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Oregon Trail

(Encyclopedia) Oregon Trail, overland emigrant route in the United States from the Missouri River to the Columbia River country (all of which was then called Oregon). The pioneers by wagon train did…

Idaho

(Encyclopedia) CE5 IdahoIdahoīˈdəhō [key], one of the Rocky Mt. states in the NW United States. It is bordered by Montana and Wyoming (E), Utah and Nevada (S), Oregon and Washington (W), and the…

March Temperature Extremes

The highest temperature ever recorded for the month of March occurred on March 31, 1954, in Rio Grande City, Tex. (elevation 168 ft), where the temperature reached 108°F. The lowest…

Snakes that Bite Underwater

The Question: Do snakes-such as the water moccasin-bite underwater? The Answer: Yes. Snakes can open their mouths and bite if provoked…

Evel Knievel

Name at birth: Robert Craig KnievelEvel Knievel brought the spirit of P.T. Barnum to daredevil motorcycle jumps in the 1960s and 1970s. Dressed in his signature red, white and blue jumpsuit, Knievel…

Clifford Peter HANSEN, Congress, WY (1912-2009)

Senate Years of Service: 1967-1978 Party: Republican HANSEN Clifford Peter , a Senator from Wyoming; born in Zenith, Teton (then Lincoln) County, Wyo., October 16, 1912; attended the public schools…

Down the Pacific Slope

Chapter 14 Chapter 16 Down the Pacific Slope The early days of October were spent in making preparations for the descent of the river,--the Kooskooskee. Here they made their…

Lewis & Clark: Down the Pacific Slope

by NoahBrooks Across the Great DivideDown the Columbia to TidewaterDown the Pacific Slope The early days of October were spent in making preparations for the descent…

Idaho

  Idaho State Information Capital: Boise Official Name: State of Idaho Organized as a territory/republic: March 3, 1863 Entered Union (rank): July 3, 1890 (43rd state) Present constitution…