Explain the reference and what is important about it as Dillard relates her story.
The Field Book of Ponds and Streams by Ann Haven Morgan (Ch. 16) OR Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals by Frederick H. Pough (Ch. 25) = Lauren
Ft. Pitt [additional Pittsburgh history] = Devin
Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers = Chrissy
American Standard Corporation [background] (pp. 8-9) = Jesse
Jean Arp style furniture (35) = Alyssa Z.
Calder sculpture (8, 35, 213) = Taylor
Gaugin’s Fatata te miti [art] (35) = Seth
Edgerton Avenue (33) --Richland Avenue (66) --Reynolds Street (45)= Peter
Frick Park (Ch. 10) = Chris T.
Lake Erie—summer cottage of Grandparents Doak (Ch. 13) = Sarah
The Field Book of Ponds and Streams by Ann Haven Morgan (Ch. 16) OR Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals by Frederick H. Pough (Ch. 25) = Lauren
Cotillion and Debutante process (Ch. 17 and 32) = Kelly
Orange Street Cars in Pittsburgh (Ch. 19) = Hunter K.
Ralph Kiner (68) and Roberto Clemente (220-1) [baseball players] = Hunter H.
For a tribute to Clemente, visit this site.
“trollish” Pirates’ fate in the ‘50s (97) = C.J.
Bill Mazeroski and 1960 World Series: Pirates vs. Yankees (99 and 229) = Kyle
Wayne Terwilliger (110)= Chris B.
Tamiami Trail (111) = Tanner
Reddy Kilowatt (102) = Alyssa G. Try this Reddy Kilowatt web site.
French and Indian Wars [history] (Ch. 21) = Logan
Sid Caesar (140) = Jon
Polyphemus moth (160) = La Rue's slides (see below class web page calendar)
Rhinocerous beatle (163) = Collin
Sewickley Country Club (Ch. 32) = Stella
Andrew Carnegie (Ch. 35) --
Man Walking sculpture (212-3) -- See illustration above.
Annie now. Where is Waldo Annie? = Alex
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Fort Pitt was a fort in what is now the city of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. The fort was built in 1758 during the French and Indian War, next to the site of Fort Duquesne. The French built Fort Duquesne in 1754, at the beginning of that war, and it became a focal point due to its strategic river location.
From Wikipedia
The 1960 World Series matched up the dominant Yankees (New York had won ten pennants in the previous dozen years) against the upstart Pirates. Through six games in the series, the Yankees had dominated, outscoring the Pirates 45-18, yet the Series was tied at 3 games each, largely in part due to the outstanding efforts of Pittsburgh’s bullpen in their 3 wins. In the decisive game 7, Pirates 2nd basemen Bill Mazeroski came to the plate to lead off the bottom of the 9th with the score knotted at 9. Bill promptly sent a 1-0 fastball into the left field bleachers to a frenzied crowd at Pittsburgh's Forbes Field, thus ending the game and the series and crowning the Pirates as World Champions. --Kyle N.
The American Standard Companies date back to 1929 when the company was focused on the sales of bath and kitchen necessities. This business was so strong because people will always need toilets and such until the technology advances.
Listed in the Fortune 500 companies of 2004 with sales over 9 billion dollars, now the companies are global makers of bath and kitchen stuff, air conditioning necessities, and the systems of car control. There are many brand names such as WABCO, Armitage Shanks, and Ideal Standard; but all are under the company of American Standard. --Jess
Reynolds Street, Edgerton Avenue, and Richland Avenue. All of these streets have had a lasting impact on her childhood. She was chased down Reynolds Street and down Edgerton Avenue by the business man with the black Buick. She met the "hissing cobra" power line on Richland Avenue, and also met her first crush on Richland Avenue. She also walked down Reynolds street and Edgerton Avenue to get to Frick Park, her favorite place to explore. Not only did she leave her imprint on these streets by walking each step of them, but they left a lasting imprint on her.
