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Suwannee

(Encyclopedia) SuwanneeSuwanneeswôˈnē, swäˈ– [key], river, c.240 mi (390 km) long, rising in the Okefenokee Swamp, SE Ga., and winding generally S through N Fla. to the Gulf of Mexico; it is dredged…

Kearny, Stephen Watts

(Encyclopedia) Kearny, Stephen WattsKearny, Stephen Wattskärˈnē [key], 1794–1848, American general in the Mexican War, b. Newark, N.J. At the beginning of the Mexican War he was made commander of the…

Grodno

(Encyclopedia) GrodnoGrodnogrôdˈnô [key], Belarusian Horodno, city (1990 est. pop. 272,000), capital of Grodno region, NW Belarus, on the Neman River. A river port and an important railway center, it…

Canadian Prime Ministers Since 1867

This page lists the term in office, political party, and the name of each prime minister of Canada from 1867 to the present.Term Prime Minister Party1867–1873 Sir John A. Macdonald…

Supreme Court Justices (table)

(Encyclopedia) Supreme Court Justices(including dates on bench) Chief Justices John Jay 1789–95 John Rutledge 1795 Oliver Ellsworth 1796–1800 John Marshall 1801–35 Roger B. Taney 1836–64…

Stephen Jay Gould 2002 Deaths

Stephen Jay GouldAge: 60 revered paleontologist and science writer whose theories, including punctuated equilibrium (developed with Niles Eldredge), which asserted that evolutionary change in…

Stephen Vincent Benét: Lonely Burial

Lonely BurialStephen Vincent BenétThere were not many at that lonely place, Where two scourged hills met in a little plain. The wind cried loud in gusts, then low again. Three pines strained…

Stephens County, OK Census Data

Oklahoma Stephens County, Oklahoma People QuickFactsStephens CountyOklahomaPopulation, 2005 estimate 42,9463,547,884Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 -0.5%2.8%…

Stephens County, TX Census Data

Texas Stephens County, Texas People QuickFactsStephens CountyTexasPopulation, 2005 estimate 9,56122,859,968Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 -1.2%9.6%Population, 2000 9…

Stephens County, GA Census Data

Georgia Stephens County, Georgia People QuickFactsStephens CountyGeorgiaPopulation, 2005 estimate 25,0609,072,576Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 -1.5%10.8%Population…