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America's Best Beaches, 2007

  Name Location 1. Ocracoke Lifeguarded Beach Outer Banks, North Carolina 2. Caladesi Island State Park Dunedin, Fla. 3…

Matthew Gilbert MARTÍNEZ, Congress, CA (1929)

  MARTÍNEZ, Matthew Gilbert, a Representative from California; born in Walsenberg, Huerfano County, Colo., February 14, 1929; received certificate of competence, Los Angeles Trade Technical School…

Judy CHU, Congress, CA (1953)

CHU, Judy, a Representative from California; born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., July 7, 1953; B.A., University of California, Los Angeles, Calif., 1974; PhD, California School of…

Milwaukee

(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;…

Cairngorms

(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…

Bess Sheehan

historian, preservationistBorn: April 16, 1882Birthplace: near Jackson, Mich. Sheehan was born Bess May Vrooman; she studied American history at the University of Michigan, where she graduated with…

Theodore Frank APPLEBY, Congress, NJ (1864-1924)

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…

John Givan DAVIS, Congress, IN (1810-1866)

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…

Rainier, Mount

(Encyclopedia) Rainier, Mount: see Mount Rainier National Park.

Old Faithful

(Encyclopedia) Old Faithful, geyser: see Yellowstone National Park.