Tag Archives: Wikimedia Commons
In 1998, Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek donated 74 Hollywood Hills acres worth $2 million, nearly
The conservancy wanted it as a wildlife corridor where deer, coyotes and other animals could [...]
Sep
Clint Eastwood and his former wife Maggie donated 79 acres of land: The wider industry impact
The project was designed to give floodwater more room to spread across the former agricultural [...]
Sep
Jack Ma, the co-founder of Alibaba, had acquired Brandon Park: The wider industry impact
Jack Ma, the co-founder of Alibaba, had acquired Brandon Park, a vast private estate of [...]
Sep
389 acres were placed in perpetual protection Ford had placed 389 acres of his 800-acre ranch
Ford was looking for a place outside Los Angeles in the early 1980s | Wikimedia [...]
Sep
In 1968-1969, Robert Redford acquired a Utah ski area and surrounding land amid development
Ski lift at Sundance Mountain Resort. Image credits: Wikimedia Commons
Sep
In 1948, retired Wisconsin lumberjack Fred Smith began shaping a concrete park by hand; by 1964, he
In 1948, retired Wisconsin lumberjack Fred Smith began shaping a concrete park by hand. Image [...]
Aug
Ross Ward spent 40 years hand-building Tinkertown from carved wood
Ross Ward spent 40 years hand-building Tinkertown from carved wood. Image Credits: Wikimedia Commons.
Aug
Because he liked eating them, judge Owen Nickerson Denny wanted Chinese pheasants in Oregon
The pheasants left China aboard the Otago, a ship that reached Port Townsend on March [...]
Aug
Danny Boy O’Connor first saw the Tulsa house being used as the Curtis brothers’ home
O’Connor bought the property and decided not to simply repair it as a private home [...]
Aug
Franco Fontana, an Italian photographer famous for turning: The wider industry impact
Franco Fontana passes away at the age of 92 (Image source: Wikimedia Commons)
Aug