HOOKER, Charles Edward, a Representative from Mississippi; born in Union, Union County, S.C., in 1825; raised in Laurens District, S.C.; attended the common schools, and was graduated from the…
MILLER, Warren, a Representative from West Virginia; born at Apple Grove, Meigs County, Ohio, April 2, 1847; moved about 1850 to that portion of Virginia which later became West Virginia and…
The plane that made Charles Lindbergh an instant hero by Gerry Brown Spirit of St. Louis Specs Length: 8.41 m (27 ft, 7 in.) Wingspan: 14.02 m (46 ft) Height: 2.99 m (9 ft, 10 in…
Jigsaw Puzzles for Each Beacon Street Girl Maeve's Jigsaw PuzzleKatani's Jigsaw PuzzleAvery's Jigsaw PuzzleIsabel's Jigsaw PuzzleCharlotte's Jigsaw Puzzle More Fun Stuff from…
WASHBURNE, Elihu Benjamin, (brother of Israel Washburn, Jr., Cadwallader Colden Washburn, and William Drew Washburn), a Representative from Illinois; born in Livermore, Androscoggin County,…
(Encyclopedia) Alexander City, city (2020 pop. 14,843), Tallapoosa co., E central Ala., in a piedmont farm area; inc. 1874. Nearby Martin Dam supplies power for the city's textile mills;…
(Encyclopedia) Horseshoe Bend, a turn on the Tallapoosa River, near Dadeville, E central Ala., site of a battle on Mar. 27, 1814, in which the Creeks, led by chief William Weatherford, were…
(Encyclopedia) Front Royal, city (2020 pop. 15,382), seat of Warren co., N Va., at the junction of South and North forks of Shenandoah River, inc. 1788…
(Encyclopedia) Virginia Military Institute (VMI), at Lexington; state supported; chartered and opened 1839 as the first state military college in the United States. Although one of the leading U.S.…
(Encyclopedia) Snell, George Davis, 1903–96, American immunologist, b. Bradford, Mass., Ph.D. Harvard, 1930. He was associated with the Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Maine from 1935 to 1973. His…
