Aviva Directory
Aviva Directory
History & Genealogy |
|---|
| Jamestown: First Permanent American Colony |
| It seemed like a doomed location from the very beginning, but that stopped no one. In 1570, Jesuits from Spain set up a mission on the York River, and within six months, they were killed by local Indians. |
 |
| Faith & Spirituality |
|---|
| Why Are Sasquatch Photos Always Blurry? |
| Have you noticed that whenever a photo or video of a Sasquatch is released, it's so blurry that you can't really tell what it is that you're looking at? I will admit, up front, that I'm a skeptic, but the absence of a clear picture of a Sasquatch doesn't help. |
|
| Sports & Recreation |
|---|
| A Ghoulish Plethora of Monster Facts |
| Monsters-both imagined and real-conjure up ghastly images of fangs and cauldrons, murky lakes and fiery caverns, forked tongues and evil eyes. The following facts concern monsters from various cultures around the world. |
|
| Sports & Recreation |
|---|
| Strange Names and Fearsome Diseases of Colonial Times |
| Yellow Fever was known as the “American Plague”. Syphilis was considered having “Bad Blood”. “Brain Fever” was what we know today as Meningitis. “Rose Cold” is simply Hay Fever or nasal congestion from allergies. Rheumatism was known as “Screws”. |
|
   |
