(Encyclopedia) wheel. Through the many millennia of the Paleolithic period and the Neolithic period no use of the wheel was known to humans. Its use was not known to the Native Americans until the…
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CLEVELAND, Orestes, a Representative from New Jersey; born in Duanesburg, Schenectady County, N.Y., March 2, 1829; attended the common schools; moved to Jersey City, N.J., in 1845 and became…
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(Encyclopedia) Judson Dance Theater, a loose collective of dancers, musicians, and visual artists that produced an influential series of avant-garde performance pieces at Judson Memorial Church in…
ATLEE, Samuel John, a Delegate from Pennsylvania; born in Trenton, N.J., in 1739, during the temporary residence of his parents at that place; moved with his mother to Lancaster, Pa., in 1745…
(Encyclopedia) Fort DuquesneFort Duquesnedəkānˈ, d&oomacr;– [key], at the junction of the Monongahela and Allegheny rivers, on the site of Pittsburgh, SW Pa. Because of its strategic location, it…
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