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Alden A. Mosshammer
Alden may refer to: Places United States *Alden, California, a former settlement *Alden, Colorado *Alden, Illinois *Alden, Iowa *Alden, Kansas *Alden, Michigan *Alden, Minnesota *Alden, Oklahoma *Alden, Pennsylvania *Alden, New York **Alden (village), New York *Alden, Wisconsin *Alden, Virginia *Alden Township, McHenry County, Illinois *Alden Township, Freeborn County, Minnesota *Alden Township, St. Louis County, Minnesota *Alden Township, Hettinger County, North Dakota *Alden Township, Hand County, South Dakota Elsewhere *Alden (crater), on the moon *Alden, Norway, a small island in Sogn og Fjordane county *2941 Alden, an asteroid *Alden Valley, Lancashire, England Other uses *Alden (name) *Alden House (other), various houses on the National Register of Historic Places *Alden Research Laboratory, a hydraulic laboratory in Massachusetts *Alden Rowing *Alden Shoe Company, a men's shoemaker in Middleborough, Massachusetts *''Alden v. Maine'', a 1999 US Supreme Court case ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alden, California
Temescal is one of the oldest neighborhoods in Oakland, California, located in North Oakland, Oakland, California, North Oakland, and centered on Telegraph Avenue. The neighborhood derives its name from Temescal Creek (Northern California), Temescal Creek, a significant watercourse in the city. History Temescal was originally a separate unincorporated village that had built up around the estate of Vicente Peralta, which was located near the modern intersections of Telegraph Avenue and Claremont Boulevard. (Vicente's estate was part of the larger Rancho San Antonio (Peralta), Peralta Grant that spanned 44,800 acres of land in the East Bay (San Francisco Bay Area), East Bay.) The name came from the Temescal Creek (Northern California), creek upon whose banks Peralta had established his home. The word ''temescal'' derives from the word ''temescalli/temazcalli'' (various transliterations), which means "sweat house" in the Nahuatl language of the Mexica ("Aztec") people of Mexico. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |