History Is there any history about where you live

[wolram]

I live in a small village where there is little history apart from being mentioned in the dooms day book, we have a Roman fort near to us on the foss way, our nearest town is Warwick with its castle, apart from that our area is very boring unless you want to go to Stratford on Avon
which is 15 miles away.

 

[zoobyshoe]

San Diego is one of the major ports described by Dana in his autobiographical book, Two Years Before the Mast. He describes what San Diego, its harbor, and weather were like back then in great detail, which is a kick for anyone living here now. Back then it was completely rural, nothing but cattle ranches and beautiful scenery. Anyway, that book is considered a "classic" and is often compared to Melville's autobiographical accounts of his times as a lowly seaman.

 

[epenguin]

our area is very boring .

Elsewhere the grass is greener.

 

[gfd43tg]

My town was mostly a sugar beet farm until the early 1900s

 

[nsaspook]

Just down the street from the house is McMenamins Edgefield, a former "poor farm". A really nice place to visit and take in a concert during the season.

http://www.mcmenamins.com/1171-history-of-edgefield
http://edgefieldconcerts.com/

 

[krater]

Some of my distant family was buried around twenty miles form where I live, over a hundred fifty years ago. They were some of the first to come to this side of the Atlantic from Germany.

Around here, entire towns have a reputation for being haunted. Only the bravest wander around in the woodlands here after nightfall.

Grouse... bull... or chupacabra?!?

 

[Tsu]

Just down the street from the house is McMenamins Edgefield, a former "poor farm". A really nice place to visit and take in a concert during the season.

http://www.mcmenamins.com/1171-history-of-edgefield
http://edgefieldconcerts.com/

I LOVE MC MENAMINS EDGEFIELD!

 

[Tsu]

The Calapooia, Santiam or Willamette Indians probably camped out along my creek. I have found numerous indian artifacts, including a large stone with a flat side...just the right size to hold in your hand and grind corn or wheat with against another rock. At the beginning of my dead end road is an old school house that is still used by local teachers to bring their classes on field trips. It's pretty cool.

 

[Sophia]

I live in a small village where there is little history apart from being mentioned in the dooms day book, we have a Roman fort near to us on the foss way, our nearest town is Warwick with its castle, apart from that our area is very boring unless you want to go to Stratford on Avon
which is 15 miles away.

Stratford on Avon? Is that where Shakespeare was from? I remember that faintly from my HS project about Hamlet :-)

My little town is called Handlová which stems from name Handl. He was a German merchant who lived here and many other German people as well. It was a town of miners. Brown coal is still mined today, though less than in the past. Germans were sent away after WWII but some still visit during the summer (which means selling lots of Marlboro cigarettes for us :-))
There is a castle nearby.
In the town centre, there is a baroque church of St. Catherine and a chapel.
This year we celebrate 640 years from first written mention.

 

[wolram]

Stratford on Avon? Is that where Shakespeare was from? I remember that faintly from my HS project about Hamlet :-)

My little town is called Handlová which stems from name Handl. He was a German merchant who lived here and many other German people as well. It was a town of miners. Brown coal is still mined today, though less than in the past. Germans were sent away after WWII but some still visit during the summer (which means selling lots of Marlboro cigarettes for us :-))
There is a castle nearby.
In the town centre, there is a baroque church of St. Catherine and a chapel.
This year we celebrate 640 years from first written mention.

Yes Shakespeare was born in S-ON-A, he used to visit the local orchards and get drunk, i think he wrote many of his plays under the influence.
How old is the castle Sophia? what is your main product now?

 

[wolram]

The Calapooia, Santiam or Willamette Indians probably camped out along my creek. I have found numerous indian artifacts, including a large stone with a flat side...just the right size to hold in your hand and grind corn or wheat with against another rock. At the beginning of my dead end road is an old school house that is still used by local teachers to bring their classes on field trips. It's pretty cool.

Wow you found a mill stone any arrow heads?

 

[Ophiolite]

My home lies adjacent to the ruins of a 14th century castle. Indeed, one of the watchtowers lies on my grounds.

