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Building the World
Humans are builders--we make structures to span rivers, to connect points of land, to offer shelter. Indeed, throughout history, civilizations have created structures of such immense scale, requiring such tremendous resources, that they might have been thought impossible. From the Taj Mahal to the Suez Canal, from Solomon's Temple to the Trans-Alaska Pipeline, these feats of macro-engineering are a testament to the creativity and foresight of engineers, architects, government officials, and diplomats. Who came up with the ideas for these projects? How did they see them through to completion? What obstacles--diplomatic, legal, logistical, and engineering--had to be overcome for these structur...
1949 DOCOMO Yearbook
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Regents' Proceedings
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The Last Leaf's Story
Cornelius Van Schaick (b. 1610) of Woerden, Utrecht, Netherlands, emigrated to New Netherlands (New York) in 1636. He married Belitje Hendrickse; they had four children. The surname has some 130 variant spellings, including Van Schoick and Vanschoik. Their fourth great- grandson, William Henry Van Schoik (1854-1927) married Emma Jane Bibler (1865-1923), daughter of Abraham Bibler and Elizabeth Stuter, in 1883.
Queen City Heritage
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