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Delaware, indigenous people of North America
(Encyclopedia) DelawareDelawaredĕlˈəwâr, –wər [key], English name given several closely related Native American groups of the Algonquian branch of the Algonquian-Wakashan linguistic stock (see Native…Treaty of Paris
This treaty, signed on September 3, 1783, between the American colonies and Great Britain, ended the American Revolution and formally recognized the United States as an independent nation.…March 2016: Spring Floods Hit South
U.S. News | Disasters & Science News Here's a slideshow depicting the major science and disaster news events of March 2016…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.,…Larkin I. SMITH, Congress, MS (1944-1989)
SMITH Larkin I. , a Representative from Mississippi; born in Poplarville, Pearl River County, Miss., June 26, 1944; attended Poplarville Elementary School; graduated, Poplarville High School, 1962;…Grand River, river, Canada
(Encyclopedia) Grand River, c.165 mi (270 km) long, rising in the highlands of the Ontario Peninsula, S Ont., Canada, and flowing S past Kitchener and Brantford, then SE to Lake Erie at Port Maitland…John Mills ALLEN, Congress, MS (1846-1917)
ALLEN John Mills , a Representative from Mississippi; born in Tishomingo County, Miss., July 8, 1846; attended the common schools; during the Civil War enlisted as a private in the Confederate…Oil Spills and Disasters Timeline
The following list includes major oil spills since 1967. The circumstances surrounding the spill, amount of oil spilled, and the attendant environmental damage is also given. 1967 March 18,…Trending
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