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Etowah
(Encyclopedia) EtowahEtowahĕtˈəwôˌ, āˈtə– [key], river, 141 mi (227 km) long, rising in the Blue Ridge Mts., N Ga., and flowing SW to Rome, Ga., where it joins the Oostanaula River to form the Coosa…Wateree
(Encyclopedia) WatereeWatereewôtərēˈ [key], river, c.395 mi (635 km) long, rising in the Blue Ridge, W N.C., as the Catawba River and flowing E past Hickory and then S past Charlotte into central N S…Shimla
(Encyclopedia) ShimlaShimlashĭmˈlə [key], formerly Simla, town (1991 pop. 110,360), capital of Himachal Pradesh state, NW India. It is situated on a forested ridge (c.7,100 ft/2,165 m high) in the W…Little Tennessee
(Encyclopedia) Little Tennessee, river, c.135 mi (220 km) long, rising in the Blue Ridge, NE Ga., and flowing generally NW across SW N.C. and through E Tenn. to the Tennessee River opposite Lenoir…Emory University
(Encyclopedia) Emory UniversityEmory Universityĕmˈərē [key], near Atlanta, Ga.; coeducational; United Methodist; chartered as Emory College 1836, opened 1837 at Oxford. It became Emory Univ. in 1915…Watauga
(Encyclopedia) WataugaWataugawŏtôˈgə [key], river, 60 mi (97 km) long, rising in the Blue Ridge Mts., NW N.C., and flowing NW to the south fork of the Holston River near Kingsport, Tenn. Watauga Dam…Talladega
(Encyclopedia) TalladegaTalladegatălədēˈgə [key], city (1990 pop. 18,175), seat of Talladega co., NE central Ala., in the Blue Ridge foothills; inc. 1835. There are significant marble and limestone…Olives, Mount of
(Encyclopedia) Olives, Mount of, or OlivetOlivetŏlˈĭvĕt [key], ridge, E of Jerusalem, mentioned in the Old Testament as the scene of David's flight from the city, Ezekiel's theophany, and Zechariah's…Edwin Reed RIDGELY, Congress, KS (1844-1927)
RIDGELY Edwin Reed , a Representative from Kansas; born near Lancaster, Wabash County, Ill., May 9, 1844; attended district school in the winter months; during the Civil War enlisted as a private…Henry Moore RIDGELY, Congress, DE (1779-1847)
Senate Years of Service: 1827-1829 Party: Jacksonian RIDGELY Henry Moore , a Representative and a Senator from Delaware; born in Dover, Del., August 6, 1779; completed preparatory studies;…Trending
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