Danielle (same name as my daughter - from the STCC) suggested visiting Flagstaff, Arizona. I know the Lowell Observatory is there. Clyde Tombaugh worked there as an astronomer when, in 1930, he discovered Pluto. I still consider it to be the 9th planet but alas, the International Astronomical Union says otherwise. It is now classified as a "dwarf planet" in the Kuiper belt.Anyway, let's see what else there is to know about Flagstaff.
The photos are 1) a view down Milton Street going towards Route 66, 2) Oak Creek Canyon a few miles outside Flagstaff, 3) the San Francisco Peaks viewed from Flagstaff, 4) the Old Coconino County Courthouse, and 5) the Lowell Observatory.
Flagstaff (Navajo: Kinłání) is a city located in northern Arizona, in the southwestern United States. In July 2006, the city's estimated population was 58,213. The population of the Metropolitan Statistical Area was estimated at 127,450 in 2007. It is the county seat of Coconino County. In 2005, Men's Journal named Flagstaff as No. 2 on its Best Places to Live list, and National Geographic cited the city in its list of "10 Great Towns That Will Make You Feel Young." The city is named after a Ponderosa Pine flagpole made by a scouting party from Boston (known as the "Flagstaff Tea Party") to celebrate the United States Centennial on July 4 1876.
Flagstaff lies near the southwestern edge of the Colorado Plateau, along the western side of the largest contiguous Ponderosa Pine forest in the continental United States. Flagstaff is located adjacent to Mount Elden, just south of the San Francisco Peaks, the highest mountain range in the state of Arizona. Humphreys Peak, the highest point in Arizona at 12,633 feet (3,850 m), is located about 10 miles (16 km) north of Flagstaff in Kachina Peaks Wilderness.
Flagstaff's early economy was based on the lumber, railroad, and ranching industries. Today, the city remains an important distribution hub for companies such as Nestlé Purina PetCare and Walgreens, and is home to Lowell Observatory and Northern Arizona University. Flagstaff has a strong tourism sector, due to its proximity to Grand Canyon National Park, Oak Creek Canyon, and historic Route 66. The city is also home to medical device manufacturing, including such companies as W. L. Gore and Associates, and Machine Solutions.
Flagstaff lies near the southwestern edge of the Colorado Plateau, along the western side of the largest contiguous Ponderosa Pine forest in the continental United States. Flagstaff is located adjacent to Mount Elden, just south of the San Francisco Peaks, the highest mountain range in the state of Arizona. Humphreys Peak, the highest point in Arizona at 12,633 feet (3,850 m), is located about 10 miles (16 km) north of Flagstaff in Kachina Peaks Wilderness.
Flagstaff's early economy was based on the lumber, railroad, and ranching industries. Today, the city remains an important distribution hub for companies such as Nestlé Purina PetCare and Walgreens, and is home to Lowell Observatory and Northern Arizona University. Flagstaff has a strong tourism sector, due to its proximity to Grand Canyon National Park, Oak Creek Canyon, and historic Route 66. The city is also home to medical device manufacturing, including such companies as W. L. Gore and Associates, and Machine Solutions.
In 1855, Lieutenant Edward Fitzgerald Beale surveyed a road from the Rio Grande in New Mexico to Fort Tejon in California, and camped near the current location of Flagstaff. The lieutenant had his men cut the limbs from a straight Ponderosa Pine tree in order to fly the United States flag.
The first permanent settlement was in 1876, when Thomas F. McMillan built a cabin at the base of Mars Hill on the west side of town. During the 1880s, Flagstaff began to grow, opening its first post office and attracting the railroad industry. The early economy was based on timber, sheep, and cattle. By 1886, Flagstaff was the largest city on the railroad line between Albuquerque and the west coast of the United States.
The first permanent settlement was in 1876, when Thomas F. McMillan built a cabin at the base of Mars Hill on the west side of town. During the 1880s, Flagstaff began to grow, opening its first post office and attracting the railroad industry. The early economy was based on timber, sheep, and cattle. By 1886, Flagstaff was the largest city on the railroad line between Albuquerque and the west coast of the United States.
