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Montauk Company
Montauk derives from a place-name in the Mohegan-Montauk-Narragansett language. It can refer to: * Montaukett, an Algonquian-speaking Native American group native to the eastern end of Long Island, though some were later exiled to Missouri Montauk may also refer to: Geography * Montauk, Missouri, an unincorporated area on the Current River ** Montauk State Park (Missouri), a park near Salem, Missouri * Montauk, New York, a hamlet in East Hampton, New York on Long Island ** Montauk County Park, a park near the hamlet of Montauk that has since been renamed Theodore Roosevelt County Park ** Montauk Downs State Park, a golf course in the hamlet of Montauk ** Montauk Point State Park, the New York state park where the Montauk Point Light lighthouse is located Media * ''Montauk'' (novel), a 1975 autobiographical novel by the Swiss writer Max Frisch * Montauk Project (book) (titled: ''The Montauk Project: Experiments in Time''), a book inspired by the tale of the Montauk Project * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohegan-Montauk-Narragansett Language
Mohegan-Pequot (also known as Mohegan-Pequot-Montauk, Secatogue, and Shinnecock-Poosepatuck; dialects in New England included Mohegan, Pequot, and Niantic; and on Long Island, Montaukett and Shinnecock) is an Algonquian language formerly spoken by Indigenous peoples in southern present-day New England and eastern Long Island. Language endangerment and revitalization efforts As of 2014, there are between 1,400 and 1,700 recorded tribal members (these figures vary by source). The Mohegan language has been dormant for approximately 100 years; the last native speaker, Fidelia Fielding, died in 1908. Fielding, a descendant of Chief Uncas, is deemed the preserver of the language. She left four diaries that are being used in the 21st-century process of restoring the language. She also took part in preserving the traditional culture. She practiced a traditional Mohegan way of life and was the last person to live in the traditional log dwelling. Another important tribal member was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bayside (band)
Bayside is an American punk rock band from the Bayside, Queens, neighborhood of New York City, formed in 2000 by lead vocalist Anthony Raneri. The group also consists of lead guitarist Jack O'Shea, bassist Nick Ghanbarian, and drummer Chris Guglielmo. Since their formation, the group has released nine full-length albums, with their debut, '' Sirens and Condolences'', in 2004, and the release of 2005's follow-up, '' Bayside'', launching the band into mainstream success. The band released seven more albums: '' The Walking Wounded'' (2007), '' Shudder'' (2008), '' Killing Time'' (2011), ''Cult'' (2014), '' Vacancy'' (2016), '' Interrobang'' (2019) and ''There Are Worse Things Than Being Alive'' (2024). History Early years and debut album (2000–04) Bayside was formed by Anthony Raneri, Vinny Daraio, Chris Jackson (formerly of the Showoffs and Waste Management), and Mike Kozak in October 2000 in Queens, New York City. The band got its name when on their way to a Drive-Thru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montauk Station
Montauk is the terminus of the Montauk Branch of the Long Island Rail Road – as well as the easternmost railroad station on Long Island and in New York state. The station is located on Edgemere Street (CR 49) and Fort Pond Road, in Montauk, New York. History Originally built in 1895 by the Brooklyn and Montauk Railroad, it was demolished in 1907, then rebuilt twenty years later, only to be relocated by the US Navy during World War II along with a great deal of Montauk itself. The Navy confiscated the property along Fort Pond Bay in order to transform it into a sea plane base, and moved the LIRR property to the south with a third station built in 1942. The station was built in a similar style to the second station, but not the same design. Both the second and third stations still survive to this day, and for a while the second one was owned by the New York Ocean Science Laboratory. Today the second station is on the property of the Roughrider Landing Condominiums. The third ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montauk Project
The Montauk Project is a conspiracy theory that alleges there were a series of United States government projects conducted at Camp Hero or Montauk Air Force Station in Montauk, New York, for the purpose of developing psychological warfare techniques and exotic research including time travel. The story of the Montauk Project originated in the ''Montauk Project'' series of books by Preston Nichols which intermixes those stories with stories about the Bulgarian Experiment. Origin Stories about the Montauk Project have circulated since the early 1980s. According to UFO researcher Jacques Vallée, the Montauk Experiment stories seem to have originated with the highly questionable account of Preston Nichols and Al Bielek, who both claimed to have recovered repressed memories of their own involvement. Preston Nichols also claims that he was periodically abducted to continue his participation against his will. Nichols, born May 24, 1946, on Long Island, New York, claims to ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montauk Point Light
The Montauk Point Light, or Montauk Point Lighthouse, is a lighthouse located adjacent to Montauk Point State Park at the easternmost point of Long Island in Montauk, New York. The lighthouse was the first to be built within the state of New York. It is the fourth oldest active lighthouse in the United States. Montauk Point Light is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. In 2012, it was designated as a National Historic Landmark for its significance to New York and international shipping in the early Federal period. The lighthouse, which is located on Turtle Hill at the easternmost tip of Long Island, at 2000 Montauk Highway, is a privately run museum, and is not part of Montauk Point State Park. History Montauk Light was the first lighthouse in New York State, and is the fourth-oldest active lighthouse in the United States. The tower is high. The current light is a 3 order bivalve (clamshell) Fresnel lens. On April 12, 1792, construction on the lighthouse was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montauk Building
