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nike missile site ms-70
from cold war, nuclear weapons posted in history by GrantEdwards
Nike missile installations comprised two sites: a launch site and a control/radar site. Due to the limitations of radar and guidance systems at that time, the radar site had to be a mile or two away from the launch site. This location on Nike road is the control site where the radar and guidance systems were. The launch site where the missiles were stored underground and from which the missiles were launched is about 1.5 miles northwest of this site. The launch site ison county road 127 (across the road West from Timber Creek Golf Course) at 44.95216786241208, -93.77922309841064. In aerial photos, you can see the steel doors through which the missiles were raised from underground storage before being launched.
locust hill
from lewis and clark posted in history by pete_nice
Locust Hill is the birthplace of Meriwether Lewis. Only a few minutes from Charlottesville, the property of nearly 2000 acres was purchased by Lewis’ grandfather, Robert Lewis, in 1730. The plantation stayed in the Lewis family for five generations into the 21st century.
Meriwether Lewis was born here in 1774, and moved away to Georgia with his mother and stepfather just a few years later. Lewis returned here to live briefly as a young man and manage the estate for a few years prior to entering the army.
The house Meriwether Lewis was born in was built out of logs by his father William in 1766. That house burned down in 1837, and a new house was rebuilt incorporating some of the material of the original house.
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from weird wisconsin, ed gein, serial killers posted in history by donkeyoti
Plainfield Cemetery is the final resting place of murderer/body snatcher/artisan of the macabre, Ed Gein.
His tombstone was stolen in 2000, but was recovered in 2001 in Seattle. The item is now in storage at the Waushara County Sheriff's Department.
Ed Gein is buried in an unmarked grave at the cemetery.
view full location details...taqueria tlaxcalli
from blue wave 2018 posted in history by prof_improbable
Favorite restaurant of Democratic up-and-comer Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (from the Crowley/Ocasio-Cortez debate).
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from intentional community, cults posted in history by pete_nice
From 1981 to 1985, the followers of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh built and lived in the city of Rajneeshpuram on the 64,000+ acres of the Big Muddy Ranch near the small town of Antelope, OR.
This became the subject of the 8-hour documentary, Wild Wild West. While the Rajneeshees religious practice and beliefs are generally glossed over, the film delves into (sometimes staggering) detail about the power dynamics between the community and the surrounding city, county, state, and federal governments, and eventually themselves.
Highlights include the first bio-attack in American history, mass transport of homeless people and blendered beavers.
Two thumbs up.
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