In 1894, Massachusetts astronomer Percival Lowell hired A. E. Douglass to scout an ideal site for a new observatory. Douglass, impressed by Flagstaff's elevation, named it as an ideal location for the now famous Lowell Observatory, saying: "other things being equal, the higher we can get the better". Two years later, the specially-designed 24-inch (610 mm) Clark telescope that Lowell had ordered was installed. In 1930, Pluto was discovered using one of the observatory’s telescopes. During the Apollo program in the 1960s, the Clark Telescope was used to map the moon for the lunar expeditions, enabling the mission planners to choose a safe landing site for the lunar modules. In homage to the city's importance in the field of astronomy, asteroid 2118 Flagstaff is named for the city, and 6582 Flagsymphony for the Flagstaff Symphony Orchestra.
The Northern Arizona Normal School was established in 1899, renamed Northern Arizona University in 1966. Flagstaff's cultural history received a significant boost on April 11, 1899, when the Flagstaff Symphony made its concert debut at Babbitt's Opera House. The orchestra continues today as the Flagstaff Symphony Orchestra, with its primary venue at the Ardrey Auditorium on the campus of Northern Arizona University.
The city grew rapidly, primarily attributable to its location along the east-west transcontinental railroad line in the United States. In the 1880s, the railroads purchased land in the west from the federal government, which was then sold to individuals to help finance the railroad projects. By the 1890s, Flagstaff found itself located along one of the busiest railroad corridors in the U.S., with 80-100 trains travelling through the city every day, destined for Chicago, Los Angeles, and elsewhere.
Route 66 was completed in 1926 and ran through Flagstaff. Flagstaff was incorporated as a city in 1928, and in 1929, the city's first motel, the Motel Du Beau, was built at the intersection of Beaver Street and Phoenix Avenue. The Daily Sun described the motel as "a hotel with garages for the better class of motorists." The units originally rented for $2.50 to $5.00 each, with baths, toilets, double beds, carpets, and furniture. Flagstaff went on to become a popular tourist stop along Route 66, particularly due to its proximity to the Grand Canyon.
Flagstaff grew and prospered through the 1960s. During the 1970s and 1980s, however, many businesses started to move from the city center, and the downtown area entered an economic and social decline. Sears and J.C. Penney left the downtown area in 1979 to open up as anchor stores in the new Flagstaff Mall, joined in 1986 by Dillard's. By 1987, the Babbitt Brothers Trading Company, which had been a retail fixture in Flagstaff since 1891, had closed its doors at Aspen Avenue and San Francisco Street.
In 1987, the city drafted a new master plan, also known as the Growth Management Guide 2000, which would transform downtown Flagstaff from a shopping and trade center into a regional center for finance, office use, and government. The city built a new city hall, library, and the Coconino County Administrative Building in the downtown district, staking an investment by the local government for years to come. In 1992, the city hired a new manager, Dave Wilcox, who had previously worked at revitalizing the downtown areas of Beloit, Wisconsin and Missoula, Montana. During the 1990s, the downtown area underwent a revitalization, many of the city sidewalks were repaved with decorative brick facing, and a different mix of shops and restaurants opened up to take advantage of the area's historical appeal.
As home to a major astronomical observatory, the city has recognized an interest in preserving its dark skies by keeping light pollution to a minimum. In 1958, the city council passed the nation's first ordinance governing outdoor lighting, and similar ordinances in the latter half of the 20th century have maintained this commitment to preserving Flagstaff's dark skies. In 2001, Flagstaff was recognized by the International Dark-Sky Association as the world's first "International Dark Sky Community".
Today's Jumble (9/18/08):
PUJMY = JUMPY; HUTEC = CHUTE; UPVERY = PURVEY; GENJAL = JANGLE
CIRCLED LETTERS = UHRENG
No matter what is served, this will make it attractive.
"HUNGER"
Today is National Cheeseburger Day. I think I will have one for lunch.Jimmy Buffet said it best - Cheeseburger in Paradise.
It is also Mushroom Picking Day and National Play-Doh Day.
First Edition of the New York Times was publishedIn 1851.
Lance Armstrong's Birthday- he was born in 1971.
Lance Armstrong's Birthday- he was born in 1971.
Other things on this day in history:
96 - Nerva is proclaimed Roman Emperor after Domitian is assassinated.
324 - Constantine the Great decisively defeats Licinius in the Battle of Chrysopolis, establishing Constantine's sole control over the Roman Empire.
1180 - Philip Augustus becomes king of France.
1454 - In the Battle of Chojnice, the Polish army is defeated by Teutonic army during the Thirteen Years' War.
1502 - Christopher Columbus lands at Costa Rica on his fourth, and final, voyage.
