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German settlers Ferdinand and Louise Backs moved to Anaheim in the 1870s, some of the earliest residents of the region. In 1902, the Backs began construction on a new home where their previous house stood. Architect Edward Niehaus designed it in the Colonial Revival style at 3,713 square feet (344.9 m 2). [1]
The Goliath tracked mine (German: Leichter Ladungsträger Goliath, "Goliath Light Charge Carrier") was a series of two unmanned ground vehicles used by the German Army as disposable demolition vehicles during World War II. These were the electrically powered Sd.Kfz. 302 and the petrol-engine powered Sd.Kfz. 303a and 303b. They were known as ...
Founder of Anaheim: George Hansen. George Hansen, known as the "Father of Anaheim", was a surveyor and a civil engineer.Hansen was born in Fiume, Austria in 1824. He departed Austria in 1850 and came to California by sailing to Peru around Cape Horn.
Anaheim Cemetery was founded in 1866, [3] or 1867. [1] Founding trustees of this cemetery included Theodore Schmidt, an immigrant from Bielefeld, Germany; and John Peter Zeyn, a merchant from San Francisco. [4] The Pioneer Gate was erected in 1915, and donated by Fredrick A. Hartmann. [4]
David and Goliath (1888) by Osmar Schindler. Goliath [A] (/ ɡ ə ˈ l aɪ ə θ / gə-LY-əth) is a Philistine giant in the Book of Samuel.Descriptions of Goliath's immense stature among biblical sources, with texts describing him as 9 ft 9 in (2.97 m) tall. [1]
The section comprising 1 Samuel 16 to 2 Samuel 5 is known as the "History of David's Rise", with David as the central character, within which 1 Samuel 16:1 to 2 Samuel 1:27 form an independent unit with a central theme of "the decline of Saul and the rise of David". [6]
1967 – Anaheim Convention Center and the public library's Anaheim History Room open. [7] 1968 – Fox Cinemaland theatre in business. [11] 1970 – Population: 166,701. [12] 1972 – Anaheim Hills Golf Course opens. [13] 1974 – Living Stream Ministry relocated to Anaheim (approximate date). [14] 1976 – Anaheim Historical Society founded. [15]
MADtv spoofed Davey and Goliath in their fourteenth episode with "Davey and Son of Goliath", alluding to the Son of Sam serial killer who claimed a talking dog had instructed him to kill. [18] The Simpsons featured a short, clay-animated segment titled "Gravey and Jobriath". Gravey is portrayed as a religious extremist building a pipe bomb in ...