Lee occupies land that was originally territory of Mahican Indians. The first non-native settlement in the area was known as Dodgetown as early as 1760. Dodgetown was named after its founding settler, Asahel Dodge, who immigrated to the area from Cape Cod. Lee was incorporated in 1777 from parts of Great Barrington and Washington. It is named after Revolutionary War General Charles Lee.[2] Lee is a former mill town.
Franz-Josefs-Kai around 1876. In the central background the Hotel Metropol on Morzinplatz, which became the largest regional Gestapo centre of the Third Reich from 1938 to 1945.
The hotel was built for the Vienna World Exhibition and was designed by Carl Schumann and Ludwig Tischler. The four-story building was richly decorated with Corinthian columns, caryatids and atlases. The inner court was glassed over and had a richly decorated dining hall.
Mark Twain returned to New Orleans in 1882, from 28 April to 6 May. He does not mention Lafcadio Hearn, an editor and reporter for the "Times-Democrat" of New Orleans, it's possible they met through their mutual association with George Washington Cable. Hearn, published in the May 2, 1882 edition of the "Times-Democrat" wrote:
Lake Geneva (French: le Léman [lə lemɑ̃], lac Léman [lak lemɑ̃], rarely lac de Genève [lak də ʒ(ə)nɛv]; Italian: Lago Lemano; German: Genfersee [ˈɡɛnfərˌzeː]; Romansh: Lai da Genevra) is a deep lake on the north side of the Alps, shared between Switzerland and France. It is one of the largest lakes in Western Europe and the largest on the course of the Rhône.
Belgium is home to two main linguistic communities: the Dutch-speaking Flemish Community, which constitutes about 60 percent of the population, and the French-speaking Community, which constitutes about 40 percent of the population.