Within 2 kilometres are two stone circles from late neolithic or early bronze age.

I can see the site of the Battle of Harlaw, where the Lord of the Isles fought the Earl of Mar in 1411.
And the site of the Battle of Barra, where Robert the Bruce fought one his rivals in 1308.

A couple of miles away is Bennachie, one of the proposed locations for the battle of Mons Graupius in AD83 between Roman Legions, led by Agricola and the Caledonii. Nearby are the remains of a Roman marching camp - one of the pieces of evidence supporting Bennachie as the site of the battle.

The nearby market town of Inverurie dates from 1558 and saw a battle in 1745 as part of the Jacobite uprising.

(If anyone thinks they can figure out where I live from this information, then they have no idea just how many ruined castles there are in Aberdeenshire!)

 

[Nidum]

Where we live in Wales there is history all round us and underneath us as well .

Just a few random links :

http://www.cllrrobjames.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Neath-Abbey-ruins-3.jpg
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-25020478
http://www.museumwales.ac.uk/stfagans/historic-buildings/

 

[wolram]

My home lies adjacent to the ruins of a 14th century castle. Indeed, one of the watchtowers lies on my grounds.

Within 2 kilometres are two stone circles from late neolithic or early bronze age.

I can see the site of the Battle of Harlaw, where the Lord of the Isles fought the Earl of Mar in 1411.
And the site of the Battle of Barra, where Robert the Bruce fought one his rivals in 1308.

A couple of miles away is Bennachie, one of the proposed locations for the battle of Mons Graupius in AD83 between Roman Legions, led by Agricola and the Caledonii. Nearby are the remains of a Roman marching camp - one of the pieces of evidence supporting Bennachie as the site of the battle.

The nearby market town of Inverurie dates from 1558 and saw a battle in 1745 as part of the Jacobite uprising.

(If anyone thinks they can figure out where I live from this information, then they have no idea just how many ruined castles there are in Aberdeenshire!)

Now that is what i call history, i would love to be able to take my metal detector around that area.

 

[Sophia]

Yes Shakespeare was born in S-ON-A, he used to visit the local orchards and get drunk, i think he wrote many of his plays under the influence.
How old is the castle Sophia? what is your main product now?

Trying to imagine drunk Shakespeare :-) it is true that alcohol helps the creativity
The castle was built in the 12th century and had been reconstructed several times, last reconstruction was in the 19th century when Duke Palffy tried to remake it to resemble French castles. He did that for a certain lady but she refused him anyway. :-/
Some men are still miners, some people work in services and some work manually for transnational companies in nearby factories. One of them makes cables, other one works with steel.
There's also a settlement of Roma (Gypsy) community and a few people are employed in social services aimed specifically for them.

What is the product of your town?

 

[Sophia]

My home lies adjacent to the ruins of a 14th century castle. Indeed, one of the watchtowers lies on my grounds.

Within 2 kilometres are two stone circles from late neolithic or early bronze age.

I can see the site of the Battle of Harlaw, where the Lord of the Isles fought the Earl of Mar in 1411.
And the site of the Battle of Barra, where Robert the Bruce fought one his rivals in 1308.

A couple of miles away is Bennachie, one of the proposed locations for the battle of Mons Graupius in AD83 between Roman Legions, led by Agricola and the Caledonii. Nearby are the remains of a Roman marching camp - one of the pieces of evidence supporting Bennachie as the site of the battle.

The nearby market town of Inverurie dates from 1558 and saw a battle in 1745 as part of the Jacobite uprising.

(If anyone thinks they can figure out where I live from this information, then they have no idea just how many ruined castles there are in Aberdeenshire!)

That sounds so romantic! Must visit England again and see all the historical sites!

