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Everett, Edward
(Encyclopedia) Everett, EdwardEverett, Edwardĕvˈrĭt, ĕvˈərĭt [key], 1794–1865, American orator and statesman, b. Dorchester, Mass., grad. Harvard (B.A., 1811; M.A., 1814). In 1814 he became a…Estrada Palma, Tomás
(Encyclopedia) Estrada Palma, TomásEstrada Palma, Tomástōmäsˈ [key]Estrada Palma, Tomás esträˈᵺä [key]Estrada Palma, Tomáspälˈmä [key], 1835–1908, Cuban revolutionist and first president (1902–6) of…Bland, Richard Parks
(Encyclopedia) Bland, Richard Parks, 1835–99, American statesman, b. near Hartford, Ky. He taught in rural schools in Kentucky and Missouri before he went to the gold fields of California in 1855. He…Louisiana Purchase
(Encyclopedia) CE5 Louisiana Purchase (1803) Louisiana Purchase, 1803, American acquisition from France of the formerly Spanish region of Louisiana. Jefferson instructed Livingston to attempt…Twain, Mark
(Encyclopedia) Twain, Mark, pseud. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1835–1910, American author, b. Florida, Mo. As humorist, narrator, and social observer, Twain is unsurpassed in American literature.…Moline
(Encyclopedia) MolineMolinemōlēnˈ [key], city (1990 pop. 43,202), Rock Island co., NW Ill., on the Mississippi River, in a coal area; inc. 1848. It is a transportation and industrial center, and has…Mallory, Stephen Russell
(Encyclopedia) Mallory, Stephen Russell, c.1813–73, U.S. Senator, secretary of the navy in the Confederacy, b. Trinidad, West Indies. He was raised in Key West, Fla., where he practiced law and was a…East Moline
(Encyclopedia) East Moline East Moline mōlēnˈ [key], city (2020 pop. 20,393), Rock Island co., NW Ill., a suburb of…horned lizard
(Encyclopedia) horned lizard or horned toad, broad, flat-bodied lizards of the genus Phrynosoma, found in arid regions from extreme SW Canada to Guatemala. There are several species in the United…Quapaw
(Encyclopedia) QuapawQuapawkwôˈpô [key], Native North Americans, also called the Arkansas, whose language belongs to the Siouan branch of the Hokan-Siouan linguistic stock (see Native American…Trending
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