KLEBERG, Richard Mifflin, Sr., (nephew of Rudolph Kleberg, cousin of Robert Christian Eckhardt), a Representative from Texas; born on a ranch near Kingsville, Kleberg County, Tex., November 18…
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by Mark Hughes The American public has always been fascinated by first families. We know much about the lives of the presidents and first ladies, but what about the children in the White…
(Encyclopedia) ChichicastenangoChichicastenangochēˌchēkästānängˈgō [key], town, SW Guatemala. In the heart of the highlands, Chichicastenango was a trading town in ancient times. It became the…
(Encyclopedia) Tuxtla GutiérrezTuxtla Gutiérrezt&oomacr;sˈtlä g&oomacr;tyārˈrās [key] or Tuxtla, city (1990 pop. 289,626), capital of Chiapas state, SE Mexico, in the fertile Grijalva valley…
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MAY, Catherine Dean, (later Catherine May Bedell), a Representative from Washington; born Catherine Dean Barnes, May 18, 1914, in Yakima, Wash.; graduated from Yakima Valley Junior College,…
(Encyclopedia) Davies, Arthur BowenDavies, Arthur Bowendāˈvĭs, –vēz [key], 1862–1928, American painter and lithographer, b. Utica, N.Y., studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Art Students…
WHAT REMAINS OF MAYA AND AZTEC CIVILIZATIONS? WHAT IS THE DAY OF THE DEAD? DO NATIVE PEOPLES STILL LIVE IN CENTRAL AMERICA? WHAT ARE THE CARIBBEAN’S BIGGEST EXPORTS? WHY ARE THERE SO MANY ISLANDS…
(Encyclopedia) Nag HammadiNag Hammadinäg häˈmädi [key], a town in Egypt near the ancient town of Chenoboskion, where, in 1945, a large cache of gnostic texts in the Coptic language was discovered.…
