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The town of Lark was officially established January 3, 1866. [3] The town had enough Latter-day Saint residents by 1918 to be made a ward, but by 1923, the ward was reduced to a branch. It had 234 members in 1930. [4] By 1929, Lark was a company town of the United States Smelting and Refining Company, which expanded the town through the 1940s ...
Clark County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nevada, which also comprises the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV metropolitan statistical area.The land area of Clark County is 8,061 square miles (20,880 km 2), or roughly the size of New Jersey.
Valley of Fire State Park is a public recreation and nature preservation area covering nearly 46,000 acres (19,000 ha) located 16 miles (26 km) south of Overton, Nevada. [4] The state park derives its name from red sandstone formations, the Aztec Sandstone , which formed from shifting sand dunes 150 million years ago. [ 5 ]
In 1916 the Estes Valley Library was founded by the Estes Park Women's Club. It originally formed part of the old schoolhouse and contained only 262 printed works. [24] Estes Park was also the site of the organization of the Credit Union National Association, an important milestone in the history of American credit unions. [25]
Arches National Park is a national park of the United States in eastern Utah.The park is adjacent to the Colorado River, 4 mi (6 km) north of Moab, Utah.The park contains more than 2,000 natural sandstone arches, including the well-known Delicate Arch, which constitute the highest density of natural arches in the world.
For a history of the river and the people, see Grant-Kohrs family and history of Clark Fork River region. The Clark Fork and the Blackfoot River experienced a record flood in 1908. [18] Since the late 19th century many areas in the watershed of the river have been extensively mined for minerals, resulting in an ongoing stream pollution problem ...
View of Larkspur at sunrise as seen from the Blue Rock Inn, formerly Hotel Merwin built in 1895. Larkspur is a city in Marin County, California, United States.Larkspur is located directly south of Kentfield and 3 miles (4.8 km) south of San Rafael, [7] at an elevation of 43 feet (13 m). [1]
The district covers the "Old Downtown" area, along Magnolia Avenue from the Lark Creek Inn at 234 Magnolia Avenue to the platform on the former railway, now a bicycle path. The avenue has been the commercial center of activity in Larkspur since the town was founded.