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Tonto Basin

(Encyclopedia) Tonto Basin, depression S of the Mogollon Rim, central Ariz. The wild country around Tonto Creek, which flows c.45 mi (70 km) S from the basin to enter the lake behind Roosevelt Dam,…

McReynolds, James Clark

(Encyclopedia) McReynolds, James ClarkMcReynolds, James Clarkməkrĕnˈəldz [key], 1862–1946, U.S. Attorney General (1913–14) and associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1914–41), b. Elkton, Ky. He…

Warm Springs

(Encyclopedia) Warm Springs, resort, Meriwether co., W Ga. The salutary properties of the water springing from Pine Mt. were known to Native Americans, and white settlers learned of them in the late…

Theodore Roosevelt Island

(Encyclopedia) Theodore Roosevelt Island: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table).

Westbury

(Encyclopedia) Westbury, residential village (1990 pop. 13,060), Nassau co., SE N.Y., on Long Island; settled 1650, inc. 1932. The State Univ. of New York's Old Westbury campus and Old Westbury…

Salt River valley

(Encyclopedia) Salt River valley, irrigated region around the lower course of the Salt River, which rises in mountain streams near the Mogollon Rim of the Mogollon Plateau and flows southwest to join…

Franklin D. Roosevelt's Third Inaugural Address

Given on Monday, January 20, 1941 On each national day of inauguration since 1789, the people have renewed their sense of dedication to the United States. In Washington's day the task of the…

Franklin D. Roosevelt's First Fireside Chat

Given on Sunday, March 12, 1933 I want to talk for a few minutes with the people of the United States about banking—with the comparatively few who understand the mechanics of banking but more…

Betsey Cushing Roosevelt Whitney 1998 Deaths

Betsey Cushing Roosevelt WhitneyAge: 89 prestigious New York socialite and a philanthropist who made generous donations in medicine and art. Died: March 25, 1998.Ross WetzsteonR - ZRozz…

Cabinet Members Under F. D. Roosevelt

Secretary of State Cordell Hull, 1933E. R. Stettinius, Jr., 1944Secretary of the Treasury William H. Woodin, 1933Henry Morgenthau, Jr., 1934Secretary of War George H. Dern, 1933Harry H.…