(Encyclopedia) Pikes Peak, 14,110 ft (4,301 m) high, central Colo., in the Front Range of the Rocky Mts.; discovered by U.S. explorer Zebulon Pike in 1806. There are many higher peaks in the Rockies…
McKEVITT, James Douglas (Mike), a Representative from Colorado; born in Spokane, Spokane County, Wash., October 26, 1928; graduated from Grant High School, Sacramento, Calif.; B.A., University…
VAILE, William Newell, a Representative from Colorado; born in Kokomo, Howard County, Ind., June 22, 1876; moved with his parents to Denver, Colo., in 1881; attended the public schools and was…
Senate Years of Service: 1909-1911Party: DemocratHUGHES, Charles James, Jr., a Senator from Colorado; born in Kingston, Caldwell County, Mo., February 16, 1853; attended the common schools;…
McKEVITT, James Douglas (Mike), a Representative from Colorado; born in Spokane, Spokane County, Wash., October 26, 1928; graduated from Grant High School, Sacramento, Calif.; B.A., University…
McVICKER, Roy Harrison, a Representative from Colorado; born in Edgewater, Jefferson County, Colo., February 20, 1924; educated at South Denver High School, Denver University, Columbia College…
HILLIARD, Benjamin Clark, a Representative from Colorado; born near Osceola, Clarke County, Iowa, January 9, 1868; attended the public schools of Iowa and Kansas; taught school in Kansas; was…
ORR, Jackson, a Representative from Iowa; born at Washington Court House, Fayette County, Ohio, September 21, 1832; moved with his parents to Benton, Elkhart County, Ind., in 1836; attended…
BROMWELL, Henry Pelham Holmes, a Representative from Illinois; born in Baltimore, Md., August 26, 1823; moved with his parents to Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1824, and thence to Cumberland, Ill., in…
(Encyclopedia) Evans, John, 1814–97, American founder of educational institutions, b. Waynesville, Ohio, grad. Lynn Medical College, Cincinnati, 1838. He practiced medicine in Indiana and was the…
