Watson Lake

  Watson Lake Watson Lake is one of two reservoirs at the Granite Dells, in Prescott, Arizona, that was formed in the early 1900s when the Chino Valley Irrigation District built a dam on Granite Creek.  The Granite Dells is a geological feature north of Prescott, Arizona. The Dells consist of exposed bedrock and large boulders of granite that

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Teter Rock Flint Hills Kansas

  Teter Rock Flint Hills Kansas Teterville is a ghost town in Greenwood County, Kansas, It is located approximately 11 miles east of Cassoday. No buildings remain of this former community. Teterville was founded as an “oil town” sometime after the Teeter Oil Field was discovered around 1920. The oil field was named in honor of James Teter

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Drinkwater & Schriver Mill Cedar Point Kansas

  Drinkwater & Schriver Mill The mill, which is also called the Cedar Point Mill, is owned by Drinkwater & Schriver Mill Inc., a Kansas non-profit corporation dedicated to saving the mill and maintaining it as an historic site, celebrating this exceptional 1875 Chase County, Kansas grist mill. In 1857

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Flint Hills Kansas July 2018 Free Wallpaper

Kansas Flint Hills The Flint Hills is a region in eastern Kansas and north-central Oklahoma named for the abundant residual flint eroded from the bedrock that lies near or at the surface. It consists of a band of hills stretching from Kansas to Oklahoma. The Flint Hills has the most dense

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Rodney Mississippi – Ghost Town

  Rodney Mississippi Ghost Town Rodney is a former city in Jefferson County in southwest Mississippi, approximately 32 miles northeast of Natchez. Rodney was founded in 1828, and in the 19th century, it was only three votes away from becoming the capital of the Mississippi Territory. Its population declined to

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Sand Island Lighthouse June 2018 Free Wallpaper

Sand Island Lighthouse   Sand Island lighthouse, near the western end of the Apostle Island chain, was occupied for a shorter period than any of the archipelago’s other lights. Built in 1881, it was the first of the group to be automated, in 1921. Considered by many to be one

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Lake Martin Louisiana Swamp

  Lake Martin Lake Martin, located in St. Martin Parish, is a wildlife preserve and one of Louisiana’s swamp lands. The swamp lands are home to a few trails as well as many different kinds of animals such as herons, egrets, ibis, bullfrogs, cottonmouths, alligators, and coypu (nutria) rats. Lake

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