Harrison Holt Richardson
Dr. Harrison Holt Richardson (June 16, 1919 - July 17, 1999) was the youngest member of Rear admiral (United States), Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd's United States Antarctic Service Expedition from 1939-1941. As part of the expedition, Richardson was the first person to record color movie footage of Antarctica. References External links Footage of the Antarctic expedition
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Beaver, Pennsylvania
Beaver is a borough in and the county seat of Beaver County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It is located at the confluence of the Beaver and Ohio Rivers, approximately northwest of Pittsburgh. As of the 2020 census, the borough population was 4,838. The borough is a Tree City USA community. Robert Linn was the mayor of Beaver for 58 years, from 1946 to 2004, making him one of the longest-serving mayors in the United States. History The area around Beaver was once home to Shawnee Indians, who were later displaced by groups such as the Mingoes and the Lenape. It was part of the Ohio Country that was in dispute during the French and Indian War. Beaver became the site of Fort McIntosh, a Revolutionary War era Patriot frontier fort. After the war, the fort was the home of the First American Regiment, the oldest active unit in the US Army. The fort was abandoned in 1788 and razed a short time later. By then, the frontier had moved westward and there was no furth ...
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