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ferry

(Encyclopedia) ferry, vessel providing passage over a river, lake, or other body of water for passengers, vehicles, or freight; the term is also applied to the place where the crossing is made and,…

Meharry Medical College

(Encyclopedia) Meharry Medical CollegeMeharry Medical Collegeməhârˈē [key], at Nashville, Tenn.; coeducational; organized 1876 as the medical department of Central Tennessee College, granted an…

September 2016: Hoboken Train Crash

World News | Disasters & Science News Here's a slideshow depicting the major U.S. news events of September 2016. 1. Native Mosquitoes in Miami Test Positive for Zika 2. ITT…

Steam Train Maury 2006 Deaths

Steam Train MauryMaurice W. GrahamAge: 89 hobo king who was crowned five times between 1973 and 1981, and named the first and only Grand Patriarch of the Hobos in 2004. In 1990, he wrote…

Poems by Emily Dickinson: The Railway Train

by EmilyDickinsonXVIThe ShowThe Railway Train The Railway Train I like to see it lap the miles, And lick the valleys up, And stop to feed itself at tanks; And then, prodigious, step…

Spring Training: What's New in 1998

Arizona Diamondbacks Manager Buck Showalter has his team working hard in spring training to get ready for their first season in the National League West.Source:Wide World Photos The Cleveland…

United States Olympic Training Facilities

Where American Olympic hopefuls live and train by Elizabeth Olson Related Links Olympics Overview Birth of the Modern Olympics Olympic Athletes Memorable Olympic Moments…

Herrings, Battle of the

(Encyclopedia) Herrings, Battle of the, 1429, episode in the siege of Orléans by the English in the Hundred Years War. The French, under Jean, comte de Dunois, attacked a supply train commanded by…

Ferguson, Patrick

(Encyclopedia) Ferguson, Patrick, 1744–80, British army officer in the American Revolution. He invented an early breech-loading rifle in 1776. Ferguson fought at Brandywine and Charleston before he…