1544 - Charles V of the Holy Roman Empire and Francis I of France sign peace treaty (Truce of Crepy-en-Laonnois)
1573 - Spanish attack on Alkmaar.
1635 - Emperor Ferdinand II declares war on France.
1679 - New Hampshire becomes a county of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
1739 - The Treaty of Belgrade is signed, ceding Belgrade to the Ottoman Empire.
1759 - The British capture Quebec City.
1793 - The first cornerstone of the Capitol building is laid by George Washington.
1809 - Royal Opera House in London opens.
1810 - First Government Junta in Chile. Though supposed to rule only in the absence of the king, it was in fact the first step towards independence from Spain, and it is commemorated as such.
1812 - Fire of Moscow (1812) fades down after destroying more than three quarters of the city. Napoleon returns from Petrovsky Palace to Moscow Kremlin, spared from the fire.
1837 - Tiffany and Co. (first named Tiffany & Young) is founded by Charles Lewis Tiffany and John B. Young in New York City, New York. The store was called a "stationery and fancy goods emporium".
1838 - Anti-Corn Law League established by Richard Cobden.
1850 - The U.S. Congress passes the Fugitive Slave Act.
1851 - The New-York Daily Times, which will become The New York Times, begins publishing.
1863 - American Civil War: Battle of Chickamauga.
1872 - King Oscar II accedes to the throne of Sweden-Norway.
1873 - The Panic of 1873 begins.
1879 - Blackpool Illuminations were switched on for the first time.
1882 - Pacific Stock Exchange opens.
1885 - Riots break out in Montreal to protest against compulsory smallpox vaccination.
1895 - Booker T Washington delivers "Atlanta Compromise" address.
1895 - Daniel David Palmer gives the first chiropractic adjustment.
1898 - Fashoda Incident - Lord Kitchener's ships reach Fashoda, Sudan.
1906 - A typhoon with tsunami kills an estimated 10,000 people in Hong Kong.
1910 - In Amsterdam, 25,000 demonstrate for general suffrage.
1911 - Russian Premier Peter Stolypin shot at the Kiev Opera House
1914 - The Irish Home Rule Act becomes law, but is delayed until after World War I.
1914 - World War I: South African troops land in German South West Africa.
1919 - The Netherlands gives women the right to vote.
1919 - Fritz Pollard becomes the first African-American to play professional football for a major team, the Akron Pros.
1922 - Hungary admitted to League of Nations.
1927 - Columbia Broadcasting System goes on the air.
1928 - Juan de la Cierva makes first autogyro crossing of the English Channel.
1931 - The Mukden Incident gives Japan the pretext to invade and occupy Manchuria.
1932 - Actress Peg Entwistle commits suicide by jumping from the letter "H" in the Hollywood sign.
1934 - USSR admitted to League of Nations.
1939 - World War II: Polish government of Ignacy Mościcki flees to Romania.
1939 - William Joyce's first Nazi propaganda broadcast.
1940 - World War II: Italian troops conquer Sidi Barrani.
1942 - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation authorized.
1943 - World War II: The Jews of Minsk are massacred at Sobibór.
1943 - World War II: Hitler orders deportation of Danish Jews.
1944 - World War II: British submarine HMS Tradewind torpedoes Junyō Maru, 5,600 killed.
1945 - Gen. Douglas MacArthur moves his command headquarters to Tokyo.
1947 - The United States Air Force becomes an independent service.
1948 - Communist Madiun uprising in Dutch Indies.
1948 - Margaret Chase Smith becomes the first woman elected to the US Senate without completing another senator's term when she defeats Democratic opponent Adrian Scolten.
1948 - Ralph Bunche confirmed as acting UN mediator for Palestine and Israel.
1959 - Vanguard 3 launched into Earth orbit.
1960 - Fidel Castro arrives in New York City as the head of the Cuban delegation to the United Nations.
1961 - U.N. Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld dies in a plane crash while attempting to negotiate peace in the war-torn Katanga region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
1962 - Rwanda, Burundi and Jamaica admitted to the United Nations.
1964 - Constantine II of Greece marries Danish princess Anne-Marie.
1964 - North Vietnamese Army begins infiltration of South Vietnam.
1967 - Esporte Clube Santo André, of Brazil, is founded.
1970 - Jimi Hendrix dies after choking on his own vomit.
1972 - First Ugandans expelled by Idi Amin arrive in the UK.
1973 - East and West Germany are admitted to the United Nations.
