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Pratt County, KS Economic Statistics

Pratt county kansas dp 3 profile of selected economic characteristics SubjectNumberPercent EMPLOYMENT STATUSPopulation 16 years and over7,630100.0In labor force5,02165.8Civilian labor…

Pratt County, KS Housing Statistics

Pratt county kansas dp 4 profile of selected housing characteristics SubjectNumberPercent Total housing units4,633100.0UNITS IN STRUCTURE1-unit, detached3,78281.61-unit, attached180.…

Sherman, Stuart Pratt

(Encyclopedia) Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881–1926, American critic and editor, b. Anita, Iowa, grad. Williams, 1900, Ph.D. Harvard, 1906. Professor of English at the Univ. of Illinois from 1907 to 1924…

Ohr, George Edgar

(Encyclopedia) Ohr, George Edgar, 1857–1918, American ceramist, often considered the first art potter in the United States, b. Biloxi, Miss. He apprenticed in New Orleans, traveled to potteries in 16…

E. coli

(Encyclopedia) E. coli: see Escherichia coli.

A. E.

(Encyclopedia) A. E.: see Russell, George William.

Lost Battalion

(Encyclopedia) Lost Battalion, in World War I, popular name given to those American units of the 77th Division—six companies of the 1st and 2d battalions of the 308th Infantry, one company of the…

Pratt, Richard Henry

(Encyclopedia) Pratt, Richard Henry, 1840–1924, American soldier and educator, b. Rushford, N.Y. He served in the Union army during the Civil War and then in the Indian wars in the West, where he…

rap music

(Encyclopedia) rap music or hip-hop, African-American popular music style that originated in the mid-to-late ‘70s, which incorporates DJing, MCing, dance, and fashion. See studies by M.…

Fredericksburg, battle of

(Encyclopedia) Fredericksburg, battle of, in the Civil War, fought Dec. 13, 1862, at Fredericksburg, Va. In Nov., 1862, the Union general Ambrose Burnside moved his three “grand divisions” under W. B…