(Encyclopedia) Carson Sink, swampy area, c.100 sq mi (260 sq km), W Nev.; a remnant of ancient Lake Lahontan. Fallon National Wildlife Refuge is located there. The Carson River (c.125 mi/200 km long…
There are images that will stay with us forever. From FDR notifying the world that the U.S. had entered WWII, to Obama's trademark fist bump at the Democratic National Convention, these scenes…
MILLER, John, a Representative from Missouri; born near Martinsburg, Berkeley County, Va. (now West Virginia), November 25, 1781; attended the common schools; moved to Steubenville, Ohio, about…
(William Beedle, Jr.)actorBorn: 4/17/1918Birthplace: O'Fallon, Illinois Academy Award-winning film actor whose early virile appeal deepened into rich characterizations. His films include Sunset…
HEINRICH, Martin, a Representative from New Mexico; born in Fallon, Churchill County, Nev.; October 17, 1971; B. S., University of Missouri, Columbia, Mo., 1985; attended University of New…
(Encyclopedia) DeLorean, John Zachary, 1925–2005, American automobile executive and entrepeneur, b. Detroit. Son of a Ford Motor Co. worker, he attended the Lawrence Institute of Technology (B.S.…
MAGUIRE, James George, a Representative from California; born in Boston, Mass., February 22, 1853; moved with his parents to California in April 1854; attended the public schools of…
MILLER, John, a Representative from Missouri; born near Martinsburg, Berkeley County, Va. (now West Virginia), November 25, 1781; attended the common schools; moved to Steubenville, Ohio,…