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The U.S. Johnson Map Project (JMP) is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to preserve the works of American publisher Alvin J. Johnson, including his atlases and books. The project reflects the work of Ira S. Lourie, who has studied the work of Johnson since 1985. [1] The JMP offers the data collected by the project free to public on ...
Alvin Jewett Johnson (1827-1884), also known as A.J. Johnson, led the New York City publishing company which published Johnson's Family Atlases from 1860 to 1887. These atlases were published under his name alone or with Browning (1860–62) and Ward (1862-1866), and are fascinating because the sequence of atlas maps documented the growth of the United States during this quarter century ...
Johnson's Island. / 41.4963; -82.7346 ( Johnson Island Civil War Prison and Fort Site) Johnson's Island is a 300-acre (120 ha) island in Sandusky Bay, located on the coast of Lake Erie, 3 miles (4.8 km) from the city of Sandusky, Ohio. It was the site of a prisoner-of-war camp for Confederate officers captured during the American Civil War.
The Swirly Ices — Fruity Melon, Churning Cherry, Berry Blast, Tropical Tornado — were sold separately and as part of a variety pack in independent kosher supermarkets in Florida, California ...
The 1968 United States presidential election was the 46th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 5, 1968.The Republican nominee, former vice president Richard Nixon, defeated both the Democratic nominee, incumbent vice president Hubert Humphrey, and the American Independent Party nominee, former Alabama governor George Wallace.
Ohio City chef Parker Bosley was an early farmer's market supporter. [7] Ohio City contains the largest concentration of craft breweries in Cleveland, which includes Hansa Brewing, Market Garden Brewery, Nanobrew, Platform Beer, Saucy Brew Works, Bad Tom Smith Brewing, and the state of Ohio's oldest microbrewery, the Great Lakes Brewing Company.
The 1960 United States presidential election was the 44th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 8, 1960.The Democratic ticket of Senator John F. Kennedy and, his running mate, Senate Majority Leader Lyndon B. Johnson narrowly defeated the Republican ticket of incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon and his running mate, U.N. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.
Johnson was the fourth and most recent vice president to succeed the presidency following the death of his predecessor and win a full term in his own right. Johnson won the largest share of the popular vote for the Democratic Party in history, 61.1%, and the highest for any candidate since the advent of widespread popular elections in 1824.