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Gadsden

(Encyclopedia) Gadsden Gadsden gădzˈdən [key], city (2020 pop. 33,945), seat of Etowah co., NE Ala., on the Coosa…

Mayfield

(Encyclopedia) Mayfield, city (2020 pop. 10,017), seat of Graves co., SW Ky., in an area of farms and clay deposits; founded 1823. It is an…

marl, type of soil

(Encyclopedia) marl or bog lime, soil, essentially clay mixed with carbonate of lime, highly valued as a dressing or fertilizer. It crumbles rapidly and easily. Marl in which the lime is in the form…

DK Science: Soil

SOIL TYPESDECOMPOSERSFIND OUT MOREMuch of the solid bedrock of the Earth’s crust is covered in soil. This loose, soft material is a mixture of organic matter and particles of rock, made by…

David BARTON, Congress, MO (1783-1837)

Senate Years of Service: 1821-1831Party: Democratic Republican; Adams-Clay Republican; Adams Democrat; Anti-JacksonianBARTON, David, a Senator from Missouri; born near Greeneville, N.C. (now…

Samuel BELL, Congress, NH (1770-1850)

Senate Years of Service: 1823-1835Party: Adams-Clay Republican; Adams; Anti-JacksonianBELL, Samuel, (father of James Bell, grandfather of Samuel Newell Bell, and uncle of Charles Henry Bell),…

Garrett Lee WITHERS, Congress, KY (1884-1953)

Senate Years of Service: 1949-1950Party: DemocratWITHERS, Garrett Lee, a Senator and a Representative from Kentucky; born on a farm in Webster County, near Clay, Ky., June 21, 1884; student of…

Horatio SEYMOUR, Congress, VT (1778-1857)

Senate Years of Service: 1821-1833Party: Democratic Republican; Adams-Clay Republican; Adams; Anti-JacksonianSEYMOUR, Horatio, (uncle of Origen Storrs Seymour), a Senator from Vermont; born in…