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The Piasa (/ ˈ p aɪ. ə s ɔː / PY-ə-saw) or Piasa Bird is a creature from Native American mythology depicted in one of two murals painted by Native Americans on cliffsides above the Mississippi River. Its original location was at the end of a chain of limestone bluffs in Madison County, Illinois, at present-day Alton, Illinois. The ...
The Institute was founded during the height of World War II, on 12 May 1942, [3]: 16 by Polish scholars, including historian Stanisław Kot, [4] anthropologist Bronisław Malinowski, poet Jan Lechoń, and historians Oskar Halecki and Rafał Taubenschlag, to continue the work and tradition of the prewar Polish Academy of Learning (Polska Akademia Umiejętności), headquartered in Kraków ...
Founded in 1885 by Methodist leaders, Piasa Chautauqua attracted thousands of people from the St. Louis area and other places in Illinois. Arriving first by packet boat, and later by automobile or the trains that ran by as often as six times a day, the vacationers were entertained, educated, and inspired by guests including William Jennings Bryan, evangelists Sam Jones, Billy Sunday and Gypsy ...
Piasa Township is one of eleven townships in Jersey County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,376 and it contained 1,321 housing units. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,376 and it contained 1,321 housing units.
Piasa is an unincorporated community in Macoupin County, Illinois, United States. Piasa is located on Illinois Route 16 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Shipman . Piasa has a post office with ZIP code 62079.
Southwestern High School is a high school for grades 9–12 students located near Piasa, Illinois. It serves students from southwestern Macoupin and eastern Jersey counties in Illinois. Towns served by the high school are Brighton, Medora, Shipman, Piasa, Fidelity, Royal Lakes, Kemper, Plainview, and Summerville.
Most believe the hypothesis that the origin of the name Pisa comes from Etruscan and means 'mouth', as Pisa is at the mouth of the Arno river. [5]Although throughout history there have been several uncertainties about the origin of the city of Pisa, excavations made in the 1980s and 1990s found numerous archaeological remains, including the fifth century BC tomb of an Etruscan prince, proving ...
Southwestern High School (Piasa, Illinois) Southwestern High School (Hanover, Indiana) Southwestern Junior-Senior High School, Shelbyville, Indiana; Southwestern High School (Kentucky), Somerset, Kentucky; Southwestern Senior High School (Baltimore, Maryland) Southwestern High School (Michigan), Detroit, Michigan