First in keeping with his profession, as a University Professor were going to have a pop quiz. One question pass fail. Here is the question. What do jeff chandler, charles bronson, rock hudson and the incredibleably blueeyed Burt Lancaster all have in common . I think i hear the answer and the answer is all these hollywood leading men played Apache Indian leaders in the movies. Jeff chandler played cochise. Hock hudson played taza, son of cochise. Bronson want chato and burt was the warrior, masai. For extra credit, answer this, what made these roles so attractive to these actors in could it be the epic nature of their struggle . Keep those questions in mind. Also keep those names in mind. Maybe not the faces. The people may reappear as paul hutton tells us about our war with the apache tribes. Americas longest. It all began with an apache raid and the kidnapping of an arizona ranchers boy in 1861 and lasted more than a quarter after century. The fighting only ended with the 1886 surre
Phrenology, the belief that you could determine personality from the shape of someone's skull, was so popular in the Victorian era that phrenology parlors sprung up all over Europe and America.
San Francisco s Feusier Octagon House House Has Hit The Market at $8.5 Million
A relic of the mid-1800 s when this type of shaped house was all the buzz. Open Homes Photography for Sotheby’s International Realty
Back in the 1800s, octagonal houses were the trendiest thing in architecture. This interest was greatly spurred by the book
A Home For All, in which the author, a phrenologist named Orson Squire, explores the major benefits of octagonal houses. Some benefits mentioned: Octagonal houses allows for twice as much natural light to enter the home and offer centralized ventilation, which makes it easier to for it to stay cool the summer and keep in heat during the winter. While the trend of octagonal housing would fade, some of them still stand today. One of the last remaining octagon houses, The Feusier Octagon House situated in San Francisco city’s Russian Hill neighborhood, is up for sale at $8.6 million.
An unusual octagon-shaped bed-and-breakfast in Oakland, built in 1850, has long thrived not only on tourism but on winter trade by visiting professors.
Henry H. Wildes Jr. and Sharon M. Wildes sold the Pressey House, at 32 Belgrade Road, to Ronald and Nicole Goodheart for an undisclosed price. The list price was $649,000. John McCarthy of Legacy Properties Sotheby’s International Real Estate represented the sellers and Jordan Stolt of Summit Real Estate represented the buyers in the deal. Also participating in the transaction were Andy Rhoades of Kennebec Saving Bank and attorney Jerome Gamache.
Located at the north end of Messalonskee Lake, the house was built between 1854 and 1858 by H.T. Pressey. It was put on the National Register of Historical Places in 1977, according to the inn’s website.