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	The Nature Conservancy in Palmyra Atoll - History
		King Kamehameha IV declares possession of Palmyra for the Kingdom of Hawaii, acting on a petition by Zenas Bent and J.B. Wilkinson.
		Bent later sells his interest in Palmyra to Wilkinson, who later willed his interest in the atoll to his wife.
		Palmyra is specifically excluded from the State of Hawaii, making it the only privately owned territory in the United States.
	www.nature.org /wherewework/asiapacific/palmyra/annual (373 words)

	Palmyra Atoll - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Palmyra is an incorporated territory of the United States, meaning that it is subject to all provisions contained in the United States Constitution and is permanently under U.S. sovereignty.
		Palmyra was first sighted in 1798 by an American sea captain, Edmund Fanning of Stonington, Connecticut, while his ship the Betsy was in transit to Asia, but it was only later—on November 7, 1802—that the first western people landed on the uninhabited atoll.
		In 1898 Palmyra was annexed to the U.S. in conjunction with the overall U.S. annexation of Hawaii; on June 14, 1900 it became part of the then U.S. Territory of Hawaii.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Palmyra_Atoll (1914 words)

	Palmyra: City in the Sand - Worldpress.org
		Palmyra is separated by approximately one hundred kilometers from the lush valley of the Orontes, to the west.
		Palmyra was reduced from being a capital to a mere Syrian frontier stronghold.
		The Palmyra ruins, which covers an area of 6 square kilometers seem to spring back to life as the setting sun paints its ruins a pinkish-orange, and in the Valley of the Tombs, burial towers leap from the desert like mysterious ancient warriors.
	www.worldpress.org /Mideast/1885.cfm (1068 words)

	Palmyra \| Thematic Essay \| Timeline of Art History \| The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Palmyra was originally an oasis settlement, called Tadmor, in the northern Syrian Desert.
		Palmyra was strategically located on two of the most important trade routes in the ancient world: one extended from the Far East and India to the head of the Persian Gulf, and the other—
		Her rule was short-lived, however; in 272 A.D., Emperor Aurelian reconquered Palmyra and captured Zenobia, whose subsequent transport to Rome bound in chains of gold is legendary.
	www.metmuseum.org /toah/hd/palm/hd_palm.htm (506 words)

	Homs:Palmyra, Syria (Homs Online - Homsonline.com) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Palmyra or Tudmor lies at Homs state, 155 kilometres east of Homs city and 210 kilometres northeast of Damascus.
		Palmyra was an ideal halt for the caravans moving between Iraq and al-Sham (present-day Syria, Lebanon and Jordan), trading in silk from China to the Mediterranean.
		Palmyra's greatest days however were after the murder of Odeinat, when his wife Zenobia started ruling Palmyra on behalf of her son Vaballath.
	www.homsonline.com /Citeis/Palmyra.htm (1021 words)

	DOI Office of Insular Affairs (OIA) - Palmyra Atoll
		Palmyra is a National Wildlife Refuge administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services in the Department of Interior as transferred from the Office of Insular Affairs to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on January 18, 2001.
		Palmyra was specified as one of the islands included in the Joint Resolution of the Congress of July 7, 1898, which annexed the Republic of Hawaii to the United States.
		Palmyra Atoll is situated nine hundred sixty miles south by west of Honolulu and three hundred fifty-two miles north of the Equator.
	www.doi.gov /oia/Islandpages/palmyrapage.htm (2734 words)

	Palmyra
		Palmyra's trade reached as far as India in the east, Egypt in the south and Rome in the west.
		Palmyra's wealth came from a combination of taxation and the establishment of local trading stations.
		The process of taxation was effective in Palmyra because all caravans had to pass through or near the city: Caravans needed to stock up on water at the point they passed Palmyra.
	i-cias.com /e.o/palmyra.htm (839 words)

	The 1800's in Palmyra, NY
		Palmyra cemeteries contain the graves of soldiers and sailors from every war from the Revolution to the present.
		The Canal was through Palmyra by 1822 and when the County was set off in 1823, Ontario County wanted an outlet on the Erie Canal so the south border of Palmyra was moved northward to allow for Port Gibson, Town of Manchester, Ontario County.
		In Palmyra are the Martin Harris farm, the Grandin Building in which the first edition of the Book of Mormon was published, the gravesite of Alvin Smith and sites of business locations which played a role in the lives of the Smith family while in our area.
	www.palmyrany.com /pal_history_brief_3.htm (1994 words)

