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The focus of the permanent displays in the Sidney Museum is the human history of Sidney and the North Saanich Peninsula. [3] This includes the First Nations groups of the Peninsula, the settler families of the area, economic ventures and development throughout the past century, the beginnings of the railway and transportation systems in the area, the development of the Town of Sidney, the ...
Location of Victoria County in Texas. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Victoria County, Texas. This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Victoria County, Texas. There are one district and 114 individual properties listed on the ...
Sidney was originally known as Jimmie's Creek, Canady or Round Mountain [2] before being named after a son of the community's first postmaster, John C. Stapp, in 1886. [3] The area was settled some time before 1870 by William Yarbrough and J. A. Wright. The pioneers chose this location for the spring-fed stream that was nearby.
The University of Houston–Victoria was founded in 1971 and remains there today. In 2017, the Victoria Islamic Center mosque was destroyed by an arson attack. [10] [11] A 25-year-old Victoria man was convicted of the crime and sentenced to prison. [12] [13] A documentary film, A Town Called Victoria, was produced about the incident. [14] [15] [16]
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O. Henry House refers to two homes which the author, William Sydney Porter, better known as O. Henry lived. Both of these homes are located in Texas. In Austin, Texas. William Sidney Porter House; In San Antonio, Texas. O. Henry House Museum (San Antonio)
Robert Sidney Martin (born 1949) is an American librarian, archivist, administrator, and educator. He is Professor Emeritus, School of Library and Information Studies, Texas Woman’s University, where he was the Lillian M. Bradshaw Endowed Chair until his retirement in 2008. Robert S. Martin as Director of the Institute of Museum and Library ...