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badlands

(Encyclopedia) badlands, area of severe erosion, usually found in semiarid climates and characterized by countless gullies, steep ridges, and sparse vegetation. Badland topography is formed on poorly…

Bess Sheehan

historian, preservationistBorn: April 16, 1882Birthplace: near Jackson, Mich. Sheehan was born Bess May Vrooman; she studied American history at the University of Michigan, where she graduated with…

Theodore Frank APPLEBY, Congress, NJ (1864-1924)

APPLEBY, Theodore Frank, (father of Stewart Hoffman Appleby), a Representative from New Jersey; born in Old Bridge, Middlesex County, N.J., October 10, 1864; moved with his parents to Asbury…

John Givan DAVIS, Congress, IN (1810-1866)

DAVIS, John Givan, a Representative from Indiana; born near Flemingsburg, Fleming County, Ky., October 10, 1810; moved to Indiana with his parents, who settled in Rockville, Parke County, in…

Centerville

(Encyclopedia) Centerville, city (2020 pop. 24,240), Montgomery co., SW Ohio, a residential suburb of Dayton; inc. 1879. It has a small industrial park.

First Night Game in Baseball

The Question: Which baseball park hosted the first night game? The Answer: The first park to host a Major League night game was Crosley Field…

Milwaukee

(Encyclopedia) MilwaukeeMilwaukeemĭlwŏkˈē [key], city (1990 pop. 628,088), seat of Milwaukee co., SE Wis., at the point where the Milwaukee, Menominee, and Kinnickinnic rivers enter Lake Michigan;…

Cairngorms

(Encyclopedia) CairngormsCairngormskârngôrmzˈ, kârnˈgôrmz [key], group of mountains forming part of the Grampian Mts, in Highland, Moray, and Aberdeenshire, central Scotland, between the Dee and the…

Old Faithful

(Encyclopedia) Old Faithful, geyser: see Yellowstone National Park.

Bridger, Fort

(Encyclopedia) Bridger, Fort: see Fort Bridger State Park.