	Palmyra
		The approach Palmyra has adopted over the years is one that relies heavily on evaluating quantitatively the various parameters that may affect a given activity or intervention.
		Palmyra's emphasis will be in the active participation of all the members of the association for the tank work so that in future they will be able to maintain their tank independently.
		Palmyra will also take up activities with the village women, youth and landless persons in an effort to improve their socioeconomic standard.
	www.auroville.org /environment/palmyra.htm (1195 words)

	Palmyra Atoll - Rainforest of the Sea
		Palmyra consists, in part, of about 688 acres of emergent land, which, at only six to seven feet above sea level, is soaked under 175 inches of rain a year.
		At low tide, Palmyra exposes the upper story of this rainforest of the sea: both living soft and hard corals form the reef, in shapes and colors that defy imagination.
		Palmyra exists in its current state because of the stubborn determination of the Fullard-Leo family who bought the island in 1922; the three brothers fought to keep the island after WWII, protected it from development, and finally consented to its sale to The Nature Conservancy in May 2000.
	www.oneworldjourneys.com /palmyra/html/expedition/exped_overview.html (831 words)

	Labyrinth13 presents: The Curse of Palmyra Island
		Palmyra island’s coordinates are 5 degrees, 52 minutes North, 162 degrees, 6 minutes West, placing it in near the very center of the Pacific ocean or about 1000 nautical miles south-southwest of Hawaii in the North Pacific Ocean, or about one-half of the way from Hawaii to American Samoa.
		On a nautical chart, Palmyra is but a tiny speck in the middle of the mass of blue that represents the Pacific Ocean.
		The coral reef and lagoons at Palmyra are also a breeding ground for gray and fltip reef sharks whose aggressiveness is well know throughout the Pacific and has been noted by every person who has ever ventured to the island, some with fatal consequences.
	www.labyrinth13.com /Palmyra.htm (2150 words)

	Palmyra Atoll
		The climate of Palmyra is uncommon for a Pacific atoll because of its position in the equatorial zone where constant wind and rain buffet the islets.
		Palmyra was a strategic location for the navy during its buildup of defense bases throughout the Pacific before, during, and after World War II.
		Palmyra was sold to the Nature Conservancy in order to preserve the nature and beauty of the atoll.
	www2.hawaii.edu /~jasonjer/palmyra_atoll.htm (1655 words)

	Palmyra
		Now on the outskirts of the town of Tadmor (an oasis in the middle of the Syrian Desert), Palmyra was the capital of Syria at the time of Christ and served as an important political and commercial center of the Silk Route between Europe and the Orient.
		Queen Zenobia is known to be the most prominent herione of the city Zenobia's era in Palmyra marked the golden age of this city in the second and third centuries A.D. Queen Zenbia controlled Syria in 270 A.D. and swept Egypt afterwards.
		In the year 272 A.D. the Roman armies swept Palmyra and besieged it until it fell and Queen Zenobia was arrested and driven to Rome as a captive.
	www.made-in-syria.com /palmyra.html (548 words)

	PALMYRA ISLAND
		Palmyra lies near the zone where the northeast and southeast trade winds meet.
		However, Palmyra was specifically included among the Hawaiian Islands by Act of the 55th U.S. Congress, approved July 7, 1898.
		Palmyra is their only breeding site in 450,000 square miles of ocean.
	www.janeresture.com /palmyra/index.htm (1680 words)

	PI - Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge
		Palmyra consists of a circular string of about 50 islets nestled among several lagoons and encircled by 15,000 acres of shallow turquoise reefs and deep blue submerged reefs.
		In 1898, President McKinley annexed the Territory of Hawaii, specifically mentioning Palmyra, to the United States, but Palmyra was excluded from the Hawaii State boundaries in 1959.
		Palmyra's native vegetation is lush, supporting one of the largest remaining undisturbed stands of Pisonia beach forest in the Pacific, including native varieties of ferns and shrubs.
	www.fws.gov /pacificislands/wnwr/palmyranwr.html (308 words)

