Experience the park from the water and see what makes Gulf Islands National Seashore so special. Fort Massachusetts is one of the four forts built in 1800s preserved by Gulf Islands National Seashore.
Last name meaning Durant: This interesting name is of Norman origin, introduced into England after the Conquest of 1066 as the personal name Durant, it is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Durandus, and derives from the Olde French durant meaning enduring, from durer, to endure, last, itself from the Latin durus, hard, firm...
Durant was a central figure in the TCRR. Labor on the Transcontinental Railroad The majority of the Union Pacific track heading westward was built by Irish laborers, by Mormons who constructed much of the track in Utah, and after the war by veterans of the Union and Confederate armies. Chinese immigrants did most of the work on the Central Pacific track.