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Chesterfield Inlet
(Encyclopedia) Chesterfield Inlet, hamlet, Canadian government post in the Nunavut Territory, at the mouth of Chesterfield Inlet of Hudson Bay.Superstorm Sandy
A pre-Halloween storm of scary proportions by Catherine McNiff The eye of the storm bears down on the eastern seaboard Hurricane Links Hurricane Katrina TimelineHurricane Season 2008Maps…St. Louis, Mo.
Mayor: Francis G. Slay (to April 2017) 2010 census population (rank): 319,294 (58); Male: 154,171 (48.3%); Female: 165,123 (51.7%); White: 140,267 (43.9%); Black: 157,160 (49.2%); American…Hispanics in Congress
Source: Library of Congress House of Representatives | Senate House of Representatives 1800s | 1900-19501950-1980 | 1980-Present Dates Name Party State/Territory1822-1823…Rupert's Land
(Encyclopedia) Rupert's Land, Canadian territory held (1670–1869) by the Hudson's Bay Company, named for Prince Rupert, first governor of the company. Under the charter granted (1670) to the company…Kemper, Reuben
(Encyclopedia) Kemper, Reuben, d. 1827, American adventurer, b. Virginia. With his brothers Nathan and Samuel he settled c.1800 in Feliciana, just above Baton Rouge, in West Florida, then Spanish…Galatia
(Encyclopedia) GalatiaGalatiagəlāˈshə [key] [Gr.,=Gaul], ancient territory of central Asia Minor, in present Turkey (around modern Ankara). It was so called from its inhabitants, the Gauls, who…Pacific Islands, Trust Territory of the
(Encyclopedia) Pacific Islands, Trust Territory of the, former UN trust territory administered by the United States, consisting of the Caroline Islands, Marshall Islands, and Mariana Islands (…Ordinance of 1787
(Encyclopedia) Ordinance of 1787, adopted by the Congress of Confederation for the government of the Western territories ceded to the United States by the states. It created the Northwest Territory…Joseph WHEELER, Congress, AL (1836-1906)
WHEELER Joseph , a Representative from Alabama; born in Augusta, Ga., September 10, 1836; attended local schools and the Episcopal Academy, Cheshire, Conn.; was graduated from the United States…