	Community Info
		Palmyra was officially chartered as a village on May 5, 1874.
		The Palmyra Municipal Court is responsible for adjudicating civil forfeiture citations issued by the Police Department for violation of traffic laws and municipal ordinances.
		The district was established jointly by the Village of Palmyra and the Town of Palmyra in 1975 and is financially supported by both governments through local property taxes.
	www.palmyra.lib.wi.us /communit.htm (2374 words)

	Palmyra
		William BACON (Polly THURBUR) remained in Connecticut with three children while her husband walked to Palmyra, settled one and one-quarters south of the center, made improvements, walked back to Connecticut, and brought his family in an ox wagon in 1802.
		She lived in Palmyra six years and has lived in several other places, and now at nearly one hundred and three years of age is living with her son William, in Edinburg township.
		She lived her entire life after coming to Palmyra upon the farm she helped to clear, dying at the age of ninety-three years and leaving this world much better off because of her industry, her helpfulness and neighborly kindness.
	www.rootsweb.com /~ohportag/hist012.htm (2992 words)

	Welcome to Palmyra, PA! - A Brief History of Palmyra
		The land on which Palmyra now stands was originally inhabited by the Lenni Lenape Indians to whom the white man gave the name Delawares, who were members of the Algonquin family.
		Although the settlers in the foothills of the Blue Mountains marked the limit of actual settlement on the part of the white man, the early settlers of Palmyra were close to the mountains and had reason to fear an Indian attack.
		Another of the main routes to and from Palmyra was the Downingtown, Ephrata, and Harrisburg Pike, now commonly known as the "Horseshoe Pike." Over this road the farmers took their grain and produce to Philadelphia and brought back merchandise for the shopkeepers.
	www.palmyrapa.com /history (4495 words)

	Palmyra Atoll
		Palmyra Atoll is an incorporated territory of the U.S. and privately owned.
		Atlas: Palmyra Atoll - Facts on Palmyra Atoll: flags, maps, geography, history, statistics, disasters current events, and international relations.
		Palmyra, atoll, Pacific Ocean - Palmyra, not permanently inhabited atoll (2 sq mi/5.2 sq km), central Pacific, one of the Line...
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0113961.html (154 words)

	Dalyan Hotel Palmyra
		Dalyan is a lagoon which connects Koycegiz Lake which has a very old historical and cultural richness in the middle of a delta which protects the natural beauty of the Mediterranean region of Turkey to Mediterranean.
		Iztuzu beach is the name which is given to the beach which extends in parallel to Mediterranean and with the approximate length of 5 km in the end of Dalyan canal which conveys Koycegiz Lake to Mediterranean.
		Dalyan Hotel Palmyra will be a very good choice for you in order to observe the reproduction of the Caretta Caretta turtles at the Iztuzu beach.
	www.dalyanhotelpalmyra.com (454 words)

	Wayne County Palmyra History
		Palmyra originally included the present day town of Macedon, which was taken off in 1823.
		Palmyra is regarded as the birthplace of the Mormon religion.
		Palmyra was also the home of Olin J. Garlock who invented the rubber packing gaskets which revolutionized the steam industry.
	www.co.wayne.ny.us /Departments/historian/HistPalmyra.htm (1115 words)

	Palmyra, Syria - Travel Photos by Galen R Frysinger, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
		A prosperous caravan station in the 1st century BC, Palmyra became a Roman outpost and a major city-state within the Roman Empire in the 1st century AD.
		Her ambition to further expand Palmyra's influence in Asia Minor and Egypt was ended by the Roman emperor Aurelian, who in 272 captured her and razed the city.
		Subsequently, Palmyra was taken by the Arabs and sacked by Tamerlane.
	www.galenfrysinger.com /palmyra_syria.htm (183 words)

	Roman Emperors - DIR Vaballathus and Zenobia
		Palmyra was a trading community near the margin of the Roman and Persian empires.
		[[5]] Hadrian visited Palmyra probably in 129/30, and gave it privileges as a "free state."[[6]] Under Septimius Severus or possibly Caracalla, at the end of the second century or the beginning of the third, Palmyra was raised to the status of a Roman colony.
		Odaenathus's status as "chief of Palmyra" is commemorated on bilingual Greek and Palmyrene inscriptions at Palmyra as early as 251 and 252.
	www.roman-emperors.org /zenobia.htm (3320 words)

