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Yuma County, CO Census Data

Colorado Yuma County, Colorado People QuickFactsYuma CountyColoradoPopulation, 2005 estimate 9,7894,665,177Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 -0.5%8.4%2Population, 2000…

Geology of the Grand Canyon: The Jurassic.

THE CRETACEOUS.THE TRIAS.THE JURASSIC.Beyond the Cretaceous, as we descend the stairway of terraces, the Jurassic comes to daylight. It forms a belt encircling the Cretaceous and outside of…

Utah , state, United States

(Encyclopedia) CE5 UtahUtahy&oomacr;ˈtäˌ [key], Rocky Mt. state of the W United States. It is bordered by Idaho and Wyoming (N), Colorado (E), Arizona (S), and Nevada (W), and touches New…

Arizona

Colorado State Information Capital: Phoenix, AZ 85007 Official Name: State of Arizona Organized as a territory/republic: February 24, 1863 Entered Union (rank): February 14, 1912 (48th) Present…

Walt Whitman: From Pent-Up Aching Rivers

From Pent-Up Aching RiversFrom pent-up aching rivers, From that of myself without which I were nothing, From what I am determin'd to make illustrious, even if I stand sole among men, From…

Lucius Mendel RIVERS, Congress, SC (1905-1970)

RIVERS Lucius Mendel , a Representative from South Carolina; born in Gumville, Berkeley County, S.C., September 28, 1905; attended the public schools, the College of Charleston, Charleston, S.C.,…

Ralph Julian RIVERS, Congress, AK (1903-1976)

RIVERS Ralph Julian , a Representative from Alaska; born in Seattle, King County, Wash., May 23, 1903; attended grammar school in Flat, Alaska, and Franklin High School, Seattle, Wash.; LL.B.,…

Anza-Borrego Desert State Park

(Encyclopedia) Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, c.639 sq mi (1,655 sq km), S Calif., occupying most of E San Diego co. and neighboring portions of Riverside and Imperial cos.; est. 1933. Part of the…

Lamy, Jean Baptiste

(Encyclopedia) Lamy, Jean BaptisteLamy, Jean BaptistezhäN bätēstˈ lämēˈ [key], 1814–88, Roman Catholic archbishop in the U.S. Southwest, b. France. He was ordained in 1838 and, after doing missionary…

Kroemer, Herbert

(Encyclopedia) Kroemer, Herbert, 1928–, German physicist, Ph.D. Univ. of Göttingen, 1952. Kroemer was a researcher at RCA Laboratories in Princeton, N.J. (1954–57), and at Varian Associates in Palo…