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vireo

(Encyclopedia) vireo, small, migratory songbird of the New World. Some species nest in the United States, but the majority are tropical. Vireos (also called greenlets) range from 4 to 6 1/2 in. (10.2…

Richard Whiting BLUE, Congress, KS (1841-1907)

BLUE, Richard Whiting, a Representative from Kansas; born near Parkersburg, Wood County, Va. (now West Virginia), September 8, 1841; worked on a farm in the summertime and studied in the…

Wilbur McKee WHITE, Congress, OH (1890-1973)

WHITE, Wilbur McKee, a Representative from Ohio; born near Hillsboro, Highland County, Ohio, February 22, 1890; educated in the rural schools and the Hillsboro High School; Marietta (Ohio)…

Benjamin White NORRIS, Congress, AL (1819-1873)

NORRIS, Benjamin White, a Representative from Alabama; born in Monmouth, Maine, January 22, 1819; prepared for college at Monmouth Academy, and was graduated from Waterville (now Colby)…

Ozarks, the

(Encyclopedia) Ozarks, the, or Ozark Plateau, upland region, actually a dissected plateau, c.50,000 sq mi (129,500 sq km), chiefly in S Mo. and N Ark., but partly in Oklahoma and Kansas, between the…

Dudley Allen WHITE, Congress, OH (1901-1957)

WHITE, Dudley Allen, a Representative from Ohio; born in New London, Huron County, Ohio, January 3, 1901; attended the public schools and was graduated from the New London High School in 1918…