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Bowers, Claude Gernade

(Encyclopedia)Bowers, Claude Gernade zhərnädˈ bouˈərz [key], 1878–1958, American journalist, historian, and diplomat, b. Hamilton co., Ind. After serving as editor of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette (1917–2...

Douglas, Donald Wills

(Encyclopedia)Douglas, Donald Wills, 1892–1981, aviation pioneer and aerospace executive, b. Brooklyn, N.Y., B.S. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1914. He helped design the first wind tunnel (1914–15) an...

Pleasure Ridge Park

(Encyclopedia)Pleasure Ridge Park, uninc. town (1990 pop. 25,131), Jefferson co., N Ky. It is a residential suburb of Louisville.

Saint Matthews

(Encyclopedia)Saint Matthews, city (1990 pop. 15,800), Jefferson co., N Ky., E suburb of Louisville; inc. 1950. It is residential.

Mountain Brook

(Encyclopedia)Mountain Brook, city (1990 pop. 19,810), Jefferson co., N central Ala.; inc. 1942. It is a residential suburb of Birmingham.

Valley Station

(Encyclopedia)Valley Station, uninc. town (1990 pop. 22,840), Jefferson co., N central Ky, S of Louisville. It is a primarily residential community. ...

President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site

(Encyclopedia)President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Davys, John

(Encyclopedia)Davys, John: see Davis, John.

Wheat Ridge

(Encyclopedia)Wheat Ridge, city (1990 pop. 29,419), Jefferson co., N central Colo., a suburb of Denver; inc. 1969. Chiefly residential, Wheat Ridge is the site of an annual carnation festival. ...

Charlottesville

(Encyclopedia)Charlottesville shärˈlətsvĭl [key], city (2020 pop. 46,553), seat of Albemarle co., central Va., on the ...