Peter
Rhinoceros beetles are a subfamily species. The Rhino beetle family includes some well known beetles such as the Hercules beetle, the Elephant beetle, and the unicorn beetle. The subfamily's scientific name is Dynastinae. They feed on rotten wood when they are younger, but when they are older they eat nectar, plant sap, and fruits. Another fun fact is that they can lift 850 times their own weight.
The Polyphemus Moth
A tan colored miller native to North America usually found in locations with many types of trees such as birch, willow, oak, walnut, maple, hickory, etc.
To differentiate between the sexes is easy. Males have bushy antennae, whereas females have slim antennae and usually have a larger abdomen due to carrying eggs. The eggs are very small and like the moth themselves have a brown tint to them.
Pests of the moths have become a huge problem. Parasitic Insects such as some species of wasps and flies lay their eggs in or on the young caterpillars. The eggs then hatch into larvae which consume the insides of the caterpillars. Once the caterpillars pupate, the larvae themselves pupate, killing the polyphemus pupa. Squirrels have also been known to consume the pupae of polyphemus moths, decreasing the population greatly. Pruning of trees and leaving outdoor lights on at night can also be detrimental to the polyphemus moths.
When the eggs hatch small yellow caterpillars emerge. As the caterpillars age, they molt 5 times (the 5th being into a pupa). Each instar is slightly different, but on their fifth and final instar they become a bright green color with silver spots on their side. They feed heavily on their host plant and can grow up to 3-4 inches long. They then spin cocoons of brown silk, usually wrapped in leaves of the host plant. There are generally two broods throughout the United States, one that hatches in early spring and one that hatches in late summer. The moths eclose and then must pump their wings with fluid (hemolymph) to extend them. The females emit pheromones, which the male can detect through its large, plumose antennae. Males can fly for miles in order to reach a female. After the moths mate, the female spends the majority of the remainder of her life laying eggs, while the male may mate several more times. Adults of this family of moths have vestigial mouths, meaning their mouth parts have been reduced. Because of this, they do not eat and only live as adults for less than one week.
The Polyphemus Moth got its name from Cyclops (Greek Mythology) for the eye like mark on both there hind legs and the pattern of shapes on its back. This also gives the moth protection of predators by scaring or confusing them. In some places this creature may use camouflage to hide from predators. --La Rue
From Wikipedia
The Tamiami Trail (pronounced "tammy-amee" so it rhymes) is the southern most 275 miles (443 km) of U.S. Highway 41 from State Road 60 in Tampa to U.S. Route 1 (SR 5) in Miami, Florida. The 165 mile (266 km) north-south section (hidden SR 45) extends to Naples, whereupon it becomes an east-west road (hidden SR 90) crossing the Everglades (and forming part of the northern border of Everglades National Park) before becoming Southwest Eighth Street in Miami-Dade County ("Calle Ocho" in the Little Havana section of Miami). Tamiami is said to be a contraction of, Tampa to Miami.
From Wikipedia.
The French and Indian War (1754–1763) was the North American chapter of the Seven Years' War. The name refers to the two main enemies of the British: the royal French forces and the various American Indian forces allied with them. The conflict, the fourth such colonial war between the kingdoms of France and Great Britain, resulted in the British conquest of all of New France east of the Mississippi River, as well as Spanish Florida. The outcome was one of the most significant developments in a century of Anglo-French conflict. To compensate its ally, Spain, for its loss of Florida, France ceded its control of French Louisiana west of the Mississippi. France's colonial presence north of the Caribbean was reduced to the tiny islands of Saint Pierre and Miquelon. [Submitted by Logan from Wikipedia]
Roberto Clemente
Roberto Clemente Walker (August 18, 1934 – December 31, 1972) was a professional baseball player and a Major League Baseball right fielder. Clemente was born in Carolina, Puerto Rico, the youngest of seven children. On November 14, 1964, he married Vera Zabala at San Fernando Church in Carolina. The couple had three children: Roberto Jr., Luis Roberto and Enrique Roberto. He began his professional career playing with the Santurce Crabbers in the Puerto Rican Professional Baseball League (LBBPR). While he was playing in Puerto Rico, the Brooklyn Dodgers offered him a contract to play with the Montreal Royals. Clemente accepted the offer and was active with the team until he was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the Major League Baseball draft that took place on November 22, 1954.
