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The Journals of Lewis & Clark: July 22, 1804

by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark July 21, 1804July 23, 1804July 22, 1804 July 22nd Sunday Set out verry early with a view of getting Some timbered land & a good Situation to…

Animal Hall of Fame

Land mammal: African elephants weigh up to 14,000 pounds and can eat as much as 600 pounds of food a day! Their trunks contain as many as 100,000 different muscles. Marine mammal: The blue whale…

Origin of Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes: Protists

ProtistsOrigin of Prokaryotes and EukaryotesIntroductionOrigin of ProkaryotesEukaryote EvolutionProtistsSlime Molds Protists represent in excess of 100,000 species and are so varied in their…

Crossing the Bitter Root Mountains

Chapter 22 Chapter 24 Crossing the Bitter Root Mountains Disasters many kept pace with the unhappy explorers on their way back to Quamash flats after their rebuff at the base of…

meningitis

(Encyclopedia) meningitismeningitismĕnĭnjīˈtĭs [key] or cerebrospinal meningitiscerebrospinal meningitissĕrˌəbrōspīˈnəl [key], acute inflammation of the meninges, the membranes that cover and protect…

Huckleberries

HuckleberriesThere was a great clashing of tin pails, much running to and fro, and frequent demands for something to eat, one August afternoon, for the boys were going huckleberrying, and…

1938–2007 Caldecott Medal Winners

1938Animals of the Bible, a Picture Book, text selected by Helen Dean Fish, illustrated by Dorothy P. Lathrop1939Mei Li, written and illustrated by Thomas Handforth1940Abraham Lincoln,…