Sentences with phrase «old as the colonies»

Stories of what goes bump in the night across the Carolinas are as old as the colonies themselves.

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Alexander Hamilton came to the American colonies as a 14 - year - old orphan.

Richmond has about 223,000 residents and is one of the oldest cities in the nation, as Virginia itself was one of the original 13 colonies.

We must also note that the large majority of those who migrated from the Old World to the Thirteen Colonies did so from other than religious motives and that as late as A.D. i8oo less than one - tenth of the population of what by then had become the United States held membership in any of the churches.

The report states that, even though Togo, a former French colony, is a volatile democracy, the 63 years old Fabre, has been able to keep his supporters from engaging in violent protest, as compared to Gilchrist Olympio, the former opposition leader.

Contrary to the prevailing belief that young albatrosses remain at sea until they're ready to breed, VanderWerf and Young found that 2 % of birds first returned to the colony as one - year - olds, 7 % as two - year - olds, and 17 % as three - year - olds.

Recent surveys have found more than 2,300 - year - old colony of deep - water black coral 1,480 feet (451 meters) below the surface off Oahu — and deep - sea fishing threatens the long - lived, slow - reproducing species that inhabit the sea bottom such as the Patagonian toothfish (better known as Chilean sea bass).

Because Antarctica's dry, cold conditions preserve penguin detritus, each colony accumulates piles of guano, as well as old feathers, eggshells, and bones, especially those of chicks.

But whenever ants from the main European and Californian super-colonies and those from the largest colony in Japan came into contact, they acted as if they were old friends.

Founded in 1803 as a penal colony, it is one of Australians oldest cities, with a greater area population of approximately 205,566.

Clonal colonies might be old as a whole, but no single tree is particularly... such as with radiocarbon dating, it can be much, much older.

Pearl Katrowitz, a thirty - year - old Brooklyn housewife (Diane Lane), is spending the summer, as she has for the last decade, at Dr. Fleigel's Bungalow Colony in the Catskills.

She was previously on staff as an editor and writer at the Los Angeles Times and the Providence Journal - Bulletin, and she cut her journalistic teeth as editor of the weekly Old Colony Memorial in Plymouth, Mass., where the most famous attraction is a rock.

The largest clonal tree colony called Pando, also known as The Trembling Giant, shares one massive underground root system and is estimated to be 80,000 years old.

We've been so honored to be selected by the readers of the Old Colony Memorial as the best veterinary hospital in Plymouth for the past four years.

Save a Gato manages cat colonies throughout Old San Juan, including along the Paseo Del Morro — a trail that once serviced as a maintenance road for the massive stone protective walls of the city that date back to the 1630s.

It is also very important to rescue or in the case of older kittens that would be very difficult to tame up to at least neuter and return them as left in an unneutered state they too will be capable of breeding from four months old and a feral cat colony will rapidly grow.

Hosts Mike Fry and Beth Nelson invited me on to discuss the story of 76 - year - old Joy Mattice, who's currently facing misdemeanor charges for feeding cats in Minneapolis, as well as the Brevard County (FL) Commission's decision to place a moratorium on new TNR colonies.

Describing himself as «just handy,» 15 - year - old Robbie researched cat houses online and consulted with architect Randy Lyall before leading friends and fellow Scouts in a five - day construction effort that resulted in 10 modern dwellings for feral colonies.

After a six - year study and daily observation of a feral cat colony, it has been documented that stray female cats start cycling when they are 4 - 6.9 months old, (2) or as soon as the days are long enough.

«Since the colony was able to stay together,» she says, «they also have the comfort of being with old friends as they start their happy, new lives.»

Now 100 years old it includes sections of a hedge of wild almond and brambles planted as a perimeter of the Dutch colony by Jan van Riebeek in 1660.

[1] When Marsh was two years old his family moved to Nutley, New Jersey, where his father acquired a studio home located on The Enclosure, a street that had been established as an artists» colony some decades earlier by the American painter Frank Fowler.

Interns are invited to attend, free of charge, two summer workshops in creative writing and / or visual arts — an excellent opportunity to learn from nationally renowned faculty, engage with other writers and artists and become part of Provincetown's history as the nation's oldest continuously operating art colony.

As the nation's oldest continuous art colony, Provincetown's streets are lined with art galleries, museums, and performing arts spaces providing an array of cultural happenings.

Provincetown, Massachusetts Located at land's end, on the tip of Massachusetts» Cape Cod, Provincetown (or P - Town, as it's typically known) is one of the country's oldest art colonies.

During the 1910s, their travels took them as far as California and Old Lyme, Connecticut, site of a colony of impressionist landscape painters.

The essays place Manolis» Key West paintings in perspective, portraying the island, the southernmost point of the United States, as a storied artists» colony and a centuries old source of inspiration for such legendary figures as John James Audubon, who depicted the abundant tropical wildlife, and Winslow Homer, whose mesmerizing harbor scenes are considered some of the greatest watercolors ever painted.

As the oldest of the 13 colonies, Virginia boasts beautiful landscapes and a past steeped in American history that make the state a desirable place to own a home.