APPLEBY, Theodore Frank, (father of Stewart Hoffman Appleby), a Representative from New Jersey; born in Old Bridge, Middlesex County, N.J., October 10, 1864; moved with his parents to Asbury…
DAVIS, John Givan, a Representative from Indiana; born near Flemingsburg, Fleming County, Ky., October 10, 1810; moved to Indiana with his parents, who settled in Rockville, Parke County, in…
(Encyclopedia) Diebenkorn, Richard, 1922–93, American painter, b. Portland, Oreg. Raised in California, he studied at Stanford and at a collector's home encountered (1943) the work of Matisse, whose…
(Encyclopedia) badlands, area of severe erosion, usually found in semiarid climates and characterized by countless gullies, steep ridges, and sparse vegetation. Badland topography is formed on poorly…
(Encyclopedia) Centerville, city (2020 pop. 24,240), Montgomery co., SW Ohio, a residential suburb of Dayton; inc. 1879. It has a small industrial park.
(Encyclopedia) MilwaukeeMilwaukeemĭlwŏkˈē [key], city (1990 pop. 628,088), seat of Milwaukee co., SE Wis., at the point where the Milwaukee, Menominee, and Kinnickinnic rivers enter Lake Michigan;…
(Encyclopedia) CairngormsCairngormskârngôrmzˈ, kârnˈgôrmz [key], group of mountains forming part of the Grampian Mts, in Highland, Moray, and Aberdeenshire, central Scotland, between the Dee and the…
VIELE, Egbert Ludoricus, a Representative from New York; born in Waterford, Saratoga County, N.Y., June 17, 1825; attended Albany (N.Y.) Academy; was graduated from the United States Military…
ST. GEORGE, Katharine Price Collier, a Representative from New York; born Katharine Delano Price Collier, July 12, 1894, in Bridgnorth, England; at the age of two came to United States with…