 

[wolram]

Trying to imagine drunk Shakespeare :-) it is true that alcohol helps the creativity
The castle was built in the 12th century and had been reconstructed several times, last reconstruction was in the 19th century when Duke Palffy tried to remake it to resemble French castles. He did that for a certain lady but she refused him anyway. :-/
Some men are still miners, some people work in services and some work manually for transnational companies in nearby factories. One of them makes cables, other one works with steel.
There's also a settlement of Roma (Gypsy) community and a few people are employed in social services aimed specifically for them.

What is the product of your town?

You have me thinking now, our local town used to have AP Lockeed, Fords foundry and Flavels factory, but they have all gone now, we seem to have several small places producing all kinds of things, i know a lot of people commute to London, the rest must be white collar workers.

 

[Nidum]

Fords foundry

Been there .

 

[jackwhirl]

Lots of history, I'm sure: most of it unwritten, unremembered.

 

[Hornbein]

My area was founded by a Mr. Kauffman. He came to the US looking for a job. No luck in NYC. No luck in Detroit. En route to Chicago he was shipwrecked on the shores of Lake Huron, where he found employment as a logger. He acquired a large tract of land that no one else wanted. To this day there is little demand.

The original settlers were French. The Erie Canal allowed the United States to displace them and dominate the area.

The 1871 fire that began in Chicago 500 miles away spread over the entire state of Michigan, including nearby areas.

 

[Ophiolite]

That sounds so romantic! Must visit England again and see all the historical sites!

I shall forgive you, since you have been so nice. I live in Scotland!

You have me thinking now, our local town used to have AP Lockeed, Fords foundry and Flavels factory, but they have all gone now

Yes, industrial archaeology is becoming increasingly important. The market town I mentioned in my earlier post housed the engineering works of the Great North of Scotland Railway on a 15 acre site, now occupied by retail outlets and sports facilities.

 

[wolram]

I shall forgive you, since you have been so nice. I live in Scotland!

Yes, industrial archaeology is becoming increasingly important. The market town I mentioned in my earlier post housed the engineering works of the Great North of Scotland Railway on a 15 acre site, now occupied by retail outlets and sports facilities.

Just up the road from me is the site of the cement works, the site is closed down now and all the buildings demolished, the site now is home to two very nice fishing lakes and full of wild flowers, when the site was active a fossil of a sea creature was found i can not remember what it was but it was big.

 

[Tsu]

Wow you found a mill stone any arrow heads?

Yes! Quite a few of them.

 

[Sophia]

I shall forgive you, since you have been so nice. I live in Scotland!

Oh, I am grateful indeed, Sir. You are so kind!

 

[CrazyNinja]

Some of my distant family was buried around twenty miles form where I live, over a hundred fifty years ago. They were some of the first to come to this side of the Atlantic from Germany.

Around here, entire towns have a reputation for being haunted. Only the bravest wander around in the woodlands here after nightfall.

Grouse... bull... or chupacabra?!?

I am joining you on my holidays. Wanna join anyone?

My home lies adjacent to the ruins of a 14th century castle. Indeed, one of the watchtowers lies on my grounds.

You too. We could start WW III!

The city of visakhapatnam was originally founded as a fishing port. It was also a centre of Buddhism, because we have ancient Buddhist sculptures few kilometers away. Other than that we are on our way to make history.

 

[wolram]

I am joining you on my holidays. Wanna join anyone?
You too. We could start WW III!

The city of visakhapatnam was originally founded as a fishing port. It was also a centre of Buddhism, because we have ancient Buddhist sculptures few kilometers away. Other than that we are on our way to make history.

Crazy, you must tell us more about where you live, do you have any pictures of the sculptures.

 

[CrazyNinja]

Well, I do not have any particular pictures with me because I haven't visited them. This is because of my inability(due to my studies) in doing so. I could give you a few pics from the net, but I don't believe you would appreciate them.

If you allow me to go a little further from my town, I have many more places here. There are a whole bunch of ancient temples some close to 1000 years old. I have visited them, but pictures are not allowed due to religious reasons. I will share a few of the pics of the exterior (these are from the net too as my cam isn't here)(I feel better sharing these because I have seen them )

1) This one is the 1000 year old temple. Look at those walls. It is maintained well by the authorities.

http://www.ghatroads.in/public/images/temples/Draksharamam/Draksharamam6.jpg

2) THIS one is really famous.

