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Longs Peak

(Encyclopedia) Longs Peak [for Stephen H. Long], 14,255 ft (4,345 m) high, N Colo., in the Front Range of the Rocky Mts. From the east side of its snowcapped peak there is a 2,000 ft (610 m) drop to…

Huntington Station

(Encyclopedia) Huntington Station, uninc. town (2020 pop. 34,878), Suffolk co., SE N.Y., on the north shore of Long Island. The town has a diverse…

Conemaugh

(Encyclopedia) ConemaughConemaughkŏnˈəmôˌ [key], river c.70 mi (110 km) long, rising in the Allegheny Mts. and flowing NW to the Allegheny River, SW Pa. Federal flood-control works on the river and…

Ribble

(Encyclopedia) Ribble, river, c.75 mi (120 km) long, rising in the Pennines, North Yorkshire, N England, and flowing SW across Lancashire to the Irish Sea through a long, narrow estuary. Its chief…

Bay Shore

(Encyclopedia) Bay Shore, uninc. village (2020 pop. 29,799), Islip town, Suffolk co., SE N.Y., on the south shore of Long Island, at the widest point…

DK Science: Up In The Air

PterodactylusFossilized Pterodactylus featuresPterodactylus profileFlamboyant headsPelican – the modern fish grabberSoaring high above the land-living dinosaurs were the pterosaurs, which means “…

Mary Ann Dyer Goodnight

Mollyearly settler, philanthropist Born: 9/12/1839Birthplace: Madison County, Tenn. Daughter of a prominent lawyer, Mary Dyer was 14 when the family moved to Texas. After her parents died, she…

Ned Romeyn HEALY, Congress, CA (1905-1977)

HEALY, Ned Romeyn, a Representative from California; born in Milwaukee, Wis., August 9, 1905; attended the public schools, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wis., and the University of…

Frederick Cocks HICKS, Congress, NY (1872-1925)

HICKS, Frederick Cocks, (original name, Frederick Hicks Cocks, brother of William Willets Cocks), a Representative from New York; born in Westbury, Long Island, N.Y., March 6, 1872; attended…

Little Missouri

(Encyclopedia) Little Missouri. 1 River, c.145 mi (230 km) long, rising in the Ouachita Mts., SW Ark., and flowing generally SE to join the Ouachita River N of Camden. North of Murfreesboro is…