(Encyclopedia) Columbia sheep, medium-wool breed developed in the United States using Lincoln and Rambouillet sheep crosses. The breed was developed primarily for the Western ranges but is also used…
(Encyclopedia) Keating, Charles Humphrey, Jr., 1923–2014, American banker, b. Cincinnati, grad. Univ. of Cincinnati College of Law (1948). Keating was a partner (1952–72) in a law firm he founded…
(Encyclopedia) PiccirilliPiccirillipēˌchērēlˈlē [key], family of Italian-American marble cutters and sculptors. In 1888, the father and six sons, all sculptors, migrated from Italy and established a…
(Encyclopedia) Burnside, Ambrose Everett, 1824–81, Union general in the U.S. Civil War, b. Liberty, Ind. He saw brief service in the Mexican War and remained in the army until 1853, when he entered…
actorBorn: 11/15/1940Birthplace: Cambridge, Massachusetts If a military band plays, “Hail to the Chief,” when Sam Waterston steps off a plane, forgive the confusion. Waterston was the voice for…
COPELAND, Oren Sturman, a Representative from Nebraska; born on a farm near Huron, Beadle County, S.Dak., March 16, 1887; moved with his parents to Pender, Nebr., in 1891; attended the public…
(Encyclopedia) Fosse WayFosse Wayfŏs [key], Roman road in England. It apparently ran from Exeter (Isca Dumnoniorum) NE past Bath (Aquae Sulis), Cirencester (Corinium Dobunnorum), and Leicester (Ratae…
THONE, Charles, a Representative from Nebraska; born in Hartington, Cedar County, Nebr., January 4, 1924; J.D., University of Nebraska Law School, Lincoln, 1950; admitted to the Nebraska bar…
(Encyclopedia) Reconstruction, 1865–77, in U.S. history, the period of readjustment following the Civil War. At the end of the Civil War, the defeated South was a ruined land. The physical…
