founder of the Chisholm TrailBorn: circa 1806Birthplace: Cherokee Nation, eastern Tennessee Born to a father of Scottish ancestry and a Cherokee mother, Chisholm went to live with the Western…
ARNOLD, Isaac Newton, a Representative from Illinois; born in Hartwick, Otsego County, N.Y., November 30, 1815; attended the district and select schools and Hartwick Seminary; taught school in…
(Encyclopedia) dime novels, swift-moving, thrilling novels, mainly about the American Revolution, the frontier period, and the Civil War. The books were first sold in 1860 for 10 cents by the firm of…
(Encyclopedia) Dalhousie, James Andrew Broun Ramsay, 1st marquess ofDalhousie, James Andrew Broun Ramsay, 1st marquess ofdălh&oomacr;ˈzē, –houˈ– [key], 1812–60, British statesman. After serving…
(Encyclopedia) Oberlin, Russell Keys, 1928–2016, American countertenor, b. Akron, Ohio, grad. Juilliard, 1951. A boy soprano, he sang in his church choir and on the radio, and won a nationwide radio…
WHAT IS AN OMNIVORE? WHAT IS FILTER-FEEDING? CARNIVORESHERBIVORESFIND OUT MOREAll animals must eat other organisms to survive. Animals can be divided into two main groups, according to their…
Kentucky Derby (Churchill Downs, Louisville, Ky., May 5, 2007.) Purse: $2,000,000. Distance: 11/4 mi. Order of finish: 1. Street Sense (Borel), mutuel…
ABZUG, Bella Savitzky, a Representative from New York; born Bella Savitzky in New York City, July 24, 1920; attended the local public schools; A.B., Hunter College, New York City, 1942; LL.B…
DELLUMS, Ronald V., a Representative from California; born in Oakland, Alameda County, Calif., November 24, 1935; attended the Oakland public schools; A.A., Oakland City College, 1958; B.A.,…
