by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark February 18, 1806February 20, 1806February 19, 1806 Wednesday February 19th 1806. Sergt. Ordway set out again this morning with a party for the…
(Encyclopedia) Wisconsin, river, c.430 mi (690 km) long, rising in the lake district, NE Wis., and flowing generally SW across central Wis. to the Mississippi River near Prairie du Chien. At Portage…
(Encyclopedia) Scouts or Boy Scouts, organization of boys and girls 11 to 17 years old, founded (1907) in Great Britain by Sir Robert (later Lord) Baden-Powell and originally for boys only; since the…
(Encyclopedia) Hartley, Marsden, 1877–1943, American painter widely considered the first great American modernist of the 20th cent., b. Lewiston, Maine. He was educated in Cleveland, but early in his…
John C. Heenan, the American pugilist, who challenged and fought Tom Sayers for “the belt” in 1860; so called from Benicia in California, his birthplace. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and…
The 20th Foot, so called from their noted bravery at Minden, in Prussia, August 1, 1759. Now called “The Lancashire Fusiliers.” Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…
St. Thomas Aquinas, nicknamed the Dumb Ox by his school-fellows. (1224-1274.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894StyStumped Out A B C D E F G H I J K…
(The). Music by Moscheles. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Swiss Family RobinsonSwiss A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X…
