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Buffalo Ridge is a ridge in western middle Tennessee, primarily located in Humphreys, Perry, and Wayne Counties. The ridge, which reaches over 800 feet in elevation, is located about a mile west of Linden, at its closet point. Tree Farm Road runs the length of the ridge along the crest of the range. [1]
Buffalo Ridge's geography is well suited for wind power and it has been heavily developed for this purpose. The history of modern wind power activity on Buffalo Ridge can be split into four phases of construction. In 1994, the first wind farm cluster was built on Buffalo Ridge, northwest of the town of Lake Benton.
Pope John Paul II was the subject of three premature obituaries.. A prematurely reported obituary is an obituary of someone who was still alive at the time of publication. . Examples include that of inventor and philanthropist Alfred Nobel, whose premature obituary condemning him as a "merchant of death" for creating military explosives may have prompted him to create the Nobel Prize; [1 ...
Buffalo Ridge Refuge is a wildlife management area operated by the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency in Humphreys County, Tennessee. The refuge also hosts outreach programs and managed hunts. [ 2 ] It was established by proclamation of the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Commission on August 26, 2016.
Buffalo Ridge is a large expanse of rolling hills in the southeastern part of the larger Coteau des Prairies.It stands 1,995 feet (608 m) above sea level. The Buffalo Ridge is sixty miles (97 km) long and runs through Lincoln, Pipestone, Murray, Nobles, and Rock counties in the southwest corner of Minnesota, and Minnehaha, Moody, and Lincoln counties in southeast South Dakota.
Born in 1893, during his two decade-long acting career spanning from 1912 to 1932, Hiers acted in 101 films. He was a particularly prolific actor who starred in over 10 films a year. He died from pneumonia in 1933, aged 39. He is interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California. [1] Ethel Clayton and Hiers in A City Sparrow (1920)
Also known as Rocky Ridge Farm, it was the home of author Laura Ingalls Wilder from 1896 until her death in 1957. The author of the Little House on the Prairie series, Wilder began writing the series while living there. The house, together with the nearby Rock Cottage on the same property, represents one of the few surviving places where she ...
The Big Buffalo Valley Historic District, also known as the Boxley Valley Historic District, is notable as a cultural landscape in Buffalo National River. It comprises the Boxley Valley in northern Arkansas, near the town of Ponca. The valley includes a number of family-operated farms, primarily dating between 1870 and 1930.