ROBERTSON, Thomas Bolling, (brother of John Robertson), a Representative from Louisiana; born at âBellefield,â near Petersburg, Dinwiddie County, Va., February 27, 1779; was graduated from…
(Encyclopedia) Cotton Belt, former agricultural region of the SE United States where cotton was the main cash crop throughout the 19th and much of the 20th cent. Located on the Atlantic and Gulf…
(Encyclopedia) Knapp, Seaman AsahelKnapp, Seaman Asahelsēˈmən āˈsəhĕlˌ năp [key], 1833–1911, agriculturist and teacher, b. Schroon Lake, N.Y., grad. Union College, Schenectady, 1856. He went to Iowa…
(Encyclopedia) beetle, common name for insects of the order Coleoptera, which, with more than 300,000 described species, is the largest of the insect orders. Beetles have chewing mouthparts and well-…
(Encyclopedia) Sea Islands, chain of more than 100 low islands off the Atlantic coast of S.C., Ga., and N Fla., extending from the Santee River to the St. Johns River. The ocean side of the islands…
—Holly Hartman A six-year-old who crashes parties at New York's posh Plaza Hotel. A talking dog and her astonished family. Verse about evil weevils and gymnastically gifted spiders. Is this the…
WALKER, Percy, (son of John Williams Walker and great-great-uncle of Richard Walker Bolling), a Representative from Alabama; born in Huntsville, Madison County, Ala., in December 1812;…
SMITH, Lawrence Henry, a Representative from Wisconsin; born in Racine, Boone County, Wis., September 15, 1892; attended the public schools and the State Teachers College, Milwaukee, Wis.;…
ROBERTSON, John, (brother of Thomas Bolling Robertson), a Representative from Virginia; born at âBellefield,â near Petersburg, Dinwiddie County, Va., April 13, 1787; completed preparatory…
