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Plant Kingdom

(or Plantae ) Virtually all other living creatures depend on plants to survive. Through photosynthesis, plants convert energy from sunlight into…

DK History: Polynesia

WHERE WERE POLYNESIANS FROM? WHY DID PEOPLE SET SAIL FOR POLYNESIA? HOW DID THE SETTLERS NAVIGATE? MAORISFIND OUT MOREPolynesia is a group of scattered islands in the vast Pacific Ocean. Around…

Lemuel AMERMAN, Congress, PA (1846-1897)

AMERMAN, Lemuel, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born near Danville, Montour County, Pa., October 29, 1846; attended the common schools and Danville Academy; was graduated from Bucknell…

William Johnson BACON, Congress, NY (1803-1889)

BACON, William Johnson, (son of Ezekiel Bacon and grandson of John Bacon), a Representative from New York; born in Williamstown, Mass., February 18, 1803; moved with his parents to Utica, N.Y…

Lyman Kidder BASS, Congress, NY (1836-1889)

BASS, Lyman Kidder, a Representative from New York; born in the town of Alden, Erie County, N.Y., November 13, 1836; attended the common schools and was graduated from Union College,…

John Frank BOYD, Congress, NE (1853-1945)

BOYD, John Frank, a Representative from Nebraska; born in Connellsville, Fayette County, Pa., August 8, 1853; moved with his parents to Henry County, Ill., in 1857; attended the public schools…

Robert Taylor THORP, Congress, VA (1850-1938)

THORP, Robert Taylor, a Representative from Virginia; born near Oxford, Granville County, N.C., March 12, 1850; attended Horner Academy, Oxford, N.C., and was graduated from the law department…