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River Hill, Columbia, Maryland
River Hill is the last"River Hill Community Association" riverhill.columbiavillages.org, accessed May 29, 2009 and westernmost village to be developed in the town of , United States, though some residents maintain addresses in Clarksville. The village is home to 6,520 residents in 2,096 housing units in 2014. The area was used as a game preserve by to entertain clients and personal hunting during the buildout of the Columbia project. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Sovereign States
The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty. The 205 listed states can be divided into three categories based on membership within the United Nations System: 193 member states of the United Nations, UN member states, two United Nations General Assembly observers#Current non-member observers, UN General Assembly non-member observer states, and ten other states. The ''sovereignty dispute'' column indicates states having undisputed sovereignty (188 states, of which there are 187 UN member states and one UN General Assembly non-member observer state), states having disputed sovereignty (15 states, of which there are six UN member states, one UN General Assembly non-member observer state, and eight de facto states), and states having a political status of the Cook Islands and Niue, special political status (two states, both in associated state, free association with New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drainage Basin
A drainage basin is an area of land in which all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, the drainage divide, made up of a succession of elevated features, such as ridges and hills. A basin may consist of smaller basins that merge at river confluences, forming a hierarchical pattern. Other terms for a drainage basin are catchment area, catchment basin, drainage area, river basin, water basin, and impluvium. In North America, they are commonly called a watershed, though in other English-speaking places, " watershed" is used only in its original sense, that of the drainage divide line. A drainage basin's boundaries are determined by watershed delineation, a common task in environmental engineering and science. In a closed drainage basin, or endorheic basin, rather than flowing to the ocean, water converges toward the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Due House
John Due House or Henry Warfield House, is a historic slave plantation located in Clarksville in Howard County, Maryland, United States. The Stone house resides at 6044 Trotter Road, a road named after Emma and John Trotter who owned the property in the 1930s. The 18th century kitchen predates the 1836 additions. The property includes a slave quarters, corn crib and smokehouse. It was built for Benjamin Franklin Warfield with his nephew Nicholas Warfield. By the 1960s the property was subdivided down to 29.47 acres. John L Due performed a restoration with a recommendation that the property should be added to the National Register. See also *Clifton (Clarksville, Maryland) Welling's Stone House or Clifton is a historic stone house situated between Clarksville, Maryland and Fulton, Maryland. Clifton was built on a tract of 2500 acres of land patented as "White Wine & Claret" in 1702 by John Dorsey. The land was in ... References {{reflist, 2 Houses in Howard County, Marylan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Ulman
Kenneth Samuel Ulman (born May 4, 1974) is an American attorney, businessman, and politician who served as the chair of the Maryland Democratic Party from 2023 to 2025. He was the county executive of Howard County, Maryland from 2006 to 2014, and represented the 4th district of the Howard County Council from 2002 to 2006. Born and raised in Columbia, Maryland, Ulman graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park and Georgetown University. He began his career working in the administration of Maryland governor Parris Glendening and as a campaign aide for the campaigns of Glendening and President Bill Clinton. Ulman was elected to the Howard County Council in 2002, serving for one term before being elected Howard County Executive. During his tenure as county executive, Ulman oversaw the implementation of the Healthy Howard program and supported efforts to spur new development in the county. Ulman was the Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor of Maryland in the 2014 Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atholton High School
Atholton High School is a high school in Columbia, Maryland, United States and is a part of the Howard County Public School System. The school hosts an Army JROTC program. The school mascot is the Raider. History Atholton takes its name from a land grant named "Athol" granted from King Charles to James MacGill 17 August 1732. He built a nearby manor house named "Athol" built between 1732 and 1740. The name "Athol" was created to honor MacGill's ancestral home in Scotland. In 1845, Nicolas Worthington freed seventeen of his slaves, and gave them of the "Athol enlarged" land which was then called "Freetown". The community was briefly a postal town named Atholton, Maryland. The school sites were later considered part of Simpsonville, Maryland, and later Columbia, Maryland. The Howard County school system was segregated since the building of the Ellicott City Colored School in 1888. The first Atholton school was a one-room colored school house next to Locust Church given by John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
River Hill High School
River Hill High School is a public high school in Clarksville, Maryland. It is part of the Howard County Public School System. Principals *Scott Pfeifer 1996-2004 *Bill Ryan 2004-2010 *Nick Novak 2010–2015 *Kathryn McKinley 2015–2020 *Mikaela Lidgard 2020–2023 *Robert Motley 2023-2024 *John DiFato 2024–present Awards In 2007, River Hill High School was among 290 schools to be nominated as a National Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education. River Hill was recognized in 2008 by BusinessWeek as having the "Best Overall Academic Performance" in Maryland. The school was awarded a 2009 Best High School silver medal by U.S. News & World Report. Silver medals are given to high schools that are not ranked in the national top 100, but have a college readiness index of at least 20. River Hill is the home of Alliance Rocket, co-winners of the SPHERES Challenge 2011 Championship on the International Space Station. In its 2012 rankings of the best high schools in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Public School (government Funded)