 

[1oldman2]

Well, I do not have any particular pictures with me because I haven't visited them. This is because of my inability(due to my studies) in doing so. I could give you a few pics from the net, but I don't believe you would appreciate them.

If you allow me to go a little further from my town, I have many more places here. There are a whole bunch of ancient temples some close to 1000 years old. I have visited them, but pictures are not allowed due to religious reasons. I will share a few of the pics of the exterior (these are from the net too as my cam isn't here)(I feel better sharing these because I have seen them )

1) This one is the 1000 year old temple. Look at those walls. It is maintained well by the authorities.

http://www.ghatroads.in/public/images/temples/Draksharamam/Draksharamam6.jpg

2) THIS one is really famous.
Very Very cool, It sure seems you have no shortage of "History where you live"

 

[1oldman2]

Very Very cool, It seems there is no shortage of "history where you live"
Just noticed some strange spacing on my reply to your post.

 

[1oldman2]

I live on my wife's native homeland in Montana USA, At least 10,000 years of history here (since the end of the last ice age) only 200 yrs written though.

 

[Jonathan Scott]

I live between Winchester and Southampton, England. There's quite a bit of history around Winchester, including the cathedral. I originally went to school at Winchester College (founded 1382) but that was about 45 years ago, so even that's history now too!

 

[1oldman2]

There's quite a bit of history around Winchester, including the cathedral.

You must be familiar with the old song 99 tears ?

 

[CrazyNinja]

At least 10,000 years of history here (since the end of the last ice age) only 200 yrs written though

I guess most of us can claim that oldman.

Yes! Quite a few of them.

Any pics of the arrowheads, @Tsu ?

 

[StatGuy2000]

I live in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Like pretty much any city in North America, the sense of history is somehow much shallower to equivalent in Europe or Asia (I notice this especially since I feel that Toronto as a city doesn't seem to especially care too much about preserving its history). That being said, there are historic sites worth seeing, including my alma mater, the University of Toronto.

Here is a link to the building of One Spadina Crescent (where I used to have an office during my grad studies):

http://www.torontostandard.com/daily-cable-news/university-of-toronto-haunted-house-gets-makeover/

And here is a link to Hart House, University of Toronto:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hart_House_(University_of_Toronto)#/media/File:Harthouse_toronto.jpg

If you want to know more about the history of my city, here is a Wikipedia page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Toronto

 

[wolram]

I live in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Like pretty much any city in North America, the sense of history is somehow much shallower to equivalent in Europe or Asia (I notice this especially since I feel that Toronto as a city doesn't seem to especially care too much about preserving its history). That being said, there are historic sites worth seeing, including my alma mater, the University of Toronto.

Here is a link to the building of One Spadina Crescent (where I used to have an office during my grad studies):

http://www.torontostandard.com/daily-cable-news/university-of-toronto-haunted-house-gets-makeover/

And here is a link to Hart House, University of Toronto:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hart_House_(University_of_Toronto)#/media/File:Harthouse_toronto.jpg

If you want to know more about the history of my city, here is a Wikipedia page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Toronto

Did you see any spooks Stat Guy?

 

[Ibix]

A minor one, but I once lived in a flat in London that was on the corner of two streets. While I was living there my mother, a keen genealogist, found that we had a distant relative who had been killed over-turning his (horse-drawn) cart on the next corner, less than thirty seconds' walk from my flat. We have no other family connections within a couple of miles of the place.

 

[StatGuy2000]

Did you see any spooks Stat Guy?

No I didn't, although there was a professor in the Arts professor who was murdered in that building when I was a graduate student with an office in that same building. The case is still unsolved to this day, 15 years afterwards (I'm dating myself here).

