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Fort Collins

(Encyclopedia) Fort Collins, city (2020 pop. 169,810), seat of Larimer co., N Colo., on the Cache la Poudre River, at the foot of the Rocky Mts., inc.…

Wister, Owen

(Encyclopedia) Wister, OwenWister, Owenwĭsˈtər [key], 1860–1938, American author, b. Philadelphia, grad. Harvard (B.A., 1882; LL.B., 1888). Trips to the West for his health gave him material for his…

Brogan, Denis William

(Encyclopedia) Brogan, Denis WilliamBrogan, Denis Williambrōˈgən [key], 1900–1974, British historian and political scientist, b. Glasgow, Scotland. He was educated at the Univ. of Glasgow, Oxford,…

Walter Hughes NEWTON, Congress, MN (1880-1941)

NEWTON, Walter Hughes, a Representative from Minnesota; born in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minn., October 10, 1880; attended the public schools and was graduated from the law department of…

George Murray HULBERT, Congress, NY (1881-1950)

HULBERT, George Murray, a Representative from New York; born in Rochester, N.Y., May 14, 1881; moved to Waterloo, N.Y., where he attended the public schools; was graduated from the New York…

Mahlon Morris GARLAND, Congress, PA (1856-1920)

GARLAND, Mahlon Morris, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Pittsburgh, Pa., May 4, 1856; moved with his parents to Alexandria, Huntingdon County, Pa.; attended the common schools;…

Robert Walker TAYLER, Congress, OH (1852-1910)

TAYLER, Robert Walker, a Representative from Ohio; born in Youngstown, Mahoning County, Ohio, November 26, 1852; attended the public schools, and was graduated from Western Reserve College,…

Paul Fornshell SCHENCK, Congress, OH (1899-1968)

SCHENCK, Paul Fornshell, a Representative from Ohio; born in Miamisburg, Montgomery County, Ohio, April 19, 1899; moved to Dayton, Ohio, in 1908 and graduated from Steele High School in 1917;…

Archibald BULLOCH, Congress, GA (17301777)

BULLOCH, Archibald, (father of William Bellinger Bulloch and great-great-grandfather of Theodore Roosevelt), a Delegate from Georgia; born in Charleston, S.C., about 1730; completed…