Clemente played eighteen seasons in Major League Baseball from 1955 to 1972, all with Pittsburgh. He was awarded the National League’s Most Valuable Player Award in 1966. During the course of his career, Clemente was selected to participate in the league's All Star Game on twelve occasions. He won twelve Gold Glove Awards and led the league in batting average four different seasons. He was involved in charity work both in Puerto Rico and other Latin American countries, often delivering baseball equipment and food to them. He died in an aviation accident on December 31, 1972, while en route to deliver aid to earthquake victims in Nicaragua. His body was never recovered. He was elected to the Hall of Fame posthumously in 1973, thus becoming the first Latin American to be selected and the only current Hall of Famer for whom the mandatory five year waiting period was waived since the wait was instituted in 1954.
Ralph Kiner
Ralph McPherran Kiner (born October 27, 1922) is an American former Major League Baseball player and current announcer. Though constant injuries forced his retirement from the game after only ten seasons, Kiner's tremendous slugging output during his short career outpaced nearly all of his National League contemporaries between the years 1946 and 1954. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1975.
In 1949, Kiner topped his 1947 total with 54 home runs, falling just two short of Hack Wilson's National League record. It was the highest total in the major leagues from 1939 to 1960, and the highest National League total from 1931 to 1997. It made Kiner the first National League player with two fifty-plus seasons. Kiner also matched his peak of 127 RBIs. From 1947 to 1951, Kiner topped 40 home runs and 100 RBIs each season. His string of seasons leading the league in home runs reached seven in 1952, when he hit 37. This was also the last of a record six consecutive seasons in which he led Major League Baseball in home runs, all under the guidance of manager Billy Meyer and Pirate great Honus Wagner. He was selected to participate in the All-Star Game in six straight seasons, 1948 to 1953.[2] He holds (by himself) the major league record of eight home runs in four consecutive multi-homer games, a mark that he set in September, 1947.
From Wikipedia
In order to learn how to act like a proper lady or gentleman, young people attend Cotillion, a service that molds “stray cats” into fine young adults. Females who want to become even more of a young lady (and in medieval times, eligible for marriage) attend a Debutante Ball. They wear court dress and parade around as "Princesses of Maturity, Wisdom, and etiquette." --Kelly
Pittsburgh's trolley system dates back to the late-19th century when the state legislature passed a law allowing power companies to build passenger railways motivated by electricity. By 1902 Pittsburgh had 400 miles of single track and over 1100 trolleys in operation. As the operations progressed the railway company decided to use a standard orange streetcar that is seen in Dillard's book. Over the years the color of these standard cars faded to yellow and they became known as "yellow streetcars." In modern days these trolleys are no longer in operation, but kept in museums. To replace these cars, Pittsburgh has hundreds of miles of "T" cars similar to the light rail system in Denver. --Hunter H.
Annie Dillard (born April 30, 1945, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American author, best known for her narrative nonfiction. She has also published poetry, essays, literary criticism, autobiography, and fiction. She is married to the historical biographer Robert D. Richardson, Jr. (Wikipedia)
Now at the age of 63, Dillard continues to write in the town of Middletown, Connecticut. Her most recent work in titled Maytrees, but her most famous work would be Pilgrim at Tinker Creek.
She loves nature, and when she is not writing, she spends her time outdoors. She has won many honors for her writing and I'm sure will continue to do so.
--Alex
Check out Annie’s official website at http://www.anniedillard.com/
Isaac Sidney "Sid" Caesar was born on September 8, 1922. He is a comedic, Emmy Award winning actor from America. The writer/ actor grew up in Yonkers, New York, where he developed his own style of acting, by watching people that he saw. He most likely developed his since of humor from his family, especially his brother who had also been a comic. All the way from playing the saxophone as a kid, and to acting in a famous movie, this actor inspired many lives throughout the years. Caesar was known mostly as the leading man on the 1950s television series Your Show of Shows and Caesar’s Hour. Also he was Coach Calhoun in Grease and Grease 2. (Wikipedia) --Jon
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