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toron...-in-university-of-toronto-cold-case-1.2553071

https://www.reddit.com/r/Unresolved...who_killed_university_professor_david_buller/

Interestingly, the professor was murdered supposedly at the same time that I had left the building to attend a seminar. I didn't see or hear anything, since the office for statistics graduate students was in the opposite end from where the arts professors' offices were located, and the way the building was structured you can't see or hear anything from that end (plus there are multiple entry and exit points in the building).

 

[f95toli]

Julius Caesar crossed -according to legend- the river Thames (and Brent) not far from where I live, this would have been during the 2nd invasion of Britain in 54 AD.

(there is actually no real evidence for this, but the landscape fits with Caesar's own description of the crossing so it is at least a strong contender for the location of the crossing).

 

[Sophia]

Julius Caesar crossed -according to legend- the river Thames (and Brent) not far from where I live, this would have been during the 2nd invasion of Britain in 54 AD.

(there is actually no real evidence for this, but the landscape fits with Caesar's own description of the crossing so it is at least a strong contender for the location of the crossing).

Julius Caesar died in 44 BC. perhaps it was another Roman leader?

 

[Jonathan Scott]

Julius Caesar died in 44 BC. perhaps it was another Roman leader?

The second invasion of Britain by Julius Caesar was 54 BC, not AD.

 

[f95toli]

Sorry, I meant 54 BC

 

[nsaspook]

I LOVE MC MENAMINS EDGEFIELD!

A wee bit of drinking be happening there tonight.

 

[lisab]

No, there's no history where I live.

We don't get any weather, either.

 

[Tsu]

A wee bit of drinking be happening there tonight.

OH yeah! Best hang out in the region!

 

[Pepper Mint]

Right here where my house is built on was a mine field. Before building it, we also digged up several human skulls and bones. Too bad we couldn't find any treasures or something valuable remained with the dead people.

 

[CrazyNinja]

Right here where my house is built on was a mine field. Before building it, we also digged up several human skulls and bones. Too bad we couldn't find any treasures or something valuable remained with the dead people.

That is by far, the most scariest post I've seen on PF.

 

[PhotonSSBM]

Pittsburgh has huge history. Andrew Carnegie built this town into a steel making machine. He enforced his dominance over the city with his cohorts, one of whom was named Frick, whose name during and after his life became a good alternative to the F-Word as a direct result of his hatred for the working class. Carnegie did however complete a huge number of philanthropy projects including several libraries, museums, and founding CMU (then Carnegie Tech). If it weren't for Carnegie Pittsburgh would have just been another river community like Charleston, WV with no significant economy. Now we are a bustling city with a large and growing middle class. Google and other tech giants opened shop here not too long ago. Carnegie may not have been a saint, but we've reaped the benefits of his industrial tact and philanthropy for sure.

 

[Evo]

I live at the crossing of the Oregon and Santa Fe trails. There are historic markers all around were I live. Years ago my dog dug a few feet down and came up with 2 bones that appeared to be human leg bones, of course before I could have them examined, the girls took them to a friend's house and I never saw them again.

 

[Psinter]

Pittsburgh has huge history. Andrew Carnegie built this town into a steel making machine. He enforced his dominance over the city with his cohorts, one of whom was named Frick, whose name during and after his life became a good alternative to the F-Word as a direct result of his hatred for the working class. Carnegie did however complete a huge number of philanthropy projects including several libraries, museums, and founding CMU (then Carnegie Tech). If it weren't for Carnegie Pittsburgh would have just been another river community like Charleston, WV with no significant economy. Now we are a bustling city with a large and growing middle class. Google and other tech giants opened shop here not too long ago. Carnegie may not have been a saint, but we've reaped the benefits of his industrial tact and philanthropy for sure.

I like your pic, it takes me back, so many memories.

Why would he hate the working class, they are the source of his richness. And hating them goes against the definition of philanthropist I read.

 

[wolram]

I live at the crossing of the Oregon and Santa Fe trails. There are historic markers all around were I live. Years ago my dog dug a few feet down and came up with 2 bones that appeared to be human leg bones, of course before I could have them examined, the girls took them to a friend's house and I never saw them again.

Are you sure those leg bones were not yours