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Waldo
Waldo may refer to: People and fictional characters * Waldo (given name), a list of people and fictional characters with the name * Waldo (surname), a list of people * Waldo (footballer), Brazilian footballer Waldo Machado da Silva (1934–2019) * Waldo (musician), Finnish eurodance musician Marko Reijonen (born 1967) Places Canada * Waldo, British Columbia, a ghost town United States Communities * Waldo, Alabama, a town * Waldo, Arkansas, a city * Waldo, former name of Sausalito, California, a city * Waldo Junction, California, formerly Waldo, an unincorporated community * Waldo, Florida, a city ** Waldo Historic District, Waldo, Florida * Waldo, Kansas, a small town ** Waldo Township, Russell County, Kansas, the surrounding township * Waldo, Kansas City, Missouri, a city neighborhood * Waldo, Magoffin County, Kentucky * Waldo County, Maine ** Waldo, Maine, a town * Waldo, Missouri, an unincorporated community * Waldo, New Mexico, an unincorporated area * Waldo, Ohi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waldo, Florida
Waldo is a city in Alachua County, Florida, United States. According to the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census the population was 1,015, up from 821 in 2000 United States Census, 2000. History The first major U.S. federal highway in early territorial Florida, Bellamy Road, was constructed in the 1820s–1830s and passed through Waldo from around Lake Santa Fe to the east and on towards the Santa Fe River (Florida), Santa Fe River in the west, where it passed over the river on a natural land bridge at modern O'Leno State Park. In 1853, the Florida Legislature chartered the Florida Railroad to build a line from Fernandina Beach, Florida, Fernandina to Tampa, Florida, with a branch running to Cedar Key, Florida, Cedar Key. U.S. United States Senate, Senator David Levy Yulee, president and chief stockholder of the Florida Railroad, made the decision to build the Cedar Key branch first. The section up to Gainesville, Florida, Gainesville was completed by 1859, with the intersectio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waldo, Kansas
Waldo is a city in Waldo Township, Russell County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 30. History The Union Town Company established the town of Waldo on October 1, 1888, having acquired 280 acres of land on a line of the Union Pacific Railroad. The community grew over the following decades, reaching a population of approximately 300 by 1915. A small business community, including a bank, stores, and three grain elevators, developed during the 1900s. The town served as an agricultural shipping and receiving point for the surrounding area. Waldo incorporated as a city in May 1911. Since the 1930s, the population of the community has gradually declined. Waldo High School closed in 1964, followed by Waldo Grade School in 1979. In 1993, Union Pacific abandoned its rail line through Waldo, ending rail service to the community. Geography Waldo is located at (39.120162, -98.797863) at an elevation of 1,713 feet (522 m). The community is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waldo (given Name)
Waldo is a masculine given name. It comes from the Anglo-Saxon name '' Waltheof'', and may refer to: People * Waldo of Reichenau (740–814), Carolingian abbot and bishop * Waldo Colburn (1824–1885), American politician * Waldo A. Evans (1869–1936), American naval captain and military governor * Waldo Frank (1889–1967), American novelist, historian, and critic * Waldo Grant (born 1946), American serial killer * Waldo E. Harder (1918–1976), president of Grace University * M. Waldo Hatler (1894–1967), American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient * Waldo Hutchins (1822–1891), U.S. Congressman * Waldo P. Johnson (1817–1885), U.S. senator and Confederate congressman * Waldo Kantor (born 1960), Argentine volleyball player * Waldo K. Lyon (1914–1998), U.S. Navy physicist * Waldo Machado (born 1934), Brazilian former footballer * Waldo McBurney (1902–2009), credited as "America's Oldest Worker" * Waldo Ponce, Chilean football player * Waldo de los Ríos (1934–19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waldo, New Mexico
Waldo was a ghost town in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States. Description The community was created along the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway just west of Cerrillos. Today little remains, although the name appears on a freeway exit on Interstate 25, some distance to the west. Today, Waldo is a siding along the line of the BNSF Railway, which bought out the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. Waldo was at the junction of the AT&SF main east-west line and the Madrid spur. There were coke ovens in Waldo, supplied by coal from Madrid. The spur itself no longer exists. The ovens were on the south side of the mail line, and the town on the north. The rail line parallels the Galisteo River The Galisteo Basin is a surface basin and a closely related groundwater basin in north-central New Mexico. Its primary watercourse is the Galisteo River or Galisteo Creek, a perennial stream, for part of its course, that flows from the ea .... See also References E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waldo (short Story)
"Waldo" (1942) is a short story by American writer Robert A. Heinlein, originally published in ''Astounding Magazine'' in August 1942 under the pseudonym Anson MacDonald. It is available in the 1950 book ''Waldo & Magic, Inc.'' (as well as other collections). Both stories in that collection involve magic but are otherwise unrelated. The essence of the story is the journey of a mechanical genius from his self-imposed exile from the rest of humanity to a more normal life, conquering the disease myasthenia gravis as well as his own contempt for humans in general. The key to this is that magic is loose in the world, but in a logical and scientific way. Waldo Farthingwaite-Jones was born a weakling, unable even to lift his head up to drink or to hold a spoon. Far from destroying him, this channeled his intellect, and his family's money, into the development of the device patented as "Waldo F. Jones' Synchronous Reduplicating Pantograph". Wearing a glove and harness, Waldo could co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waldo (novel)
