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William Gibbs McADOO, Congress, CA (1863-1941)
Senate Years of Service: 1933-1938 Party: Democrat McADOO William Gibbs , a Senator from California; born on a farm near Marietta, Cobb County, Ga., October 31, 1863; attended the rural schools and…Erie Railroad
(Encyclopedia) Erie Railroad, rail transportation line designed to connect the mouth of the Hudson River with the Great Lakes region. The New York and Erie RR Company was enfranchised and…Troy , cities, United States
(Encyclopedia) Troy. 1 City (1990 pop. 13,051), seat of Pike co., SE Ala., on the Conecuh River; inc. 1843. Products include lumber and wood items, textiles, truck bodies, feed, plastics, and pecans…Saint Lawrence
(Encyclopedia) Saint Lawrence, one of the principal rivers of North America, 744 mi (1,197 km) long. It issues from the northeastern end of Lake Ontario and flows northeast, first along the U.S.-…Bronx, the
(Encyclopedia) Bronx, the, borough of New York City, coextensive with Bronx co. (2020 pop. 1,472,654), land area 42 sq mi (106 sq km), SE N.Y. The name…Longest Suspension Bridges in the United States
Finished in 1964, the Verrazano-Narrows bridge spanning lower New York Bay is the longest suspension bridge in the United States. Rank Bridge name…Longest U.S. Suspension Bridges
Here is a list of the longest suspension bridges in the United States, by main span length. Also included is the date the bridge was completed. Rank Name Location…Morse, Samuel Finley Breese
(Encyclopedia) Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791–1872, American inventor and artist, b. Charlestown, Mass., grad. Yale, 1810. He studied painting in England under Washington Allston and achieved some…Erie, Lake
(Encyclopedia) Erie, Lake, 9,940 sq mi (25,745 sq km), 241 mi (388 km) long and from 30 to 57 mi (48–92 km) wide, bordered on the N by S Ont., Canada, on the E by W N.Y., on the S by NW Pa. and N…Eastwood, Clint
(Encyclopedia) Eastwood, Clint (Clinton Eastwood, Jr.), 1930–, American actor and director, b. San Francisco. Eastwood, who began his acting career in 1955, came to public attention in the TV Western…Trending
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