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...Washington's Georgetown, Annapolis' colonial waterfront, Alexander Hamilton's New York City home, Frank Lloyd Wright's Chicago houses, the Spanish architecture of Santa Fe, Seattle's Pioneer Square, Old Salem, N.C., or even the sod hut that was once a post office in Killdeer, N. Dak. From its Washington headquarters in Decatur House, Biddle's National Trust not only acts as catalyst for such projects but also runs nine landmarks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Americana: Building the Past | 1/19/1968 | See Source »

...Home. In Killdeer, N.Dak., J. K. Eckes, president of the North Dakota Firemen's Association, was fined $2 for parking too close to a fire hydrant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Oct. 4, 1954 | 10/4/1954 | See Source »

James Barrie said of James's smile: "It brought one down like Leatherstocking's Killdeer ... it was a part of him chuckling at the other parts of him." But James was always getting into trouble with his cumbersome shyness. Once in Europe at a table d'hôte, he ordered a bottle of wine in order to get up nerve enough to talk to the lady beside him, then spilled it on her. She forgave him, and he ordered another bottle-and spilled that one on her also...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: What Henry James Went Through | 5/3/1948 | See Source »

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