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Texas, University of

(Encyclopedia) Texas, University of, main campus at Austin; coeducational; state supported; chartered 1881, opened 1883. Medical facilities include health science centers with medical schools at…

New Mexico, University of

(Encyclopedia) New Mexico, University of, main campus at Albuquerque; state supported; coeducational; chartered 1889, opened 1892. It maintains graduate centers at Los Alamos and Santa Fe and…

Innis, Harold Adams

(Encyclopedia) Innis, Harold Adams, 1894–1952, Canadian political economist, b. Otterville, Ontario. One of Canada's leading economic historians, Innis wrote about various facets of Canadian culture…

American Museum of Natural History

(Encyclopedia) American Museum of Natural History, incorporated in New York City in 1869 to promote the study of natural science and related subjects. Buildings on its present site facing Central…

Field Museum of Natural History

(Encyclopedia) Field Museum of Natural History, in Chicago, Ill. Founded in 1893 through the gifts of Marshall Field and others, it was first known as the Columbian Museum of Chicago and in 1905 was…

Great Lakes, North America

(Encyclopedia) Great Lakes, group of five freshwater lakes, central North America, creating a natural border between the United States and Canada and forming the largest body of freshwater in the…

Worst U.S. Forest Fires

Great Balls of Fire 1871 Oct. 8-14, Peshtigo, Wis: over 1,500 lives lost and 3.8 million acres burned in nation's worst forest fire. 1889 June 6, Seattle, Wash.: fire destroyed 64 acres of the…

Washington State Mudslide Tragedy

The 2014 mudslide in the town of Oso was one of the worst in U.S. History Devastation Caused by Oso Mudslide Photo Credit: Washington State Patrol Related Links Floods,…