A state school, public school, or government school is a primary school, primary or secondary school that educates all students without charge. They are funded in whole or in part by taxation and operated by the government of the state. State-funded schools are global with each country showcasing distinct structures and curricula. Government-funded education spans from primary to secondary levels, covering ages 4 to 18. Alternatives to this system include homeschooling, Private school, private schools, Charter school, charter schools, and other educational options. By region and country Africa South Africa In South Africa, a state school or government school refers to a school that is state-controlled. These are officially called public schools according to the South African Schools Act of 1996, but it is a term that is not used colloquially. The Act recognised two categories of schools: public and independent. Independent schools include all private schools and schools t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Howard County Public School System
The Howard County Public School System (HCPSS) is the school district that manages and runs the Public school (government funded), public schools of Howard County, Maryland. It operates under the supervision of an elected, eight-member Board of Education. Jolene Mosley is the chair of the board. William J. Barnes has served as the superintendent since July 1, 2024. The district operates 78 schools: 42 elementary schools, 20 middle schools, 13 high schools, and 3 special education schools/education centers. As of September 2024, a total of 57,565 students were enrolled. It is headquartered in the Columbia, Maryland census-designated place; the facility has an Ellicott City, Maryland, Ellicott City mailing address. Howard County consistently earns high marks in school performance metrics such as test scores and graduation rates. It gets high percentages at all levels of the Maryland School Assessments. In 2007, ''Forbes'' magazine rated Howard County as one of the ten most cost-e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Whitcomb Riley
James Whitcomb Riley (October 7, 1849 – July 22, 1916) was an American writer, poet, and best-selling author. During his lifetime he was known as the "Hoosier Poet" and "Children's Poet" for his dialect works and his children's poetry. His poems tend to be humorous or sentimental. Of the approximately 1,000 poems Riley wrote, the majority are in dialect. His famous works include "Little Orphant Annie" and "The Raggedy Man". Riley began his career writing verses as a sign maker and submitting poetry to newspapers. Thanks in part to poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's endorsement, he eventually earned successive jobs at Indiana newspaper publishers during the late 1870s. He gradually rose to prominence during the 1880s through his poetry reading tours. He traveled a touring circuit first in the Midwest, and then nationally, appearing either alone or with other famous talents. During this period Riley's long-term addiction to alcohol began to affect his performing abilities, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walt Whitman
Walter Whitman Jr. (; May 31, 1819 – March 26, 1892) was an American poet, essayist, and journalist; he also wrote two novels. He is considered one of the most influential poets in American literature and world literature. Whitman incorporated both transcendentalism and literary realism, realism in his writings and is often called the father of free verse. His work was controversial in his time, particularly his 1855 poetry collection ''Leaves of Grass'', which was described by some as obscene for its overt sensuality. Whitman was born in Huntington, New York, Huntington on Long Island and lived in Brooklyn as a child and through much of his career. At age 11, he left formal schooling to go to work. He worked as a journalist, a teacher, and a government clerk. Whitman's major poetry collection, ''Leaves of Grass'', first published in 1855, was financed with his own money and became well known. The work was an attempt to reach out to the common person with an American epi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Town Center, Columbia, Maryland
Town Center is one of the ten villages in Columbia, Maryland, Columbia, Maryland, United States, first occupied in 1974. The Town Center is a non-contiguous, diverse area, and the most urban-like, ranging from multi-level high density apartments, homes and office buildings to single family homes."Town Center" towncenter.columbiavillages.org, accessed May 30, 2009 The six residential neighborhoods in the village include Amesbury Hill, Banneker, Creighton's Run, Lakefront, Vantage Point, and Warfield Triangle. Names and history The town center is constructed on the grounds of Oakland Manor, a former slave plantation. Construction started in 1966, with sidewalks linking major amenities added in 1984.Original attractions Columbia Exhibit Center is the facility built to market the proje ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Middle Patuxent Environmental Area
The Middle Patuxent Environmental Area (MPEA) is a wildlife area in Clarksville, Maryland and operated by the Howard County Department of Recreation and Parks. It is located next to the River Hill, Columbia, Maryland, River Hill village in the town of Columbia, Maryland, in the United States. The MPEA was created in 1996 for educational, research, and recreational purposes. History The Middle Patuxent River had become silt clogged from farm runoff killing off some fish species habitat. By the 1980s construction activity for the planned community of Columbia caused water quality to reach its lowest levels. In 1991, The Rouse Company proposed the sale of the environmentally sensitive undeveloped land valued at $1.9 million to a Rouse managed trust paid for by Howard County for $2.2 Million. In 1993, students raised $16,000 to save the 1864 Pfieffers Corner schoolhouse from demolition on its Elkridge site. The County Planning director Joseph Rutter, pushed for a rapid purchase of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