The Montauk Building – also referred to as Montauk Block – was a high-rise building in Chicago, Illinois. History Designed by John Wellborn Root Sr. and Daniel Burnham, it was built in 1882–1883, and was demolished in 1902. According to Thomas Tallmadge, "What Chartres was to the Gothic cathedral, the Montauk Block was to the high commercial building". In his non-fiction book set at the World's Columbian Exposition, ''The Devil in the White City'' (2003), author Erik Larson claims that the Montauk became the first building to be called a "skyscraper" (Larson 2003: 29). In his 1974 monograph ''Burnham of Chicago'', Thomas Hines makes a similar claim. The Montauk is also the first building in the world where construction continued through the evenings, and allegedly was the first building in Chicago to not have winter stop construction efforts. Other early high-rise buildings in the US, according to ''Scientific American'', December 1997: the Equitable Building ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Matilda Larrabee
Anna Matilda Larrabee (, Appelman; August 13, 1842 – December 30, 1931) was an American social leader. Married to Iowa List of governors of Iowa, Governor William Larrabee (Iowa politician), William Larrabee, she served as the First lady, First Lady of Iowa from 1886 until 1890. She was often referred to as "Iowa's Ideal Mother". Early life and education Anna Matilda Appelman was born in Ledyard, Connecticut, August 13, 1842. She was the oldest child of Gustavus Adolphus Appelman (1817-1893) and Prudence Anna Appelman (1821-1880). She was a direct descendant of John Alden , John and Priscilla Alden. Her father's family was of German lineage. Her grandfather, John Frederick Appclman, was the son of a Lutheran minister stationed in Wolgast, near the city of Szczecin, Stettin. He arrived in the United States in 1805, and shortly afterward took up his residence in Mystic, Connecticut, engaging in the fishing business and ship-rigging. His son, Gustavus, early followed the sea, and w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Larrabee (Iowa Politician)
William Larrabee (January 20, 1832 – November 16, 1912) was an American Republican politician from Iowa. He served as the 13th Governor of Iowa from 1886 until 1890. Early life Larrabee was born in Ledyard, Connecticut, to Adam Larrabee (1787–1869), was a West Point graduate and an accomplished soldier, who served with distinction in the War of 1812 and his mother was Hannah (née Lester). He was descended from the French Huguenot family d'Larrabee, who moved to Connecticut in the early 1600's. Larrabee was the seventh of nine children, and grew up on his father's Connecticut farm. He was educated in local schools until the age of 19. At around age 14 Larrabee lost the eyesight in his right eye after a gun he was holding accidentally discharged. As a result, he was unfit for many careers available to young men of his class in New England. Larrabee chose to become a teacher. In 1853, at age 21, he moved to Iowa following the death of his older brother John who lived in Iowa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montauk (Clermont, Iowa)
Montauk, also known as Montauk State Preserve, is a historic building located northeast of Clermont, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. William Larrabee William Larrabee, who had the house built in 1874, was a Connecticut native who made his fortune as a banker, manufacturer and land owner. with As a Republican he served for 18 years in the Iowa Senate and then two terms as the Governor of Iowa. While he was one of Iowa's wealthiest landowners in his day, he helped to change Iowa politics and make government more responsive to the needs of its citizens. During his political career he led a crusade against the uncontrolled rate abuses by the railroads, which in part, led to the creation of the Interstate Commerce Commission. After his second term he retired here to Montauk. He held a couple minor roles in his later years as the chairman of the Iowa State Board of Control, and as the President of the Iowa Commission of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snarky Puppy
Snarky Puppy is an American jazz fusion band led by bassist Michael League. Founded in 2004, Snarky Puppy combines a variety of jazz idioms, rock, world music, and funk and has won five Grammy Awards. Although the band has worked with vocalists, League described Snarky Puppy as "a pop band that improvises a lot, without vocals". History The band was formed as a 10-piece group by Michael League in Denton, Texas, after his second year at the University of North Texas, in 2004, "Because I was so bad," he claimed, "I didn't place into any of the school ensembles. So Snarky Puppy was my way of getting to play." The group has grown into an international superband comprising "...a wide-ranging assemblage of musicians known affectionately as 'The Fam'." In the more than 17 years since its founding, approximately 40 players have performed in "The Fam" on guitar, bass, keyboards, woodwinds, brass, strings, drums, and percussion, but six of the 10 members on the first studio album, '' T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bayside (album)
''Bayside'' is the second album by American rock band Bayside. Background and production In December 2004, the band posted "Existing in a Crisis (Evelyn)" on their PureVolume profile; that same month, they supported My Chemical Romance for two shows. They played a few East Coast shows, and appeared at the South by Southwest music conference, leading up to the recording of their next album. ''Bayside'' was recorded at Sheppard Music in New York City in March and April 2005, with Shep Goodman and Kenny Gioia acting as producers and engineers. The pair also mixed the album, before it was mastered by Alan Douches at West West Side in Tenafly, New Jersey. Release Following the end of recording, Bayside performed at The Bamboozle festival, and toured the East Coast with the Junior Varsity and Just Surrender Just Surrender is an American rock music, rock band from Dover Plains, New York (state), New York, formerly known as A Second Chance,Corey Apar, Just Surrender Just Su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rufus Wainwright
Rufus McGarrigle Wainwright (born July 22, 1973) is a Canadian and American singer, songwriter, and composer. He has recorded eleven studio albums and numerous tracks on compilations and film soundtracks. He has also written two classical operas and set Shakespeare's sonnets to music for a theatre piece by Robert Wilson (director), Robert Wilson. Wainwright's Rufus Wainwright (album), self-titled debut album was released through DreamWorks Records in May 1998. His second album, ''Poses (album), Poses'', was released in June 2001. Wainwright's third and fourth studio albums, ''Want One'' (2003) and ''Want Two'' (2004), were repackaged as the double album ''Want (Rufus Wainwright album), Want'' in 2005. In 2007, Wainwright released his fifth studio album, ''Release the Stars'', and his first live album, ''Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall''. His second live album, ''Milwaukee at Last!!!'', was released in 2009, followed by the studio albums ''All Days Are Nights: Songs for Lulu'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
