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2005 Year in Review

Top events for the nation and the world   American soldiers search for insurgents in Mosul, Iraq Quizzes Incendiary Political Remarks, 2005 Who suggested we assassinate a South…

Chauncey Judd: David Wooster's

Alarm in Judd's Meadow Wooster's Well David Wooster's As David had predicted, he and his comrades were received at his father's with cordiality. Mr. Wooster was that morning engaged…

Cleveland, Grover

(Encyclopedia) Cleveland, Grover (Stephen Grover Cleveland), 1837–1908, 22d (1885–89) and 24th (1893–97) President of the United States, b. Caldwell, N.J.; son of a Presbyterian clergyman. Cleveland'…

The Journals of Lewis & Clark: August 20, 1805

by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark August 19, 1805August 21, 1805August 20, 1805 Tuesday August 20th 1805. This morning I sent out the two hunters and employed the ballance of the…

Ronald Reagan's Inaugural Address

Given on Tuesday, January 20, 1981 Senator Hatfield, Mr. Chief Justice, Mr. President, Vice President Bush, Vice President Mondale, Senator Baker, Speaker O'Neill, Reverend Moomaw, and my…

Ancient Chocoholics

—Holly Hartman In July 2002, an international team led by French paleontologist Michel Brunet announced the discovery of a humanlike skull that may be up to seven million years old, twice as old…

From the Lower to the Upper River

Chapter 2 Chapter 4 From the Lower to the Upper River The party finally set sail up the Missouri River on Monday, May 21, 1804, but made only a few miles, owing to head winds.…

Chauncey Judd: Prison Life

Newgate Afterward Prison Life Let us draw a picture of daily prison life in the Newgate of Connecticut One hundred years ago. At daybreak, summer and winter, the heavy iron trap-door…