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Illinois State Information Capital: Springfield Official Name: State of Illinois Organized as a territory/republic: February 3, 1809 Entered Union (21): December 3, 1818 (21st state) Present…New Mexico State University
(Encyclopedia) New Mexico State University, at Las Cruces; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered and opened 1889 as a college. It became New Mexico State Univ. of Engineering,…Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site
(Encyclopedia) Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site, Mont.: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table).Turkmanchai, Treaty of
(Encyclopedia) Turkmanchai, Treaty ofTurkmanchai, Treaty oft&oobreve;rkmänchīˈ [key], 1828, agreement signed by Russia and Persia at the village of Turkmanchai (Torkaman), East Azerbaijan prov.,…Wyoming, University of
(Encyclopedia) Wyoming, University of, at Laramie; coeducational; land-grant and state supported; chartered 1886, opened 1887. The Rocky Mt. Herbarium, which has an outstanding collection of plants…Arthur, Chester Alan
(Encyclopedia) Arthur, Chester Alan, 1829–86, 21st President of the United States (1881–85), b. Fairfield, Vt. He studied law and before the Civil War practiced in New York City. In the war he was (…Dana, Charles Anderson
(Encyclopedia) Dana, Charles AndersonDana, Charles Andersondāˈnə [key], 1819–97, American newspaper editor, b. Hinsdale, N.H. He was a member of the Brook Farm community for five years. In 1847 he…Calvert, George, 1st Baron Baltimore
(Encyclopedia) Calvert, George, 1st Baron Baltimore, c.1580–1632, English colonizer of North America. In 1606 he became private secretary to Robert Cecil, earl of Salisbury, then a secretary of state…Ohio
Ohio State Information Capital: Columbus Official Name: State of Ohio Organized as a territory: May 7, 1788 (Northwest Territory) Entered Union (rank): March 1, 1803 (17th) Present constitution…Alexander Grant BARRY, Congress, OR (1892-1952)
Senate Years of Service: 1938-1939 Party: Republican BARRY Alexander Grant , a Senator from Oregon; born in Astoria, Clatsop County, Oreg., August 23, 1892; attended the public schools of Astoria…Trending
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