American Indian Heritage Month is observed every November in the United States. Test your knowledge about American Indian history and famous American Indians by trying our quizzes and crosswords…
VEYSEY, Victor Vincent, a Representative from California; born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., April 14, 1915; B.S., California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, 1936; M.B.A.,…
Senate Years of Service: 1977-1983Party: RepublicanSCHMITT, Harrison Hagan, a Senator from New Mexico; born in Santa Rita, Grant County, N.Mex., July 3, 1935; attended the public schools;…
What is this job like? Do you know where your backyard ends and your neighbor's yard begins? Have you ever wondered how maps are created? These are questions for a surveyor. Surveyors measure and…
(Encyclopedia) Beaverton, city (2020 pop. 99,561), Washington co., NW Oreg., a suburb of Portland, in a farm area; inc. 1893. Beaverton is the heart of…
(Encyclopedia) Reber, Gröte, 1911–2002, American radio engineer, b. Chicago, Ill. After graduating from the Armour Institute of Technology (now the Illinois Institute of Technology) in 1933, Reber…
(Encyclopedia) Terre HauteTerre Hautetĕrˈə hōt, tĕrˈē hŭt [key], city (1990 pop. 51,483), seat of Vigo co., W Ind., on the Wabash River; inc. 1816. The commercial and trade center of a farm and coal-…
