If you went from here to Timbuktu, where exactly would you go? Is it really a long way to Tipperary? It depends on where you are. Here are some of those places famous for being remote. Badlands:…
cowgirlBorn: circa 1850Birthplace: probably northern Mexico July was born to a family of Seminole Indians and former African American slaves who had left Florida and settled in northern Mexico…
Liberty’s Kids (The Learning Company)As a reporter for the Philadelphia Gazette, you interview the major players in the American Revolution, gather facts and quotes and write your own front-page…
Senate Years of Service: 1907-1913Party: DemocratDAVIS, Jeff, a Senator from Arkansas; born near Richmond, Little River County, Ark., May 6, 1862; attended school in Russellville, Ark., and…
WAYNE, Anthony, (father of Isaac Wayne), a Representative from Georgia; born in East Town, Chester County, Pa., January 1, 1745; attended Philadelphia Academy; became a land surveyor and was…
entrepreneur, inventorBorn: February 26, 1829Birthplace: Buttenheim, Germany Levi Strauss was the inventor of blue jeans, which became known as “Levis,” a term now so common that it has made its…
—By Christine Frantz That kitty sitting on your lap can now boast of her own family history. A research team, lead by Warren E. Johnson of the National Cancer Institute, studied the DNA of 37…
Senate Years of Service: 1901-1907Party: DemocratCARMACK, Edward Ward, a Representative and a Senator from Tennessee; born near Castalian Springs, Sumner County, Tenn., November 5, 1858;…
Asian loan words in English by Ann-Marie Imbornoni Malay (Malaysia and Indonesia) amuck (or amok) batik cockatoo, from Malay kakatua, via Dutch. gingham, borrowed from Malay into Dutch (…
