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Seguin

(Encyclopedia) SeguinSeguinsəgēnˈ [key], city (1990 pop. 18,853), seat of Guadalupe co., S central Tex., on the Guadalupe River; inc. 1853. Among its many industrial products are textiles,…

Pecos, river, United States

(Encyclopedia) Pecos, river, 926 mi (1,480 km) long, rising in N N.Mex. near the Truchas peaks and flowing SE across E N.Mex. and W Tex. to the Rio Grande; drains c.38,300 sq mi (99,200 sq km). In…

New Braunfels

(Encyclopedia) New BraunfelsNew Braunfelsbrounˈfəlz [key], city (1990 pop. 22,334), seat of Comal co., S central Tex., on the Guadalupe River; inc. 1847. Portland cement, consumer goods, crushed…

Samaroff, Olga

(Encyclopedia) Samaroff, OlgaSamaroff, Olgasəmäˈrôf [key], 1882–1948, American pianist and educator, whose real name was Hickenlooper, b. San Antonio, Tex.; studied at the Paris Conservatory. Her…

Wagley, Charles Walter

(Encyclopedia) Wagley, Charles WalterWagley, Charles Walterwăgˈlē [key], 1913–91, American anthropologist, b. Clarksville, Tex., grad. Columbia (Ph.D., 1941). He began teaching at Columbia in 1940,…

Brown, Charles Quinton, Jr.

(Encyclopedia) Brown, Charles Quinton, Jr., 1962–, American air force general, b. San Antonio, Tex., B.S Texas Tech Univ., 1984, M.S. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., 1994. An ROTC graduate, he was…

Weslaco

(Encyclopedia) WeslacoWeslacowĕsˈlĭkō [key], city (1990 pop. 21,877), Hidalgo co., extreme S Tex., in the irrigated region of the lower Rio Grande valley; inc. 1921. Cotton, citrus, and vegetables…

Donald Evans

George W. Bush's secretary of Commerce, first termBorn: 7/26/1946Birthplace: Houston, Tex. President Bush's best friend, this was Evans's first position in government. The Commerce Department has…

Robert Heath Dennard

Born: 1932Birthplace: Terrell, Tex. One-transistor dynamic random access memory—Dr. Dennard's invention of DRAM, most often called RAM, was a core development in today's computer industry and is…

Miers, Harriet Ellan

(Encyclopedia) Miers, Harriet EllanMiers, Harriet Ellanmīˈərz [key], 1945–, American lawyer and government official, b. Dallas, Tex., grad. Southern Methodist Univ. (B.S., 1967; J.D., 1970). A…