Monthly Archive: September 2022

Lincoln Memorial at Night – Washington D.C.

September 18, 2022 0 Comments

Lincoln Memorial at Night - Washington D.C.

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Lincoln Memorial at Night. Constructed between 1914-1922, the Lincoln Memorial was fashioned after a Greek Doric Temple, and sits west of the reflecting pool on the National Mall in Washington D.C. The temple contains a large statue of President Lincoln along with the words from two of his famous speeches, the Gettysburg Address and his Second Inaugural Address. Lincoln’s Statue was carved by the Piccirilli Brothers. The Memorial was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1966.

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Sunrise over Valley of Fire Wash – Las Vegas, Nevada

September 17, 2022 0 Comments

Sunrise over Valley of Fire Wash - Las Vegas, Nevada

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The sun rises over a colorful dry desert wash in the Valley of Fire, near Las Vegas Nevada. The Valley of Fire State Park covers an area of more than 49,000 acres, and offers of varied landscape, flat open desert, colorful sandstone rock strata, the written remains of ancient native american tribes, and beautiful isolated canyons and ravines that offer recreational opportunities and shelter a variety of plant and wildlife species. The Valley of Fire is part of the Mojave Desert, and lies at an elevation from 1,320–3,009.

The park is also part of the Virgin River drainage, which originates east of Zion National Park in Utah, and forms part of the vast Colorado River Basin that eventually drains into the Sea of Cortez (Gulf of California) in Mexico.

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Replica 1880s Train Station – Xenia, Ohio

September 17, 2022 0 Comments

Replica 1880s Train Station - Xenia, Ohio

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In 1998, the City of Xenia commissioned the building of a replica train station that once stood at the site of what was at one time the freight yard of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O). The city of Xenia has had a long history with railroads, starting in the 1840’s with the Little Miami Railroad (LMRR), followed by the Columbus and Xenia Railroad (C&X) and then the Baltimore & Ohio in the 1890’s. The peak of the railroad in Xenia came in the 1930s. And today, what was the B&O freight yard, is now a hub for 5 regional rail trails, including the Ohio to Erie Trail, which will run from Cincinnati to Cleveland once completed.

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