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Korea, North

Infoplease has everything you need to know about Korea, North. Check out our country profile, full of essential information about Korea, North's geography, history, government, economy, population,…

North Carolina

North Carolina State Information Capital: Raleigh  Official Name: North Carolina Organized as a territory/republic: March 24, 1663 Entered Union (rank): November 21, 1789  Present constitution…

North Dakota

  North Dakota State Information Capital: Bismarck Official Name: State of North Dakota Organized as a territory: March 2, 1861 Entered Union (rank): November 2, 1889 (39th) Present…

Anderson, Robert

(Encyclopedia) Anderson, Robert, 1805–71, American army officer, defender of Fort Sumter, b. near Louisville, Ky., grad. West Point, 1825. He fought in the Black Hawk, Seminole, and Mexican wars and…

Hutchins, Thomas

(Encyclopedia) Hutchins, Thomas, 1730–89, American frontiersman, surveyor, and geographer, b. Monmouth co., N.J. He took part in the French and Indian War and gained a reputation for his engineering…

Lowndes, Rawlins

(Encyclopedia) Lowndes, RawlinsLowndes, Rawlinsloundz [key], 1721–1800, president of South Carolina (1778–79), b. St. Kitts. In 1730 his family moved to Charleston, S.C., where Lowndes later became a…

Vesey, Denmark

(Encyclopedia) Vesey, Denmark, 1767?–1822, African-American leader. After many years as a slave he won (1800) $1,500 in a lottery and purchased his freedom. Intelligent and energetic, he acquired…

Weather: Of Agnes, Gloria, and Hugo

Of Agnes, Gloria, and HugoWeatherBlowing Cold and Hot: The Big OnesWinter Gone SouthBig-City SnowsStorm of the Century?The Greatest One of AllModern Winter of Deep SnowsGalveston Storm SurgeThe Great…

Burnet Rhett MAYBANK, Congress, SC (1899-1954)

Senate Years of Service: 1941-1954 Party: Democrat MAYBANK Burnet Rhett , a Senator from South Carolina; born in Charleston, S.C., March 7, 1899; attended the public schools; graduated from Porter…

Hugh Swinton LEGARÉ, Congress, SC (1797-1843)

LEGARÉ Hugh Swinton , a Representative from South Carolina; born in Charleston, S.C., January 2, 1797; attended Charleston College and the school of Rev. Moses Waddell at Abbeville; was graduated…