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Peters
Peters may refer to: People * Peters (surname) * Peters Band, a First Nations band in British Columbia, Canada Places United States * Peters, California, a census-designated place * Peters, Florida, a town * Peters Township, Kingman County, Kansas * Peters, an unincorporated community in Casco Township, St. Clair County, Michigan * Peters Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania * Peters Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania * Peters, Texas, an unincorporated area * Peters Mountain, in Virginia and West Virginia * Peters Glacier (Alaska Range), Alaska * Peters Glacier (Brooks Range), Alaska * Peters Canyon, Orange County, California * Peters Reservation, Massachusetts, a nature reserve * Peters Park (Boston) * Peters River, in Massachusetts and Rhode Island * Peters Brook (other) * Peters Creek (California) * Peters Creek (Pennsylvania) Elsewhere * Peters Peak, Ross Dependency, Antarctica * Peters Butte, Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica * Peters Glacier (Sout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peters Ice Cream
Peters Ice Cream is an Australian ice cream brand, now a subsidiary of European food firm Froneri. It was originally developed by an expatriate American, Frederick (Fred) Augustus Bolles Peters in 1907, using his mother's recipe. History Peters was established by Fred Peters in 1907 in Paddington, New South Wales as the ''Peters' American Delicacy Company''. Business flourished and in 1923 a new manufacturing plant was built in Redfern. In 1927, Peters then established an associated sister company ''Peters' Arctic Delicacy Co. Ltd'' in Brisbane, with a branch located in Newcastle. In 1929, Peters futher expanded when associated companies were established in Victoria, Western Australia and Townsville, with a new manufacturing plant in Rockhampton. Peters was largely responsible for introducing to Australia the small refrigerated cabinet, which he hired out to retailers. The red and cream corporate identity was adopted in New South Wales and Queensland, whilst green and crea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peters Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania
Peters Township is a township in Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 22,946 at the 2020 census. It is a suburb of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. History Peters Township was incorporated in 1781 as one of Washington County's thirteen original townships. It had fallen within the area claimed by Virginia as its Yohogania County before the resolution of that state's boundary dispute with Pennsylvania. Over the years, portions of Peters Township were sectioned off to form other municipalities; eventually, leaving the present configuration of . Peters Township was named after William "Indian" Peters. There is uncertainty regarding Peters' race, with some sources holding that he was Native American and others that he was a white man who traded with local Native Americans. Regardless, the Indian name has long been associated with Peters Township. Some of the first settlers were James and Joshua Wright, James Matthews, John Sweringer, Rev. David Ph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peters Canyon
Peters Canyon Regional Park is a regional park within the Orange County, California, Orange County Regional Parks System in California. The park contains 354 acres of southern California wildlife, including coastal sage shrub, riparian, freshwater marsh, and grasslands, and is located within the boundaries of both Orange, California and Tustin, California. Peters Canyon was given to this city in 1992 by the Irvine Company who had used it previously for cattle grazing. The canyon is lined with a residential area on one side and open hills on the other. This canyon is commonly used by hikers, mountain bikers, and equestrians because of the trails that circumvent the 50 acre man-made lake, which was constructed by the Irvine Company in 1931, on the interior of the plot. The regional park is open from 7:00 AM to sunset every day of the week, save for the chance of rain or hazardous conditions, in which case the park will be closed for three days following the particular occurrence. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peters (surname)
Peters is a patronymic surname (Peter (given name), Peter's son) of Low German, Dutch language, Dutch, and English language, English origin. It can also be an English translation of Gaelic Mac Pheadair (same meaning) or an Americanized form of cognate surnames like Peeters or Pieters. at ancestry.com, sourced from Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press Geographical distribution As of 2014, 34.4% of all known bearers of the surname ''Peters'' were residents of the United States (frequency 1:2,037), 23.6% of Germany (1:658), 6.4% of the Netherlands (1:511), 5.4% of Canada (1:1,328), 5.2% of Nigeria (1:6,574), 4.8% of England (1:2,261), 3.9% of South Africa (1:2,708), 3.1% of Australia (1:1,482), 1.2% of Togo (1:1,226), 1.1% of Sierra Leone (1:1,214) and 1.0% of Belgium (1:2 ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peters Creek (Pennsylvania)
Peters Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed August 15, 2011 tributary of the Monongahela River and part of the Ohio River and Mississippi River watersheds, flowing through southwestern Pennsylvania in the United States. Variant names According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as: * Peter's Creek Course Peters Creek starts in Nottingham Township in Washington County and runs generally northerly until it joins the Monongahela River at Clairton in Allegheny County. Watershed The Peters Creek watershed is a diverse fifty square miles in southwestern Allegheny County and northeastern Washington County. From the heavy industry in the east where Peters Creek enters the Monongahela River, to the commercial northeast, the suburban northern communities, and the still rural and farming south, the watershed is a veritable patchwork of land use types. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peters Fashions
