(Encyclopedia) Thornton, city (1990 pop. 55,031), Adams co., NE Colo., a residential and industrial suburb of Denver; inc. 1956. Industries include oil and gas development and the production of…
(Encyclopedia) Ollivant, Alfred, 1874–1927, English novelist. He wrote the classic dog story Bob, Son of Battle (1898), published in England as Owd Bob. Other works include The Gentleman (1908), The…
(Encyclopedia) Westminster. 1 Residential city (1990 pop. 78,118), Orange co., S Calif.; founded 1870 as a temperance colony for Presbyterians, inc. 1957. It has several industrial parks. Naval…
Senate Years of Service: 2007- Party: Republican CORKER, Robert (Bob), a Senator from Tennessee; born in Orangeburg, S.C., August 24, 1952; attended the public schools in Chattanooga, Tenn…
Senate Years of Service: 2007-Party: RepublicanCORKER, Robert (Bob), a Senator from Tennessee; born in Orangeburg, S.C., August 24, 1952; attended the public schools in Chattanooga, Tenn.;…
TRAXLER, Jerome Bob, a Representative from Michigan; born in Kawkawlin, Bay County, Mich., July 21, 1931; attended the public schools in Bay City, Mich.; B.A., Michigan State University, East…
(Encyclopedia) Moffat TunnelMoffat Tunnelmŏfˈət [key], railroad tube, 24 ft (7.3 m) high, 18 ft (5.5 m) wide, and 6.4 mi (10.3 km) long, N central Colo., in the Continental Divide, NW of Denver. One…
(Encyclopedia) Brannan, Charles Franklin, 1903–92, U.S. government official, b. Denver, LL.B. Univ. of Denver, 1929. He became a specialist in agriculture and mining law. In the Dept. of Agriculture…
(Encyclopedia) Whiteman, Paul, 1891–1967, American conductor, b. Denver. Whiteman played viola in the Denver Symphony Orchestra and in 1915 joined the San Francisco Symphony. During World War I he…
Senate Years of Service: 1987-2005 Party: Democrat GRAHAM, Daniel Robert (Bob), a Senator from Florida; born in Coral Gables, Fla., November 9, 1936; attended the public schools of Dade…
