(Encyclopedia) Colorado–Big Thompson project, constructed by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to divert water from the headstreams of the Colorado River to irrigate c.720,000 acres (291,400 hectares)…
(Encyclopedia) astronaut, crew member on a U.S. manned spaceflight mission; the Soviet term is cosmonaut. Candidates for manned spaceflight are carefully screened to meet the highest physical and…
NumberPercentTotal population118,652100.0SEX AND AGEMale59,59350.2Female59,05949.8Under 5 years7,0015.95 to 9 years7,0475.910 to 14 years7,3176.215 to 19 years11,3059.520 to 24 years19,03616.…
NumberPercentEMPLOYMENT STATUSPopulation 16 years and over95,935100.0In labor force69,42472.4Civilian labor force69,28072.2Employed65,67068.5Unemployed3,6103.8Percent of civilian labor force5.2…
NumberPercentTotal housing units47,766100.0UNITS IN STRUCTURE1-unit, detached26,70655.91-unit, attached3,6137.62 units1,6963.63 or 4 units3,0806.45 to 9 units3,4097.110 to 19 units4,2718.920 or…
NumberPercentSCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school44,926100.0Nursery school, preschool1,9884.4Kindergarten1,0992.4Elementary school (grades 1-8)11,65425.9High school (…
(Encyclopedia) Warren, John, 1753–1815, American surgeon, b. Roxbury, Mass.; grad. Harvard, 1771; brother of Joseph Warren. A leading surgeon of his time in New England, he served in the Revolution…
(Encyclopedia) Abd ar-Rahman I, d. 788, first Umayyad emir of Córdoba (756–88). The only survivor of the Abbasid massacre (750) of his family in Damascus, he fled from Syria and eventually went to…
(Encyclopedia) Bogan, LouiseBogan, Louisebōˈgən [key], 1897–1970, American poet and critic, b. Livermore, Maine. She spent much of her life in New York City and was for many years poetry editor for…
