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Peary Land

(Encyclopedia) Peary Land, peninsula, N Greenland, extending into the Arctic Ocean. It terminates in Cape Bridgman in the northeast and Cape Morris Jesup in the north, the most northerly point of…

Basel-Land

(Encyclopedia) Basel-Land and Basel-Stadt: see Basel, Switzerland.

Rupert's Land

(Encyclopedia) Rupert's Land, Canadian territory held (1670–1869) by the Hudson's Bay Company, named for Prince Rupert, first governor of the company. Under the charter granted (1670) to the company…

public land

(Encyclopedia) public land, in U.S. history, land owned by the federal government but not reserved for any special purpose, e.g., for a park or a military reservation. Public land is also called land…

The Supreme Court: Protecting Land and Home

Protecting Land and HomeThe Supreme CourtDeciding Property RightsProtecting Land and HomeSaving WetlandsProtecting Patents, Copyrights and TrademarksTrademark for Sex Shop Most of the time…

Stephen Crane: There was a land where lived no

There was a land where lived no violets. A traveller at once demanded: "Why?" The people told him: "Once the violets of this place spoke thus: "'Until some woman freely give her lover "'To…

The Congress of Women: The Land We Love

by Mrs. Mary L. Gaddess Symmetrical WomanhoodThe Land We Love. Mrs. Mary L. Gaddess is a native of Baltimore, Md. Her parents were Oliver P. Mrrryman. of one of the oldest families in the…

Lewis & Clark: A Great Transaction in Land

by NoahBrooks Beginning a Long JourneyA Great Transaction in Land The people of the young Republic of the United States were greatly astonished, in the summer of 1803…

Sugar Land, TX Census Data

People QuickFactsSugar LandTexasPopulation, 2003 estimate 70,81522,118,509Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003 11.8%6.1%Population, 2000 63,32820,851,820Population,…

Sugar Land, TX Demographic Statistics

NumberPercentTotal population63,328100.0SEX AND AGEMale30,98348.9Female32,34551.1Under 5 years3,8946.15 to 9 years5,2668.310 to 14 years6,54310.315 to 19 years5,6518.920 to 24 years2,3163.725 to…