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Dorian is the big news today. As you can see, Dorian is expected to become a hurricane by Wednesday.
While it is coming in our direction, there is a lot of uncertainty yet. It could hit us, but if the above prediction is correct, it will only be a storm when it gets here.
In summary, it is worth watching, and we'll know more in a few days.
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Here is a nice article on WWII POW camps in this country. Some were in Florida. One I mentioned not long ago is not shown on this map. It was in the Bal Harbour area.
Here is a nice article on WWII POW camps in this country. Some were in Florida. One I mentioned not long ago is not shown on this map. It was in the Bal Harbour area.
When the United States entered WWII in 1941, the United Kingdom was running short on prison space and asked the US for help in housing German POWs. The US agreed and when Liberty Ships transported US soldiers overseas, the relatively empty ships brought back as many as 30,000 Axis POWS per month to America. From 1942-1945, more than 400,000 POWs, mostly German, were housed in some 500 POW camps located in this country.
Here is that blog.
http://blog.fold3.com/wwii-pow-camps-in-the-united-states/
And here is what I posted on the South Florida camp.
Since the 1920's, the Detroit-based Miami Beach Heights Corporation (headed by industrialists Robert C. Graham, Walter O. Briggs, and C.T. Fisher) owned 245 acres of undeveloped, partially swampy land that stretched from the bay to the Atlantic. Mr. Graham assumed the duties as the developer for Bal Harbour. In the 1930's, city planners Harland Bartholomew & Associates were called in to design the Village. The company made several plans and they were submitted for review to Miami Beach Heights. In 1940, World War II began and the plans were put on hold. As a goodwill gesture to the government, Robert C. Graham rented the land to the United States Air Corps for $1 per year. The Air Corps used this land to train their soldiers and established a Prisoner of War camp. The ocean front area was used as a rifle range and the barracks were set up on the west side of Collins Avenue. The camp for prisoners was located where the Bal Harbour Shops are presently...
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WINDHAM, Maine — A team of Maine archaeologists is racing this summer to uncover the secrets of a colonial-era frontier fort before impending roadwork obliterates it for good. One of Maine’s most famous battles between white settlers and Native Americans raged just outside its gates.
Historians have long suspected the fort’s remains lay beneath River Road, but digging for evidence has been impossible since it was paved in the 1920s. Now, a long-planned road construction project is giving state archaeologists a chance to have a look...
Here is the link for more about that.
https://bangordailynews.com/2019/08/24/news/portland/archaeologists-race-to-uncover-colonial-fort-buried-beneath-a-maine-road-before-its-too-late/
And here is what I posted on the South Florida camp.
Since the 1920's, the Detroit-based Miami Beach Heights Corporation (headed by industrialists Robert C. Graham, Walter O. Briggs, and C.T. Fisher) owned 245 acres of undeveloped, partially swampy land that stretched from the bay to the Atlantic. Mr. Graham assumed the duties as the developer for Bal Harbour. In the 1930's, city planners Harland Bartholomew & Associates were called in to design the Village. The company made several plans and they were submitted for review to Miami Beach Heights. In 1940, World War II began and the plans were put on hold. As a goodwill gesture to the government, Robert C. Graham rented the land to the United States Air Corps for $1 per year. The Air Corps used this land to train their soldiers and established a Prisoner of War camp. The ocean front area was used as a rifle range and the barracks were set up on the west side of Collins Avenue. The camp for prisoners was located where the Bal Harbour Shops are presently...
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WINDHAM, Maine — A team of Maine archaeologists is racing this summer to uncover the secrets of a colonial-era frontier fort before impending roadwork obliterates it for good. One of Maine’s most famous battles between white settlers and Native Americans raged just outside its gates.
Historians have long suspected the fort’s remains lay beneath River Road, but digging for evidence has been impossible since it was paved in the 1920s. Now, a long-planned road construction project is giving state archaeologists a chance to have a look...
Here is the link for more about that.
https://bangordailynews.com/2019/08/24/news/portland/archaeologists-race-to-uncover-colonial-fort-buried-beneath-a-maine-road-before-its-too-late/
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| Grande Tetons As Seen From Pioneer Grill at Jackson Lake Lodge in Jackson Hole Wyoming. |
The hotel is not fancy, but the breakfast buffet is my all time favorite, especially when you get a window-side table. Everything from fresh fish to blueberries and the best waffles going. Anything you want.
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| Jackson Lake Lodge Lobby. |
This isn't a commercial although it might sound like it. It is just one of my favorites, and it has a lot of history. There is a table upstairs that was used for a treaty signing between President Eisenhower and the Russians. And other US presidents visited. Theodore Roosevelt visited, but that was long before the current lodge was built.
Don't expect fancy rooms, but I love the lodge and surrounding area.
Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net
