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Lane County, KS Economic Statistics

Lane county kansas dp 3 profile of selected economic characteristics SubjectNumberPercent EMPLOYMENT STATUSPopulation 16 years and over1,686100.0In labor force1,09264.8Civilian labor…

Lane County, KS Housing Statistics

Lane county kansas dp 4 profile of selected housing characteristics SubjectNumberPercent Total housing units1,065100.0UNITS IN STRUCTURE1-unit, detached90484.91-unit, attached100.92…

Atherton, Gertrude Franklin (Horn)

(Encyclopedia) Atherton, Gertrude Franklin (Horn)Atherton, Gertrude Franklin (Horn)ăthˈərtən [key], 1857–1948, American writer, b. San Francisco. She wrote a series of historical novels about…

Kemble, Roger

(Encyclopedia) Kemble, Roger, 1721–1802, English actor and manager. During his years as the leader of a traveling company, he married (1753) Sarah Wood, 1735–1806, an actress. They had 12 children,…

Mona Passage

(Encyclopedia) Mona PassageMona Passagemōˈnä, –nə [key], strait, c.80 mi (130 km) wide, between Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. Connecting the N Atlantic Ocean with the Caribbean Sea, it is a…

Gawain, Sir

(Encyclopedia) Gawain, SirGawain, Sirgäˈwān, –wĭn [key], one of the most popular heroes of Arthurian legend; nephew of King Arthur. He was regarded, particularly in the early romances, as the model…

Heinze, Frederick Augustus

(Encyclopedia) Heinze, Frederick AugustusHeinze, Frederick Augustushīnˈzē [key], 1869–1914, American copper magnate, b. Brooklyn, N.Y. He went in 1889 to Butte, Mont., as engineer for a mining…

minnesinger

(Encyclopedia) minnesingerminnesingermĭnˈĭsĭngˌər [key], a medieval German knight, poet, and singer of Minne, or courtly love. Originally imitators of Provençal troubadours, minnesingers developed…

Barbazan, Arnaud Guillaume, seigneur de

(Encyclopedia) Barbazan, Arnaud Guillaume, seigneur deBarbazan, Arnaud Guillaume, seigneur deärnōˈ gēyōmˈ sānyörˈ də bärbäzäNˈ [key], c.1360–1431, French general in the Hundred Years War. He was…

Hoxie, Robert Franklin

(Encyclopedia) Hoxie, Robert FranklinHoxie, Robert Franklinhŏkˈsē [key], 1868–1916, American economist, b. Edmeston, W of Cooperstown, N.Y., Ph.D. Univ. of Chicago, 1905. He taught at the Univ. of…