''Waldo'' is the debut novel of American novelist and travel writer Paul Theroux. It was originally published in 1967 by Houghton Mifflin The asterisk ( ), from Late Latin , from Ancient Greek , ''asteriskos'', "little star", is a typographical symbol. It is so called because it resembles a conventional image of a heraldic star. Computer scientists and mathematicians often voc .... External linksArticle about ''Waldo'' at Fantastic Fiction 1967 American novels Novels by Paul Theroux Houghton Mifflin books 1967 debut novels {{1960s-novel-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Powerhouse Arts District, Jersey City
The Powerhouse Arts District is a historic warehouse district in Downtown Jersey City, New Jersey, United States, on the water front of the Hudson River. Its name derives from the unused generating station Hudson and Manhattan Railroad Powerhouse, a historic Victorian-era power plant that was renovated into an arts center. The area was once home to large industrial operations, which gradually left the district during the 20th century, leaving large derelict buildings that attracted artists drawn to the large, affordable loft spaces. WALDO and PAD Most of the proposals for retail and gallery space never materialized or found tenants, and as a result the eight blocks of industrial buildings remain much the same as in 2002 when the district began. As well, the city approved new zoning for a large development on First Street which deviated from the district plan. New zoning was proposed for several other blocks. Most proposed developments were higher rise structures, and the majority ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waldo Park
Waldo Park is a municipal park, located in downtown Salem, Oregon, United States. It is one of the smallest city parks in the world, measuring . The park consists of a giant sequoia (one of the biggest tree species in the world) surrounded by landscaping and marked with a plaque and sign. The park is named for the 19th-century lawyer and Marion County judge William Waldo, who planted the tree on his property in 1872. Waldo later sold his property to the city, under condition that the tree be preserved. In 1936, the tree was made into a city park as a result of activism by the American War Mothers, with the support of prominent Salem citizens. The tree is located at the intersection of Union and Summer streets, with Summer Street, a major Salem thoroughfare, temporarily reduced in width to make room for the tree. The tree currently reaches a height of . It is a designated Oregon Heritage Tree. Gallery Image:Waldo Park Salem, Oregon.JPG Image:Waldo Park redwood tree Salem, Oreg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waldo Mountain
Waldo Mountain is a summit in Lane County, Oregon, in the United States. with an elevation of . It is in the Waldo Lake Wilderness and the Willamette National Forest. The mountain and nearby Waldo Lake were named for John B. Waldo, an Oregon jurist. The Waldo Mountain Fire Lookout The Waldo Mountain fire lookout is located atop Waldo Mountain, in the Willamette National Forest, Oregon Oregon () is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's nor ... stands at the summit. References External links * Mountains of Lane County, Oregon Mountains of Oregon {{LaneCountyOR-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waldo Lake
Waldo Lake is a natural alpine lake in the Cascade Mountains of the U.S. state of Oregon. It is the second largest natural non-alkali lake in Oregon with just under of water surface and a maximum depth of . The lake is named after Oregon politician, judge, and conservationist John B. Waldo. Location The lake is located in Lane County at an elevation of above sea level. Access is via Forest Service Road 5897 from Oregon Route 58 approximately east of Oakridge. The forest road travels to the lake. History The area was first inhabited by Native Americans, and the lake was later discovered by Molalla Indian Charlie Tufti. According to pioneer resident Frank S. Warner it was then named Pengra Lake after Byron J. Pengra, a pioneer railroad champion. Later the lake was named in honor of Judge John B. Waldo from the Oregon Supreme Court who helped push for preservation in the Cascades which began with the Cascade Forest Reserve established by President Cleveland in 1893. Waldo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waldo Hills
The Waldo Hills are a range of hills in the Willamette Valley of Oregon, United States. Encompassing an area of around , the hills are located east of Salem.Corning, Howard M. ''Dictionary of Oregon History''. Binfords & Mort Publishing, 1956. The hills are named after pioneer Daniel Waldo. Geology The hills stretch out from Mill Creek in a northeasterly direction. These hills were formed by a cuesta of Columbia River Basalt Group.Yeats, RobertTectonic Setting of the Willamette Valley.Geological Society of America, Accessed September 10, 2007. Rocks of the hills include Tertiary volcanic bedrock, sedimentary bedrock, and Plio-Pleistocene sedimentary basin fill shaped by elongate domical folds.Terry L. Tolan and Marvin H. BeesonGeologic Map of the Scotts Mills, Silverton, and Stayton Northeast 7.5 Minute Quadrangles, Oregon. United States Geological Survey, 1999. The Waldo Hills form part of the divider between the upper and lower Willamette Valley. Additionally, the Waldo Hills as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Waldo
Mount Waldo is a small mountain about high in Waldo County, Maine, Waldo County, Maine. It is located in the town of Frankfort, Maine, Frankfort. Mt. Waldo granite was once the stock in trade of a thriving industry. The Mount Waldo Granite has a coarse-grained texture which gives it a more patchy, mottled look than the finer-grained granites. Although granite is no longer quarried here, it can still be seen in buildings in many eastern cities, such as New York City, New York, Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia. The combination of bare rock ledges and proximity to tidewater made this granite amenable to quarrying in the early 19th century. The two significant quarries in the Mount Waldo Granite in the 19th century were on the northeast flank of Mount Waldo itself, and near the top of Mosquito Mountain. According to a description of the operations from the early 20th century, the quarried stone was taken over graded tracks, operated by gravity, to cutting sheds and wharfs on Marsh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
