Pomme De Terre (other)

	Pomme De Terre (other) Pomme de Terre (French for "potato", literally "ground apple") may refer to: * Pomme de Terre, Minnesota, a ghost town, US Pomme de Terre Lake, in Missouri, US Pomme de Terre River (Minnesota), US * Pomme de Terre River (Missouri), US * Pomme de Terre Township, Grant County, Minnesota, US See also * Pomme (other) Pomme or pommes may refer to: * Pomme (singer), a French singer * Pomme, a green (vert) roundel in heraldry Other languages French * Apple * Pomme de terre, Potato * Pomme frites, French fries * Pommes fondant, Fondant potatoes See also * " ... {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Pomme De Terre, Minnesota Pomme de Terre is an extinct town in section 24 of Pomme de Terre Township in Grant County, Minnesota, United States. Content referring to Fort Pomme de Terre or the stockade have been removed as they were not at the same location. The fort site was located about 1 1/2 miles east of the village site. History Pomme de Terre was the first village settled in Grant County in 1868. It was settled by Timothy Heald, Joseph Pennock and Frank Smith and platted in 1874 by Timothy Heald in section 24 of Pomme de Terre Township. The site was chosen for its location of where the stagecoach road from St. Cloud, Minnesota to Fort Abercrombie (on the Red River) crossed the Pomme de Terre River. In 1871, N.Q. Puntches moved his general merchandise stock from the old stockade (Fort Pomme de Terre, located about 1 1/2 miles to the east) to the village. Frank Williams and August Schaeffer built a grist mill in 1873. The grist mill burned down in August 1887. At the time the mill was ship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Pomme De Terre Lake Pomme de Terre Lake is located in southwest Missouri at the confluence of Lindley Creek and the Pomme de Terre River (for which it is named). The lake is located in southern Hickory and northern Polk counties, about north of Springfield. Its name is the French language word for potato (literally "earth-apple"). The lake is part of a series of lakes in the Osage River Basin designed and constructed by the United States Army Corps of Engineers for flood control. Construction began in 1957 and was complete in 1961 at a cost of $14,946,784. Storage of water began on October 29, 1961 and the multipurpose pool was reached on June 15, 1963. The dam is adjacent to Pomme de Terre State Park and is crossed by Route 254. It consists of a circular tunnel with two 6.5 X hydraulic slide service gates and a single circular low flow gate. The dam is long, wide at the top and wide at the base (maximum). There are two arms of the lake that extend from the dam site. The Pomme de Te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Pomme De Terre River (Minnesota) The Pomme de Terre River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed October 5, 2012 tributary of the Minnesota River in western Minnesota in the United States. Via the Minnesota River, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of in an agricultural region. The headwaters region of the Pomme de Terre River is the northernmost extremity of the Minnesota River's watershed. Etymology The name ''Pomme de Terre'' is French and means literally "soil apple," usually meaning "potato." In this case, the river was named by early French explorers for a different root vegetable, the potato-like prairie turnip (''Pediomelum esculentum'', syn. ''Psoralea esculenta''), which was commonly eaten by the Sioux. Geography The Pomme de Terre River issues from Stalker Lake in Tordenskjold Township, approximately three miles (5 km) northeast of Dalton in southern Otter Tail County, and flow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Pomme De Terre River (Missouri) The Pomme de Terre River (pronounced ''pohm de TEHR'') is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed May 31, 2011 tributary of the Osage River in southwestern Missouri in the United States. Via the Osage and Missouri rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River. ''Pomme de terre'' is French for potato, a food Indians harvested in the area. Before the French explorers, the Osage people, who were historically indigenous to the region, had called it a name meaning Big Bone River, referring to the fossils of mastodons and other ancient creatures which they found along its eroding banks. Course The Pomme de Terre River is formed in Greene County in the Ozarks by the confluence of its short north and south forks, which rise in Webster and Greene counties, respectively. The river flows generally northward through Dallas, Polk, Hickory and Benton counties, past the town of Hermitage. In Polk Cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Pomme De Terre Township, Grant County, Minnesota Pomme de Terre Township is a township in Grant County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 165 at the 2000 census. Etymology The name Pomme de Terre is French and is transliterated "apple of the earth," which usually refers to the potato. In this case, however, it refers to the prairie turnip (''Psoralea esculenta''), a potato-like root vegetable which was commonly eaten by the Sioux. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 35.9 square miles (93.0 km), of which 34.1 square miles (88.3 km) is land and 1.8 square miles (4.7 km) (5.04%) is water. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 165 people, 59 households, and 49 families residing in the township. The population density was 4.8 people per square mile (1.9/km). There were 76 housing units at an average density of 2.2/sq mi (0.9/km). The racial makeup of the township was 100.00% White. There were 59 households, out of which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]