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Sacajawea

(Encyclopedia) SacajaweaSacajaweasăkˌəjəwēˈə, səkäˌ– [key], SacagaweaSacajawea–gəwēˈə [key], or SakakaweaSacajawea–kəwēˈə [key], c.1788–1812?, Native North American woman who accompanied the Lewis…

Warrensburg

(Encyclopedia) Warrensburg, city (1990 pop. 15,244), seat of Johnson co., W Mo.; settled 1833, inc. as a city 1855. The city is situated in a dairy and farm region that principally raises wheat, corn…

Benton, Thomas Hart, U.S. Senator

(Encyclopedia) Benton, Thomas Hart, 1782–1858, U.S. Senator (1821–51), b. Hillsboro, N.C. Benton moved to Tennessee in 1809, was admitted to the bar in 1811, and served (1809–11) in the state senate…

Ohio, river, United States

(Encyclopedia) Ohio, river, 981 mi (1,579 km) long, formed by the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers in SW Pa., at Pittsburgh; it flows northwest, then generally southwest to enter…

Assiniboin

(Encyclopedia) AssiniboinAssiniboinəsĭnˈəboinˌ [key], Native North Americans whose culture is that of the N Great Plains; their language belongs to the Siouan branch of the Hokan-Siouan linguistic…

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Two Rivers

Two RiversThy summer voice, Musketaquit, Repeats the music of the rain; But sweeter rivers pulsing flit Through thee, as thou through Concord Plain. Thou in thy narrow banks art pent: The…

Passages from "The River Song"

Passages from "The River Song"Five clouds hang aloft, bright on the purple sky, The imperial guards come forth from the golden house with their armour a-gleaming.…He goes out to Hori, to…

Hood River County, OR Census Data

Oregon Hood River County, Oregon People QuickFactsHood River CountyOregonPopulation, 2005 estimate 21,2843,641,056Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 4.3%6.4%Population,…

Fall River, MA Census Data

People QuickFactsFall RiverMassachusettsPopulation, 2003 estimate 92,7606,433,422Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003 0.9%1.3%Population, 2000 91,9386,349,097Population,…