Most people are familiar with their state’s official flower and flag, but did you know that almost every state has an official fossil as well?
These state symbols are a representation of a territory…
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NevadaNevadanəvădˈə, –vä– [key], far western state of the United States. It is bordered by Utah (E), Arizona (SE), California (SW, W), and Oregon and Idaho (N).
In the…
Biographies of U.S. representatives and senators from New Jersey
Member Name Birth-Death ACKERMAN, Ernest Robinson 1863-1931 ADDONIZIO, Hugh Joseph 1914-1981 ADLER, John H. 1959-…
(Encyclopedia) rock music, type of music originating in the United States in the mid-1950s and increasingly popular throughout much of the world.
A turning point in rock music occurred in the…
(Encyclopedia) drama, Western, plays produced in the Western world. This article discusses the development of Western drama in general; for further information see the various national literature…
(Encyclopedia) comic strip, combination of cartoon with a story line, laid out in a series of pictorial panels across a page and concerning a continuous character or set of characters, whose thoughts…
Biographies of of U.S. representatives and Senators from Texas
Member Name Birth-Death ABBOTT, J/biography/us/congress/o (J/biography/us/congress/oseph) 1840-1908 ALGER, Bruce Reyn/…
(Encyclopedia) Bohemia, Czech Čechy, historic region (20,368 sq mi/52,753 sq km) and former kingdom, in W and central Czech Republic. Bohemia is bounded by Austria in the southeast, by Germany in the…
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Supreme Court Justices(including dates on bench)
Chief Justices
John Jay
1789–95
John Rutledge
1795
Oliver Ellsworth
1796–1800
John Marshall
1801–35
Roger B. Taney
1836–64…
