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Thomas Ellsworth MARTIN, Congress, IA (1893-1971)

Senate Years of Service: 1955-1961 Party: Republican MARTIN Thomas Ellsworth , a Representative and a Senator from Iowa; born in Melrose, Monroe County, Iowa, January 18, 1893; attended the public…

Harry LANE, Congress, OR (1855-1917)

Senate Years of Service: 1913-1917 Party: Democrat LANE Harry , a Senator from Oregon; born in Corvallis, Benton County, Oreg., August 28, 1855; attended the public schools and graduated from…

Kentville

(Encyclopedia) Kentville, town (1991 pop. 5,506), W N.S., Canada, on the Cornwallis River, NW of Halifax. It is a tourist and trade center in the Annapolis valley, a fruit-growing region.

Achor

(Encyclopedia) AchorAchorāˈkôr [key], in the Bible, valley where Achan was stoned.

Fishers Hill

(Encyclopedia) Fishers Hill, bluff, near Strasburg, Va., in the Shenandoah Valley; site of Union Gen. Philip Sheridan's defeat of Gen. Jubal Early on Sept. 22, 1864, during the Civil War.

Keziz

(Encyclopedia) KezizKezizkēˈzĭz [key], in the Bible, valley, in the vicinity of Jericho.

Jenkins, John, American pioneer, 1728–85

(Encyclopedia) Jenkins, John, 1728–85, American pioneer, b. probably Connecticut. In 1753, Jenkins explored the Wyoming Valley for the proposed Susquehanna Company. A settlement (1762) under his…