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Rogers, Will
(Encyclopedia)Rogers, Will (William Penn Adair Rogers), 1879–1935, American humorist, b. Oolagah, Indian Territory (now in Oklahoma). In his youth he worked as a cowboy in Oklahoma, and after traveling over the w...Cheyenne Mountain
(Encyclopedia)Cheyenne Mountain, c.9,565 ft (2,915 m), in the Front Range of the Rocky Mts., El Paso co., central Colo., SW of Colorado Springs. Halfway up the mountain, in North Cheyenne Park, is the Shrine of the...Post, Wiley
(Encyclopedia)Post, Wiley, 1899–1935, American aviator, b. Grand Plain, Tex. He won fame in 1931 when he and Harold Gatty flew around the northern part of the earth in 8 days 15 hr 51 min. In 1933 he made a secon...Edmond
(Encyclopedia)Edmond, city (1990 pop. 52,315), Oklahoma co., central Okla.; settled 1889. It is a trading center with a huge oil field and small industries that manufacture concrete, petroleum products, and other g...Barrow
(Encyclopedia)Barrow, city (1990 pop. 3,469), N Alaska; inc. 1958. It is the northernmost (71° 16 N) U.S. settlement and the trade center of the Alaska North Slope. Government agencies, Eskimo crafts, and touri...Point Barrow
(Encyclopedia)Point Barrow, northernmost point of Alaska, on the Arctic Ocean, at lat. 71°23N and long. 156°30W. Visited in 1826 by Frederick W. Beechey, a British explorer, and named by him for the British...Ziegfeld, Florenz
(Encyclopedia)Ziegfeld, Florenz flôr´nz zg´fld [key], 1869–1932, American theatrical producer, b. Chicago. The talent manager son of a German immigrant, in 1907 he first produced the Ziegfeld Follies, fo...Rogers, Richard, Baron Rogers of Riverside
(Encyclopedia)Rogers, Richard, Baron Rogers of Riverside, 1933–, British architect, b. Florence, Italy, studied Architectural Association, London (1954–59), Yale (M.Arch., 1962). With Norman Foster and two othe...Rogers, Roy
(Encyclopedia)Rogers, Roy, 1911–98, American Western film star, b. Cincinnati, Ohio, as Leonard Franklin Slye. The guitar-strumming Rogers succeeded Gene Autry as America's favorite singing cowboy in movies of th...Tune, Tommy
(Encyclopedia)Tune, Tommy, 1939–, American dancer, choreographer, and director, b. Wichita Falls, Tex. An unusually lanky 6 ft 6 in., Tune began his Broadway dancing career in the chorus of several mid-1960s musi...Browse by Subject
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