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South Dakota

(Encyclopedia) CE5 South DakotaSouth Dakotadəkōˈtə [key], state in the N central United States. It is bordered by North Dakota (N), Minnesota and Iowa (E), Nebraska (S), and Wyoming and Montana (W…

Chauncey Judd: A Quilting Party

Puritan Training The Abduction A Quilting Party Year after year passed, and still the war dragged on. The battles of Trenton and Princeton had revived the drooping hopes of the…

William Henry HEALD, Congress, DE (1864-1939)

HEALD William Henry , a Representative from Delaware; born in Wilmington, Del., August 27, 1864; was graduated from the public schools of Wilmington, from the University of Delaware at Newark in…

Don Levingston SHORT, Congress, ND (1903-1982)

SHORT Don Levingston , a Representative from North Dakota; born in Le Mars, Plymouth County, Iowa, June 22, 1903; moved with parents to a ranch in Billings County, near Medora, N.Dak., in February…

David Lynch Biography

David Lynch directorBorn: 1/20/1946Birthplace: Missoula, Montana Film and television director best known for his films Blue Velvet (1986) and Eraserhead (1977 ), and for the television series…

Michelle Williams Biography

Michelle WilliamsactressBorn: 9/9/1979Birthplace: Kalispell, Montana Until her Golden Globe and Oscar nominated performance in Brokeback Mountain (2005), this pouty-lipped, wide-eyed, slow-…

U.S. State Population by Rank (Update for 2023!)

Top of Page Source: Getty ImagesThe U.S. population is enormous  —  339,123,510 people as of 2023  —  and growing. But there’s more to the numbers than “largest and smallest”. Some American…