	Palmyra, Syria
		Palmyra (Tadmor in Arabic) is in the heart of Syrian Desert, and is often described as
		The destiny of the great kingdom of Palmyra was no better than that of its queen; the city fell prey to looting and destruction.
		Palmyra ruins, which covers an area of 6 square kilometers, requires a full day in order to form an adequate idea of the beauty of the remaining architecture such as Baal-Shamin Temple, Bel Temple, Arch of Triumph, the Amphitheater, the Baths, the Straight Street, the Congress Council and the Cemeteries.
	www.atlastours.net /syria/palmyra.html (557 words)

	Traveling to Palmyra, Syria
		Palmyra is 150 miles (243km) north-east of Damascus, and is Syria’s most famous tourist attraction.
		Situated at an oasis in the desert, this ruined city is at a considerable distance from any other water source, as it is 150km from the Orontes River in the west and 200km from the Euphrates in the east.
		Palmyra’s local name is Tadmor and it has been a settlement since Neolithic times.
	www.reuter.net /syria_private_tours/palmyra.htm (378 words)

	Palmyra Inn - Palmyra, New York
		The Palmyra Inn invites you to enjoy the historically rich and beautiful sites of upstate New York, many of which are just a stroll away from our cozy inn.
		The Sacred Grove and other historical sites are within walking distance and the Palmyra Inn offers guided tours or self-guided mini tours to help you make the most of your stay.
		For university students the Palmyra Inn offers a unique Travel Study Program which includes 30 days of travel to US Historic sites for about the same cost as a regular semester of school.
	www.palmyrainn.com (131 words)

	Palmyra Atoll @ nationalgeographic.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Palmyra is their only breeding site in 450,000 square miles (1,165,500 square kilometers) of ocean.
		Palmyra is soggy by human standards, with 175 inches (445 centimeters) of rain a year.
		More often, though, Palmyra is washed by a narrow water raceway that flows from the west—the Equatorial Countercurrent, which runs in the opposite direction between the two giant, slow-spinning Pacific currents to the north and south.
	www.nationalgeographic.com /ngm/0103/feature2 (2715 words)

	Palmyra as a Caravan City
		Hence the existence of Palmyra, which is recognized by even the most critical historians as a true caravan city, is an important resource in the study of the Silk Road.
		Palmyra became a metropolis with “free” status under Hadrian (117-38), who visited there in 129, and was named a colony in 231, but withal retained its own forms of government.
		Palmyra profited from its location, for there was a demand from Rome for the luxuries of the East — silks and spices — and Parthia, with its growing interest in Hellenistic culture, wanted the goods of the West.
	www.silk-road.com /newsletter/2004vol2num1/Palmyra.htm (5431 words)

	The Curse of Palmyra Island
		Although the private-ownership status of Palmyra was eventually resolved in favor of the Fullard-Leo family, the island was still used as a naval air facility during World War II in the Pacific.
		When we arrived at Palmyra we discovered that someone had left a huge pile of newspaper clippings all about the Grahams, their sailboat, their sinister disappearance, etc. The one really strange thing was that I knew with absolute certainty that I would find the remains of at least one of the Grahams.
		Prior to sailing away from Palmyra for the island of Samoa, Tom agreed to mail some letters for Muff that she had written to her friends and family in which she may have uncannily foretold of her own demise.
	www.strangemag.com /palmyra.html (4989 words)

	Syria Gate - About Syria - Palmyra
		Called Tadmor by the Arabs, Palmyra appeared for the first time in the 2nd millennium BC in the archives of Mari and in an Assyrian text.
		In 129 AD Hadrian visited Palmyra and was quite enthralled by it and named it Palmyra Hadriana and proclaimed it a free city.
		In 212 AD Palmyra was considered as a colony of the Roman Empire and Palmyra took a higher military role and caravan trade diminished.
	www.syriagate.com /Syria/about/cities/Homs/palmyra.htm (589 words)

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