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South Carolina: Temperature Extremes

MonthMaximum°FYearPlaceMinimum°FYearPlaceJan.861950Beaufort–191985Caesars HeadFeb.891962Ridgeland–111899SantucMarch991907Blackville*–81980Cedar CreekApril991986Aiken*…

Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: 1786

by Robert Burns 178517871786ContentsThe Auld Farmer's New-Year-Morning Salutation To His Auld Mare, MaggieThe Twa DogsThe Author's Earnest Cry And PrayerThe OrdinationEpistle To James SmithThe…

Before He Was King

Before Muhammad Ali, Cassius Clay achieved Olympic glory by Gerry Brown Cassius Clay as a light heavyweight (second to right), flanked by medallists Wilbert McClure and Edward Crook at the…

William Davis VINCENT, Congress, KS (1852-1922)

VINCENT William Davis , a Representative from Kansas; born near Dresden, Weakley County, Tenn., October 11, 1852; moved with his parents to Riley County, Kans., in 1858 and to Manhattan, Kans., in…

solid

(Encyclopedia) solid, one of the three commonly recognized states in which matter occurs, i.e., that state, as distinguished from liquid and gas, in which a substance has both a definite shape and a…

Red River, rivers, United States and Canada

(Encyclopedia) Red River. 1 River, 1,222 mi (1,967 km) long, southernmost of the large tributaries of the Mississippi River. It rises in two branches in the Texas Panhandle and flows SE between Texas…

landslide

(Encyclopedia) landslide, rapid slipping of a mass of earth or rock from a higher elevation to a lower level under the influence of gravity and water lubrication. More specifically, rockslides are…

James, Jesse

(Encyclopedia) James, Jesse (Woodson), 1847–82, American outlaw, b. Clay co., Mo. At the age of 15 he joined the Confederate guerrilla band led by William Quantrill and participated in the brutal and…

Devon

(Encyclopedia) Devon Devon dĕvˈən [key], county, 2,591 sq mi (6,711 sq km), SW England. The county town is…

typography

(Encyclopedia) typographytypographytīpŏgˈrəfē [key], the art of printing from movable type. The term typographer is today virtually synonymous with a master printer skilled in the techniques of type…