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Darling, Jay Norwood
(Encyclopedia) Darling, Jay Norwood, 1876–1962, American cartoonist, known as “Ding,” b. near Charlevoix, Mich. He worked for the Sioux City, Iowa, Journal, for the Des Moines Register, and from 1917…Gibbon, John
(Encyclopedia) Gibbon, John, 1827–96, Union general in the Civil War, b. near Holmesburg (now part of Philadelphia), Pa., grad. West Point, 1847. Made a brigadier general of volunteers (1862), he…Mankato
(Encyclopedia) MankatoMankatomănkāˈtō [key], city (1990 pop. 31,477), seat of Blue Earth co., S Minn., at the confluence of the Blue Earth and Minnesota rivers; inc. 1865. It is a trade and…Heeger, Alan Jay
(Encyclopedia) Heeger, Alan Jay, 1936–, American physicist and chemist, b. Sioux City, Iowa, Ph.D. Univ. of California, Berkeley, 1961. Heeger has held faculty positions at the Univ. of Pennsylvania…Novel Experiences among the Indians
Chapter 3 Chapter 5 Novel Experiences among the Indians About this time (the nineteenth and twentieth of August), the explorers lost by death the only member of their party who…Lewis & Clark: Novel Experiences among the Indians
by NoahBrooks From the Lower to the Upper RiverFrom the Tetons to the MandansNovel Experiences among the Indians About this time (the nineteenth and twentieth of August…Stanley Lloyd GREIGG, Congress, IA (1931-2002)
GREIGG Stanley Lloyd , a Representative from Iowa; born in Ireton, Sioux County, Iowa, May 7, 1931; B.A., Morningside College, Sioux City, Iowa, 1954; M.A., Syracuse University, Syracuse, N.Y.,…Gall, Sioux war chief
(Encyclopedia) GallGallgôl [key], c.1840–1894, war chief of the Sioux, b. South Dakota. He refused to accept the treaty of 1868 (by which he would have been confined to a reservation), joined Sitting…tepee
(Encyclopedia) tepee or tipitepeeboth: tēˈpē [key], typical dwelling of Native North Americans living on the Great Plains. It was usually made by arranging tent poles into a conical frame and…Terry, Alfred Howe
(Encyclopedia) Terry, Alfred Howe, 1827–90, American general, b. Hartford, Conn. A lawyer, he led a regiment of Connecticut volunteers at the first battle of Bull Run in the Civil War. Made a…Trending
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