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Big Stone County, MN Census Data

Minnesota Big Stone County, Minnesota People QuickFactsBig Stone CountyMinnesotaPopulation, 2005 estimate 5,4815,132,799Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 -5.8%4.3%…

Big Horn County, MT Census Data

Montana Big Horn County, Montana People QuickFactsBig Horn CountyMontanaPopulation, 2005 estimate 13,149935,670Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 3.8%3.7%Population,…

Weather: Blowing Cold and Hot: The Big Ones

Blowing Cold and Hot: The Big OnesWeatherBlowing Cold and Hot: The Big OnesWinter Gone SouthBig-City SnowsStorm of the Century?The Greatest One of AllModern Winter of Deep SnowsGalveston Storm…

Big Horn County, WY Census Data

Wyoming Big Horn County, Wyoming People QuickFactsBig Horn CountyWyomingPopulation, 2005 estimate 11,333509,294Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 -1.1%3.1%Population,…

Harney, William Selby

(Encyclopedia) Harney, William Selby, 1800–1889, American general, b. Haysboro, near Nashville, Tenn. He entered the army in 1818 and gained a colonel's rank in the Florida campaigns against Native…

Omaha, indigenous people of North America

(Encyclopedia) OmahaOmahaōˈməhä, –hô [key], Native Americans whose language belongs to the Siouan branch of the Hokan-Siouan linguistic stock (see Native American languages). They, with the Ponca,…

Roanoke, city, United States

(Encyclopedia) RoanokeRoanokerōˈənōk [key], city (1990 pop. 96,397), independent and in no co., SW Va., on the Roanoke River; settled c.1740, inc. 1882, as a city, 1884. It is situated between the…

Ozark National Scenic Riverways

(Encyclopedia) Ozark National Scenic Riverways, 80,786 acres (32,707 hectares), along the Current and Jacks Fork rivers, SE Mo.; authorized 1964 as the first national scenic river; est. 1972. Many…

Tilly, Charles

(Encyclopedia) Tilly, Charles, 1929–2008, American sociologist, b. Lombard, Ill. Educated at Harvard and Oxford, Tilly taught at the Univ. of Michigan, the New School for Social Research, and…

Wilson, Robert Woodrow

(Encyclopedia) Wilson, Robert Woodrow, 1936–, American radio astronomer, b. Houston, Tex., Ph.D. California Institute of Technology, 1962. In 1964 he and co-researcher Arno Penzias began monitoring…