Peters Fashions, also known as Peters of Huddersfield, is a family-run department store in the market town of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England. The business has its origins in the department store Kayes, founded in 1863. Ernest Whittle was joint managing director of Kayes until his death in 1976, when his sons Alan and Peter took over. Family and Health: The family history of Peters department store - The Huddersfield Daily Examiner, 9 February 2011, ''Accessed 29 May 2013''. In April 1982, Kayes, citing the recession and issues with town centre parking, announced their King Street store would close in July with a loss of 100 jobs. Peter Whittle who had worked at Kayes since 1948 used his share ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peters Cartridge Company
The Peters Cartridge Company was a company located along the Little Miami River in Kings Mills, Ohio, which specialized in gunpowder and ammunition production. Founded in 1887 by Gershom Moore Peters, the company supplied military ammunition to various countries during both world wars. Following its demise in 1944, the site was repurposed by Columbia Records and later Seagram, before being abandoned in 1968 and falling into disrepair. Its historic buildings, built in 1916, were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. A brewery and apartment complex themed to the defunct company was constructed on site in 2020, in which many structures were restored and the company's history was placed on display for guests. History Joseph Warren King purchased the Austin & Carleton powder mill on the Little Miami River in 1855 and expanded it as the Miami Powder Company including the company town of Goes Station, Ohio. King sold the Miami Powder Company in 1877 to build the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peters Bookselling Services
Peters Bookselling Services is a wholly owned subsidiary of J S Peters & Son Ltd., a family run business operating in the children's book selling market, and is based in Birmingham, England. History J S Peters & Son Ltd. have been involved in library supply and general bookselling since 1935 with the opening of their first shop in Moor Street, Birmingham by John Sheldon Peters. About Peters. founded in 1935. A move to Thorp Street in 1962 saw Malcolm Peters join the company, the 3rd generation of the Peters family, where he built up the business by selling books to schools and colleges. A requirement in 1989 to house the Birmingham Royal Ballet on the Thorp Street site, meant the company moved to much larger premises nearby on Bromsgrove Street, providing of showroom and offices. The company is still controlled by the Peters family, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peters (bakery)
Peters was a British bakery chain. The business entered into administration in 2012 and the business was acquired by Cooplands of Scarborough. History Peter Knowles (born c.1943) was born and raised in County Durham. He trained and worked as a baker in Leeds and London, but returned home to establish a bakery business at Belmont in 1966. A second shop was opened shortly afterwards in Durham city centre. Shops were opened in Teesside and North Tyneside in the mid-1980s. A rival bakery chain, Harrison's of Spennymoor, with 29 branches, was acquired in the mid-1990s. Following the acquisition Peter's controlled around 70 shops, from Ashington in Northumberland to Northallerton in North Yorkshire. In 2003 its production plant at Durham was destroyed in a large fire forcing production to move to temporary accommodation in Peterlee Peterlee is a town in County Durham, England. It is located south of Sunderland, north of Hartlepool, west of the Durham Coast and east of Durham. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edition Peters
Edition Peters is a classical music publisher founded in Leipzig, Germany in 1800. History The company came into being on 1 December 1800 when the Viennese composer Franz Anton Hoffmeister (1754–1812) and the local organist Ambrosius Kühnel (1770–1813) opened a concern in Leipzig known as the "Bureau de Musique." Along with publishing, the new firm included an engraving and printing works and a retail shop for selling printed music and instruments. Among its earliest publications were collections of chamber music works by Haydn and Mozart. When Hoffmeister departed for Vienna in 1805, the firm had already issued several works by the then new Viennese composer, Ludwig van Beethoven (Opp. 19–22; 39–42). Kühnel continued publishing new works, adding those of composers Daniel Gottlob Türk, Václav Tomášek, and Louis Spohr, all of whom went on to have a long relationship with the firm. After Kühnel's death, the enterprise was sold to Carl Friedrich Peters (1779– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peters Village, Kent
Wouldham is a village on the bank of the River Medway in Kent, England. In 2011 its population was approximately 1500, which has increased since 2017, with substantial housing development to the south of the village. It has an 11th-century church, two schools – a primary school and one for those with special educational needs, and two public houses, The Medway Inn and The Waterman's Arms. History The tusk and teeth of a mammoth were excavated in Peters Pit and displayed in Rochester Guildhall Museum. In 1982, the skull of an 18-year-old teenager was excavated, dated as 1500 BC. Oral history suggests that the village was occupied when the Romans arrived, and that they constructed a ford across the Medway. The site of a temple dedicated to Mithras has been excavated and occurs on old maps. On the Wouldham Marshes is ''Starkey House'' built in 1483: a now restored Grade I listed medieval manor house called Starkey Castle. In the churchyard, is the grave of Walter Burke, who was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peters Bay
Peters Bay () is a bay of the Greenland Sea in King Christian X Land, Greenland. Administratively it belongs to the NE Greenland National Park area. History The bay was first surveyed by Carl Koldewey during the 1869–70 Second German North Polar Expedition. It was named "Peters Bay" () after German zoologist and explorer Wilhelm Peters (1815 – 1883), who wrote one of the zoological texts for Koldewey's expedition report. In 1932 a Norwegian hunting station was built on the western shore of the bay, about northeast of the mouth of Ardencaple Fjord. It was named Jonsbu ''(Jónsbú)'' after Norwegian trapper John Schjelderup Giæver (1901–1970). The station was destroyed by a vessel of the Greenland Patrol in World War II. Geography The bay lies in Northeastern Greenland, by the southwestern shore of Hochstetter Foreland, part of Queen Margrethe II Land. The Ardencaple Fjord has its mouth to the SW of the bay, beyond Cape Klinkerfues. The southeasternmost headland is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
