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Brooks Range

(Encyclopedia) Brooks Range, mountain chain, northernmost part of the Rocky Mts., extending about 600 mi (970 km) from east to west across N Alaska. Mt. Chamberlin, 9,020 ft (2,749 m) high, near the…

Sangre de Cristo Mountains

(Encyclopedia) Sangre de Cristo MountainsSangre de Cristo Mountainssăngˈgrē də krĭsˈtō [key], part of the S Rocky Mts., extending c.220 mi (350 km) from S central Colo. into N central N.Mex. Noted…

Kootenai, indigenous group of North America

(Encyclopedia) KootenaiKootenaik&oomacr;tˈənāˌ [key], group of Native North Americans who in the 18th cent. occupied the so-called Kootenai country (i.e., N Montana, N Idaho, and SE British…

Jason Alexander

(Jay Scott Greenspan)actorBorn: 09/23/1959Birthplace: Newark, New Jersey Jason Alexander is known to most Americans as George Costanza, Jerry Seinfeld's neurotic friend on the hit TV series…

Emily Watson

actressBorn: 1/14/1967Birthplace: London, England The Shakespearean-trained actress made her screen debut as the religious and erotically obsessed Beth in Lars Von Trier's Breaking the Waves (1996…

Linda Alvarado

entrepreneurBorn: 1952Birthplace: Albuquerque, N.M. Alvarado has been a pioneer on several fronts. She started her own construction company in 1976 with a $2,500 loan from her parents. Alvarado…

John R. Jack Horner

PaleontologistBorn: 6/15/1946Birthplace: Shelby, Montana One of the best known American paleontologists, Jack Horner discovered and named two species of dinosaurs, Maiasaura and Orodromeus. He…

John Baptista ASHE, Congress, TN (1810-1857)

ASHE, John Baptista, (brother of William Shepperd Ashe, nephew of John Baptista Ashe [1748-1802], and cousin of Thomas Samuel Ashe), a Representative from Tennessee; born in Rocky Point,…

Junior Wells

(Amos Blackmore)musicianBorn: 12/9/1934Birthplace: Memphis, Tennessee A hard driving vocalist and harmonica player that helped define Chicago blues, John Belushi and Dan Akroyd idolized Wells and…

Rene Russo

actressBorn: 2/17/1954Birthplace: Burbank, California A model turned actress who was first spotted by a talent scout at a Rolling Stones concert. She worked for several years as one of the top…