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Schwabacher Landing – Grand Teton National Park

Schwabacher Landing - Grand Teton National Park

A view of Schwabacher Landing, which resides on a side channel of the Snake River, in the Jackson Hole valley of Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming. The peaks of the Teton Range are reflected at sunset in the slow moving river water. Peaks of the range include Nez Perce, Grand Teton, Middle Teton, Mount Owen, Teewinot, and South Teton.

Philadelphia Boathouse Row at Sunset – Pennsylvania

Philadelphia Boathouse Row at Sunset - Pennsylvania

Philadelphia Boathouse Row at Sunset, featuring the Vesper, Malta, and College Boat Clubs, the Penn Rowing Association, Udine Barge Club, and the Philadelphia Girl’s Club.

Boathouse Row hosts several major rowing regattas, including the Aberdeen Dad Vail Regatta, Stotesbury Cup Regatta, the Navy Day Regatta, the Independence Day Regatta, and the Head of the Schuylkill.

Boathouse Row is a center of Rowing in the United States, and includes college teams from the University of Pennsylvania, Drexel and La Salle.

Utah Capitol Sunset – Salt Lake City

Utah Capitol Sunset - Salt Lake City

Utah Capitol Sunset – Salt Lake City

The Utah State Capitol Building was constructed over 4 years, between 1912-1916. designed by Richard K.A. Kletting, it uses the Neoclassical revival, Corinthian architectural style.

The building houses two of three branches of state government. The Utah House and Senate, and the executive branch. The building houses the offices of the governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, and the state auditor.

Statues on the grounds of the capitol include those for Daniel C. Jackling, Edward Harriman, Thomas L. Kane, Martha Hughes Cannon, Marriner S. Eccles, and one to Chief Massasoit as a tribute to the Wampanogas chief who greeted the Pilgrims at Plymouth Rock in Massachusetts.

Utah’s first capitol building, known today as the Utah Territorial Statehouse, is located in Fillmore.

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.