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Fueled by the Fans

The 1999 All Star Game by Mike Morrison Take the All Star Game Quiz! Cubs outfielder Sammy Sosa will be one of the sluggers looking to clear Fenway Park's "Green Monster" at the annual Home Run…

Austin, Texas

Source: iStock Mayor: Steve Adler (since 2015) City Manager: Spencer Cronk 2010 census population (rank): 790,390 (14); Male: 399,738 (50.1%); Female: 390,6523 (49.9%); White: 539,760 (68.…

Nebraska

  Nebraska State Information Capital: Lincoln Official Name: Nebraska Organized as a territory/republic: 1854 Entered Union (rank): March 1, 1867 (37th state) Present constitution adopted:…

Elizabeth Dole

Breaking down gender barriers by Beth Rowen This article was posted on August 17, 1999. Elizabeth Dole has been appointed by three presidents to high-level executive positions. Dole finished…

The Journals of Lewis & Clark: April 23, 1806

by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark April 22, 1806April 24, 1806April 23, 1806 Wednesday April 23rd 1806. At day light this morning we were informed that the two horses of our…

Walt Whitman: Pioneers! O Pioneers!

Pioneers! O Pioneers! Come my tan-faced children, Follow well in order, get your weapons ready, Have you your pistols? have you your sharp-edged axes? Pioneers! O pioneers! For…

Amy Lowell: Lead Soldiers

Lead SoldiersThe nursery fire burns brightly, crackling in cheerful little explosions and trails of sparks up the back of the chimney. Miniature rockets peppering the black bricks with…

Anna Hempstead Branch: The Monk in the Kitchen

The Monk in the KitchenAnna Hempstead BranchIOrder is a lovely thing; On disarray it lays its wing, Teaching simplicity to sing. It has a meek and lowly grace, Quiet as a nun's face. Lo — I…

History of Camp David

A brief history of the Presidential mountain retreat and its famous guests by David Johnson President Kennedy with JFK, Jr., at Camp David. (Source: John F. Kennedy Library)…