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Foote, Henry Stuart
(Encyclopedia) Foote, Henry Stuart, 1804–80, U.S. senator (1847–52) and governor of Mississippi (1852–54), b. Fauquier co., Va. An able criminal lawyer, he practiced in several different states. In…Hollins, George Nichols
(Encyclopedia) Hollins, George Nichols, 1799–1878, American naval officer, b. Baltimore. His active career spanned the years from the War of 1812, in which he served under Decatur, to the end of the…Fox, river, United States
(Encyclopedia) Fox, river, 176 mi (283 km) long, rising in S central Wis. and flowing SW to within 1.5 mi (2.4 km) of Portage, Wis., on the Wisconsin River, then NE through Lake Winnebago into Green…Arkansas
Arkansas State Information Capital: Little Rock Official Name: State of Arkansas Organized as a territory/republic: March 2, 1819 Entered Union (rank): June 15, 1836 (25) Present constitution…New Madrid
(Encyclopedia) New MadridNew Madridmăˈdrĭd [key], city (2000 pop. 3,334), seat of New Madrid co., extreme SE Mo., on Mississippi River at the sweeping New Madrid Bend; inc. 1808. A river port, the…South Saint Paul
(Encyclopedia) South Saint Paul, city (1990 pop. 20,197), Dakota co., SE Minn., a suburb of St. Paul, on the Mississippi River; inc. 1887. It was long known for its large stockyards and meatpacking…Alvord, Clarence Walworth
(Encyclopedia) Alvord, Clarence WalworthAlvord, Clarence Walworthălˈvərd [key], 1868–1928, American historian, b. Greenfield, Mass. He became (1901) an instructor in history at the Univ. of Illinois…Vardaman, James Kimble
(Encyclopedia) Vardaman, James Kimble, 1861–1930, U.S. political leader, b. near Edna, Jackson co., Tex. Admitted to the Mississippi bar in 1881, he practiced law and was a newspaper editor before…Kemper, Reuben
(Encyclopedia) Kemper, Reuben, d. 1827, American adventurer, b. Virginia. With his brothers Nathan and Samuel he settled c.1800 in Feliciana, just above Baton Rouge, in West Florida, then Spanish…delta
(Encyclopedia) delta [from triangular shape of the Nile delta, like the Greek letter delta], a deposit of clay, silt, and sand formed at the mouth of a river where the stream loses velocity and drops…Trending
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