1974 - Hurricane Fifi strikes Honduras with 110 mph winds, killing 5,000 people.
1975 - Patty Hearst is arrested after a year on the FBI Most Wanted List.
1976 - Mao Zedong's funeral takes place in Beijing.
1977 - Voyager I takes 1st space photograph of Earth & Moon together.
1978 - Leaders of Israel and Egypt reach a settlement for the Middle East at Camp David.
1980 - Soyuz 38 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Cuban) to Salyut 6 space station.
1981 - Assemblée Nationale votes to abolish capital punishment in France
1982 - Christian militia begin massacre of 600 Palestinians in Lebanon.
1984 - Joe Kittinger completes first solo balloon crossing of the Atlantic.
1988 - End of pro-democracy uprisings in Myanmar after a bloody military coup by the State Law and Order Restoration Council. Thousands, mostly monks and civilians (primarily students) were killed by the Tatmadaw.
1990 - Liechtenstein becomes a member of the United Nations.
1991 - Yugoslavia began a naval blockade of 7 Adriatic port cities.
1992 - An explosion rocks Giant Mine at the height of a labour dispute, killing 9 replacement workers.
1997 - U.S. media magnate Ted Turner donates USD $1 billion to the United Nations.
1997 - Voters in Wales vote yes (50.3%) on a referendum on Welsh autonomy.
1998 - ICANN is formed.
2001 - First mailing of anthrax letters from Trenton, New Jersey in the 2001 anthrax attacks.
2003 - The UK's Local Government Act 2003, repealing Section 28, receives Royal Assent.
2006 - Right wing protesters riot the building of the Hungarian Television in Budapest, Hungary, one day after an audio tape was made public, on which Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány admitted he and his party lied during the 2006 general elections.
2007 - President General Pervez Musharraf announces that he will step down as army chief and restore civilian rule to Pakistan, but only after he is re-elected president
2007 - Buddhist monks join anti-government protesters in Myanmar, starting what some called the Saffron Revolution
324 - Constantine the Great decisively defeats Licinius in the Battle of Chrysopolis, establishing Constantine's sole control over the Roman Empire.
1180 - Philip Augustus becomes king of France.
1454 - In the Battle of Chojnice, the Polish army is defeated by Teutonic army during the Thirteen Years' War.
1502 - Christopher Columbus lands at Costa Rica on his fourth, and final, voyage.
1544 - Charles V of the Holy Roman Empire and Francis I of France sign peace treaty (Truce of Crepy-en-Laonnois)
1573 - Spanish attack on Alkmaar.
1635 - Emperor Ferdinand II declares war on France.
1679 - New Hampshire becomes a county of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
1739 - The Treaty of Belgrade is signed, ceding Belgrade to the Ottoman Empire.
1759 - The British capture Quebec City.
1793 - The first cornerstone of the Capitol building is laid by George Washington.
1809 - Royal Opera House in London opens.
1810 - First Government Junta in Chile. Though supposed to rule only in the absence of the king, it was in fact the first step towards independence from Spain, and it is commemorated as such.
1812 - Fire of Moscow (1812) fades down after destroying more than three quarters of the city. Napoleon returns from Petrovsky Palace to Moscow Kremlin, spared from the fire.
1837 - Tiffany and Co. (first named Tiffany & Young) is founded by Charles Lewis Tiffany and John B. Young in New York City, New York. The store was called a "stationery and fancy goods emporium".
1838 - Anti-Corn Law League established by Richard Cobden.
1850 - The U.S. Congress passes the Fugitive Slave Act.
1851 - The New-York Daily Times, which will become The New York Times, begins publishing.
1863 - American Civil War: Battle of Chickamauga.
1872 - King Oscar II accedes to the throne of Sweden-Norway.
1873 - The Panic of 1873 begins.
1879 - Blackpool Illuminations were switched on for the first time.
1882 - Pacific Stock Exchange opens.
1885 - Riots break out in Montreal to protest against compulsory smallpox vaccination.
1895 - Booker T Washington delivers "Atlanta Compromise" address.
1895 - Daniel David Palmer gives the first chiropractic adjustment.
1898 - Fashoda Incident - Lord Kitchener's ships reach Fashoda, Sudan.
1906 - A typhoon with tsunami kills an estimated 10,000 people in Hong Kong.
1910 - In Amsterdam, 25,000 demonstrate for general suffrage.
