Search

Search results

Displaying 111 - 120

George WALTON, Congress, GA (17491750-1804)

Senate Years of Service: 1795-1796Party: FederalistWALTON, George, (brother of John Walton and cousin of Matthew Walton), a Delegate and a Senator from Georgia; born in Cumberland County, Va…

Kazbek, Mount

(Encyclopedia) Kazbek, MountKazbek, Mountkŏzbĕkˈ, Rus. kəzbyĕkˈ [key], peak, 16,541 ft (5,042 m) high, N Georgia, in the Greater Caucasus. An extinct volcano, it rises above the Daryal gorge and the…

Gulistan, Treaty of

(Encyclopedia) Gulistan, Treaty ofGulistan, Treaty ofg&oomacr;lĭstänˈ [key], 1813, signed by Russia and Iran (Persia) at Gulistan, a village in what is now NW Azerbaijan. It ended the Russo-…

Chiatura

(Encyclopedia) ChiaturaChiaturachēət&oomacr;ˈrə [key], city (1989 pop. 29,228), S central Georgia, on the Kvirila River. One of the world's largest manganese producers, Chiatura alone accounted…

Walton, George

(Encyclopedia) Walton, George, 1741?–1804, American Revolutionary patriot, signer of the Declaration of Independence, b. near Farmville, Va. He moved to Savannah, Ga., where he established a law…

Atlanta

(Encyclopedia) Atlanta Atlanta ətlănˈtə, ăt– [key], city (2020 pop. 498,715), state capital and seat of Fulton co., NW Ga., on the Chattahoochee R. and Peachtree Creek,…

Johnny ISAKSON, Congress, GA (1944)

Senate Years of Service: 2005-Party: RepublicanISAKSON, Johnny, a Senator and a Representative from Georgia; born in Atlanta, Fulton County, Ga., December 28, 1944; graduated from the…

Year in Review, 2008

2008 news of the world from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe Flag of Georgia Related Links 2008 Year in Review 2008 News of the…

Coram, Thomas

(Encyclopedia) Coram, ThomasCoram, Thomaskôrˈəm [key], 1668?–1751, English philanthropist and colonizer. He lived for some years in Massachusetts, working as a shipbuilder. On his return to England…