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Frank Jenne CANNON, Congress, UT (1859-1933)

Senate Years of Service: 1896-1897; 1897-1899 Party: Republican; Silver Republican CANNON Frank Jenne , a Delegate from the Territory of Utah and a Senator from Utah; born in Salt Lake City,…

Reed SMOOT, Congress, UT (1862-1941)

Senate Years of Service: 1903-1933 Party: Republican SMOOT Reed , a Senator from Utah; born in Salt Lake City, Utah, January 10, 1862; moved with his parents to Provo, Utah County, Utah, in 1874;…

Julius Caesar BURROWS, Congress, MI (1837-1915)

Senate Years of Service: 1895-1911 Party: Republican BURROWS Julius Caesar , a Representative and a Senator from Michigan; born in North East, Erie County, Pa., January 9, 1837; moved with his…

Women in American Religion

Even though it is only recently that women have been permitted to hold official roles in many religions, they have always been central to American religious life. Unofficially, women have often been…

Fall Film Preview, 1998, Part 3

Danny Glover and Oprah Winfrey in Touchstone's adaptation of Toni Morrison's BelovedSeveral fall films take their cues from classics like It's a Wonderful Life (1946) and channel otherworldly…

Nevada

(Encyclopedia) CE5 NevadaNevadanəvădˈə, –vä– [key], far western state of the United States. It is bordered by Utah (E), Arizona (SE), California (SW, W), and Oregon and Idaho (N). In the…

Sarah Winnemucca Biography

Sarah WinnemuccaNorthern Paiute lecturer, educator, and writerBorn: c. 1844Birthplace: near Humboldt Sink, western Nevada Sarah Winnemucca, whose Indian name was Thocmetony, or “Shell Flower…

Geology of the Grand Canyon: The Trias.

THE JURASSIC.THE VERMILION CLIFFS.THE TRIAS.Kanab village is situated under the eaves of the Vermillion Cliffs, in the jaws of the cañon of Kanab Creek. It has for several years been the…

Brewer's: Red Men

W. Hepworth Dixon tells us that the Mormons regard the Red Indians as a branch of the Hebrew race, who lost their priesthood, and with it their colour, intelligence, and physiognomy,…