "Center City"), Philadelphia, is often referred to as the birthplace of our nation. National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) - October 15, 1966 www.nps.gov /inde

Martin Luther King Jr National Historic Site (National Park Service) National Historic Site & Preservation District - October 10, 1980 Martin Luther King Jr National Historic Site (National Park Service) Martin Luther King, Jr., Historic District - May 2, 1974 www.nps.gov /malu

New Page 2 Whether it is a children's foreign language program in Wheeling, an archaeological dig in Greenbrier County, a documentary of an historical landmark, or scholarly research into the life and work of a famous figure—through its grants and fellowships to West Virginia scholars, the Council makes humanities projects possible across the state. When renovation is completed the historic structure will become the permanent home for the Humanities Council in Charleston and will provide the organization with its own programming space for the first time in its twenty-five-year history. The Council will restore the grounds, exterior, and first-floor formal rooms to historic standards, while adapting the upstairs and service areas for modern office use. www.wvhumanities.org /dec99.htm

Port Gamble Explore the 120-acre National Historic Landmark complete with picturesque, turn-of-the-century buildings filled with antiques, an historic church, breathtaking views, expansive grounds and New England style houses on maple and elm tree-lined streets. Click here to visit Port Gamble's historic cybertour. This year, as we celebrate our 150th anniversary, we invite you to visit our unique shops and Sunday market, explore our trails, exchange vows, celebrate an event, or simply take a leisurely stroll and relive history. www.ptgamble.com

Savannah Georgia Savannah: A National Historic Landmark - savannah Savannah's preserved architecture is a living legacy to James Edward Oglethorpe and our National Historic Landmark District is a testament to his 1733 vision. Just a few years before Savannah became a National Historic Landmark District in 1966, Savannah's sister city, Charleston, South Carolina was also awarded National Historic Landmark Status. In awarding Savannah the prestigious status, the Department stated the Savannah's Historic District "retains much of James Oglethorpe's original city plan from 1733 of open-space squares surrounded by the rhythmic placement of streets and buildings. www.officialsavannahguide.com /article_213.shtml

Bios of Roundtable Participants This historic agreement, that includes the gift of a $50 million community technology fund, led to the formation of the Foundation and now serves as a national model for creating technology access. The Urban League movement consists of the national office and 115 affiliates in 34 states and the District of Columbia. Price was instrumental in conceiving and helping to launch many innovative new initiatives, including those that came to be known as the National Guard Youth Challenge Corps, the National Commission on Teaching and America's Future, the Coalition of Community Foundations for Youth, and the Learning Communities Network. www.ntia.doc.gov /ntiahome/digitaldivide/summit/roundtable-bios.html

African American Microform Collections Covering the years 1899-1966, these clippings were compiled from more than three hundred major national dailies, leading southeastern dailies, African American newspapers, magazines, religious and social ations, and foreign newspapers. Accompanied by a printed guide written by Bruce I. Friend, entitled: Guide to the Microfilm Record of Selected Documents of Records of the Committee on Fair Employment Practice in the Custody of the National Archives. A Guide to the Microfilm Edition of Records of the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs, 1895-1992. www.lib.berkeley.edu /Collections/Africana/films.html

MSNBC - Alan Boyle: Cosmic Log The federal regulations have been tied up in a court challenge brought by the National Association of Rocketry and the Tripoli Rocketry Association. This spring, federal District Judge Reggie Walton delivered a mixed ruling on the status of model-rocket regulations. Rocket reading list: It's been one week since the historic SpaceShipOne flight, and there's still plenty of news about the event and its aftermath. www.y2k.msnbc.com /id/5319707

Old West Durham Neighborhood Association The area around Erwin Mills, Ninth Street and the old mill village is listed on the National Register of Historic Districts. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places OWDNA has been honored by the Historic Preservation Society of Durham, Preservation North Carolina, the Library of Congress, the Herald-Sun's "Durham Grit" award, and the Independent Weekly's "Citizen Award" (for "tireless dedication to making our community a better place to live"). www.owdna.org

SPAR - Springfield Preservation And Revitalization Council, Jacksonville, Florida SPAR Council is a non-profit community organization, whose purpose is to provide leadership to the residents of Historic Springfield to revitalize, preserve, and restore the community through its diverse programs. This month's Historic Springfield Newsletter features our community's proximity to the best public magnet and private schools in Jacksonville. It is associated with events and individuals important to the historic development of Jacksonville. www.historicspringfield.com

Stockyards National Historic District And the Stockyards National Historic District is the best place to start. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the Stockyards is a must for any visitor to Fort Worth. Fort Worth is the best place in the country to celebrate the romance and mystique of the American West. www.fortworth.com /01visitors/0101westernher/010116stockhistdist/010116stockhistdist.shtml

Environmental Law in the Legal Research Guide The National Water Information System (NWIS) by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) offers 100 years of historical and real-time water data. Operated jointly by the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), ECOLEX provides access to environmental law documents worldwide. Find out which companies appear on the National Priorities List (NPL). www.thevirtualchase.com /resources/environment.shtml

National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service www.cr.nps.gov /nr

The Village of Bonaparte, Iowa Bonaparte's National Historic Riverfront District offers a unique blend of yesterday's ambience, today's progress, and tomorrow's success, with a pinch of home grown ownership and a dash of community enthusiasm giving downtown a new flavor of potential for those with discriminating tastes. One can't help but enjoy the architecture and shoppes in the beautiful National Historic Riverfront District. located on the Des Moines River in Van Buren County Iowa was named to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. www.bonaparte-iowa.com

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