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Pike, Zebulon Montgomery
(Encyclopedia) Pike, Zebulon Montgomery, 1779–1813, American explorer, an army officer, b. Lamberton (now part of Trenton), N.J. He joined the army (c.1793) and was commissioned second lieutenant in…crane, in zoology
(Encyclopedia) crane, large wading bird found in marshes in the Northern Hemisphere and in Africa. Although sometimes confused with herons, cranes are more closely related to rails and limpkins.…Alvord, Clarence Walworth
(Encyclopedia) Alvord, Clarence WalworthAlvord, Clarence Walworthălˈvərd [key], 1868–1928, American historian, b. Greenfield, Mass. He became (1901) an instructor in history at the Univ. of Illinois…Vardaman, James Kimble
(Encyclopedia) Vardaman, James Kimble, 1861–1930, U.S. political leader, b. near Edna, Jackson co., Tex. Admitted to the Mississippi bar in 1881, he practiced law and was a newspaper editor before…From the Lower to the Upper River
Chapter 2 Chapter 4 From the Lower to the Upper River The party finally set sail up the Missouri River on Monday, May 21, 1804, but made only a few miles, owing to head winds.…Larry Rivers 2002 Deaths
Larry RiversAge: 78 experimental painter and sculptor who helped to define pop art. His works often parodied pieces by the old masters. His influential paintings include Washington Crossing…Ralph Waldo Emerson: The River
The RiverAnd I behold once more My old familiar haunts; here the blue river, The same blue wonder that my infant eye Admired, sage doubting whence the traveller came,— Whence brought his…The River Merchants Wife: A Letter
The River Merchants Wife: A LetterWhile my hair was still cut straight across my forehead Played I about the front gate, pulling flowers. You came by on bamboo stilts, playing horse, You…Grand Canyon River View
photos by Carol M. Highsmith Grand Canyon River View Previous Next >> Related Links How Old Is the Grand Canyon?Grand Canyon QuizGrand CanyonArizonaThe National Park…Sara Teasedale: Rivers to the Sea
Rivers to the SeaBut what of her whose heart is troubled by it, The mother who would soothe and set him free, Fearing the song's storm-shaken ecstasy— Oh, as the moon that has no power to…Trending
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