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Tabor, Horace Austin Warner

(Encyclopedia)Tabor, Horace Austin Warner tāˈbər [key], 1830–99, American prospector, known as Silver Dollar Tabor, b. Holland, Vt. From the Matchless Mine at Leadville, Colo., he gained tremendous wealth by m...

Tabor, Elizabeth McCourt

(Encyclopedia)Tabor, Elizabeth McCourt: see under Tabor, Horace Austin Warner. ...

Tabor

(Encyclopedia)Tabor, in the Bible. 1 Mt. Tabor. 2 Levitical city. 3 Oak (AV mistranslates “plain”), near Bethel, on Saul's way home after his anointing. ...

Tábor

(Encyclopedia)Tábor täˈbôr [key], city (1991 pop. 36,342), S central Czech Republic, in Bohemia. The city's economy relies on agricultural trade, tobacco, textiles, and the mining of kaolin. The city was founde...

Aznoth-tabor

(Encyclopedia)Aznoth-tabor ăzˈnŏth–tāˈbər [key], in the Bible, place, on the boundary of Naphtali, probably N of Mt. Tabor. ...

Chisloth-tabor

(Encyclopedia)Chisloth-tabor kĭsˈlŏth-tāˈbər [key], in the Bible, town, N ancient Palestine, plausibly identified with Iksal, W of Mt. Tabor, Israel. See also Chesulloth. ...

Austin

(Encyclopedia)Austin. 1 City, seat of Mower co., SE Minn., on the Cedar River, near the Iowa line; inc. 1868. The commercial and industrial center of a rich farm region, it is noted as home to the ...

Tabor, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Tabor, Mount, 1,929 ft (588 m) high, N Israel, in Galilee. Ruins of an ancient stronghold crown its summit. Mt. Tabor is surrounded by growing Israeli towns and settlements. ...

Horace

(Encyclopedia)Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) hôrˈəs [key], 65 b.c.–8 b.c., Latin poet, one of the greatest of lyric poets, b. Venusia, S Italy. He studied at Rome and Athens and, joining Brutus and the repu...

Austin, Moses

(Encyclopedia)Austin, Moses, 1761–1821, American pioneer, b. Durham, Conn. After developing lead mines in SW Virginia, he went to inspect (1796–97) prospects in Missouri, then Spanish territory. In 1798 he foun...