DANNEMEYER, William Edwin, a Representative from California; born in Long Beach, Los Angeles County, Calif., September 22, 1929; attended the Trinity Lutheran School, Los Angeles, 1943;…
SAGE, Ebenezer, a Representative from New York; born in Chatham (now Portland), Conn., August 16, 1755; received his early education from a private tutor and was graduated from Yale College in…
HORN, John Stephen (Steve), a Representative from California; born in San Juan Bautista, San Benito County, Calif., May 31, 1931; A.B., Stanford University, Stanford, Calif., 1953; M.P.A.,…
Find facts about the United States, including number of states and territories, total area, highest and lowest points, its geographic center, and more. Number of states: 50Territories: 14Area (…
(Encyclopedia) Dee. 1 River, c.90 mi (140 km) long, rising in the Cairngorms, Aberdeenshire, E Scotland, and flowing E past Ballater to the North Sea through an artificial channel at Aberdeen. The…
(Encyclopedia) Copper, river, c.300 mi (480 km) long, rising in the Wrangell Mts., SE Alaska, and flowing S through the Chugach Mts. to the Gulf of Alaska. Copper deposits near the upper river, long…
(Encyclopedia) FoyleFoylefoil [key], river, c.10 mi (16 km) long, formed by the junction of the Mourne and Finn rivers at Strabane, which is on the border between Limavady and Derry dists., W…
(Encyclopedia) HvarHvarkhvär [key], Gr. Pharos, Ital. Lesina, island, 112 sq mi (290 sq km), in the Adriatic Sea off the Dalmatian coast, Croatia. Fruit growing, cattle raising, and fishing are the…
(Encyclopedia) Milk, river, 729 mi (1,173 km) long, rising in the Rocky Mts., NW Mont. It flows N into Alberta, Canada, then in long curves eastward, S into Montana again, and generally SE to the…