1911 - Russian Premier Peter Stolypin shot at the Kiev Opera House
1914 - The Irish Home Rule Act becomes law, but is delayed until after World War I.
1914 - World War I: South African troops land in German South West Africa.
1919 - The Netherlands gives women the right to vote.
1919 - Fritz Pollard becomes the first African-American to play professional football for a major team, the Akron Pros.
1922 - Hungary admitted to League of Nations.
1927 - Columbia Broadcasting System goes on the air.
1928 - Juan de la Cierva makes first autogyro crossing of the English Channel.
1931 - The Mukden Incident gives Japan the pretext to invade and occupy Manchuria.
1932 - Actress Peg Entwistle commits suicide by jumping from the letter "H" in the Hollywood sign.
1934 - USSR admitted to League of Nations.
1939 - World War II: Polish government of Ignacy Mościcki flees to Romania.
1939 - William Joyce's first Nazi propaganda broadcast.
1940 - World War II: Italian troops conquer Sidi Barrani.
1942 - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation authorized.
1943 - World War II: The Jews of Minsk are massacred at Sobibór.
1943 - World War II: Hitler orders deportation of Danish Jews.
1944 - World War II: British submarine HMS Tradewind torpedoes Junyō Maru, 5,600 killed.
1945 - Gen. Douglas MacArthur moves his command headquarters to Tokyo.
1947 - The United States Air Force becomes an independent service.
1948 - Communist Madiun uprising in Dutch Indies.
1948 - Margaret Chase Smith becomes the first woman elected to the US Senate without completing another senator's term when she defeats Democratic opponent Adrian Scolten.
1948 - Ralph Bunche confirmed as acting UN mediator for Palestine and Israel.
1959 - Vanguard 3 launched into Earth orbit.
1960 - Fidel Castro arrives in New York City as the head of the Cuban delegation to the United Nations.
1961 - U.N. Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld dies in a plane crash while attempting to negotiate peace in the war-torn Katanga region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
1962 - Rwanda, Burundi and Jamaica admitted to the United Nations.
1964 - Constantine II of Greece marries Danish princess Anne-Marie.
1964 - North Vietnamese Army begins infiltration of South Vietnam.
1967 - Esporte Clube Santo André, of Brazil, is founded.
1970 - Jimi Hendrix dies after choking on his own vomit.
1972 - First Ugandans expelled by Idi Amin arrive in the UK.
1973 - East and West Germany are admitted to the United Nations.
1974 - Hurricane Fifi strikes Honduras with 110 mph winds, killing 5,000 people.
1975 - Patty Hearst is arrested after a year on the FBI Most Wanted List.
1976 - Mao Zedong's funeral takes place in Beijing.
1977 - Voyager I takes 1st space photograph of Earth & Moon together.
1978 - Leaders of Israel and Egypt reach a settlement for the Middle East at Camp David.
1980 - Soyuz 38 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Cuban) to Salyut 6 space station.
1981 - Assemblée Nationale votes to abolish capital punishment in France
1982 - Christian militia begin massacre of 600 Palestinians in Lebanon.
1984 - Joe Kittinger completes first solo balloon crossing of the Atlantic.
1988 - End of pro-democracy uprisings in Myanmar after a bloody military coup by the State Law and Order Restoration Council. Thousands, mostly monks and civilians (primarily students) were killed by the Tatmadaw.
1990 - Liechtenstein becomes a member of the United Nations.
1991 - Yugoslavia began a naval blockade of 7 Adriatic port cities.
1992 - An explosion rocks Giant Mine at the height of a labour dispute, killing 9 replacement workers.
1997 - U.S. media magnate Ted Turner donates USD $1 billion to the United Nations.
1997 - Voters in Wales vote yes (50.3%) on a referendum on Welsh autonomy.
1998 - ICANN is formed.
2001 - First mailing of anthrax letters from Trenton, New Jersey in the 2001 anthrax attacks.
2003 - The UK's Local Government Act 2003, repealing Section 28, receives Royal Assent.
2006 - Right wing protesters riot the building of the Hungarian Television in Budapest, Hungary, one day after an audio tape was made public, on which Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány admitted he and his party lied during the 2006 general elections.
2007 - President General Pervez Musharraf announces that he will step down as army chief and restore civilian rule to Pakistan, but only after he is re-elected president
2007 - Buddhist monks join anti-government protesters in Myanmar, starting what some called the Saffron Revolution
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