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2005 Year in Review

Top events for the nation and the world   American soldiers search for insurgents in Mosul, Iraq Quizzes Incendiary Political Remarks, 2005 Who suggested we assassinate a South…

kitchen midden

(Encyclopedia) kitchen midden, refuse heap left by a prehistoric settlement; more specifically, a deposit consisting primarily of discarded shell and related cultural material in coastal environments…

Bellomont, Richard Coote, earl of

(Encyclopedia) Bellomont, Richard Coote, earl ofBellomont, Richard Coote, earl ofbĕlˈəmŏntˌ [key], 1636–1701, colonial governor of New York, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire, b. Ireland. He arrived (…

The Journals of Lewis & Clark: June 9, 1804

by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark June 8, 1804June 10, 1804June 9, 1804 9th of June Satterday Set out early, water verry Swift got fast on a log, detained us 1/4 hour Hard rain…

The Journals of Lewis & Clark: July 18, 1804

by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark July 17, 1804July 19, 1804July 18, 1804 July 18th Wednesday a fair morning the river falling fast, Set out at Sunrise under a gentle Breeze from…

The Journals of Lewis & Clark: July 1, 1806

by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark June 30, 1806July 2, 1806July 1, 1806 Tuesday July 1st 1806. This morning early we sent out all our hunters. set Sheilds at work to repair some…

The Journals of Lewis & Clark: June 13, 1804

by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark June 12, 1804June 14, 1804June 13, 1804 13th June Wednesday we Set out early passed a verry round bend to L. S. passed two Creeks 1 me. apt.…

Nelson, river, Canada

(Encyclopedia) Nelson, river, c.400 mi (640 km) long, issuing from the northeast end of Lake Winnipeg, central Man., Canada, and flowing NE to Hudson Bay at Port Nelson. With the Bow–South…